Here I am again with the ever-winsome Kerri-Lee Halkett on my weekly Fox Philly appearance for WalletPop.com. This time, I’m simply outraged about those ridiculous fees. Outraged, I say! I love it when Kerri-Lee gets outraged along with me. Makes me realize how right I just might be.
Jason Cochran
Why they sobbed at ‘South Pacific’, and why we see only corn
PBS showed a live telecast of the Broadway revival of South Pacific tonight as the show prepares to close. I saw this production, which opened two years ago, for the first time last Tuesday, and I liked it so much I made sure to watch it again tonight. I know there are a lot of… Read more »
How to see Los Angeles without a car: Use the subway
This one was fun, and it had me getting paid to eat maple-glazed bacon donuts at the Nickel Diner. Not recorded: Me getting kicked out of the forecourt of the Chinese Theatre for having a video camera. I felt like a 60 Minutes correspondent, only without the muckraking. The original post on WalletPop explains everything… Read more »
The Disneyland Railroad runs on old french fry oil. Want proof?
I have a soft spot in my heart for this one, and not because I’ve been eating too many french fries. I pitched this idea to Disneyland for about a year and a half before they were kind enough to acquiesce to my bringing a camera to the park during operating hours. I think the… Read more »
How ‘Blogger Brands’ win by undermining their colleagues
One of the changes that has come upon the writing business in the past few years is the rise of bloggers. Four years ago, if a writer wanted to work, he or she had to find someone to edit, publish, and distribute them. For that, they got paid. Now, though, anyone who thinks they can… Read more »
It’s Marshall Field’s fault that weddings are so expensive
I shot this video in Chicago recently. I had heard that there was a new exhibition about weddings in Chicago, and I called the Chicago History Museum to fish around for an angle that might be right for me to cover for Aol. I was stunned to hear there absolutely was. The curator of the… Read more »
Trial size TV appearance in Philly
Here’s yesterday’s appearance on good old Fox Philly. I’ve never talked to this woman before, and when she was in my ear, I couldn’t see her, either. I like how she thought I was coming on TV to tell everyone how to win the lottery. The original stories on WalletPop* were about bad deals at… Read more »
The Ghosts of Macy’s on 14th Street
Macy’s wasn’t always on Herald Square. Starting in 1858, it was downtown, on 14th Street. It began as a dry goods store on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, way north of the city’s normal dry goods district down in present-day SoHo. Here, many modern shopping concepts were born. R.H. Macy, the owner, set… Read more »
Six seconds to air in Philadelphia, but where’s Jason’s head?
Today was a day lived at light speed. Press event, work, lunch with a colleague, more work, coffee with a friend from Tourism Australia, more writing. The frenetic pace carried right into Fox News’ newsroom. The stage manager grabs me late, and then I was placed in this seat (a new one for me) at… Read more »
Real estate karma
Step 1: Raise rent on beloved neighborhood institution (such as Joe Jr.’s Diner) Step 2: Force closure of said tenant. Step 3: Suffer without rental income as a result of putting your greed ahead of your community. Step 4: Watch neighborhood decline. … The only step I love is number three. Here’s the same place… Read more »