The party of the billionaires, parties on!
Let’s hope this time the guests get dinner for their $30,000. At the prior one, the guests only got hors d’oeurves, but maybe it was because the price tag was $30,400 per couple.
Price to attend Obama’s birthday bash: $30,000
BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist$$$$$: Happy Birthday, buddy!
Sneed hears real estate mogul Neil Bluhm is tossing a private birthday party here for President Obama, who turns 49 on Aug. 4.
• The shocker: The dinner invite to the Barack bash at Bluhm’s home requires a $30,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee!
• The stunner: Obama is also scheduled to be in town Aug. 5 for a fund-raiser at the Palmer House for U.S. Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias, who is hoping to capture Uncle Rocky’s old seat.
After which, O will be back on the golf course, at Martha’s Vineyard from August 19 to 29.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown?