Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, and Mr. Bloomberg, an independent, share many political positions, including a fondness for spending cuts and emphatic support for same-sex marriage.
And since Uncle Romie often spent the summer in North Carolina when he was growing up, it turns out they share a great deal more, including a fondness for pepper jelly.
He has certain idiosyncrasies, including a fondness for one specific brand of horse cookies.
"The idea of Fowler," he writes, "is part of that nimbus of Englishness that includes a fondness for flowers and animals, brass bands, cups of milky tea, net curtains, collecting stamps, village cricket, the quiz and the crossword".
He has never met Kim Jong Il, who is highly reclusive, and whose political intentions and personal tastes — including a reported fondness for slasher films, luxury cars, and basketball — have been the subject of much speculation in the West.
He also published a series of mischievous novels that were notable mainly, one critic observed, for their "annoying mannerisms," including a lack of quotation marks and a fondness for "obsolete or unfamiliar words".
The royals, after all, have all kinds of things in common with many of California's commoners, including a love of the outdoors, an adventurous, fun-loving spirit and a fondness for convertibles.
Even his laid-back appearance, which includes a nose ring, ear stretchers, and a fondness for jeans, is unconventional.
For example, if the homeowners have a fondness for all things British, include a Union Jack hand towel in the jar or Royal Family coasters.
But some of Mr. Alvarez's choices, including his fondness for shooting intimate exchanges in extreme long shot, come off as mannered and seem as if he were borrowing a visual style rather than trying to develop one.
The gowns reveal the lightness and the complexity of the Callots' designs, their innovation and craftsmanship, their understanding of materials (including their fondness for lace and lamé, which they were among the first to use), and their Orientalism.
