July 26, 2010, 10:01 am

Chelsea Clinton and her groom-to-be, Marc Mezvinsky. The couple will wed July 31 in the upstate New York community of Rhinebeck. This small town in the Hudson Valley is thrilled that the wedding of the year will be happening here on Saturday. Thrilled, even though no one can talk about this wedding plan.

Indeed, you can practically feel the shopkeepers biting their tongues, wishing they could share details of Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, which, according to wedding planners, will inspire many copytype choices among brides in the coming year. Rhinebeck residents are proud that their town, two hours north of New York City, was chosen by Ms. Clinton and her fiancé, Marc Mezvinsky.