Woody Allen Interviews Billy Graham??!!!

WHEN WOODY MET BILLY ... JEW MEETS CHRISTIAN ... NEW YORK CITY MEETS THE BIBLE BELT ...

... And a happy 2008 to you all

Welcome to 2008. Here's to a great new year.

Hopefully New York City and Mr NYC will be better than ever.

Cheers.

Blitzer and Cafferty on Mike Bloomberg

President Bloomberg?

Apparently our Mike, Mayor Mike Bloomberg that is, is seriously thinking about running for President. People are "talking" and Mike's aides are "laying the groundwork." Basically, he's gonna run but doesn't want to go on the record about it yet. How naughty of him.

Hmmmm ... so if it's Rudy vs. Hillary vs. Mike next year, it'll be a New York Subway Election, the likes of which American politics has never seen.

Can you imagine those three raging egomaniacs on stage during a debate? It might just cave in.

As a proud New Yorker, I'm not sure if I should be thrilled or scared by the prospect of this. We shall see.

Bloomberg Moves Closer to Running for President

Times Square Ball Drop 2006-2007 New York City (Clean)

Hard to believe it but yet ANOTHER year is done and gone.

It's been a pretty good year for Mr NYC, after all, a year ago this blog didn't exist and the world was the less for it. (Wasn't it?)

Anyway, it wouldn't be New Year's in NYC without the Times Square ball drop so here's a great video of it from last year.

Why anyone would go to Times Square in New Year's is beyond me. It's an absolute mess. I was there on New Years 1993-1994 and 1998-1999, both times for reasons beyond my control. It's really better to watch on TV. It REALLY REALLY is.

Who knows who's poor? Why a billionaire of course!

Our lovely mayor, Senor Bloomberg the billionaire, wants to create a new "formula" for deciding who is truly poor in this town. Makes sense, since being poor in NYC is not the same as being poor elsewhere. Apparently the federal government formula just ain't cutting it. Big surprise I know.

Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who Is Poor

WPIX Yule Log

WPIX Yule Log Intro (1986)

Ah, Christmas Day in NYC can only mean one thing - the Channel 11 Yule Log. Since 1966, this has become a city tradition. Since so many NYC families live in apartments and don't have fireplaces, this is their substitute. And at Mr NYC, we're bringing it to you a day early.

Here's the intro for the Yule log from 1986 - it vanished in the 1990s but it's back and now in the 21st century its probably more popular than ever.

Rob Thomas - A New York Christmas (LIVE)

The Play's the Thing ... on Broadway

Interesting article in today's New York Times by Ben Brantley about the "comeback" of dramatic theater on Broadway this year.

A Dramatic Comeback for the Play

It's quite true: this has been a great year not just for plays but for serious, sometimes disturbing drama on Broadway. This year alone I saw "Journey's End", "Talk Radio", "Frost/Nixon" and "Cyrano", "Grey Gardens", none of which were feel good shows. And I still want to see "The Farnsworth Invention", "Rock N' Roll", and "August: Osage County."

If anyone out there has seen any really good plays this year, please let the Mr NYC readers (both of them) know about it.

Let's hope 2008 is as good!