I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.

Spiderman is the underdog, and I love underdogs.

I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up with the credible, twisty plot, and memoir is hard because you have to say something true and profound, albeit in a funny way.

I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city.