Guests Soaked at Hillary Clinton Fundraiser

On a day heavy with emails at the State Department FOIA reading room - some of which were light reading and fun - I thought I would share the funniest story I saw all day.  This rivals the hPad exchanges and how to figure out if you have wi-fi.  Thank you Emily Smith! 

Sprinklers drench guests at swanky Hillary Clinton fundraiser

By Emily Smith

August 31, 2015 |

Hillary was fêted by a high-fashion crowd at Tory Burch’s majestic Hamptons mansion on Sunday — but well-heeled guests got drenched by the designer’s sprinkler system as the presidential candidate stood up to speak.
Guests at Burch’s palatial, $38 million “Gatsby”-era estate, which sits on 15.4 lush acres in Southampton, included Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart, Donna Karan, Barneys owner Richard Perry and his designer wife, Lisa. But as Hillary, who was on a covered terrace, tarted to speak to 200 guests who fanned out into the garden, Burch’s sprinkler system suddenly went on, soaking some of the well-attired attendees.

One told us, “It was really very funny. Tory’s home is gorgeous … Everything was perfect. There were so many impeccably turned-out fashion people there. Anna Wintour looked like she could have been cut out of her own magazine: beautiful summer dress, not a hair out of place.”
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Bill and Hillary Clinton: The Date

The story about Bill and Hillary dining out and attending Chelsea's 80s-themed birthday party on Sunday was all over the webs yesterday via the New York Post.

Clintons share romantic NYC date

• Last Updated: 10:45 AM, March 5, 2013
• Posted: 12:06 AM, March 5, 2013

Hillary Clinton is enjoying her downtime after leaving her role as secretary of state. Hillary and husband Bill were spotted enjoying a meal Sunday at the NoMad restaurant in the Flatiron District. The couple were also spotted later in the day “looking sweet and holding hands while walking through Union Square,” a spy told Page Six, adding, “Other people barely noticed them. They just looked like a regular couple, enjoying a relaxing stroll and taking things in.”
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But it was not until today that the picture turned up.  Thanks to Emily Smith of the Post, here is the picture she tweeted.  Whatever outfit she wore, we see that Hillary did not wear 80s hair.