For New York City smokers and resaurant/club owners, news that Mayor Bloomberg attended a function where people were actively smoking cigars at the St. Regis has them angry. Lotus owner David Rabin, after hearing about this, snarked to the Post, "Does the wait staff of the St. Regis have a special immune system that combats the supposed ill effects of second-hand smoke?" But really, is it so original, accusing a politican of being a hypocrite? Gothamist certainly sympathizes with Mayor Bloomberg's quandry, of attending the event as a boyfriend (his "companion" Diana Taylor was inducted into some strange club), rather than politician, but he should have made some sort of biting yet funny remark to show he was aware of the illegal practices.
We also want to add that the event for secret society Kappa Beta Phi sounds like drama camp (as in, it's very gay): "One year, the performances were inspired by 'Cabaret,' and the male bankers were required to dress in a skirt and halter and sing 'Wilkommen' to the roaring crowd."
