Diana L. Taylor

A finance leader and Michael R. Bloomberg’s partner, Ms. Taylor is the first woman to chair the company’s board.

“It was 30 years ago,’’ Diana Taylor said. “Get over it.”

Diana Taylor proved she was much more than Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s girlfriend.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told Forbes that he will take a two-week vacation in Hawaii and New Zealand to play golf immediately after leaving office.

To avoid the appearance of meddling in his successor’s term, Mr. Bloomberg will leave after the inauguration for an — as usual — undisclosed location.

A newly constructed dog park in TriBeCa drew the presence of Diana L. Taylor, who is Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s companion, and Bonnie and Clyde, better known as the First Dogs of New York City.

A check of Citigroup’s board roster, which reportedly clashed with Vikram S. Pandit, reveals a number of former Wall Street executives with lengthy experience in banking. Many of the directors joined the board only in the last four years.

Diana L. Taylor, a Sotheby’s board member, makes clear her lack of sympathy with their demands.

Speaking Monday, the mayor described his sympathy for the residents near the protesters in Zuccotti Park. “The Constitution doesn’t protect tents,” he said. “It protects speech and assembly.”

Call it a menagerie à quatre in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s town house: him, Diana L. Taylor and the two yellow Labradors she cares for.