I was born in Brooklyn, raised in southern CT, and went to college in Boston. Until recently, I worked in the Major Economic Crimes Bureau at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. I just started a new job doing similar work for a large financial firm and am really enjoying it so far.

When I'm not stuck sitting behind a desk, I spend my time traversing the east village in search of good food, a reasonably priced pint, and hilarious adventures with friends and family.

baking banana bread, karaoke, making a strong cappuccino, getting lost in a good book, and drinking whiskey until the wee hours of the morning.

Books: Pride and Prejudice, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Jane Eyre, Wake Up, Sir!, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, American Psycho, and pretty much anything by Nick Hornby, Tom Perrotta, Ian McEwan or Michael Lewis.

Movies: LA Confidential, Rounders, Memento, Chinatown, The Godfather, It Happened One Night, Ace Ventura, The Usual Suspects, The Big Lebowski, Vertigo, and Breakfast at Tiffany's

TV Shows: Arrested Development, 24, Mad Men, Dexter, Parks and Recreation, and Homeland

Music: Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Moon Boots, Hey Champ, Adele, The Beatles

Family
Friends
Morning cup of coffee
Libraries/bookstores with comfortable chairs
The map application on my iPhone (I have a seriously bad sense of direction)
Hot sauce

when Boston College's sports program will stop leading me to drink (I miss you, Matt Ryan!), why people on Canal Street walk so slowly, what I'm going to be for Halloween, whether or not it is an appropriate time for a bloody mary, and what I'm going to eat for dinner.

My middle name is also a brand of scotch. What can I say? My family is Scottish-Irish.