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Follow me on Facebook at facebook.com/boston-common and on bostoncommon-magazine.com. LISA PIER PONT PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONOTONOUSSARAH (CRANE BEACH); MICHAEL BLANCHARD (GRAY); CONOR DOHERTY (BAKER); COURTESY OF KENNEBUNKPORT RESORT COLLECTION (HIDDEN POND); HAIR BY LOUISE RUSK/MIZU; MAKEUP BY TAVI DE LA ROSA 1 2 // this issue // ON MY R ADAR 1. Crane Beach: Tops on my early-fall list is an escape to my favorite beach off-season. I hit it early in the morning to catch horseback riders cantering in the surf. I go alone and break out my old-school Polaroid in a vain effort to bottle up all of the sights and sounds. Crane Beach, Ipswich; thetrustees.org 2. True confession: My parents live half the year in Kennebunkport. I know I should stay with them, but since the Hidden Pond resort opened up, it's complicated. Gorgeous private cottages, luxe pools, and chef Ken Oringer's gourmet res- taurant, Earth, are just some of the temptations. I'm going Labor Day weekend. (Mom and Dad, you're invited.) hiddenpondmaine.com LEFT: With Douglas Gray, a cofounder of Barton & Gray Mariners Club, at our soirée harborside at the Battery Wharf Hotel. BELOW: Governor Charlie Baker gets his groove on at our photo shoot. HERE'S A BIG FAT SECRET FRO M BOSTONIANS IN THE KNOW: September is the best month here. Summer crowds have vanished. Little squirts are in school. Beaches are empty. The air is dry, and the sun? She shines, shines, shines. Every day is a luxury. I say that not in a cornball way, and I'm not referring to opulence. It's meant in the spirit of what true luxury is: that perfectly ripe, ruby apple; an afternoon drive with the top down; the crisp white shirt. Elegance, excellence, grace. A sense of rarity doesn't hurt. We find out in this month's "View from the Top" that our new governor, Charlie Baker, feels it every day when he walks into the State House, because he has an opportunity for change. Chef Geoff Lukas serves it up in the form of Greek meze at the latest Seaport restau- ra nt , Committee. A nd t he scions of luxur y t hemselves—t he chief execut ive off icers of Chanel, Hermès, and Salvatore Ferragamo, among others—share their perspectives in a roundtable discussion of what enjoying, creating, and earning luxury means to them. For the Boston Common staff, it means sharing the wealth, if you will, with our cherished partners and readers. Early in the summer, I indulged in a food frenzy, thanks to some of Boston's greatest chefs, at A Taste & A Toast, a reception for the Forsyth Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to oral health. Soon after, I hydrated very well at Voss's Women Helping Women luncheon to benefit the Voss Foundation, which provides clean water to sub-Saharan Africa. Finally, on a fabulously balmy summer evening, time was well spent at a yachtside soirée for the Barton & Gray Mariners Club at the Battery Wharf Hotel. Luxury, all of it. Just like the month of September in Boston. 32 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM LETTER from the Editor-in-Chief