choice to sleep in a 4-person hostel room with two bunk beds. I was on top. A freewheelin' Aussie dude was on the bottom. I awoke in the middle of the night to an "earthquake." I realized I was now in a 5-person hostel room. What's something that has surprised you about New York City? How friendly the locals are. I know that's a brutal cliche, but I really believe that New Yorkers in general are REALLY happy to live where they do. Must be all those celeb sightings. I mean, wouldn't you be proud of your city if you routinely spotted celluloid deities in sloppy sweatpants, unwashed hair and Uggs making their way to the corner store? If "The Big Apple" didn't become New York's nick name, what do you think it could have been? Gozer's Playground In all your travels, what do you think makes New York unique (& so supposedly loveable) ? Movies. It's been so glorified in American cinema that you feel like you're in a movie when you're there. Only nobody is shooting at you, which is a bit of a bummer but it makes your trip to Bloomingdales a bit easier. "When I grow up, I hope to be wise but childish," says Stevenson. If you could only pick three things to do in NYC, what would they be? 1) Go to a taping of Letterman 2) See Times Square at night (seems too obvious, but I bet some poor souls miss it), 3)