Surprise, Surprise

So, this happened in yesterday's election (though the Brooklyn Paper says Bloomberg did not win in our fine borough).

Anyway.

Marty Markowitz also killed it (with 86.9% of the vote), so he sticks around as our BK Borough President, and Bill de Blasio easily won as Public Advocate with 76.9% of the vote.

Brad Lander won the City Council seat in Park Slope's 39th District.

Here's how the rest of it went down.

Auction Has Ended: High Bidder KGillibrand69@aol.com Wins Item Hillary Clinton Senate Seat Used Good Condition A+++

It'll soon be official: say hello to your new Democratic NY Senator.

Yes We Can?

Don't know about you, but for me, this pic of Aretha Franklin has pretty much been the most haunting image of the day thus far.

Happy 'YES WE CAN' Day: Inauguration Schedule

Here's a great round-up of when/where everything is going down today for the Inauguration.

I think we're going to head over to watch the festivities at BAM.

What are you doing?

[Waiting...]