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 […]

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Bear with me. This is Gotham related, honest.
You see Boris Johnson has just won the mayoral election in London.
“And?” I hear you ask.
Well, It might surprise many to know that Boris was born here in Gotham. Yes, it is, indeed, so. And Boris, New York born if not raised, reportedly admires many of mini-Mayor’s policies. […]

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I’ve still got the cruise on my brain today, readers. I am told this is normal - pining for the ship, wasting umpteen hours gazing at itineraries of other cruises, wondering if Doris in the Sports Bar has told the same jokes to new passengers.
I also began to wonder about the fact that Holland America […]

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In the immortal and wise words of Neil Sedaka, “breaking up is hard to do” - and in some cases, it’s darned near impossible. Yes it’s that time again –
Time to Talk NYC Secession!
“What’s that?” I hear you cry! You must have heard me wrong? Here - let me repeat - Secession Plan Is Floated […]

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Ah, deadline of the week has been met and now I can met and so I rest easier in my mind as I peruse the news. And I see that mini-mayor must have gotten a hold of the caffeinated stuff again. During speech, Mayor Bloomberg blasts presidential candidates
“Asked later if he was talking about anyone in particular, he made […]

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We need you and you, you and you - yes, you too and you in the back with the hat.
Or at least, that’s what mini-mayor told us - and everyone else - when he launched  New York’s first multi-nation advertising campaign.
To be perfectly honest I’m not so sure we need to worry about getting the word out. […]

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Feds: New York airports have the most flight delays. You don’t say.  Next thing I know, you’ll tell em that the sun rises in the east and sets in the West. Good for you, Fed. How much of my tax money did spend on this report?
Our local folks seem to be doing a bit better […]

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New York City - Manhattan in particular - isn’t known for being bike friendly. Oh, bikers we have - brave or foolhardy they may be as their feats of derring-do leaving us breathless (from admiration or frustration depends on whether you were attempting to cross the street mid-feat). But steps are being taken to make […]

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Oh, mini-mayor. *pats him on the head* People, people - all this fuss. Surely, this doesn’t come as a surprise. If it does - well, I don’t know what to tell you except I don’t know how that could be unless you were in a coma, or missing at sea when the man switched parties […]

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After talking about it in vague terms and setting the ground work for what I have no doubt will be a drama of epic proportions, mini-Mayor has proposed a $8 NYC ‘congestion fee’ plan to address the traffic problems in Manhattan.
 Now, I know that people are going to be upset and cry foul and whine […]

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No, not from the alleged AK-47s that urban myth tells us all postal workers have stashed in their lockers. I asked my mailman - who I shall call Huggy Bear - about this by the way. Huggy informs that this is not true. I don’t know whether he was denying the AK-47, the locker or […]

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Boo! New York becomes first city to ban trans fats
Look, I’ll grant you that trans fats are contributing factors in heart disease and other coronary problems and that by adding artificial trans fats, the situation is made even worse. I’ll support the idea of having restaurants make the nutritional information about their offering more readily […]

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The City Machine - Up Close
I started a company yesterday and in the pursuit of that goal, made my way to the New York State Supreme Court building where “The Paperwork” would be stamped and signed.
The trip to the county clerk’s office was an admittedly quick adventure but an adventure nonetheless. Naturally, there was a […]

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