Jen, a New Jersey-born New Yorker, edits Gothamist. She likes learning about the subway system's intricacies and how engineers design skyscrapers. She also hopes that one day a NYC zoo will have pandas.

Jake was born in Brooklyn and lives in Lower Manhattan. He attended PS321, JHS51, Stuyvesant, Columbia, and NYU, where he recently got an MBA. He claims to have never been away from New York City for more than ten weeks in the last thirty years. Surprisingly, his mortal enemy is... milk. You can learn more about Jake at facebook.com/jakedobkin or twitter.com/jakedobkin.

Neil Epstein is a graphic designer with his hands in cookie jars around the city. He is left brain by day, right brain by night and no brain by the early morning hours. Neil is a New Yorker gone native who enjoys films, scuba diving, useless knowledge, and going feral in Prospect Park.

Tien Mao, a New York native, formed his sports allegiances in the mid-80's and will watch almost any sport on TV. For some strange reason, Tien owns more than 50 pairs of sneakers while only wearing about 3 pairs. When not taking pictures of himself eating, Tien is either updating his blog, swimming in stacks of The Times, watching a Netflix movie, chasing his cat around, or chilling in his Greenpoint apartment with a slice of pizza. Simply put, Tien needs to get out more.

"Rewriting her bio" has been on Jen's to-do list for 4 years, but until it is complete (let's face facts, this may never happen) here is what we can tell you: her first big concert was New Kids on the Block and her last one was Radiohead.Take that for what it's worth.

John Del Signore first appeared on the world stage in the capital of our glorious Empire State, where he was destined to win a junior high essay contest and be installed as Mayor for one brief, avaricious day. It was all downhill from there. Albany in ruins, he surfaced in the provincial backwater that is New York in 1995, just as Hammer Time majestically surrendered to Giuliani Time.

Hugh Merwin is a writer living in Kensington, Brooklyn. He is currently writing his first novel.

Tien Mao, a New York native, formed his sports allegiances in the mid-80's and will watch almost any sport on TV. For some strange reason, Tien owns more than 50 pairs of sneakers while only wearing about 3 pairs. When not taking pictures of himself eating, Tien is either updating his blog, swimming in stacks of The Times, watching a Netflix movie, chasing his cat around, or chilling in his Greenpoint apartment with a slice of pizza. Simply put, Tien needs to get out more.

Tom Boorstein grew up in East Norwich -- that's on Long Island -- but adopted the Yankees as his first love. His hobbies, though some would call them obsessions, include running and watching too much baseball. He's an editor at WCSN.com by day or by night, depending on when events in weird sports are taking place.

Growing up in NYC, Peter spent an inordinate amount of time following sports in general and the Yankees in particular. Living in Boston for ten years required him to subdue this passion and become an embedded Yankee fan. Now that he is back in friendlier territory he is happy to openly root for the Bombers and all of the other New York teams. He can usually be found reading every sports section in town or watching too much baseball.

Joe Schumacher grew up in lake effect snow country in upstate New York. Joe liked the snow so much he majored in meteorology at college. When not enjoying the weather, Joe is busy blogging, eating Mexican food, and buying more CDs than is financially prudent.