There is not one brown face in the entire photo album of the wedding. FIRST to say that these people are crack-assed crackers.

Wtf is with the white horse in one of the pictures of the ceremony?

11:59 - Maybe the trumpeter?

Um, the articles state that the wedding took place at Eastfair, the estate of IBM heir Sherman Fairchild, so it's not a Simpson partner's house.

This isn't a partner's house you clown. My friend got married there.

The wedding was held at Eastfair in Lloyd Neck. The estate was originally built by inventor and IBM heir Sherman Fairchild who was a personal friend of the McGraths (they purchased the property after his death in 1971).

so there..

"The Rev. Rosemary Suozzi Lloyd, a Unitarian Universalist minister, officiated at the home of the bride's family in Lloyd Neck, New York. Mrs. Lloyd is the sister of Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi who is a friend of the bride’s parents."

"The estate was originally built by inventor and IBM heir Sherman Fairchild who was a personal friend of the McGraths (they purchased the property after his death in 1971)."

In addition to what 12:09 points out, look at the NYT wedding announcement:

"The Rev. Rosemary Suozzi Lloyd, a Unitarian Universalist minister, officiated at THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S FAMILY in Lloyd Neck, N.Y."

Eastfair is in Lloyd Neck:

http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/eastfair.htm

Guys in my high school got married there all the time. It was no big deal.

12:11 here. I was referring to 12:09(1), not 12:09(2) (which I didn't see until after I posted).

Is this really PPP from STB? Or could it be family money?

Getting married in your parents' back yard? How tacky.

12:09(2) here. Most of us are such good law associates...citing authority and doing good research. This board cracks me up sometimes.

Are Jon and Rob Cooper (featured dancing together in one of the photos) a gay couple.

Neither the bride nor bridegroom has an impressive resume.

Someone explain to me the process for getting into NYT, focusing on the following:

(1) Do you apply?

(2) Do you have to live in NYC? (the bride/groom here don't, but the STB dad does)

(3) Do you have to be rich?

I don't get it. It's so elitist and lame. Someone please convince me otherwise.

Look at all the bad plastic surgery in those photos. The money, the botox, the obvious sycophantery--those photos make me worry for the future of man.

Big deal. Richard Rosenbaum, President of Greenberg Traurig recently bought an apartment at the Plaza for $8.7 million (that's in addition to his house in Scarsdale). See link: http://www.observer.com/2007/over-weekend?observer_most_read_tabs_tab=2

I just still can't believe I didn't get invited.

12:38: You're kidding right? That castle would go for about $30 mil. Get a clue.

12:38, $8.7M is not really that impressive by Manhattan real estate standards. Judging from the acreage shown in the photos, this North Shore estate is well over $20M.

12.30 - you dont need an impressive resume if your parents are that rich....Must be nice...sign - now back to reviewing docs, got to pay off this student loan.

I agree with 12:15. Though maybe partner money in 1979 could buy something like this. It certainly couldn't now. Hedgefunders to castles!

Oh, my. What an unfortunate looking couple! The family donkey was very attractive, and the house looked superb, however.

Something tells me that this guy did not make all his money in the legal business. Even a Simpson partner doesn't have the coin to buy a $30mm house without other sources of income.

"Neither the bride nor bridegroom has an impressive resume."

I would disagree (the groom…graduated from Johns Hopkins and is 29, is a deputy director at the Pentagon where he works for the Undersecretary of Defense…), but getting major wedding coverage in the NYT is not about schools or GPA (sorry).

A couple quotes from the linked article might bring this home to you:

“The bride’s father…who is, like his wife, a friend of this reporter…is on the BOARD OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC and the president of the American Austrian Foundation…are VERY ACTIVE IN NEW YORK SOCIAL LIFE, and very gracious hosts to a WIDE VARIETY OF PROMINENT NEW YORKERS, at dinners in the Fifth Avenue apartment.”

In short, the groom’s parents are rich and socially connected, and that is why the wedding has a huge spread in the NYT. It has everything to do with the social prominence of the bride or groom’s parents.

The social pages are NOT a meritocracy.

So, how can one apply to get into the social pages? One cannot. You are either in and rich, or you are not.

Compared to this, I'd say closer to $50+ million.

http://www.mlsli.com/unidetailsredo.CFM?MLNum=2051980&typeprop=1&start=2&rpp=10

of course at least 50 million. it is 66 f'ing acres!! assuming it belongs to them, which does not seem so clear, either they bought it years back when a million really meant something (of course it was many times that over) or money from somewhere else. even with stb senior partner money in todays world its just not enough with all the hedgefunders and financiers etc. or maybe they actually kneew previous owner.
but in truth who ther f cares, whats it got to do with me or you!

PS: This, obviously, is not "partner money".

One does not buy a $50 million estate or get on the board of the NY Philharmonic (meaning, that you both have a social pedigree AND give more than $1 million a year to that organization) with “partner money”.

This is real wealth. Billionaire money.

ever meet a big firm lawyer who invested his money well, especially around the birth of the private equity era? I have. they are out there and totally loaded

So what?! I got married at White Castle and the NYT didn't supply any coverage. And to boot it was completely catered on premises.

White Castle lost its luster when you could buy it at 7-11.

Best picture is of them feeding the "family donkey, Pepecito." What?

Agree with 1:08. Not just in NY--there are some of those in Chicago, too. Some in SV who were very lucky have done okay, too.

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Guys at my high school used to feed the family donkey after getting hitched all the time, it was no big deal.

Ugh, so many loose arms in those pictures.

"Best picture is of them feeding the "family donkey, Pepecito." What?"
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They want everyone to know they're democrats.

Republicans can't do the same because everyone mistakes it for an Indian wedding.

"Best picture is of them feeding the "family donkey, Pepecito." What?"
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They want everyone to know they're democrats.

Republicans can't do the same because everyone mistakes it for an Indian wedding.

1:24 - how many people here have been to Indian weddings? I just went to my first (I'm not Indian) and it was unreal. I'm so jealous.

There are some ridiculously wealthy guests in there too. I am guessing this is not purely money from a legal career.

Mrs. McGrath was a somewhat successful actress in the 60s and 70s. Look on IMDB for Diahn Williams.

Probably still some family money there, but a few hundred grand wisely invested in 1970 would be some serious coin today.

Uh....what on earth is the bride's mother wearing? It looks like a bedspread from IKEA. I like the bride's dress though.

11:59 - do the ladies Stith in the photo album merely have really good tans?

Scary. The bride is fugly - the donkey is more attractive. The bride's mother looks like she's already embalmed. The guests look like perfect candidates to be in an ad for "The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization."

If this is supposed to be the apex of "white" society, God help us all.

bob balaban was there! how fucking cool is that?

otherwise, were they allowed to invite any of their friends? or was the guest list all mommy and daddy's botox buddies?

Forget the house. What kills me about these photos is McGrath himself--have you ever seen a more stereotypical RICH OLD WHITE GUY? They pulled him straight out of "Trading Places."

Forget the house. What kills me about these photos is McGrath himself--have you ever seen a more stereotypical RICH OLD WHITE GUY? They pulled him straight out of "Trading Places."

the McGraths bought the house almost 37 years ago. There wasn't a piece of real estate for sale on Long Island for even ONE MILLION back then. NOT ONE. If they paid 300 grand, the seller was doing good. Big House; lot to heat, lot to maintain, much of which the couple did themselves. They work, always have worked. Also never heard them make a nasty remark about anyone who had more than they did either.

the McGraths bought the house almost 37 years ago. There wasn't a piece of real estate for sale on Long Island for even ONE MILLION back then. NOT ONE. If they paid 300 grand, the seller was doing good. Big House; lot to heat, lot to maintain, much of which the couple did themselves. They work, always have worked. Also never heard them make a nasty remark about anyone who had more than they did either.

the McGraths bought the house almost 37 years ago. There wasn't a piece of real estate for sale on Long Island for even ONE MILLION back then. NOT ONE. If they paid 300 grand, the seller was doing good. Big House; lot to heat, lot to maintain, much of which the couple did themselves. They work, always have worked. Also never heard them make a nasty remark about anyone who had more than they did either.

sorry but barn =/= castle

cheers to the bridge and groom nonetheless....

Hey 11:59,

I'll supply you one black person to attend every rich white wedding on Long Island if you'll supply one white person to every black Baptist wedding in Alabama.

Or is your point that because it's a rich wedding they have the money to pay a black person to come?

As a PSA to you asstards - even at most nominally one tier lockstep firms some partners are banking 5-10 million a year, while others are living on coolie wages of 500K...hard as it may be to believe, the stars of big law care about being paid for performance.

If you want to know where the money comes from, I will give you one clue- it's not him. It's from her, and it's not from her blood family- let's put it that way. She was involved with men before her husband.

The captions on the photos are shoddy--which one is Gatsby?

McGrath was probably 35 when they bought the estate -- so do we think it's family money??

She was the lover of the former owner. He gifted her with the castle and a ton of money. She then married her current husband and they had their daughter.