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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MELISSA OSTROW (GERRY FRANK); MICHAEL BLANCHARD (DOONAN); JOSHUA LAVINE PHOTOGRAPHY (BANNED IN BOSTON) LEFT: With Pulitzer Prize–winning author Michael Chabon at a recent benefit for the MacDowell Colony. BELOW: With Midnight Farm co-owners Tamara Weiss and singer/songwriter Carly Simon and photographer Eric Levin. Board chair Gerry Frank and I at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum's Party for the Park. At a Barneys breakfast with creative ambassador-at-large Simon Doonan to benefit Perkins school for the blind. Some hard facts: New Englanders eat more ice cream in the summer than people in any other region in the US. One of the world's tallest sand castles was built in South Casco, Maine. More than two million kids go to summer camp in New England. Coincidence? I think not. Summer is serious business in these Yankee parts. We worship every ray of sunshine, laugh in the face of jellyfish, and gladly swallow sand-laced fries beachside. I've been known to permit—nay, invite—mosquitoes in my home. Summer: Bring. It. On. You'll surely be inspired by how five sets of New Englanders—from 20 -something bon vivants to an entrepreneurial yachtsman to private island-goers—choose to spend their summer. The key word being "choose." Some opt for nightly dinner parties, others prefer solitude; a few dress like cover stars, while the rest wait all year to f lop around in cutoffs. It's all good—hot, even. Heat aside, shades of pink, green, and white have dominated the Boston Common magazine social scene recently, beginning with a grand soirée on the emerald lawn of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum called Party for the Park; the Hot Pink Party, at the InterContinental with special guest Jon Bon Jovi, to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation; and the many exquisite white blouses at Anne Fontaine's grand opening at The Heritage on the Garden. The art scene blossomed in the city, too, as the Institute of Contemporary Art dared guests to rip up the dance f loor at Party on the Harbor, while the Massachusetts College of Art and Design challenged all of us to take a walk on the wild side at its fashion show, complete with astro-jumpsuits and tartan bombers. On that note, we shall no longer talk of body-covering things; here's to straw hats, string bikinis, and your best summer ever. May all of your sun-kissed dreams come true. Follow me on Facebook at facebook.com/boston-common and on bostoncommon-magazine.com. LISA PIER PONT 20 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF