When you're on the subway in New York, people literally could be 11-inches away from you, and you can't just stare at them.

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

We started brainstorming about two years ago after my wife and I visited New York and ate at a rice pudding place.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.