Bono was in Baltimore this week?
Posted by Jeff Quinton on May 2, 2008Steve Forbes’ yacht, The Highlander, was in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor a couple days this week.
Was the one-time presidential candidate trying to sell Mayor Sheila Dixon on the flat tax, perhaps over some Beluga caviar?
(The 151-foot yacht dishes up nearly 16 pounds of the stuff every year, according to Forbeshighlander.com. That’s about $45,000 worth of fish eggs, based on prices posted on gourmetfoods.com, though the magazine heir probably saves by buying in bulk.)
Forbes spokeswoman Diane Reeves said Forbes was not aboard when the yacht dropped anchor in Charm City. She wasn’t saying who was on it, only that it was “on its way back up to New York.” From? Not saying.
My guess on the mysterious passenger: Bono.
The U2 lead singer is a partner in a buyout company that owns a minority interest in Forbes magazine and Web site. And the ship was anchored by the Science Center, where U2 3D recently played the IMAX theater.
Comment by Daily Breather
Is this not a streatch? Forbes’ yacht in harbor near MD Science center, OK, we can confirm than. Bono on board? Why, because it was near a place that used to show the U2 3D show, about 2 months ago? I call bullshit.