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Marin Valentine’s Ball Silent & Live Auction
The popularity and prestige of the Marin Valentine’s Ball continues to grow each year and our live and silent auctions are the highlights of the evening. We have set our sights high this year. Throughout the evening bid on over 150 fabulous items. Everything from fine wine, vacation packages, and tickets to sporting events, to jewelry, sports memorabilia and unique artwork will be available.
All proceeds will benefit the Marin Valentine’s Ball Foundation. Come prepared to support the Foundation and its efforts to strengthening our beneficiaries’ ability to provide a safety net of essential services to many of our community’s most vulnerable seniors, youth and children.
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Cheers!
Let us help stock your wine collection with 12 bottles of the double gold medal 2005 ENZO Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Saunders Vineyard. This 5 year old bottle is a true Bordeaux blend with a rich, sun-drenched mature character. It contains red, rocky, steeply-terraced hillside fruit. Cheers! Donated by ENZO Wine Value: $1,020
Wildfox Dinner
Experience an indulgent four-course dinner for 10 guests at Novato’s most popular restaurant, The Wild Fox. Chef Munther has brought together a host of fresh, savory ingredients to create amazing new preparations. Four decadent courses will each be paired with their own wine. In addition, guests will be treated to a tasting of The Prieston Family 2005 Wine. Donated by Arthur and Lynne Prieston and Wildfox Restaurant Value: $ 1,000
Tahoe Family Getaway
Two families can enjoy a week (7 nights) away in a beautiful Lake Tahoe and stay in a two-bedroom suite. The suite includes two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, and half kitchen. Enjoy during winter, spring or summer on a space available basis, Saturday to Saturday. Donated by Estate of Roger Grossman Value: $3,000
Cruise the Bay
Grab seven of your friends and hop aboard this 57’ Tollycraft Flybridge Motor Yacht in San Rafael for a four-hour tour of San Francisco Bay. Get ready to cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge, pass by the city front and then head back via Alcatraz, Sausalito, Tiburon, and Angel Island. Not only will you see an amazing view of the bay, but you’ll also enjoy a gourmet alfresco lunch (chilled) prepared by Stacy Scott Catering and delicious wine donated by the Whistlestop Board of Directors. Valid May/June or September/October, excluding holiday weekends. Expiration date is 2/6/2010. Donated by Barbara & Ed Kuykendall, Stacy Scott Catering, and Whistlestop Value: $2,500
Multi-Course Tuscan Dinner for 10 in a Wine Cave
Have a dinner party in a wine cave with your own chef and wine sommelier! Chef David Haydon of Il Davide in San Rafael, will prepare a five star Tuscan dinner for you and nine of your friends served in an amazing wine cave located at the Novato hilltop home of Al Brayton and Paradise Vineyards. Donated by David Haydon, Il Davide, and Al Brayton Value: $2,000
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Cabo San Lucas Getaway with Airfare for Two
Enjoy a four-night stay in a deluxe ocean-view room with in-room Jacuzzi at the Sheraton Hacienda Del Mar Cabo San Lucas, a 4-star beachfront resort located in the heart of Cabo del Sol Golf Course. Your stay at this hacienda-style resort occupies prime beachfront in the Cabo del Sol development featuring a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course. Eight hacienda buildings house the guest rooms and are interspersed with courtyards and fountains. Three infinity-edge pools create a moat on a terrace above the beach, separating the hotel from the beach. Two ten-person whirlpools boast ocean views, and a spa offers the usual treatments. This package includes round-trip coach class service for (2) from any American Airlines destination. Upgrade pricing is available. The certificates will have a one-year expiration date from the date issued and all reservations are subject to availability. The following blackout dates apply: December 16-April 14, November 22-23, November 28-29. Value: $7,964
Oprah Show Filming in Chicago
Are you an Oprah fan? Then this item is for you! As you know, Oprah is filming her last season and you don’t want to miss out. You and a friend will get the chance to see Oprah up close with these two tickets good for an Oprah Winfrey taping in Chicago, Illinois. We’ll also provide $600 in a Southwest voucher to help get you there.
They tape on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in either April or September-November. You’ll make plans 6 weeks ahead of the filming date. Value: $1,300
My Heart is in San Francisco
Let your heart be in San Francisco for the weekend as you relax and enjoy a weekend away from your busy life in Marin. You and a guest will arrive Friday night and check into one of the favorite San Francisco hotels. Then head to dinner at the Hog Island Oyster Company at the Ferry Building. Wake up Saturday to a day of pampering with a spa treatment for each of you followed by dinner at a local favorite restaurant ($100 value) followed by the latest live theater performance of Beach Blanket Babylon. San Francisco, here you come! Value: $900
Boutique Sonoma Wines & Artisan
Call some friends over and enjoy wine & cheese for up to 24 people. The wine and cheese will be delivered to the highest bidder to the location of their choice. The wine consists of one mixed case of vineyard-designed, boutique Sonoma wines from Carica, Derbes, Dutch Bill Creek, Enkidu, Eno, Harrington, and Mantra & Tallulah each paired with artisan cheeses from Cowgirl Creamery, Pt.Reyes, Cypress Grove, Bellwether Farms, and Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery. Arrangements must be made at least three weeks in advance; delivery covers Sonoma, Marin, or San Francisco. Delivery fees may apply to other areas delivery fees may apply. Delivery excluded on Holidays. Must be used in 2010. Donated by Sage Fine Foods & Provisions Value: $850
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