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photography by michael blanchard (revere, smith & wollensky) left: With Editor-in-Chief Lisa Pierpont and Simon Mais, the general manager of the Revere Hotel, at our party at the Rooftop at Revere. center: With Ronald Drucker at the opening of the new Anne Fontaine boutique at The Heritage on the Garden. right: I took Fenway Park's historic home plate during the inaugural Fenway for the Fallen celebrity softball game. With Jimmy Xaros, Taira Sloane, and Linda Holliday at our Kickoff to Summer party at Smith & Wollensky. Follow me on Facebook at facebook.com/boston-common and on bostoncommon-magazine.com. For Boston Common's Fall Fashion issue, I couldn't be more excited to have Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi as our cover star. She sets the tone on the wildly popular Bravo television show, whose arrival in Boston validates what many of us have known for years: The food scene in this city rivals those of New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. As the Top Chef contestants cooked through a blistering Boston summer, I fulfilled a childhood dream when I played ball at Fenway Park. The experience was made sweeter because I was playing on behalf of Massachusetts Fallen Heroes in the first Fenway for the Fallen celebrity softball game. Needless to say, it was a spectacular start to the summer. We kicked the season into higher gear with Boston Common's Summer in the City party at Smith & Wollensky at Atlantic Wharf with FBN Construction. We also introduced a new partnership with the Rooftop at Revere and together threw a party on a f lawless summer evening. In June, I practiced my swing at Grey Goose's golf tournament at TPC Boston, where the Deutsche Bank Championship is played annually. Boston Common also hit the links with the National Kidney Foundation for its NKF Golf Classic at the Boston Golf Club in Hingham. It was a beautiful day to get out on the green, and I am always humbled by the important work the foundation does. Our ninth annual Nantucket Lawn Party at the Summer House with Double Cross Vodka and Ploom was the perfect occasion to catch up with friends during the busy Fourth of July weekend. And we connected with New England's horsey set for another successful season of Newport Polo. The matches were packed this summer, thanks in part to the beautiful weather, but it was the players' incredible skill that kept viewers enthralled. As the weather gets cooler and we trade our beach gear for fall fashions, we have another busy season of events ahead of us. I hope to see you there. glen k elley 34 bostoncommon-magazine.com letteR From the Publisher