CRAFTING DISNEY SCENES OUT OF CAKE
Fidi resident Jennifer Wood, who runs Itty Bitty Bakery (her cakes are nuts!) will compete on Disney’s show Foodtastic, where contestants create extravagant sculptures made entirely out of food. I’ll catch up with Jennifer soon, but in the meantime, you can catch the show on Disney+ on Dec. 15 in an episode called “Toy Story: Toy Doctor to the Rescue.”

STICKING UP FOR CAB DRIVERS
Manhattan Youth’s Bob Townley has been supporting yellow cab drivers in their desperate attempts to get some debt relief from the city after their industry was destroyed first by Uber and then by covid. He’s quote in this Vogue story: “I was born and raised in New York; my grandfather, who came over here from Hungary, was a cab driver, and I put myself through school at Columbia University working as a cab driver. I think it’s really unfortunate how cab drivers have been misled and mistreated in New York City, and I don’t know how De Blasio let it get to this point. He’s got to step in, and he’s got to step in big. As a person who knows the industry, the solutions are not very complicated; we need debt relief for the people who have been taken advantage of.”

FORUM FOR STATE SENATE SEAT
The Coalition for a District Alternative will host a candidate forum for the State Senate District 26 seat currently held by Brian Kavanagh on Saturday, Dec. 4, from noon to 2p. Register here. The candidates: Illapa Sairitupac, Vittoria Fariello, Alana Sivin and Kavanagh. More TK on the race. The primary will be held June 28, 2022.

HIIT THE DECK AT THE SEAPORT
An outdoor fitness class led by former professional boxer Stephen Frank is now opening its first brick and mortar studio at 10 Fulton. HIIT the Deck will offer high-intensity, boxing-inspired indoor and outdoor classes for all levels of expertise.