They do call it a pit stop. But Jen (of Kisha and Jen) couldn’t make it to the mat in Sunday night’s next-to-last episode without stopping at a Beijing public toilet for a pit stop of her own. The potty break made her a…

Phil Keoghan

“Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan called just now from Lima, Ohio, to catch me up on his cross-country bicycle ride and talk about the current “Race,” which wraps up Sunday, May 10. Phil is riding from LA to NY…

What not to do in “Hell’s Kitchen” — burn chef Ramsey. Twice. And that’s what Christina did in tonight’s episode (although I exaggerated today in saying EMS was called. Turned out all he needed was some cold water, even though…

They are jackhammering on my block, and the whole house is shaking — much worse than the recent earthquakes. Ameren contractors are burying a power line  that serves the streetlights and has kept going out. (This is the same work that…