Article: She's the life of the party Event planner Bobbe Jacobson's home is a study in lush perfection

Bobbe Jacobson is saying she lights dinner candles every single night. "I'm a flower and candle person," she pronounces as she leans in toward a silver casserole dish heaped with the heads of fresh roses. "I'm no minimalist. I want more more."

A rising star in Boston's partying charity circles, Jacobson is out five nights a week. Her social profile is the result of a long series of sell-out fund-raisers for such local institutions as the Wang Center and the Institute of Contemporary Art. In a town that doesn't like to part with its money, she knows how to sell a good cause.

She's best known for the three successful benefit dinners "In Celebration of Women" that she staged at the State House ...

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