As today's public schedule announced, there will not be another public schedule posted by the State Department until September 1. Even the press corps has taken off on vacation as Victoria Nuland noted at today's press briefing.
The Secretary herself, following a celebration of her husband's birthday tomorrow, will be headed for some very well-deserved R'n'R in East Hampton. Before people start jumping all over my favorite altruistic couple who richly deserve some time to rest out of the public eye, the amount paid for the rental is not being disclosed, and I find it admirable that they choose to spend whatever the bucks in their own state and not offshore. Here is some information on the property and the rental agreement along with a tour of the house.
We wish them fair weather and a lovely little vacation. They are not really taking that much time.
Things around here will obviously reflect the public absence of our beloved Secretary of State, but there will be posts. Experience has taught me that Hillary people suffer withdrawal symptoms when she is out of the public eye for too long, so I have sequestered the very beautiful photos from today and shall ration them over the duration of her absence.
For starters, The "Run, Hillary, Run" articles continue to proliferate, so there will probably be round ups of those. In fact, there will be one tonight, but I will end this post with a teaser from today and post the round up separately. She looked absolutely smashing in her ruffles and pearls. Beautiful hair! Just exquisite!
