I live in Rhinebeck. It’s hard not to pay attention to all the hoopla over the wedding of Chelsea Clinton to be held here today. The town is bustling, full of  camera crews, journalists, and visitors from who-knows-where. So far, the only celebrity spotted “hanging” in town is, of course, Bill Clinton, who graced the fans with his presence at a local bistro, Gigi Trattoria.

It is a town that is home to a variety of people–families who have lived here for generations, farmers, shopkeepers, teachers, artists, writers, cartoonists, weekenders from NYC and cows. Not to mention chickens, horses and goats. Thinking about all the secret service that are blanketing the area, I came up with the cartoon below. Then did another version with a different caption. The local paper, The Daily Freeman, has published the first version online.

And I wanted to try to do one that did not use the word “Rhinebeck”, and came up with this: