Dana DiDonato is the busty back bone of BLI In The Morning! She may be maritally challenged, but when she's in the presence of the rest of the am crew, she plays the den mom like nobody's business. Dana comes to us from Greensboro, NC where she did mornings at WSMW. But don't let all that Southern charm fool you because Dana's originally from New Jersey and she can hang with the best of us New Yorkers! Email Dana.

Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ

Happy place: on a date with my hottie of a husband Kevin and Blacksburg, VA (go hokies!)

Piercings: 8

Tattoos: 2

Fav music: Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, U2, John Mayer, The Pat McGee Band, Live, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Jeremy Camp, I also tend to enjoy random country songs- Redneck Woman for example- not quite sure why.

I secretly rock out at the top of my lungs to: Any power ballad

Foods I would eat endlessly if they didn't turn me into a cow: Entemann's cheese filled crumbcake (anything cheese-filled or fruit-filled), Kevin's Chili (or anything my amazing husband cooks- I'm basically useless in the kitchen), Tufu Wedges from Thai Table in Rockville Centre . . . you can't knock till you've tried!!! salt bagel sandwiches from the Long Beach Bagel Café, ravioli pizza from Pulumbo's in Deer Park, Circus Peanuts, anything coconut, movie theatre popcorn with extra butter and salt, Gnocchi, texas toast french toast, and of course sushi, yes I'm a fat girl at heart.

My fav shows: OPRAH- I sit there taking notes and bawling my eyes out. Grey's Anatomy- hands down best show on television, I am so Izzy. Also AM IN LOVE WITH the new show October Road . . . yeah I'm lame. I'm also very committed to Seinfeld re-runs, 90210 re-runs, and I Love the 90's

Still bitter that they were under-rated and went away: My So Called Life, Felicity, 90210, The O Sizzle, The Wonder Years, and Family Ties

Best movie: Say Anything, Can't Buy Me Love, Untamed Heart, The Virgin Suicides, A Walk to Remember, Beaches, Love Story, The Princess Bride, Erin Brockovich, Swingers, Big Daddy, Crash, and HELLO Walk the Line!!!!

Celeb Crush: Um Dylan from 9-0 . . . duh. And for some weird reason Adam Sandler

Makes me cry: (Besides Oprah) Reunion shows, Sally Struthers commercials, my brother when he makes me laugh too hard, and for some unknown reason the movie The Bodyguard

Fav Stores: Forever 21 (forevs) and Urban Outfitters

Best jeans: Guess and Paper Denim.

Currently reading: I'm currently reading "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert and Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope". Ugh . . . and I LOVED LOVED LOVED "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey - A-FREAKING-MAZING. oh yeah and I'm making my husband Kev go through the book "1,001 Questions to Ask Before You Get Married" . . . by Monica Leahy. it's SO MUCH fun for me and a mild form of enjoyable torture for him. :)

Product of choices: Ok ladies can I just tell you that if you have over-processed hair like mine . . . you NEED Kerastase products . . . the green bottle is so money you don't even know. Also if you need to get bronze-ness kicking- all I have to say is Mystic . . . and ya need the Perfection Spray! Palm Beach Tan in Commack- love them! Hi Vanessa and Diana!

Unhealthy Obsession: Going to Maximus!!! (www.maximusspasalon.com), impulse shopping at Target, pedicures, myspace, and watching old episodes of Felicity, chick flicks, pomegranate tea from Trader Joe's- SO GOOD, my UGGS!, cabernet (wait that really is unhealthy)

Fav Websites: www.invisiblechildren.com , www.solisfoundation.org, www.smiletrain.org

Other Favs: Check out my Hersday Hotlist!!