Jamie Shupak, 30, is an Emmy-nominated traffic anchor for NY1, the New York news TV station.
Every morning, the 5 foot 1 Philadelphia native, current West Village resident, wakes up around 3 a.m. to make it to the NY1 studio where she does her own hair and makeup, has a bowl of her favorite Trader Joe's cereal and checks her Twitter feed. Then she hits the air live at 5:08 a.m. to bring New Yorkers the latest traffic updates.
Oh, and she doesn't drink coffee.
Jamie's NY1 work day is done at noon, at which point she heads to the gym or home to work on a novel based on the last year of her life, which found her going from engaged to single after a 10-year relationship.
Now, Jamie documents her dating life in a bi-weekly column for Complex Magazine. Readers will notice that her tone and content have gone from scorned to lovestruck within the past few months.
That's because of her five-month-old relationship with New York Times TV and digital media reporter, Brian Stelter.
While the two tweet at each other all day long in front of their combined 114,835 followers, here they come clean and reveal that they are, in fact, a couple.
We follow Jamie from her 3 a.m. wake up call to her 10 p.m. bedtime, and tag along with the dating columnist and her boyfriend on their Valentine's Day date.
Wake Up Call
Snooze? You're funny. If I could, I would ... but I already sleep until the last possible second that still allows me to get to work on time. Wait though, my valentine is calling. How cute? He set his alarm to call me when I woke up. I know we're going to The Daily Show and dinner, and he knows I don't like chocolate, flowers or stuffed animals ... so I wonder what else he's gonna do today? Wanna know what I really want? A bag of Doritos, wrapped in a bow. Seriously.
Arrive at NY1 Studio, which is inside Chelsea Market.
Shhhhhh... everybody's sleeping. Except for the occasional drunk maker-outers and last callers, it's just me and I love it. There's a certain serenity about this time of day — on my West Village street or the empty corridor of Chelsea Market — that gets me every single day. It's like the city is all yours.
Glam Squad
The calm before the storm, in the makeup room from 4:15-4:45 a.m. I love when people say "tell whoever does your makeup to put on less blush" or "whoever does your hair not to curl or straighten it too much," 'cause well, that would be me, thankyouverymuch.
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