STANFORD, Conn. -- Sometimes you just can't pass up an opportunity.
On Sunday night in Stamford, I rappelled off the top of the 23-story Landmark building, dressed as Mrs. Claus in a red felt dress, white wig and wire-rim glasses, alongside Yankees general manager Brian Cashman (who was dressed as an elf) with an exuberant crowd of several thousand people down below. The event, Stamford Heights & Lights organized by Stamford Downtown, has been running for 17 years and culminates with the lighting of the Stamford city holiday tree. We also had Santa, Rudolph and the Grinch, and we enacted an elaborate toy heist and recovery during the descent down the face of the building.