So I didn’t have a free minute to blog on Thursday. We have a lot to catch up on.

My friend Stone back in New York is killing me for not blogging often. And as he bellowed to me on the phone this morning, and he’s a busy lawyer: "Schein, it’s freezing in New York, I’m working to midnight, I need some stories," he said.

OK.

First of all — our boy Peter Schrager killing me in his blog for liking Grey’s Anatomy.

Let’s go over this.

We are at dinner on Tuesday night. Charissa Thompson says she likes the show. I say I’m a huge fan, my fiancée got me into it, and now I really like it. My fiancée Katie and I watch it together

Yes, that’s two fiancée references in the same sentence since I think we talked for a total of 3 minutes on Wednesday.

Uh, Schrager, let me give you some advice: When a beautiful woman says she likes a show, you say you love it. (And by the way, as good as Charissa looks on our FOXSports.com video, she is even better looking in person. And she is a sweetheart).

Schrager is totally lost. You don’t debate the show. You lie and embrace it.

Wednesday was a great day. Sirius dinner at Johnny V’s at the Hotel Astor. Dave Hagen, producer/night life coordinator/out- till-the-sun comes-up legend, set the dinner up. Hagen used to work in Miami and raved about it.

Food was fantastic. Crab cake appetizer. Mahi Mahi for dinner was amazing. (I couldn’t go steak three nights in a row.) Mac and Cheese and creamed spinach sides. Banana something or other after dinner.

And Bob Papa picked out a great wine.

It was Hagen, Papa, Jim Miller, Solomon Wilcots, Pat Kirwan, Nick Pavlatos, Doug Mortman, Dave LaGreca and the Sirius NFL Radio big cheese Stevie Cohen making up the crew. Solomon drew the short end of the stick.

Literally.

First, he had to sit next to Adam Caplan who wouldn’t stop chewing his ear off. Then, he ordered the short ribs. And it was the smallest meal ever. And my guy Solly is in playing shape.

He needed a big steak!

Other than that — it all worked.

Then it was off to the Clevelander again. The Sirius crew followed. Lotta good off the record NFL rumor and chatter going on.

Though I got stuck in a terrible conversation with a PR guy who works for a company in Chicago who roomed with my friend Andrew Catalon in Syracuse. Now I like this guy Chad, but not for the 30 minutes I wasted with him.

That was my latest night of the week so far as I stayed out till 2:15 a.m. I can’t do that too often and do a radio show. I’m relatively young, but I just can’t do it. But with Jim Miller out and running things, I couldn’t resist.

Taped that FOXSports.com round table on Thursday.

Finally met Kevin Hench. Good guy. Acts like he writes. Producer Nick Neves’ fiancé came to town. And Neves is a good guy — quiet guy. He out-kicked his coverage with his bride to be, Nicole.

And Schrager actually didn’t screw up the taping! That’s a bigger upset than Bears over Indy! Also got to see Laura Okmin from Totally Football, who I used to work with. We had great chemistry back in the day on FSN. DeAngelo Hall was with her following a taping.

He’s one of my favorite guys in this league to interview.

Then it was radio row for the show. We had an unreal Q&A with Troy Vincent about what the players association isn’t doing for retired players. If you missed it, listen to the 15 minutes segment on NFL.com this weekend on Chalk Talk.

It was a great spot. Also great stuff with Trent Dilfer, Jim Kelly, and others.

One of my great callers, Mike in Chicago, came to radio row (security wouldn’t let him in, but he was recognized by Nick due to his screaming). Mike bought me a Bears NFC shirt that said “SCHEIN LOVES THE BEARS” on the back. Then he begged me to pick Indy so Chicago would win.

Charles Tillman was on in his daily spot.

Wale Ogunleye took him to this bad barbecue joint. He wasn’t happy.

I told him to go to Tuscan Steak. Hopefully he listens.

Then it was off to the PLAYERS INC party. My night was made. My trip was made. Jack Del Rio is a big fan of the show. But his wife Linda, likes it even more.

And she busted out into a dead on Adam Schein impersonation. She apparently gets a kick out of how I say SOLLY! Nick Pavlatos and I did the usual schmoozing and networking.

We got to spend time with old radio partner John Riggins and his lovely wife Lisa Marie.

I don’t think Andrew Siciliano has missed a party. EVER. Then it was off to the Madden party. Speaking of Adam Schein impersonations, nobody does it better than Broncos fullback Kyle Johnson.

He is laughing at me, not with me.

Mega TV agent Gideon Cohen was there as was Miami NBC-TV heartthrob Adam Kuperstein, who once dated my friend Stone’s sister for a night or so.

It’s 1 p.m. now on Friday. I need my second Starbucks.

Commissioner’s party on tap tonight.

Greetings from South Florida.

 So I finally relented and had dinner with our own Peter Schrager.

 I was describing my dinner the night before to Schrager and he started drooling.  So to avoid further embarrassment, we opted to go back to Tuscan Steak.

 I mean, it’s a joke that I went to the same restaurant back to back nights, but Schrager just had that ravaged dog look on his face.

 Once again, the food was delicious.  And it was a totally different order than the night before.

 It was Schrager, FOXSports.com video producers Christian Anderson and Nick Neves, and our lovely FOXSports.com roving reporter Christa Thompson.

 Once again, the food was outstanding.

  Though I wasn’t happy when Neves inadvertently dropped pepper in my Peroni.  Not a good move.

 And I hate to admit it, but we had a good time.

 Then it was off to the Clevelander again, which was packed.

 FOXSports.com video head Jed Pearson was in full effect, charming every lady within 50 feet.

 All the stars seemed to be out there.

 Chris Rose…Stu Scott…Michael Irvin…Bears sideline reporter and Syracuse grad Zach Zaidman.

 And I think I scored points with the Sirius crew by introducing Ms. Thompson.

 Good times had by all.

 The lovely Hooters girls made an appearance on the radio row.  Better to look at than some on our specific show.  Though I have to say I have never seen girls look like that in the actual restaurant.

 Great day on radio row.

 Jimmy Johnson, and his hair, got the party started on the show.  I have to tell you — I think he’s outstanding.  He’s great on FOX, was a fantastic coach, and he just has a great personality.  And he never gets enough for credit for building those Cowboy Super Bowl teams, not just coaching them.  Johnson told us that Norv Turner called him to talk about the Cowboys gig.  And I asked Johnson if he advised his good friend to work for the now omnipresent Jones.  While Johnson has major, and rightful, concerns about it, he advised Turner to take the gig if offered and thinks his former offensive coordinator is the best fit for the Dallas vacancy.

 Hines Ward revealed that he wished Bill Cowher would’ve told the team in the preseason he was leaving since, “Everyone knew it the minute he moved his family to North Carolina.”

 Matt Hasselbeck is still sick that Seattle lost to the Bears, and sick about what he called, “three major mistakes that cost the team.”  And he’s not wrong about either point.  Hasselbeck had surgery on his non throwing shoulder and is expected to be ready for training camp.  That Seahawks team is going to be dangerous next year.

 Mike McCarthy, the Packers coach, had the quote of the day when he said, “You just can’t kick the damn ball to Devin Hester”.

 Texans guard Eric Winston was a great spot.  The former Miami star was part of the running attack that dismantled the Colts on Christmas Eve.  What does he see as the big difference now?  Winston said, ‘The Colts are tackling.’

 In his daily spot, Charles Tillman reported he enjoyed a half price lunch (seriously) with his wife, the Grossmans, and Todd Johnson.  He then proceeded to miss his exit for the team hotel while talking to us live on the line.  After sounding a bit aggravated, Tillman got back on track, and we were able to report the breaking news he made it back to the team complex.

 This morning — sat outside in the beautiful sun and penned Scheintology, prepped for the show, and worked out.

Greeting from South Florida.

It was a great first day on radio row.  Show guests included Rex Grossman, Charles Tillman, Rashied Davis, Dolphins defensive end Kevin Carter, Giants kicker Jay Feely, and former Bear now Chicago TV personality Tom Waddle.

The fine folks at Sirius did a wonderful job with our gigantic set, which is the first thing you see when you walk into the Miami Convention Center.

Nice to see Jim Miller.  He’s my co-host, but he works out of Detroit while I’m in New York.  And here’s the beauty of Miller before the show -- the guy is the king of radio since he played for seemingly every team in the NFL.  I mean, it was a scene.  Every producer running up saying, "Miller played in our city!"  We are talking the Pittsburgh stations, the Chicago stations, the Detroit stations, Tampa, Boston, everyone.  I think Miller still has outstanding bar tabs in every town.

A phenomenal dinner at Tuscan Steak House.  Family style portions.  It was unreal.  Gnoochi the size of my fist.  A great steak.  Garlic bread.  This banana pudding desert.  (I’m officially off the wedding diet). It was a great time with producer Nick Pavlatos and Sirius insider Adam Caplan.  I highly recommend it.  Tell Bradford we sent you.  Good guy. 

After dinner it was the Clevelander with the Sirius crew -- drinks with Steve Cohen, Tim Ryan, Bruce Murray, Bob Papa, Dave Hagen, Dave Lagreca, and WFAN producers Marc Malusis and Ed Erickson.

In attendance enjoying the nice scenery was Packers receiver Donald Driver.  Now the wideout was on the show Hagen produces on Monday.  Hagen thought it would be funny to stand behind Driver and bellow, "You know, thank goodness the Packers have Greg Jennings.  He is clearly the best receiver on that team."

All in good fun.

Not quite sure Driver was pleased.

Up at 8:45 today.  Internet reading, venti vanilla skim latte, and I jogged in the 65 degree weather.  I went the other direction, jogging on Ocean Drive instead of Collins.  We passed the ESPN broadcast set.  There appeared to be a live broadcast.  As it turned out, it was.  Apparently Cold Pizza is still on the air.  Who knew?  The live audience of five seemed happy.

Special start for the radio show at 2 today -- then another FOXSports.com video hit with Christian Anderson, Nick Neves and the crew at 7 after the radio.

Got some quality conversation in with our Peter Schrager last night in between the radio show and the FOXSports.com video hit.Though I am not quite sure he heard anything I was saying as he was gawking at FOXSports.com roving reporter Charissa Thompson.

Good news — we aren’t in Livonia anymore.

That’s the first and most wonderful thing that pops into my head as I sit down to pen blog entry Number 1 from a beach chair looking into the Atlantic Ocean.  It’s 70 degrees and breezy.

Life is good.

I think Miami should have every Super Bowl.  It’s a big event city and the weather is just great.

Got up at 8:30 a.m. in our Miami Beach hotel.  After the Internet reading and show prep, found a Starbucks conveniently three minutes from the hotel.

Following the obligatory venti vanilla skim latte, I took a long jog down the beach walk sandwiched in between the beach and the strip of hotels on Collins Avenue.

As I am jogging I notice five very attractive women and six older men gawking at a television crew.  It turns out to be FSN’s Chris Rose, taping an interview for Best Damn Sports Show Period.  And it appears that Rose’s target audience is very attractive blonds and very tan 70-year-old men from Long Island with thick New York accents who are down south for the winter.  And I only seem to attract the later.

 By the way, speaking of the New York accent, which many of you cannot stand, I really think the Chicago accent is more obnoxious.  Just a thought.

I flew out of Baltimore Sunday afternoon after a weekend of wedding planning for my upcoming trek of holy matrimony (we decided on a chocolate mouse cake for those scoring at home).

Ran into USA Today Sports Weekly lead NFL writer Jim Corbett on the security line.  Corbet came over, said hello and went through security.  But Corbett had hip replacement surgery and it set off everything and the scribe ended up being frisked like he was on a hit list. Seriously — my man Jim was poked for a solid 20 minutes.  I left him in the security line and we caught up later on life’s important issues, you know, like can the Bears stop Dallas Clark?

 Dinner last night with Sirius NFL Radio executive producer Nick Pavlatos and coordinating producer Doug Mortman (that’s Doug’s title though I really don’t know what it means).

 We went to the famous Joe’s Stone Crabs.  Fantastic Alaskan Stone Crabs, creamed spinach, and key lime pie.  Really outstanding.

 We got a tip from producer Dave Hagen to ask for Dennis to get a table quickly.  We did.  Turns out Dennis, a popular maitre d', passed away.  Not the way you wanted to get introduced to the staff.  Can’t make it up.

 I gotta run — I’ll check in later.

 And by the way — I’ve been here for less than 24 hours and FOXSports.com writer/antagonist Peter Schrager has already sent me five text messages. 

I won’t forgive assistant managing editor Todd Behrendt for giving him my cell.

Is it wrong I gave Schrager the wrong hotel I’m staying at?