Since moving to New York City in 2003, he has fulfilled a variety of functions. He has coordinated memorial services, managed a film festival office, arranged party components, driven cargo throughout the five boroughs and neighboring areas, stage-managed downtown cabaret events, and helped several good friends move their belongings from one part of the city to another in the heat, rain, and/or cold. He is most proud of the six months he survived as a third shift waiter in the warzone that was the Kellogg Diner, back in the days when Williamsburg was still a little wild.