No matter how much time New York City Mayor spends with his Colombian tutor, he continues to lament the sorry state of his Spanish-language skills:

Here’s his candid answer to this month’s Proust Questionnaire in Vanity Fair:

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

My Spanish. I’ve been studying for seven years and I still speak como un novato.

Photo: Taken from Vanity Fair (October 2008 issue)