Lady Bunny (drag queen):
"Can you stomach having mice and roaches as pets? You don't have to feed them or clean up after them or have a friend babysit them while you're out of town."
A. Yes
B. No
Marty Markowitz (Brooklyn borough president):
"In the past year, have you eaten three or more of these foods: a slice of pizza, roti, a bagel, curry, pad thai, lox, dumplings, doner kebab, moussaka, baba ghanoush, pernil, tacos, jerk chicken, blintzes, pupusas, pierogi, croissants, huaraches, Junior's cheesecake, Nathan's hot dogs and Cake Man Raven's red-velvet cake?"
A.Yes
B.No, and I don't even know what half of those are.
Billy Eichner (comedian):
"Do you realize that just because you live here, it doesn't mean you are friends with Sarah Jessica Parker?"
A. Yes
B. No
Anthony Bourdain (chef, glutton for punishment):
"Describe your reaction when you see a photo or film of Yogi Berra. A 'true' New Yorker will experience an instinctive feeling of goodwill upon seeing his image."
A. Yep, flooded with love for the guy.
B. Eh.
Justine D (party promoter, DJ):
"What is the Ramones song '53rd and 3rd' about?"
A. A popular NYC spot for male prostitution
B. Where my office is?
Donald Trump (ruthless real-estate magnate):
"Do you have a lot of energy and are you ready for the long haul? This city doesn't allow for complacency. New York is intense, and to succeed, that intensity has to be matched--every day."
A. Yes, I'm ready!
B. No, I'm tired!
Charlyne Yi (actor; stars in the film Paper Heart, out August 7):
“Do you brush your teeth after eating big apples?”
A. Ha! Yeah, it can get gritty in this city.
B. Wait, what?
Hedda Lettuce (drag queen):
“Who is your favorite NYC drag queen? And what is her favorite color?”
A. Why of course you, Hedda, and it’s green, like your lovely locks.
B. I think RuPaul is from New York. And I’ll take a guess here, but pink?
Audra McDonald (actor; stars in Twelfth Night at the Public Theater this summer):
“How long is too long to wait for food you’ve ordered?”
A. Does that include the two hours I waited in line to get a table for brunch?
B. Five minutes, tops. I’ve got better things to do.
Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair editor; man-about-town):
“When dining at the Waverly Inn: front room, or the conservatory?”
A. Front room. It’s all about seeing and being seen.
B. The conservatory, tucked out of sight from all the gawkers and paparazzi.
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loved spy and vanity fair for so long but you seem to have become the very person you used to lampoon. did you really need to plug your restaurant here, in all places?
i am born and bred in manhattan, UWS, who knows what goes on in the out boroughs. i run through them ones a year.