
Seen around town

HOMECOMING CROWD: Lexington native comic and actor Rachel Dratch (pictured with her mom, Elaine) came home to read from her memoir, “Girl Walks Into a Bar”; Lexington High School on September 16
Photograph by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff
| October 5, 2012

SMILES ALL AROUND: Pearl Woko of Holbrook, Cali Nguyen of Quincy, and Linda Poteau of Randolph at a date auction in Back Bay to benefit Project Smile; Gypsy Bar on September 14
photograph by bill brett
| October 5, 2012

LIGHTS, CAMERA: Hollywood’s Julia Stiles and Boston-bred actor David Walton working on a Pygmalion remake in which she plays the wise mentor; Public Garden
on September 17
photograph by Aram Boghosian
| October 5, 2012

GIDDYAP: Milliner Stephen Jones, Jane Bradbury of Edgartown, and board of trustees president Rob Shapiro at a party for the Peabody Essex Museum’s “Hats” exhibit; Salem on September 7
©2012 Peabody Essex Museum/Photograph by Kathy Tarantola
| October 5, 2012

ART WORLD: Dave Kodack and Kasey Austin, both of Charlestown, at Ensemble, an art and performance show organized by RAW: Boston; The Estate on September 13
photograph by erik jacobs
| October 5, 2012

FOOD, FANS: Paulo Pereira, Richelle Bearup, and Tony Aiuvalasit, all of Somerville, in Back Bay at the Taste of the NFL Kickoff Party; Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse on September 12
photograph by erik jacobs
| October 5, 2012

PARK PLACE: Olivia Moravec of Brookline and Kayla Harrity of Boston at a party following the local premiere of “Knuckleball”; Fenway Park on September 18
photograph by erik jacobs
| October 5, 2012

EFFORTS HONORED: Lenny and Carol Lee of Dorchester at the Boston Branch of the NAACP’s Annual Freedom Fund Dinner in Back Bay; Westin Copley Place on September 15
photograph by bill brett
| October 5, 2012