Thanks for the quickie!
San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom flew in to town to have a ringside chat with Ryan Seacrest this morning on the radio about the wonders of L'oreal hair gel.
The two darling chatty-Kathies were having a gay old time until His Honor suddenly realized it might be wise to discuss a handful of campaign pledges in his upcoming run for Governor once the budget terminator steps down.
Gavin is quite the character, sort-of your typical kid from the wrong side of the tracks, with a shine in his pants.
And, with an arrogant street-wise personality, to match.
Heck, in one dull interview recently, he tried to spark up a controversy by bragging that he was a lousy speller.
Needless to say, his tweets are a little slow since he has to reach for his pocket dictionary every few seconds or so, to get his p's & q's just right.
Gavin keep this in the forefront of your mind:
"i" before "e" except after "c"
A bit of helpful advice?
Try your hand at scrabble - or at least a crossword daily - because either one has the capacity to sharpen word skills over time.
Newsom loves pomp and circumstance, though, in spite of his aw-shucks manner.
The last time I was in San Francisco, I took in his inaugeration at City Hall.
What a hoot!
A boy's choir, a girl's choir. No stops were pulled.
I seemed to recall, though, that the Mayor's office assured the press and his constituents that the celebration would be a low-key affair.
What- "Next to the Queen's Coronation?" - I joked to a local politician chuckling next to me in the gallery.
Take a gander at the post I wrote on the occasion of the swearing in and decide for yourself.
Post: 01/08/08
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/01/gavin-newsomat-mayoral-inaugural.html
I expect that if Mayor Newsom lands a seat in the Gov'nor's Mansion, he'll rustle up some new-fangled ideas about how to pretty-up the State.
After all, in San Francisco he's known as the "green" Mayor, in view of his visionary efforts to heal the planet in a myriad of novels ways.
I even attended a "tree planting" ceremony he sponsored one nippy morning on Market Street, to get a take on what makes the Mayor's bark tick on environmental issues, for starters.
Pity, that!
There wasn't much of a turn-out for the much-ballyhooed event.
Some pooh-poohed that Gavin was on everyone's sh** list because he cancelled Halloween that year.
Big meanie!
Post: 01/07/08
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/01/gavin-newsomsan-franciscos-green-mayor.html
But, that didn't deter golden boy.
He'll turn up at the opening of an envelope, given the chance!
Yup, when renovations on the downtown library - labelled "The Main" by famed journalist Herb Caen - were completed, Gavin stood in the wings at the ribbon-cutting ceremony chomping at the bit to spout his mouth off.
But, he sure wasn't going to dash to the podium 'til he was good 'n ready, and most certainly not in any way, shape, or form that might denegrate his importance in the eyes of all the social climbers in attendance in the main foyer that fateful day.
Yeah, I got all the unpleasant business down in my little black book and transferred all the dirt onto my blog site post-haste.
Post: 01/16/08
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/01/san-francisco-librarygrand-opening.html
If Gavin does gets his foot in the Governor's door, he'll be the spittin' image of Clinton (slick Willy, dude) who was inclined to bend over a few pages now and then.
But, I admit, Gavin's "do" looks great!
And, he's managed to keep his di** in his trousers out of scandal's way, for about a year now.
Thank God for small mercies!
Once you have black you never go back!
