Once in the Crescent City, he's to talk to unionized teachers and raise money for the Democratic National Committee.
Partly as a result, Tokyo, once the most expensive city in the world, now seems fairly reasonable to a visitor compared with New York, say.
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The late virtuoso guitarist Jimi Hendrix once played in Norwich at the city's Orford Cellar during the 1960s - a venue that also saw Eric Clapton, David Bowie and Elton John perform.
That it originates in Florence is no accident as the iris is the symbol of the city and once grew wild in the surrounding fields of Tuscany.
Foreigners are allowed to buy one residential property in Shanghai once they have lived and worked in the city for a year.
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And if he is successful in achieving these personal and organizational goals, the Billy Goat Curse might finally be slayed once and for all in the Windy City.
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Later, board one of the ferries that ply the Chao Phraya River and the canals that crisscross Bangkok once called the Venice of the East for a deeper understanding of the vital role in the city these waterways once played.
"What happens is the observers visit neighbourhoods in the city, then once they leave, the shooting and shelling starts again, " he said.
The British Ceramic Confederation (BCC) and North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce want to create a national ceramic skills academy in the city where the industry once thrived.
Barcelona was once the only city in Spain to boast three bullrings, but by 1977 they were down to one - indeed the only bullfighting ring in Catalonia.
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And, since picking up a reported hamstring injury in January, Mozika has now been available for selection for City just once in the past three months.
If you occupy one of them, your day might be something like this: wake up, stroll into the empty ruins, sit on the hillside and take your postcard-worthy photos while watching a once in a lifetime sunrise over the Incan city.
But I do not think it has ever occurred to me with such poignancy as in Izmir, the city the Greeks once called Smyrna, before their 3, 000-year-old living presence in Asia Minor was all but expunged.
Now art is taking centre stage in the city once more and in an even bigger way.
Many people are fleeing because of the insecurity and entire neighbourhoods in this once-prosperous city are now completely deserted because the army has warned residents to relocate, so they can try to "weed out" members of Boko Haram.
The former jute mill in the Blackness area of the city opened as a museum in 1996 and is dedicated to the textile industry that once dominated the city's economy.
So it goes in Srinagar, a city that once was among the most attractive tourist destinations in all of Asia.
The toads' destination: their birthplace in the Roxborough Reservoir, which once provided drinking water to Philadelphians and is now preserved as open space in the city's park system.
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Should he decide to leave his home in Madrid to take in one of the world's greatest fixtures, there is no doubt he would be welcomed back with open arms in the city he once adorned.
At the Standard, several images, including ones of Bette Midler and Sting, were placed in the famous glass lobby case, once featured on "Sex and the City" and featuring a scantily clad model.
Add to that the fact that the New York City Council has voted to increase assessments more than once in the last few years pushing taxes up dramatically.
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Once there, turn around and soak in the city skyline views, or stop for a locally brewed beer at one of the many cafes and restaurants.
Zenit's most high-profile supporter is new Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who trained as a lawyer in the city and was once an assistant professor at St Petersburg State University.
For another classic Istanbul experience, dine on the catch of the day at the waterfront Bebek Balikci, a 20-minute taxi ride north in the charming village of Bebek, once a separate town now annexed by the city.
New cafes are opening, sniper screens are coming down and shops are selling exotic fruits once again, but most people living in the city are unemployed and 70% of the population are wholly or partly dependent on aid supplies of flour, pasta, beans and rice.
The prospect is for near-interminable wheeling and dealing once the last of the current batch of regional polls comes to an end in the city-state of Berlin next month.
That's why the cross-city link is crucial: once completed, in 2014, it will match that increase by doubling the capacity of the station.
Once past the city traffic, roads everywhere in the country are more or less open.
Some young fans forget that three pro teams once lived comfortably in New York City, before the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers left for California.
's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Friday passed a resolution demanding that Iran stop construction on a once-secret nuclear enrichment facility in the Iranian holy city of Qom.
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