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You know what my favorite phrase is – besides “Can I buy you a drink”? It’s “Welcome to the Four Seasons.” I mean, those are five words just DESTINED to…

Trying on hats for the Party in the Park!

You know what my favorite phrase is - besides "Can I buy you a drink"?

It's "Welcome to the Four Seasons." I mean, those are five words just DESTINED to brighten your day!

Lucy and I were super lucky to be invited to the Emerald Necklace Explorers Club Tea at the #FS last month, where we sipped champagne cocktails (me) and fruit juice (Lucy) before snacking on tea sandwiches and amazing mini-cupcakes. The tea had a bigger purpose than filling our bellies and wowing us with service and style. It was to introduce kids to the amazing series of parks the City of Boston offers and help them understand how important the Emerald Necklace is to this city.

Tomorrow is the annual Party in the Park, where ladies who lunch gather to help raise money for the Justine Mee Liff Foundation for the Emerald Necklace, which helps with the upkeep of all those beautiful parks and recreation areas so important to Boston and its residents and visitors.

I'm actually going tomorrow - I bought a hat and it's HUGE AND SLIGHTLY OBNOXIOUS, but I love it. I'll post more pictures tomorrow.

In the meantime, take a listen to my interview with former Party in the Park Chair Janet Atkins and Susan Knight, interim president of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.

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I love this hat!


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The lovely Lynn Dale of lynndaleevents.com


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This is fun, but if anyone next to her has allergies....


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Improper Bostonian's Jonathan Soroff and WCVB TV's J.C. Monahan.


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She got this hat on Etsy. Fabulous!


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I love this ensemble!


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Now this is a statement! We love this hat by Marie Galvin's Galvin-ized Headware in Boston's South End.


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Salon Capri's Nick Penna and his wife, Amy.


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This woman really has a bee in her bonnet!


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Fresh flowers make for a beautiful head piece!


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It's FUN to be a lady who lunches!


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The tables were gorgeous.


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Gorgeous centerpieces.


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Lunch! (I wasn't sure what this was, but it was AMAZING).


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Lunch!


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I think we were the only repeats!


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Doesn't PJ the Eternal Intern look adorable?


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Posh digs and serious service at the Explorer's Club lunch last month.


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Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. #WelcometotheFourSeasons


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Having fun with hats at the Explorer's Club Lunch


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Trying on hats for the Party in the Park!


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Just colorin' some pictures at the Four Seasons. No big deal.


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Lucy learning all about different types of trees at the Explorer's Club lunch


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The Menu for the Explorer's Club Luncheon


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Fancy Cupcakes.

Lauren Beckham Falcone is the co-host of Bob & LBF in the Morning. Formerly an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald, she credits her current success as a pop culture commentator to watching too much TV as a kid and scouring the internet too much as an adult. LBF is a regular contributor to NECN and is an honorary board member at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Lauren lives in Canton with her husband Dave and her daughter Lucy. Lauren writes about trending topics, New England destinations, and seasonal DIY.