This year's auction features some wild and wonderful packages that you couldn't find anywhere else -- thanks to the generosity of chefs and cooks and masseuses and wine merchants, all wonderful friends of the Hebrew Congregation. In addition to the packages in the live auction, the silent auction will offer many cases of wine plus gift certificates to the island's finest restaurants and spa services.
VIVE LA FRANCE! Dinner for 8 prepared by Mitch Cooper, Executive Chef at Frenchman's Reef, and served in Aqua Terra's private dining room, with wines selected and paired by Frank Machover of VI Wine Wholesalers, valid May 1 to Nov. 30, 2012, date to be arranged with Mitch, value: delicious!
CASSINELLI-BERRY DINNER FOR 8! Enjoy a gourmet dinner for 8 at the antiques-filled home of Filippo Cassinelli, with rare boutique wines paired and presented by Richard Berry of West Indies Corp., date to be cleared with your hosts, Filippo and Richard, value: beyond description
WINE TASTING FOR 20! Dionysus presents a wine tasting for 20 people at your home or the venue of your choice, date to be cleared with Dennis Cheatam of Dionysus, value: fabuloso!
Chef's tasting menu for 4 people at Old Stone Farmhouse, 5 courses paired with wine, gratuity not included, value $800
EXPLORE YOUR MARRIAGE....or your primary relationship! One-hour energy and sensory-mode session for two with Dru Hilson & Marshan Sam of Integrative Energy Center. Have fun exploring your "sensory types" and learn new ways of understanding and responding to one another, value $150
ZUMBA & ZINFANDEL! Joni and Norm Jones will teach a beginners' Zumba class for up to 12 people -- males AND females! -- at the home of Becky & Jim Tunick, with a Zinfandel tasting after class. This is your chance to learn what the Zumba craze is all about, and have FUN doing it! Value: priceless!
INDIAN GOURMET BUFFET! A mouth-watering Indian dinner for 10 prepared by Shami Mohanani in your home or hers, paired wines provided by Frank Machover of VI Wine Wholesalers, date to be arranged with Shami, value: delectable!
For Your Valentine, the Ultimate in Romance! Couples massage -- his and hers? his and his? hers and hers? -- in your home, complements of massage therapists Gary Rosenthal and Heidi Windel, accompanied by ice-cold champagne and Phebe and Richard's Chocolate Decadence Wedding Cake, est. value: hmmmmmm!?!?
