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In hot-ticket Derby parties (and real estate), it’s all about location, location, location

Real estate kingpin Ryan Serhant, one of the stars of Bravo channel’s “Million Dollar Listing New York,” hit the black carpet (yes: black) last night at the invitation-only Vanity Fair Derby party at 21C Museum Hotel. The event drew 350 people, says WLKY.

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Of course, the hosts were there, too: fashionably-dressed hotel co-founders Steve Wilson (second from left), and Laura Lee Brown (second from right) . . .

 

. . . And Huffington Post editorial chief Howard Fineman had a birds-eye view:

Related: Vanity Fair recalls Louisville native Hunter S. Thompson‘s famously blurry-eyed account of his 1970 Derby tour. And The Courier-Journal has photos from that other Derby Eve party.

Money in Politics

Metro Council candidate Reily’s roster of donors is a who’s who of local business luminaries
Stephen Reily
Reily

They’ve helped Stephen Reily power his way toward raising more money than any council candidate in a primary election since city and county governments merged. The philanthropist has amassed a $134,450 war chest for his District 8 race, well ahead of his six Democratic opponents, The Courier-Journal reports today.

An executive of the West Louisville FoodPort, Reily has ponied up $40,000 of his own, in addition to the $94,450 raised from other donors, who are limited to $1,000 in per-person gifts. The newspaper says they include:

Reily’s personal fortune comes from his family’s Louisiana-based food and beverage company, according to the CJ.

RSVP

Bonfire of the vanity: A sneak peek at this year’s hottest Derby party venue
Steve Wilson
Wilson

21c Museum Hotel co-owner Steve Wilson took The Courier-Journal on an inside-the-hotel tour of where Vanity Fair magazine will hold its first Derby party, Friday night. But unlike other Derby events (we’re looking at you, Barnstable-Brown), the upmarket glossy famous for its Oscar party won’t be disclosing the guest list.

Still, everyone else can watch guests arrive on the black (yes) carpet, starting at 8 p.m. (Side note: Wilson says he’s dreaming of opening a 21c in Havana, now that the U.S. is moving toward normalizing relations.) Here’s the CJ story, and a tour video.

Top: That’s comedienne Amy Schumer on the cover of the magazine’s May issue.