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INVITED Carl Vitagliano and Jenny Meassick Frank Neer, Bill Earon, David Richter, and Paul Downey Samsang Ith and Elena Taragan Matt Burns and Naz Senaldi Abby Weiner and Carina Stebbins Midsummer Night Michael Feighery and Rasheda Petty James Lewis, Lindsay Vrabely, and Paul Mansfield Rebecca Connelly and Jessica Edwards PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL BLANCHARD Nelly Carreno Boston Common and Russian Standard Vodka hosted a summer kickoff party on the lawn at Smith & Wollensky at Atlantic Wharf on June 19. Guests were greeted in Russian fashion with ice-chilled premium vodka shots and a gravlax amuse-bouche. Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed cocktail favorites such as the Standard Moscow Mule, Standard Rockette, and Standard watermelon martini. Smith & Wollensky offered delicious barbecue beef sliders and steak tartare small bites, a longbone rib eye carving station with bone marrow butter, and for dessert, chocolate cupcakes with bacon buttercream icing. For the evening's toast, Publisher Glen Kelley and Smith & Wollensky President Michael Feighery raised their glasses with more than 300 guests and proclaimed Davai, Russian for "Let's go!" Dominic Amenta and Jake Schuster 40 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 039-052_BC_FOB_Invited_Sep13.indd 40 Herb Chambers and Steve DiFillippo 8/2/13 3:49 PM