Never mind that the details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding are being guarded like state secrets. The postcard-pretty town of Rhinebeck is ready for its close-up.
别担心克林顿爱女的婚礼细节还被弄得像国家机密一样,(纽约)风景如画的莱恩贝克小镇已经为婚礼的到来做好了准备。
The former first daughter and her parents have not even confirmed that her wedding is being held in Rhinebeck. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews(一起工作的人) and officials are bracing2 for crowds.
Clinton, 30, will wed1(结婚) investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday, and this little Hudson Valley town of upscale boutiques(精品店) and pricey homes north of New York City is expecting an influx3(流入,汇集) of A-List guests, reporters and rubber-neckers.
"I think this will put us on the map in an entirely4 different way," said Ira Gutner, owner of Samuel's coffee shop, which featured a sign in the window congratulating the Methodist bride and Jewish groom5 with "Mazel Tov, Chelsea and Marc."
"People will say, 'Oh, let's go to Rhinebeck, Chelsea Clinton got married there.' ... We'll forever be known for this," he said.
It's all but certain that the couple will wed Saturday evening at Astor Courts, a secluded6 estate(房地产,财产) along the Hudson River built as a Beaux Arts style playground for John Jacob Astor IV more than a century ago. The estate features the sort of commanding view that once inspired Hudson River School painters, as well as 50 acres of buffer7 space to shield the party from prying8(窥探的,爱打听的) eyes.
The spot is a bit more than an hour north of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's home in suburban9 Chappaqua and about 90 miles north of New York City.