Auction Preview
Here is a sampling of the exciting items that will be available in our silent auction.
Experiences:
A four-course dinner for 12 with four wine pairings and wine education in your home, from the Beacon Hill Bistro’s Jason Bond and Cecilia Rait, plus flowers and invitations, value $2,500- A vegetarian cooking class for 6 in your home with Chef Sarah Blackburn, plus a 50% discount at Siena Farms and their farmstand at the Copley Farmer’s Market all season, value $920
- Six-person lunch with Mayor Menino at Beacon Hill Bistro, priceless!
- Champagne & dessert party from Cru and Above & Beyond, featuring a jazz ensemble, plus flowers, Foodie’s, and Formaggio, value $1,115
- Belly dancing lesson for five and tapas at Masa
- Pastry making party for ten in your home plus desert wine from Beacon Hill Bistro’s Cecilia Rait and pastry chef Shannon Black, value $1,050
- Gourmet dinner for six in a secret location, prepared by a mystery chef who’s been written up in The Boston Globe, plus wine from the Wine Emporium
Get-Aways:
- One week stay at a magnificent ocean-front house on Fripp Island, South Carolina. Fully equipped, the house sleeps 8–10 and is convenient to recreation, shopping, and dining, all on a palmetto-studded resort island, value $4,400
- 3-day stays in a charming five-bedroom house in Killington, Vermont, in fall and winter, value $1,300
- Long weekend in mod New Hampshire house on lovely pond, including two rounds of golf at Ragged Mountain Resort, value $1,098
- 7 days in a fabulous 3 BR, 2 bath beach house in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
- Plus the Berkshires, in-town hotel stays, and more!
Sports
- Autographed picture of Sox pitcher Jon Lester pitching his famous no-hitter
- Cape Cod fishing expedition for four
- F1 Racing for you and a buddy
- Tickets for Bruins, Revolution, Breakers, Paw Sox
Date Nights:
- Two tickets to see U2 in Gillette Stadium on September 21value $195
- Flavors of the world in Boston with a 5-restaurant package: MArco, Pigalle, Oleana, Casa Romero, and Elephant Walkvalue $430
- A $300 dinner for two with wine at Grill 23 with tickets to the Pops
- Two tickets to one of only six Boston Ballet performances of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes Centennial Celebration, plus dinner for two at Aquitainevalue $256
- A four-course wine dinner at Navy Yard Bistro & Wine Bar with personal wine selections and wine education with sommelier Ed Mancuso
- Two top-level tickets to the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus opening night Pride Concert, dinner at Gaslight, and a romantic Pedicab ride, value $255
- Plus more dining, theater tickets, museum passes, Alvin Ailey, Itzhak Perlman, and other romantic activities.
Experience Beauty:
A rough-cut diamond necklace from Michele Mercaldo, value $1,000- Custom welded steel framed mirror from A Street Frames, value $750
- Hand-crafted walnut hall table from Pomeroy & Co., value $2,500
- Shopping package with gift certificates from Turtle, the Velvet Fly, Roessler Glass, Eye Q, and French Dressing, value $630
- A total makeover with a 4-month membership and three personal training sessions from Revolution Fitness, cut & color from Anita Kurl, and new shades from Eye Q, value $966
- Hand-crafted reclaimed fir & steel bench from Studio FKIA, value $1,200
- Plus spa treatments, home makeovers, yoga, jewelry, and more.
Kids & Family
- A child’s birthday party in the Hill House Firehouse, with an art project led by artist Chelsea Revelle, Upper Crust pizza, and ice cream cake from Coldstone Creamery, value $505
- Enjoy dinner at Banq while Principal Soto babysits! priceless
- 10 week session of Family Music Makers classes, value $220
- Session of child’s dance lessons at Gateway Ballet in Fall 2009, including Nutcracker performance, value $220
- Children’s portrait session from Heidi Harting Photography, includes one 8x10 black & white; photograph, value $500
- Outings for your kids with Hurley teachers Sara Zrike, Jen Clerkin, and Diana Colón, priceless
- Plus puppets, museums, children’s clothing, and more.
And More!
We don’t want to give all our secrets away, so join us on May 1 to see all our exciting offerings!
Check Your Calendar!
Before you bid, check your calendar and make sure you clear your schedule for the following exciting events:
- Thursday, May 14 at 7:00 pm or Sunday, May 17 at 7:00 pm
- Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes Centennial Celebration at Boston Ballet
- Monday, May 18th at 7:05 pm or Thursday, May 21st at 7:05 pm
- Pawtucket Red Sox (vs. Buffalo Bisons 5/18, vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 5/21)
- Sunday, June 7 at 6:00 pm
- New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls
- Thursday, June 11, 8:00 pm
- Boston Gay Men’s Chorus opening night Pride Concert
- Monday, September 21 at 7:00 pm
- U2 in Gillette Stadium
- Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3:00 pm
- Itzhak Perlman at Symphony Hall
- Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm
- Alvin Ailey at the Wang Theatre (4 tickets!)
Auction Donors Include:
- A Street Frames
- Above and Beyond Catering
- Allegra Collette Levy
- Carrie Alyea
- American Repertory Theatre
- Anchovies
- Andy’s Quality Cleaners
- Anita Kurl
- Aquitaine
- Sabrina Avilés
- Azure
- B. Cummings Hair Salon
- Paul Babbitt
- Banshee Landscaping
- Banq Restaurant
- Barbershop Deluxe
- BE Monogramming and Embroidery
- Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro
- The Beehive
- Berkeley Perk Café
- Bertucci’s
- Bijan Cleaners
- Sarah Blackburn
- Boston Athenaeum
- Boston Ballet
- Boston Breakers
- Boston Carriage
- Boston Children’s Theatre
- Boston Gay Men’s Chorus
- Boston Pedicab
- Bubbles Car Wash
- The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
- Candlewick Press
- Casa Romero
- Chris Carey
- Celebrity Series
- Cha Cha Cha
- Chandler Inn
- Classic Wine Imports
- Clery’s
- Clinique
- CoCo Key Water Resort
- Code 10
- Diana Colon
- Comina, Inc.
- Community Music Center of Boston
- Cranmore Mountain Resort
- Dean & Deluca
- DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
- Eldir Demello
- Eck MacNeely Architects, Inc.
- Katarina Edlund & Scott Slarsky
- Elephant Walk
- Laird Elting
- John & Cecilie Everly
- Eros Boutique
- Escape Spa & Tanning
- Etcetera Media
- Exhale Spa
- Eye Q Optical
- F1 Boston Racing
- Family Music Makers
- Fittings Inc.
- Flour Bakery & Café
- Foodie’s Urban Market
- Caroline Foscato
- Franklin Café
- Fresh
- Garage Sale
- Gaslight
- Gateway Ballet
- Anne Geraghty, M.Ac., Lic.Ac.
- Giacomo’s Ristorante
- Gibbet Hill Grill
- Giorgiana’s
- Grill 23 & Bar
- Adam Grossman
- Harpoon Brewery
- Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Heidi Harting Photography
- Peter Herman
- Hill House
- Hotel 140
- Huntington Theatre Company
- Hy-Line Cruises
- Ilex Designs
- Improv Asylum
- Integrated Mind & Body
- IRO Design
- Jacadi
- JFK Presidential Library and Museum
- Jillian’s Boston
- Jim’s Organic Coffee
- Joe V’s
- Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation
- Kids Playground
- Anne Kirby
- Kiwi Baby
- Gary Knell
- Lauren’s Nails
- Lawrence Mirley Floral
- Liberty Hotel
- Lyric Stage Company
- Ed Mancuso
- Marco
- Masa
- MASS MoCA
- Mayor Thomas M. Menino
- Michele Mercaldo
- Mike’s City Diner
- MIT Museum
- Motley
- Mount Sunapee Resort
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museum of Science
- Myers + Chang
- New England Aquarium
- New England Revolution
- Nicola Yoon Designs
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- Oleana
- O2 Yoga
- Pawtucket Red Sox
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Peet’s Coffee & Tea
- Karoline Peralta & Todd Virtue
- Picco
- Pigalle
- Polka Dog Bakery
- Pomeroy & Co.
- Puppet Showplace Theatre
- Pure Hair Design
- Ragged Mountain Resort
- Cecilia & Peter Rait
- The Red Lion Inn
- The Red Wagon
- Restoration Resources
- Chelsea Revelle
- Revolution Fitness
- Ashley Richardson, Movement Center of Boston
- Rocca
- Roessler Glass
- The Rolf Studio
- Rudi’s Resto Café
- Rugg Road Paper Company
- Sadhana Yoga Studio
- Sage
- Saldare
- Sean Store
- Siena Farms
- Silvertone Bar and Grill
- Sittercity
- Six Flags New England
- Society of Arts & Crafts
- Marjorie Soto
- South End Formaggio
- South End Yoga
- SpeakEasy Stage Company
- Sports Museum of New England
- St. Alphonzo’s Kitchen
- Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
- Stride Rite
- Studio F•KIA
- Taza Chocolate
- Nancy Thode & John Everly
- Tony Williams Dance Center
- Top of the Hub
- Toro
- Total Skin Care European Spa
- Turtle
- The Trustees of the Reservations
- Union Bar & Grille
- Uptown Espresso Caffe
- United South End Settlements
- The Upper Crust
- The Velvet Fly
- Wachusett Mountain
- Washington Gateway Main Street
- WCVB
- Wheelock Family Theatre
- Williamstown Theater Festival
- Winston Flowers
- Zoo New England
