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Happy Belated Birthday, Mr. Mayor

By Staff in News on Nov 30, 2011 9:20PM

We let yesterday come and go without wishing Mayor Rahm Emanuel a Happy Birthday. The 52-year-old mayor has a lot on his plate but, as the photo above suggests, he did take some time to smell the roses.

We've also put together a list of gifts we would bring to the Fifth Floor of City Hall, if we hadn't forgotten.

Jon Graef: Tampons.

Michele Lenni: A new and improved swear jar.

Prescott Carlson: A copy of Liking Myself

Aaron Cynic: Camping gear and an invitation to set it up outside the Federal Reserve Building.

Samantha Abernethy: A case of ramen noodles.

Chuck Sudo: Dinner at Arby's, followed by a performance of Joffrey Ballet's The Nutcracker. (We can expense it to Gothamist.)