• I've painted two murals, and one required wearing a swimsuit.
  • I'm addicted to all things Italian.
  • I also know how to make a family ravioli recipe that has been carried down for more than four generations.
  • While on assignment, I had a chance to stay at Le Bristol Paris where "Midnight in Paris" was filmed.
  • One of the stories that I remember the most was following around doctors in the world's only flying eye hospital and through the slums of Cambodia.
  • I've also eaten a cricket there.
  • I've done Chicago's polar bear plunge in January. And yes, it is so cold you stop feeling.
  • I'm the granddaughter of Daughters of American Revolution.
  • I spent nearly five months driving to every NFL city in the U.S. for a wacky NFL Roadtrip for The Sporting News. 
  • Yes, I'm really 6-feet-tall.
  • Maya Angelou asked me to kiss her on her cheek after an interview in her Harlem home. (Read about it here.)
  • I've spent time in the booth with Dick Enberg and Dan Dierdorf.
  • I've also interviewed Bob Costas and he sent me one of the nicest notes afterwards. 
  • I've gone on a continuous open water swim that lasted four hours and covered several miles.
  • I'm the oldest of four.
  • I've worked with ESL students. 
  • I took Bob Knight's last basketball coaching class at Indiana University and convinced him to give a private pep talk before the rowing team's last fall regatta of the season.
  • I could be a punch line in the phrase..."it's like being hit by a Mack truck."
  • The Reiss side of my family has massive reunions where more than 500 people attend and we have to wear name tags with numbers to keep everyone straight.