"The St. Regis has the great King Cole Bar & Lounge. One time, when I was staying at The St. Regis, I was at the bar with Mel Gibson. We're drinking, and there's a piano. Mel says, 'Why don't you play some songs.' So we're singing these standards. There were about four tourists from Kansas just sitting there watching this three-hour performance by Billy Joel and Mel Gibson with their jaws dropped. I looked at my watch and I said, 'It's 3 o'clock. Mel, you have to help me out and call my wife' - I was married to Christie [Brinkley] - because she was going to be angry with me. He comes up to my room and says, 'Don't worry. I'll straighten it all out.' I call her and say, 'Hi, honey. I'm sorry it's so late, but I met a special friend.' Mel gets on the phone, but she doesn't believe it's him for two seconds. She tells him, 'Oh, you're lying. You put [Billy] back on the phone.' So he hands me the phone and says, 'I don't think she's very happy with you.' And he stumbles out of my room."

SATURDAY

Christmas in New York
"You've got to go see the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. It's a touristy thing to do, but I'm not ashamed to say that's when I'm a tourist just like everybody else. It's just such a heartwarming sight. I used to take my daughter to FAO Schwarz. I would be singing that dumb song 'Welcome to Our World' all day long. I couldn't shake it out of my head. When I'd take my daughter to see all the new toys, I think the kid in me got jealous that we didn't have toys like that when I was a kid. It's fun to see all those little children with the delight in their faces. It reminds you of seeing women shopping at Bergdorf. You know, that same kind of gleeful delight."