Wild in the Streets

Serge Becker of La Esquina and Café Select is throwing an election results street party in Kenmare Square with large screen projectors, hot cocoa, and all the crazed fun of collective celebration. The energy in New York City streets tonight will undoubtedly match the best Carnival or SXSW or Ibiza has to offer. The Obamatons will be raging one way or another and if you're a McCain/Pallin supporter a night spent kicking up your heels "elitist style" might just be your savior. A good long drink and some cross party uncommitted sex on a fire escape sounds like a great way to beat back the post-election blues. Worked for Mary Matalin and James Carville.



Plus, New York Night Train Empresario, Jonathan Toubin will be hosting his own debaucherous election night fandango in Williamsburg at one of our favorite bars, Daddy's. But bring your fiddle in case the whole place catches fire. If it's good enough for Nero, its good enough for the Rogers Sisters.

Bloomsday in NYC?

Today the 51 members of the New York City Council will finally have to publicly pick sides over whether they, and Mayor Bloomberg, should be able to run for another four years in office. It's going to be tight and Bloomberg's squeezing of members and supporters into rushing this vote has been rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.

Our friends are divided on this, young Rachel Trachtenburg thinks Bloomberg is the worst Mayor ever while sexy New England surfer dude John James thinks Bloomy hung the moon. It's all perspective folks you should look into getting one.




Others hope to introduce an amendment for a public referendum on whether Moneyberg should be allowed to lord ad infinitum. A vote by the citizenry to counter a blatant insider power grab seems fair(er) since term limits are a product of the people. See for instance venerable New York media dude Kurt Andersen's 2 Cents on the Term Limits Debate

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