I met the woman I married in college. And until yesterday, I always thought her name was Dawn.  Until she dropped into Starbucks yesterday.

Want a way to improve your marathon time without putting in more workouts? A new website called Paul Ryan Time Calculator lets you do just that. You enter your actual time for a list of different events and the app calculates a “Paul Ryan-adjusted time.”

It’s a big week at NY1. On September 8th, 1992, Time Warner created NY1 to serve a market that was curiously underserved—the biggest city in the country. This week, we’re celebrating 20 years on air.

Today’s Alter Ego comes from Samantha. She writes: “At the Starbucks downstairs from my office, they seem to remember all of the regulars’ names except mine.  That was made clear to me yesterday when my co-worker Elizabeth and I went down for an afternoon coffee break.”

Michael Strahan made his debut this morning as Kelly Ripa’s co-host on Live!, a year and a half after Regis Philbin announced his plan to retire. When I co-hosted the show in the spring, the New York media graciously adopted me as a local favorite and presented the Live! gig as my “dream job.”

Some people go to the US Open for the Tennis. And some, apparently, just go for the Honey Deuce. Created as the signature drink for the 2007 tournament, the grown-up vodka lemonade has been an Open staple ever since—despite the $14 price tag.

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego was delivered along with the note:“My name is Contessa, spelled like it sounds. The woman behind the counter does get a slight break since it was 5 am and at the inter-island terminal of Honolulu’s airport.”

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from Cassandra, and it’s a doozy. She writes:  “I mean I was a little tired but I’d love the playback of what they thought they heard.” If we had a dime for every time we heard that…

It’s official, folks. Last night borough president Marty Markowitz stopped by our trivia event at the Bell House to declare Tuesday, August 21 “Pat Kiernan Welcome to Brooklyn Celebration Day.”