The comedy took an exciting turn for fans on Monday when Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) got engaged, leaving Ted (Josh Radnor) to search for new love after eight will-they-or-won't-they-moments between him and Robin.
Deputy mayors Patricia Harris and Robert Steel, Council of Fashion Designers of America President Diane von Furstenberg, IMG head Ted Forstmann and Lincoln Center chair Katherine Farley also joined Bloomberg as he spent the next 20 minutes extolling the virtues of New York as a fashion base.