My favorite New Yorker

I always did like Bill Clinton. I thought he did a wonderful job as president. When he left the country hade a big surplus. Someone asked if he was interested in running for president again, he stated no. He was tired of it. Two terms was enough for him.

I think they all have to say that. It would seem ungraceful to want more and more power, after the term limit runs out.

@Uraniumfish I second your vote for Bill Clinton, I remember squealing like a school girl when I saw him in my erstwhile hometown of Mumbai when he was there on a state visit. Similarly I am a big fan of Hilary Clinton somehow I feel this nation needs a woman's touch to heal itself. So many less developed South Asian countries have had powerful women leaders- Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto then why not the world's premier nation? Maybe in my lifetime I will get to see a woman (maybe even a New Yorker) lead America!

My favorite NY-er? Guiliani..(not for his politics) just because he did a great job during 9-11.
What a mess that was.. he held up great under such immense pressure.

Just read this interview with Steve Buscemi, everyman extraordinaire, and found him fitting among favorite New Yorkers...
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-01-26/columns/kathy-griffin-addresses-anderson-cooper-s-sexuality/

Yeah, Steve seems to be in quite a number of things. He is often in the news for some reason.

He produced the Sopranos. Brilliant show!

I wish my favorite New Yorkers weren't the Olsen twins, but alas....

I'm going to back everyone up on the Bill Clinton-praising, though. Have always been a fan.

And why the Olsen twins exactly?

Because of my weakness for fashion-addicted tabloid treasures/wreckage. And I actually must give them props on their fashion lines. They're expensive but definitely show some talent/taste.

Well, other than my mother and grandma (of course), my favorite NYC celebrity might be the late Mrs. Astor. She did so much for the city - philanthropist, patron of the arts - you name it!

I really don't have a favorite NY celeb. Most celebrities I know and like were born elsewhere.

My favorite New Yorker is Tina Brown of The New Yorker fame. Even though she was controversial in how she ran The New Yorker, at least she has guts and a clear sense of what she wants.

@BroadwayBK I believe you that the Olsen twins' fashion lines show real talent and taste, but how do you explain the weird bags they tend to wear as dresses all the time? They look like lost little girls, and everyone makes fun of them in the fashion pages...

@DBlack What I hear don Tina Brown's reign at the New Yorker was how so many of the writers who had been writing for the magazine for years and years just quit. What was that about? Does she just have an awful personality?

@Uraniumfish A lot of designers are not fans of the Olsen girls' skinny vagrant look, yes, I know, but I happen to think they usually have good taste, and they are definitely the contemporary style icons that I immediately think of. I admit that I don't always think what an Olsen twin is wearing actually looks good, but for the most part they seem to know what they are doing.

I think it's easy to take shots at people who are being experimental with fashion - someone like Chole Sevigny makes a lot of best-dressed lists, but then you sometimes see her under headlines like "What was she thinking?" Lady Gaga is another one - I think if you take chances in fashion people are not always going to understand or agree, but that's what makes trendsetters so interesting.

Agreed, BroadwayBK, and the fashion page commentators are the cattiest species on this planet. I like Chloe Sevigny's style, and I think what Lady Gaga is doing as far as creating a public persona is really interesting.

A lot of times I look at the fashion critics on red carpets on E! and think that they are the ones in need of consultation... It seems like a lot of those commentators are not only really catty but really mainstream when it comes to fashion, and also I think finding an easy target is the best way to create headlines that sell.

I heard of Tina Brown. She seems to wear nice clothes. Some things are not in my taste for clothing, but still they look nice on her.

hhusted, are you mistaking Tina Brown for one of the fashion icons we've been discussing? She's the former editor of the New Yorker, and how she dresses is perhaps not the point...

@Uraniumfish: I know what you are talking about. I know who she is and what she stands for. But what struck me more was how she was dressed.

@everyone my two cents worth isn't Tina Brown British? then again maybe she's lived in NYC long enough to qualify as a New Yorker..

Yeah, but you work at the New Yorker, and I guess you get a free citizenship or something...

@uraniumfish really????wow!

She who works high up at a Conde Nast publication shall be whatever nationality she chooses?

Something like that. She has lunch with Harvey Weinstein every week. She plays with the big boys. If there were a Queen of New York title, she would be the Queen of New York. From among the pantheon of powerful NYC women, not even Martha Stewart could be said to be the queen of NYC.

Tina Brown has been a US citizen since 2005. For real.

Here is a description of her early education from Wikipedia: "Brown was a rebellious adolescent. She was expelled from three boarding schools; in her words, she was expelled from one because she "organized protests because we weren't allowed to change our underpants," and from another "where I had described (the headmistress's) bosom as an unidentified flying object.""

You have to love the lady's spunk.

@Uraniumfish A lot of people thought she accomplished the impossible at the New Yorker: shook up the Old Guard and drove out a lot of geezers who had become to clicque-ish. That was going to upset some people. Namely the geezers. So, yeah, her tenure was controversial.

@DBlack Tina Brown sounds like someone I would've been friends with in high school... or someone I was.

It is interesting to note Tina is a Scorpio, if anyone follows the Zodiac signs. She also came from a family of entertainment. Her father produced the first Agatha Christie films. Scorpio people are very mysterious. They can either be good or bad, depending on their mood.

@hhusted Hunh?

@DBlack I think I like Tina Brown a lot more now for that quote.