And as I predicted, the New York/London bond takes center stage with the Telegraph reporting: “Boris Johnson to learn from Michael Bloomberg.”

Really? I’d love to be a fly on that wall.

Boris: “So, Mr. Mayor - ha! Might be referring to myself, what? Rather like the sound of it - ‘Mr. Mayor.’ I mean, still getting used to it, don’t you know. I shall have to get used to it, shan’t I? 4 years to go. Hell of a long time, 4 years. But, never mind, never mind. Jolly good to see you. What wisdom do you have to impart to those of us just starting out on our Glorious reign - uh, mayoralties - indeed, in this noble line of work?”

Mini-Mayor: “Bring your own box.”

Boris: “My what? Box? Did you say box?”

Mini-Mayor: “Yes, for standing on. At podiums. See, I prefer to bring my own rather than use the official mayoral box. It was pretty scruffy by then. Hadn’t been used since Abe Beame’s days. So I had one of my own done up. At my own expense of course. That’s another thing. Use your own plane if you can and refuse a salary. People eat that stuff up.”

Boris: “Ah! I see. Hmmm. Yes, quite. Tea?”

And on both sides of the Atlantic, the Mayoral Buddy Movie in the Making is getting it’s share of coverage.

• The Village Voice (Bloomberg to Meet London Mayor: What Will Be Banned Next?) seems to fear that Boris will be a bad influence of Bloomberg. All this demonstrates is that they know very little about either man.
• U.S. News and World report says that Boris “is eying New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as something of a role model.“
• The Guardian gives rather the wrong impression with “New York’s mayor flies in to give advice and credibility” - not that Boris needs credibility from anyone, much less someone not from the UK. It also makes it sound like this is the REASON Mayor McLittle is going to the UK in the first place. It’s not. He’s going for Gordon Brown’s Brown’s economic regeneration conference in Belfast. And then he’s off to see Boris. That’s Mini-Mayor, time for everyone. Everyone in time.

Tomorrow, we will return to our regularly scheduled Gotham-centric coverage but I am still wrapping my head around the new Mayoral realities of my second favorite city.