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Invit ed THE MONTH'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS AND SMARTEST PARTIES lady F Celebration, at at the mount BY JESSICA LANIEWSKI ormer First Lady Laura Bush, the honor- ary chair of of the National Committee the Edith Wharton 150th Birthday spoke the home of Luisa Hunnewell during a reception held in Wellesley on July 24. Mrs. Bush was joined at the reception by other political, literary, and artistic luminaries who are among the 175 members of the National Committee. Among the attendees were Anne Poulet, former Museum of Fine Arts department director, Paul Holtz of Historical Commission, the Massachusetts local historian and author Pauline Metcalf, and Cedric Tonello, Cartier Boston director. Guests were invited upon arrival to take a tour of Mrs. Hunnewell's Italian topiary gardens and property, which over- look Lake Waban, and were served lobster finger sandwiches, sesame-duck tacos, and lamb lolli- pops topped with mint pesto. BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 31 PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN SEAKWOOD