The Blackstone Bash
Pete Peterson Parties On Eve Of BX IPO

Posted by John Carney, Jun 22, 2007, 2:00pm

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On the eve of the company he co-founded with Stephen Schwarzman going public in the sixth largest IPO in US history, Pete Peterson threw a party for his daughter Holly at the Four Seasons. The party, ostensibly to celebrate the publication of Holly’s debut novel The Manny, attracted a host of notable guests from the world of finance and media. It was a lavish affair in the grill room of the Four Seasons, defying expectations that Blackstone’s founders would be shying away from public exhibitions of their wealth after recent attention on Schwarzman’s wealth seemed to provoke a public backlash.

Our invitation must have been sent to the wrong address because we’re pretty sure Pete and Holly wouldn’t have neglected to invite DealBreaker. After all, they had invited riff-raff from New York magazine and “Page Six.” So we crashed the party. And promptly got tossed out into a raging storm.

We’ll forgive the Petersons because they have far more money than we do. Besides, being outside gave us the chance to pall around with CNBC’s Bertha Coombs and her team, and snap some pictures of the arriving guests. And eventually Holly stopped by to speak with us. She mentioned that she was proud of her father and that she thought that video for the Manny was “very funny.” But we wanted to know the answer to the most important question: was the publication of her book and the scheduling of this party the reason the Blackstone IPO was moved up an entire week.

“That’s just a coincidence,” Holly said.

A long time after all the important guests arrived, the party crash team from Gawker showed up, dressed in costumes that were part Eastern European goth and part Williamsburg drunktard. They tried to sneak into the party. No dice. Security and the PR girls blocked them like a third-rate Jersey City hedge fund trying to buy into the BX IPO. Instead, they hung around in the rain with us, chatting up the wealthiest cougars they could find.

[After the jump we bring you a slide show of Scott Bressler's photos from the Peterson party.]

More coverage of the events from around the internet:

Crashing The 'Manny' Book Party [Gawker]
Liz Smith Gets Grabby at ‘Manny’ Celebration [New York Magazine]

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[Photos and reporting by Scott Bressler]

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Posted by anon, Jun 22, 2007 3:27PM

the pic of bressler on gawker is hilarious

Posted by Go Lightly, Jun 22, 2007 3:42PM

Damn!

That Holly is hot. I'd totally manny her fannie.

Posted by Sandy, Jun 22, 2007 4:16PM

Holy poop! Your 19-yr-old intern sure knows his way around a Nikon! -- er, Cannon. 'tevs. Excellent photos.

Posted by John Carney, Jun 22, 2007 4:27PM

Thanks Sandy. We're very happy with Scott's work.

Posted by jt, Jun 22, 2007 5:33PM

is it me or does holly's head seem disproportionately large compared to the rest of her body, like DK mode in Goldeneye?

still do her and her huge melon anyway, just saying

Posted by anonymous, Jun 22, 2007 5:50PM

I wonder how it feels to be described as "the sad 19 year old who works for Dealbreaker" and "some poor 19 year old Dealbreaker intern..."? I don't know, Bressler looks pretty happy to me.

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