January 8, 2008
A Kennedyesque Inaugural Unda the Rotunda
Judge William Newsom gets a little help with rehearsal. -Jennifer coaxing a young-un to the stage.
Gavin Newsom began his second term as mayor of San Francisco this morning in front of a huge crowd under the largest dome in the western hemisphere. (Yes, even larger than those found in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., but why would we bring those places up?)
Fashion report. Vivid purple necktie (sans matching glove[s]). Fiancée Jennifer Siebel appeared in yellow looking just like a Hitchcockian blond. Shoe bonus: undersides completely lacquered in International Red-Orange, redolent of the Golden Gate Bridge. How apropropriate for San Francisco.
When a politician's crew puts on a show (you know, swearing-in ceremonies are pretty much legally-mandated photo ops), things can go well, or not so well. This inaugural went well. And speaking of Obama, his much talked about Kennedyesqueness is more Robert, less John. Today's event was heavily on the on JFK side of things.
The reception will occur tomorrow at the de Young Museum. Read all about today's ceremony here and here.
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Those would probably be Christian Louboutin's red soles, not orange.
OMG! - is Jennifer Siebel holding out her hand for someone to kiss it? The power's already going to her head!
Certainly an orangey kind of red. Never seen this kind of shoe before.
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Forgot the caption. Fixed now. It took some coaxing to get all the players to come to the stage. the arm gesture was for one of the kids.
They look like they're on the Today Show to me, for some reason. So perky and downright domestic!
No tiara for Jen? How lame is that?
Jim: if you had, I'd be worried. It's the CL trademark.
And with the price tag on those, I'm guessing Jennifer has turned over expensive shoe purchasing duties to Newsom and her days of buying things "on sale" are over.
Purple is the color of royalty, is it not?
There were some good ideas in his spiel after getting sworn in. I like the idea of recruiting retirees to help mentor SF public school students in order to hopefully increase those kids' chances of finding gainful employment. I'm not sure about this $500 bond thing for kids who are born here and make it to graduate in the public school system's high school ... what departments get cut to help fund that or will that be funded by private donations?
Anyway ... a good day for Newsom and his bride to be. The rotunda area was pretty well packed ... 2-4 folks deep on the 3 upper level siderails.
Too bad the State of California's budget deficit of $14 billion will mean less state money for the City .... and then there's the charter amendment that will spend another $33 million or so from the general fund ... I'm afraid San Francisco's credit card may be over its maximum if voters pass that thing in November. Leave it to politicians to create bills that the future generation has to pay through a loss in services or through higher taxes/fees.
1) Judge Newsom looks like a spookier version of Garrison Keillor (hard to do, despite loving PHC & Keillor)
2) Whatever kid Siebel was trying to look all scary at was probably crying. At least if I were five or under she would've scared me! ...Is it just me, or is she started to get that Maria Schriver-mummified look?
i think the mayor's smurfette would look better with a flock of parakeets tied to her (a la Tippi Hedren)
Purple also the color of ... SEIU.
Could someone out there please help this actress with her hair in face and bad stance. She always stands like a handicapped smurf and her dress was from Target.
REALLY SAD!!!
Young Charo.
C'mon people, keep it smurfy.
Not exactly Tippi Hendron, but something like that.
The smurfette taped the bottom of her shoes with orange duct tape so she could get a refund tomorrow.
(she reminds me more of Hogatha)
So's yellow, Agin, the color of the dress. Either that or they're cheering on the Minnesota Vikings' latest off season rebuilding project.
Mrs. John McCain
Not even on the list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_largest_domes
The Georgia Dome is a squat little thing, isn't it. City Hall is higher.
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:Gz857ScqgN8J:www.ceitronics.com/New_Pages/memorablefacts.html+SF+City+Hall+St.+Peter%E2%80%99s,+Rome+Les+Invalides,+Il+Duomo,+St.+Paul%E2%80%99s,+U.S.+Capitol&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us