In December, a “Villains and Heroes” costume party hosted by the Republican donor Robert Mercer drew a contingent<br />that included one of Mr. Trump’s senior advisers, Kellyanne Conway, who wore a Supergirl costume; the billionaire Trump supporter Peter Thiel, who dressed as the pro wrestler Hulk Hogan; and Mr. Trump, who wore his usual suit and tie.<br />With 400 of his closest friends in attendance, the New York financier Stephen A. Schwarzman<br />celebrated his 70th birthday on Saturday at his Four Winds estate in Palm Beach, Fla.<br />Partygoers feasted on short ribs, while two camels wandered along a stretch of sand and a gondolier propelled his craft across the pool.<br />Many of the guests at Mr. Schwarzman’s party were affiliated with the new White House, among them Mr. Trump’s daughter<br />and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and his cabinet picks Steve Mnuchin, Wilbur Ross and Elaine Chao, according to Bloomberg.<br />President Trump and the first lady attended an American Red Cross ball on Feb. 4 at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, a party with a theme of “From Vienna to Versailles.” With its harpists,<br />and waiters in powdered wigs, it was an exercise in 18th-century French opulence.<br />To top off the evening at what is just one of the multibillionaire’s many homes, Gwen Stefani sang “Happy Birthday to You” before taking<br />a quick twirl with the birthday boy around a dance floor constructed inside a two-story tent where acrobats shimmied and jumped.<br />The guests had cocktails in the entry hall before moving on to the dining area, where later they ate cake sculpted<br />in the shape of a Chinese temple with a dragon curled around the edges of the roof, according to one guest.<br />According to its website, Van Wyck & Van Wyck’s clients have included former President Barack<br />Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and companies such as Rolex, Amazon and Cartier.
