Incognito 2012 Head-Royce School Auction

incognito 2012 head-royce school auction

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head-royce parents association presents

incognito…a masked affair

2012 head-royce school auction

February 11, 2012 5:30pm – 10:00pm

The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa

Gold-Level Sponsor

Please bring this catalog with you to the auction

head-royce parents association presents

incognito…a masked affair

2012 head-royce school auction

February 11, 2012 5:30pm – 10:00pm

The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa

Gold-Level Sponsor

Please bring this catalog with you to the auction

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schedule of events welcome

Head-Royce is such a special school. The teachers are amazing. The families are supportive. And the kids? They come out awfully impressive, don’t they? We are honored to chair the auction together this year. This event is fun with a 5:30pm purpose: • Check-in and credit card pre-swipe • to raise money for the continued development of our dedicated faculty; and • Silent Auction in Claremont Ballroom • to raise funds for scholarships that are vitally important to the diversity of our school. We also know that the auction is a fun way for all of us to connect with other Head-Royce parents over great food, entertainment and conversation, all in 6:00-6:45pm support of our school. Over the years, this auction event has raised over $1.1 million. Let’s make this another successful year! • Music by Caravan, Head-Royce School Jazz Ensemble II Please browse through all of the items, bid high and bid often; and as you do so, note the names of those generous businesses that have stepped up to support our school. They deserve our support in return. Pulling together this auction truly takes a village. We appreciate all of the 7:10 – 7:30pm volunteers who have imagined and solicited new interesting donations, slaved • Silent Auction starts to close at 7:10pm by category from far end of the over beautiful class projects that will be cherished keepsakes, helped with Claremont ballroom to the stage end auction operations on the day of the event and so much more. So, thank you to all of the volunteers, donors and underwriters for your generous support – this festive community party could not have happened without you!

7:40pm Your Auction Co-Chairs,

• Dinner begins in Empire Ballroom Jackie Dharmapalan (Mother of Rachel, ‘20 and Natalie, ‘22) Julie Kim-Beal (Mother of Ethan, ‘22) 8:00pm Eva Lum Camp (Mother of Lowell, ’17, Lee, ’19 and Chelsea, ‘22) • Music by Colla Voce, Head-Royce School chorus

• Welcome, Rob Lake and auction co-chairs • LIVE! Auction begins with drawing for Best of Live raffle • Paddles Up! for Head-Royce • Close and drawing for Instant Wine Cellar raffle

9:30pm • Check-out: Pick up items in Claremont Ballroom

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7:40pm Your Auction Co-Chairs,

• Welcome, Rob Lake and auction co-chairs • LIVE! Auction begins with drawing for Best of Live raffle • Paddles Up! for Head-Royce • Close and drawing for Instant Wine Cellar raffle

9:30pm • Check-out: Pick up items in Claremont Ballroom

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Please join us in thanking the following companies and individuals who have generously helped sponsor this year’s auction. Names listed are as of January 25, 2012. Please consider joining them to help underwrite the cost of the event Proud to support Head-Royce School and support our faculty. (A full list will be posted at the event).

Gold ($3,000+) Faculty Sponsorships • First Republic Bank Thanks to the following people, who bought tickets for faculty members to • Head-Royce School Board of Trustees attend this event. Charlie Baxter & Jinee Tao • James Mittelberger & Anne Mudge • Laura Baxter-Simons & Nat Simons • Michael Novogradac & Barbara • Forsberg-Novogradac • Brannin Beal & Julie Kim-Beal • Derek & Rachel Benham Leslie Avant Carla Buf܁ ngton Jackie Care Jennie A. Flanigan Bronze ($1,000+) • Robert Blackburn & Ann Smulka 510.338.1341 510.338.1378 510.610.3601 510.735.6605 • Bayside Oral and Maxillofacial • Jeff & Eva Camp Surgery • Charles Fanning & Melinda Haag • Charles Freiberg & Andrea Alfano Friend ($500+) • W. John Miottel III '79 • Todd & Michele Sundsmo & Jeannie Banker • James Mittelberger & Anne Mudge Other Sponsors (up to $500) • Eric & Susan Poncelet • Lori Koven • Marc Schweitzer & Helaine Lasky Schweitzer • Congresswoman Barbara Lee • Todd & Michele Sundsmo

• Frank & Melissa Williams Nancy Hinkley Jack McPhail Ganice Bob & Carolyn 510.338.1394 510.982.4412 Morgan-Austin Nelson In-Kind Donations 510.520.9988 510.338.1345 Please thank: • The Benham family for providing all of the wine for the whole evening Selling Real Estate throughout the East Bay - • Fido Systems for providing all of our event technology support Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont, Albany, • Tres Agaves for for their Kensington, El Cerrito contribution to the signature cocktail offering

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1900 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland 94611 1625 Shattuck Avenue Suite 101, Berkeley 94709

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event sponsors QBDJGJDVOJPOJOUFSOBUJPOBM

www.pacunion.com

1900 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland 94611 1625 Shattuck Avenue Suite 101, Berkeley 94709

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auction overview The GRUBB Co. R E A L T O R S Check-in Registration Instant Wine Cellar G You will be given your name tag, table Raffle number, bidder number and bidder Buy a chance to fill out your wine paddle for LIVE! Please have your collection with the easy purchase of credit card swiped at this time to one or more tickets for the Wine make check-out at the end of the evening a breeze. You may also Cellar Raffle. See the display at the With great admiration and appreciation event for a list of all of the wines purchase raffle tickets here, while included in this 50+bottle collection. supplies last. (It’s a good idea to buy your raffle tickets on the way in. See Buy tickets at check-in or in the Silent Auction. for all that below…) Donated by Middle School Families Price Per Ticket: $50 Head-Royce School Silent Auction To bid on an item, just write in your bidder number and your bid on the Check-out bid sheet. There is a minimum bid At the end of the evening, pick up offers our community. listed – so please don’t bid below this your receipt and items won in the number. There is also a guide to the Claremont Ballroom. LIVE items and increased increment of bid. (But hey, Paddles Up will be charged the next feel free to go above that. Let’s raise day. some money for the cause, shall we?) In this section there is no auctioneer. Absentee Bidding Watch out for table closing times - they happen throughout the evening, Absentee bids may be placed on any so be sure to check on the things you Silent Auction item. Absentee bids want most. should be sent by email to [email protected]. Please include your name, address, phone, Desserts by Faculty email, credit card number and You already knew them as fabulous expiration date, auction item number, item description and your bid amount. teachers… but it turns out they are talented pastry artisans as well! The highest absentee bid will be Bebe McRae entered as the initial bid at the Purchase a dessert to enjoy at the beginning of the auction. 510.652.2133 dinner or take it home to enjoy later! To purchase desserts, simply place a Absentee bids must be received by [email protected] bid like any other Silent item. The 5:00pm on Friday, February 10, 2012. In bebemcrae.com winner will get the dessert delivered the event of identical bids, the earlier to their table! bid wins. Successful bidders will be notified by phone or email. Best of LIVE! Raffle The winner will get their pick of an Deductions exciting LIVE! auction item before the For federal income tax purposes, your bidding begins! This year we will only purchase of an auction item is sell 100 tickets, so each entry has 1 deductible as charitable donation to out of 100 chance of winning. Buy the extent that the amount paid your tickets at check-in or in the exceeds the fair market value of the Silent Auction. goods and/or services received. 3070 Claremont Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705 Price per Ticket: $100 Donors have made a good faith Only 100 will be sold! Get them while estimate of the fair market value of 1960 Mountain Boulevard | Oakland, CA 94611 they last. Limit: 10 per bidder each item. If there is no published value for your purchase in this GRUBBCO.COM catalog, feel free to contact Susan Anderson at 510-531-1300 x2182. Admission ticket purchases and raffle tickets are not tax-deductible. 6 7 G 6

Unless otherwise specified, the Caravan Colla Voce following conditions apply to all items Josh Tower, Director Robert Wells, Director offered:

Sam Anderson-Moxley Laura Alberti • Getaways: Resort and family • • • All sales are final. Items may not be Kendrick Baker Elena Ash exchanged and no money will be properties are not available to • • refunded. All items are sold as is. student groups or minors • Liam Connolly • Chloe Bash unaccompanied by adults. • Luke Davis • Lauren Boranian • Items and services are good for one Commercial vacations and Paul Davis Toni Calabrese-Thomas year and must be used by February • • accommodations require advance Nicholas “Brady” Hirsch Dylan Carlson 10, 2013, unless otherwise specified. reservations; offer is good on a • • • Mason Horning • Hannah DeWit • Dates and times are to be arranged space available basis; unless at the mutual convenience of both otherwise noted, meals, alcoholic • Emma Hurlbert • Giorgi Ellis the donor and the buyer. beverages, taxes, gratuities and • Charltien Long • Samantha Farrell transportation are not included. • Noah Martin-Ruben • Kira Fahlbusch • Buyers are responsible for making arrangements in advance, checking • Restaurants: Reservations are • Max Novak • Graham Hill expiration dates and restrictions on required for most establishments. • Morgan O'Sullivan • Jacob Kermish-Wells contracts and/or gift certificates, Unless otherwise noted, alcoholic • Rebecca Salsburg-Frank • Ali Lopez and for retaining the original beverages, taxes, and gratuities are • Dylan Smith • Pamela Low not included. paperwork until the donation has • Eric Taylor • Robbie Manley been redeemed. We have • Services: Gratuities for stylists, • Surya Tubach • Kerry Merckens endeavored to include restrictions technicians, trainers and other • Callista Wells • Prianka Misra where applicable, but additional service providers are generally not restrictions, deadlines and included in gift certificates. Please • Jeffrey Wu • Pippa O'Brien redemption instructions may apply. remember to show your • Harrison Yeary • Ellen Pelos Andy Pelos • We have made every effort to appreciation accordingly. • Thibault Philippine ensure the accuracy of the • Tickets and Passes: Events, • information in this catalog but performances, and museum ticket • Maya Poncelet errors may occur and are not the passes that do not specify a date • Adam Pratt responsibility of Head-Royce may require advance reservations • PJ Robinson School or its Parents Association. and be subject to availability. • Emily Rubin • Catalog descriptions of items • Please note that some items may • Sarah Schwemberger include estimates of the item’s fair have sold out online prior to the Eli Sharf market value. All values are • Silent auction. Guy Tada estimates only and are not • guaranteed by Head-Royce School • Veronica Timpane or its Parents Association. Values • Olivia Won are as declared by donors. • Emily Wong • By his/her purchase, the buyer waives any claim for liability against the School or its employees, the Auction volunteers, the Auction firm and the Auctioneer, and the donor of the property or services. Neither the PA, the School, the Auctioneer, nor the donor is responsible for any personal injuries or damages to property that may result from the use of property or services sold.

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Unless otherwise specified, the Caravan Colla Voce following conditions apply to all items Josh Tower, Director Robert Wells, Director offered:

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Auctioneer

Keith L. McLane, BAS, is one of the country’s preeminent fundraising Never the shy one, Keith has become auctioneers and special appeal/fund- well-known for a fun and entertaining a-need experts. Since 1995, he has auctioneering style that frequently specialized in organizing and takes him out from behind the conducting charity and fundraising podium and deep into the audience! auctions for schools, charitable Keith holds an MBA from The UCLA organizations, and nonprofit groups Anderson School of Management and across the nation. is a graduate of the world-famous Missouri Auction School, which Newsweek magazine dubs “The Harvard of Auctioneering.” He is also one of only a small number of auctioneers in the country - and one of only eight auctioneers in California - to have achieved the National Auctioneers Association’s Benefit Auction Specialist (BAS) designation. .

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Front Row Jayhawk Family Bay Bridge Tour: A Year Later

Treat yourself and your family members to prime seating! The lucky winner of this Have you driven over the Bay package will receive the best seats in the Bridge and tried valiantly to house for the 2012 Holiday Program as well peek over the barrier to see as one other event at school during the what’s going on? (While 2012-2013 school year. Specific items keeping your eyes on traffic, include: of course…) • Six front row seats at Holiday Program What the heck are they doing with prime parking spot up there? How exactly will • Six front row seats to another HRS event they string the cables to make of the winner’s choice, such as: Lower the new Bay Bridge support School Halloween Parade, Lower School itself? May Dance, FADE performance, or any What is going to happen to concert, play or performance in the Middle the old one? or Upper School.

• Jayhawk mascot suit, for use at your child’s birthday party

• $150 of Jayhawk spirit items: 2 appliqué sweatshirts 2 classic tees Soon enough, the new Bay Bridge will be complete, and its construction will have become part of California history. This is your chance to get an insider’s tour of 2 baseball caps the project and see up close the work being done. 2 water bottles

This ultra-exclusive tour is for 15 people (adults only, please).

Head-Royce School Head-Royce Parents Association value : priceless | starting bid: $250 Paul Jefferson value: priceless | starting Bid: $500

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Front Row Jayhawk Family Bay Bridge Tour: A Year Later

• Jayhawk mascot suit, for use at your child’s birthday party

This ultra-exclusive tour is for 15 people (adults only, please).

Head-Royce School Head-Royce Parents Association value : priceless | starting bid: $250 Paul Jefferson value: priceless | starting Bid: $500

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Get Your Game On at Raiders Training Camp January Morning by the Library

Add to your personal art Before the season begins, the collection with this elegant Oakland Raiders work on their game original painting depicting a at their training camp in Napa Valley. slice of life on the Head-Royce The general public is not invited… but campus. This 16” x 20’ you will be! impressionist oil painting by If you win this package for six, you award-winning Bay Area artist and your friends will have a first-hand Dorallen Davis showcases the opportunity to size up the 2012 beauty and energy of the Oakland Raiders. You’ll see their work Head-Royce campus. Dorallen up close and get a chance to make Davis is a masterful “Plein Air” your own call about the new team’s artist with a unique ability to strengths and vulnerabilities. connect her work with her natural surroundings. You’ll also take home some very cool swag, including signed memorabilia by the players, as a reminder of your day with the team. While you’re in Napa, enjoy a meal with a $100 gift certificate to a local Since 2006, she has been the Director, Teacher, and Co-Founder of the Marin Art diner. School, and Dorallen’s grand-daughter, Emma Onaga, is in the 6th grade at Head-Royce. More of her work can be seen at dorallendavis.com. Artist’s Statement: Oakland Raiders Peter Denwood & Diane Bessette “Painting for me is not a choice but a way of life. My journey has taught me that value: priceless | starting bid: $500 seeing, and then translating what I see, is the real ‘truth’ in my painting. I want to capture the moment when I first see and feel that glimmer of light on the landscape. I truly love to paint from life. I am a colorist, and paint what I see and feel.” This item includes a $100 certificate for custom framing. Dorallen Davis value: priceless | starting bid: $500

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Get Your Game On at Raiders Training Camp January Morning by the Library

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Explore Authentic China in Style Dinner for 8 by Spruce Have you ever dreamed of exploring the culture and beauty of China beyond just the big cities? Wouldn’t it help to have an experienced, competent guide to help This will be a dinner party to remember! you learn the nuances of this exotic country? This is your chance. Enjoy a custom four-course meal in the comfort of your own home by Chef Mark Sullivan. You might recognize him from the cover of Food & Wine as one of “America's Best New Chefs” of 2002, or more recently for his recognition as chef As a guest at the Linden Centre at Spruce in Esquire magazine's 2008 “Best New Restaurants” issue. Mt. Beautiful in Yunnan, you will see a Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir will accompany your dinner. beautiful part of China that isn’t on the beaten track…yet. The Sullivan is a Chef/Partner at Bacchus Linden Centre is in an expansive Management - owners of Spruce, The Village and luxurious courtyard home in Pub, Cafe Des Amis and Mayfield Bakery & Xizhou, a pristine village in Café. His elegant yet approachable food has southwest China’s Yunnan made his restaurants both a favorite of Province. The facility is a locals and a destination restaurant for out- nationally protected heritage site of-towners. The Village Pub has been that the owners have restored to awarded a Michelin Star for four consecutive its former dynastic elegance. years and Spruce for the past two years. But first, you’ll get your evening off to a In the foothills of the Himalayas, rousing start with custom cocktails designed Xizhou enjoys a year-round and mixed especially for you by Brandon spring-like climate and direct Clements, Spruce's award-winning bar access to rich, undisturbed manager. Brandon recently placed 3rd at the cultures in a true melting pot of United States Bartenders Guild Bartender the region. Guests touch the ‘old’ Summit in Las Vegas and was featured in China that is elusive to most visitors, and leave with enriching experiences that the December issue of GQ for his creativity last a lifetime. The Centre experience is all-inclusive, with luxurious in creating signature drinks and cocktails. accommodations and staff providing all meals and transport for excursions and Restrictions: Must be scheduled for a side-trips. Each day at the Centre is different, with a constant flow of activities mutually agreeable date. and experiences available. Expires 2/11/13. Visit http://www.linden-centre.com/ to see all Mark Sullivan, Brandon Clements, Brannin & Julie Beal, Michael & Renne Sitzman that this spectacular experience has to offer. and Spruce value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000 • 5 night stay in family suite (up to 5 people) • Voted 2010 Global Vision Award by Travel + Leisure and 2011 • Voted #1 Hotel in China by TripAdvisor in 2011

Airfare and Transfers not included

Linden Centre value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000

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Airfare and Transfers not included

Linden Centre value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000

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Dragonsleaf Orchard House Sonoma Getaway

Wine, Dine and Unwind: Enjoy a 3-night weekend at special 3 bedroom/2 bath house* nestled in 80-acres of rolling hills and vineyards in bucolic Bennett Valley, located between the Your Tuscan Villa Getaway in Napa Valley village of Glen Ellen and Santa Rosa.

Lovingly developed, this house has a This gorgeous Tuscan villa is less than an hour rustic elegance that combines a from Oakland. The lucky winner of this respect for the natural environment getaway will enjoy 5 days/4 nights in this with beautiful architecture, serene villa, perched above the valley floor in amenities and infrastructure. It the hills on the western side of Napa Valley, includes a cozy living space with between the city of Napa and the town of fireplace, kitchen, and a dining room Yountville. with 2 glass walls that fold away to The tastefully decorated house has three levels create an unobstructed al fresco with 3 bedrooms and 3 and 1/2 baths, a large dining experience. At the end of the open kitchen, living room, and den/office. It day, soak in the outdoor hot tub— sits on approximately 7 acres of hillside clad with wood slats to look like a property, with a swimming pool, an olive wine vat—as you watch the sun set orchard and a very small Cabernet grape over the vine-covered hills. vineyard. Fruit trees along the crushed granite paths bear delicious persimmons, apples and figs, yours for the picking, and the • Up to six adults landscape is sprinkled with colorful flowering plants and native grasses. Round a • 5 days / 4 nights corner on your stroll, lit by soft outdoor lamps, and you encounter an outdoor • Enjoy a bottle of wine and olive oil “room,” a rock-walled setting with a fire pit and a poured concrete seating area from the property. with cushions. This sheltered space has a magnificent outlook to the east where you can watch the moonrise that inspired novelist Jack London to name this magical region “the Valley of the Moon.” • Top off your Wine Country experience with a At the heart of the property is leisurely afternoon at Silver Oak Cellars for 6. a private lake, complete with Enjoy the breathtaking, art-filled interiors and gravel beach, picnic deck and gracious garden spaces surrounded by a small lawn area where kids vineyards. can romp. Take a kayak or • After a VIP tour of the facilities, savor a seasonal rowboat to view the three-course meal paired with family of wines waterfowl. A wooden float in from both Twomey and Silver Oak Cellars the middle of the lake lets Dates will be mutually agreed upon by donors and swimmers loll in the warm rays of the sun and appreciate winners. the views from a different perspective. Joe & Judy Epstein Silver Oak Winery value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000

* Note: The boat house has another bedroom and bathroom that can accommodate an additional 3 guests at a lower level of swankitude. Dates to be mutually arranged prior to August 31. The Drake Family value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000

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Winemaker Dinner for Eight Tuscany Extravaganza with Freeman Wines and Chef Scott Spencer

Pick some of your favorite people and invite them to your home for an evening of fine wine and fabulous food. Your feast will be paired with wines from one of California's most-acclaimed small wineries, Freeman Vineyard & Winery. Recognized for crafting elegant cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in a sophisticated Burgundian style, Freeman has been hailed by Food & Wine as one of the "World's 30 Best Pinot Noirs" and by Wine Spectator as one of its "Magnificent 30"Californian Pinot producers. In addition to being sought after by collectors, Freeman's wines have earned a place in some of the finest restaurants in the world, including rare offerings as verticals on the wine lists of such revered Michelin three-star establishments as the French Laundry, Daniel, Stay for a week at a stunning Tuscan residence. With 4 master bedrooms, 5 ½ and Alain Ducasse. baths, it’s perfect for a family retreat or a getaway with other families. Sleeps 10- 14, with full-time concierge service. The farmhouse sits at the end of a long driveway, flanked by olive trees and a Using the finest of local ingredients, sweeping meadow. The home is nestled into the forest, but the views are celebrated personal chef Scott unobstructed and dramatic. Fully furnished with Tuscan marble, ceramics and Spencer of Spencer’s Pantry will Italian designer fabrics and antiques, the house includes a traditional Tuscan bring his unique talents into your fireplace, a Forno wood-burning oven, a heated infinity-edged glass-tiled home with a sophisticated meal swimming pool, and a hot tub built into the ruins of an old stable. designed to suit your tastes. He will A short walk will take you to civilization for dining, a spa and fitness center at delight and entertain you and your Hotel Castello di Casole, a luxurious five-star hotel in Tuscany. All of this is guests with his spectacular food and located on a remarkable and historic estate. For more pictures, see lively information about the meal and http://www.castellodicasole.com/casale-san-giuseppe. his cooking techniques. Yeah, it’s a big estate: 4,200 acres of big. Date will be arranged between donors and winner. Dates available: June 10 to 17, Oct 21 to 28 or Nov 18 to 25 (Thanksgiving) Frank & Lesley Yeary Freeman Winery value: $25,800 | starting bid: $2,000 Spencer’s Pantry value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000

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Shopping in LA Have a Green Day, Dude! Rock in bronze and vinyl. Green Day drummer Tré Cool autographed this Zildjian Have you ever dreamed of being treated like a star? This is your chance! cymbal. He promised not to dent it. But you can, if you want! Celebrity stylist Lara Neal Bardach with work with you and a friend to enjoy a Hey, buy it first, though. day of shopping in LA tailored to your personal style, needs and budget. Lara is a favorite of all shoppers because of her sophisticated style, fun and ability to Double vinyl album Awesome as (ahem…) features the best live performances tailor each outing to your needs. st from the band’s 21 Century Breakdown tour. The jacket is signed by Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, and Billie Joe Armstrong.

This one-of-a-kind outing will begin as you and a friend are whisked away to the airport by Apex limo, with 2 gourmet boxed lunches prepared by personal chef, Veronica Green of Meals by Veronica and formerly of Greens Restaurant. As you and your friend are departing in style, Meals by Veronica will also deliver prepared meals to your families, working with both ladies to customize the meals according to likes and allergies.

Once you land in LA, you will get to relax and stay overnight at The Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica before heading out to a fabulous dinner at Ozumo. The next day, Lara will pick you up for an afternoon of shopping. She will have planned your outing according to your requests, and as the afternoon progresses she will stop along the way for food and caffeine as needed! Shop carefree with a $200 cash credit that you can use on anything you want.

When your shopping extravaganza is complete, Lara will take you back to the hotel where you can relax for a second night. When back in the Bay Area, Apex Limo will pick you up and deliver you home with your new wardrobe and updated style! The Batra Family Dates to be arranged at a mutually agreeable time. Douglas Smith …You pay for your own shopping, though. Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe Green Day: Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong Michael & Renee Sitzman, The Huntley Hotel Santa Monica, Pizza Antica Santa Monica value: priceless | starting bid: $250 value: priceless | starting bid: $1,000

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Four VIP Tickets to the Opening of Tony Hawk | Rad Science

June 1, 2012

With these exclusive tickets you'll be one of a lucky few to see Tony Hawk in person, doing awesome tricks in celebration the world premier of the Tony Hawk | Rad Science exhibition. Explore the physics behind sports like skateboarding, BMX biking, and snowboarding. Learn about the science that lets Tony pop an ollie or pull off a double heel flip and see how a skater's instinctual understanding of a trick relates directly to concepts like balance of forces, rotation, and momentum.

This exhibition features more than 20 difference interactive experiences that give you the opportunity to sense what skaters experience and to build an understanding of physics with the help of expert guides, professional skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and University of California Berkeley physicist Joel Fajans.

Tickets for this event are NOT for sale to the general public. The event is open SILENT only to VIP guests and Hall sponsors of $25K and more. www.lawrencehallofscience.org/visit/exhibits

Lawrence Hall of Science value: priceless | starting bid: $250

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Four VIP Tickets to the Opening of Tony Hawk | Rad Science

June 1, 2012

Tickets for this event are NOT for sale to the general public. The event is open SILENT only to VIP guests and Hall sponsors of $25K and more. www.lawrencehallofscience.org/visit/exhibits

Lawrence Hall of Science value: priceless | starting bid: $250

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103 arts and entertainment Wente Vineyard Concert & Dinner for Four Concert and buffet dining tickets for four to the 2012 Wente Vineyards Concert of your choice. 100 • A post-show conversation with wine and treats Wente Family Estates Private Tour of value: 820 Art for a Year: The inspiration will MythBusters Set continue with your year-long Curator MythBusters does not do official Circle Membership to YBCA with 104 tours. It can’t. Think about it. This is a benefits including: show that regularly creates • Free gallery and Opening Night Model T Ride in Alameda outrageous messes and huge Party admission Ever wonder what it was like at the explosions, mostly intentional. beginning of the century (the 20th • Invitations to VIP performance and In the name of science, of course. film events century, that is)? Start with breakfast at the infamous Ole's Waffle Shop and But what’s this? Could you really be • 2 free tickets to any YBCA then hop into a vintage 1926 Ford part of a private tour of the Performance or Film Model T for a spin around Alameda MythBusters set with Director Lauren island. Breakdowns and running out Williams? • Exclusive invitations to Curator's Salons at private homes and artist of gas might be part of the Yep, if your bid wins, it’s not just studios experience, so get ready to help crank PLAUSIBLE, it’ll be awesome. (Of the car up again! Cap the experience course, if you bid too low, you’re • Private preview tours with YBCA with Jamba Juice or Peets for BUSTED…) artists and curators everyone and photos in and near the Some requirements: This private tour • Members-only ticket specials car. for up to four must be redeemed • A second YBCA membership card Of Special Note: Two hour tour for up between 2/18/12 and 4/1/12 and must (benefits for 4 people total) to 4. Date to be mutually agreed be arranged with Director Lauren upon. • Reciprocal Member privileges at Williams to ensure it does not conflict over 100 arts venues across North David Wolf with the shoot schedule of the show. America value: stylin’ Frank & Melissa Williams Gary & Elna Hall value: priceless value: priceless 101 102 Art for a Night, Yes, you CAN draw! Self- Art for a Year Portraits for Adults with YBCA Professional artist Nina Nathan has Immerse yourself in contemporary art taught drawing for 20 years and she at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts can teach you, too! Three 90-minute (YBCA). self-portraiture classes will give you Art for a night: Your group of up to confidence to draw what you see! Buy six will enjoy YBCA's Smart Night Out this item with friends and give on Saturday, March 24, 2012, starting yourself the gift of creativity! at 6pm. This includes dynamic Classes to be held at Nina's live/work activities surrounding Eiko and space in East Oakland, with a Koma's Regeneration: Raven, Night maximum of 5 adults. This item is for Tide, White Dance performance. ‘grown-ups’ only. This first-of-its-kind program includes: Nina Nathan value: priceless • A gourmet dinner, custom- prepared to complement the night's performance • A pre-show hands-on workshop featuring special guests, light movement and a visit to the YBCA galleries • Admission to the performance

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205 208 class projects 2nd Grade Bernard: Self- 4th Grade: Hand-Bound Portrait Tile Mosaic Anthology Twenty four inspiring faces. The This collection features texts created smiles and joy in their colorful, hand and illustrated by the students. Each drawn self portraits have been class has produced its own 82 page 5” 200 203 transferred to a mosaic of ceramic x 9” volume comprised of 4 page tile. This work of art captures each sections of each student’s writings Kindergarten Nilsson: 1st Grade Carr: Jackson person's unique expression of and illustrations. Each student Finger Art Pollock Reimagined themselves. This will be a treasured section is also accompanied by a Fingers are not just for picking noses. What if twenty artists came together piece in your home as you reminisce portrait photo. There is no better way They are for painting! Ms. Nilsson’s to contribute to one painting in the about the Lower School days. Smile. to remember your child’s growing Be inspired. (Size: 17 in x 26 in) creative talents from their 4th grade Kindergarten class has collaborated style of Jackson Pollock? And what if year. These limited edition copies are on a visual treasure on the theme of there were 3, 4, 5, or 6 artists HRS Class of 2022 - Bernard sea life. Each student is represented attacking the canvas at the SAME with Anna Pon offered at $50 each. by a color of their choosing in a time from different angles using value: priceless HRS Class of 2020 with brilliant stippled art piece signed by brushes, spoons, spray bottles to Dan Bodner, Susy Clay all the artists, represented by their splatter, chop spray, tap, drip and Price: $50 individual “dot” and printed name. pour ? 206 HRS Class of 2024 with Christina Lee On a cold, but sunny January 6, 2012, 2nd Grade Dunlap: Chest value: priceless Ms. Carr’s class came together to find 209 answers. The result is a one-of-a-kind of Dreams 5th Grade Book Project: explosion of color in acrylic paint on What do you want to do when you 201 Canvas. Size: 22” x 28.” Includes a grow up? What do those dreams look Through the Years, color key signed by each child that like? The Chest of Dreams not only Changing Faces Kindergarten Weekes: indicates each child’s unique color provides practical storage for toys, On August 30th, 2006, forty 5-year- Student Collage contribution. games, blankets and the like, it will serve as a lasting homage to those olds set out on their first day of Ms. Weekes’ Kindergarteners have HRS Class of 2023 with Jinee Tao kindergarten. Today these students worked hard to create a unique value: priceless hopes and dreams of childhood. (Size: are ten and eleven year old 5th- approx. 34x18x18) collage, full of colorful, coordinating graders. A few have left Head-Royce shapes. Their creative work has been HRS Class of 2022 – Dunlap School through the years. Others have combined into a single large piece of 204 with Bob Blackburn & Ann Smulka joined. Little did we all know this time framed artwork which will look great 1st Grade Avila-Forde: value: priceless would pass so quickly. on your playroom wall, but is also This large 11 x 13 hardbound book of formal enough to put on a living room Jackson Pollock photographs and writings tells the wall. Your children are that good! Reimagined 207 story of these early school years. Each HRS Class of 2024 with child is represented in a 4-page What if twenty artists came together 3rd Grade: Poetry & Allison Hagey and Tanya Willacy to contribute to one painting in the spread combining rich photography value: priceless Photo Book and personal reflections from style of Jackson Pollock? And what if schoolmates, teachers and others. there were 3, 4, 5, or 6 artists This is a must-get item. This gorgeous attacking the canvas at the SAME book of professional photographs In this book you will also explore 202 time from different angles using pairs each third grade student image fieldtrips, classrooms, class plays, Kindergarten Weekes: brushes, spoons, spray bottles to with a short poem with the theme “I holidays, May Dances, the playground, splatter, chop, spray, tap, drip and used to... but now....” The students the 5th-grade promotion and events Student Collage pour...? had great fun reflecting on ways they that you may have missed through have grown and changed through the (Individual Pieces) On a cold, but sunny January 6, 2012, the years! Perhaps it goes without years. saying in a school community as Because this project turned out so Ms. Avila-Forde’s class came together to find answers. The result is a one-of- The specially bound hardback 7 x7 close-knit and strong as Head-Royce well, in addition to the large collage, that the friendships made in lower a-kind explosion of color in acrylic book, printed in a limited edition of we are also offering your child’s 45, will be priced at $50 and offers school will endure. This book will be a individual, framed collage for $30 paint on Canvas. Size: 22” x 28.” Includes a color key signed by each each family the opportunity to have a keepsake your child will be grateful to each re-read Through the Years! child that indicates each child’s keepsake volume from this special Price: $30 each unique color contribution. year of their child’s lower school Worth noting: this book will include journey. Watch the children at their craft! the 5th grade in its entirety. Therefore, it will be delivered to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3 HRS Class of 2021 X_Qbb9TzQ. John Woolard & Sam Deaner buyers in the summer of 2012. Price: $30 HRS Class of 2019 with John Woolard HRS Class of 2023 with Jinee Tao & Sam Deaner, Sean & Dawn Gelbaugh, value: priceless Sedge Thompson & Sylvia Brownrigg Price: $125

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308 312 clothing & accessories Lori Bonn Jewelry: GeVay Handcrafted Charm Bracelet Double-Strand Necklace A colorful assortment of Victorian- and Earrings inspired slide charms featuring Handcrafted double strand choker- intricate detailing and smokey quartz, style necklace with matching pair of 300 304 pink sapphire, and platinum drusy gemstones. It's the charm bracelet all pierced earrings made of ocean green Japanese Akoya Tiffany Sterling Heart & jasper, rutilated green and grown up! multifaceted smoky quartz, dark grey Pearl Stud Earrings Key Bracelet Lori Bonn Gallagher metallic hematite, and silver-plated The black velvet box opens to reveal Sterling silver rectangular and round value: $624 beads. these delicate earrings. “Ohhh, they link heart lock bracelet, 7 inches in GeVay Bead Designs are beautiful! Thank you!” 7mm length. (Note: Item not returnable for value: priceless Japanese Akoya Pearl Stud Earrings exchange or credit. Which is fine, 309 with 14k yellow gold posts and backs. because she is going to LOVE it.) Lori Bonn Jewelry: J. Sahadi Jewelers Tiffany & Co. 313 value: $180 value: $500 Cocktail Ring Intricately detailed sterling silver “Tangled” Necklace cocktail ring with laser cut green Inspired by the flow of a loosened 301 305 amethyst cushion gemstone. From rope, this design embraces the Lori Bonn Mojo Signature imaginative fluidity. Black zipper with Haiku Bag: Amethyst Amethyst & Diamond 14k Collection. metal chrome teeth. Metal buckle Daffodil Satchel Earrings Lori Bonn Gallagher closure. Artist: Flora Sin. Made in Landfill is so uncool. Nineteen lucky Elegant pierced 14-karat gold earrings value: $258 Paris, France. PET bottles were rescued by Haiku to set with amethysts and diamonds. Lireille - Gallery of Contemporary become this very cool satchel with Betsy Crabtree Jewelry and Art value: $250 pockets including zip & velcro value: $150 310 closures. Adjustable strap – 28” to 54” * 10”h x 13.5”w x 3.5”d Lori Bonn Jewelry: Pearl Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer 306 Drop Necklace 314 value: $72 A hand-crafted sterling silver pear Modern Oval Necklace Anima Mundi Necklace drop pendant on an 18" chain. From Anima Mundi necklace: 92.5% solid the Lori Bonn Wanderlust Signature by Philippa Roberts 302 silver with black Italian rubber band Collection. Oval pendant on a 16” silver snake Haiku ‘Jaunt’ Daffodil in and blue gem stone in the center. A Lori Bonn Gallagher chain from Philippa Roberts. Oakland- one-of-a-kind design, Anima Mundi value: $148 based Philippa Roberts’ jewelry has Amethyst represents the ‘soul of the world’ been highlighted in SF Style, Lucky Compact, efficient, secure, organized! through the mystical geometric magazine and others. shapes of the circle, triangle and Smaller than a to-go, larger than a 311 Philippa Roberts grab bag. The pattern on each piece square, reminding us that we are one value: $100 soul and energy within the spirit of GeVay Handcrafted Jade is unique because it is made from the universe. recycled fabrics. 7”w x 10”h x 4.5”d Necklace and Earring Set with 6 pockets. Jeanette Jin value: $250 Handcrafted necklace with matching Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer pair of pierced earrings made of jade, value: $52 bright red-orange carnelian, Botswana agate, and ten-carat gold plated 307 beads. 303 Robert Redd Knit Golf GeVay Bead Designs Haiku ‘Origami’ Daffodil Shirts - Set of 6 value: priceless Tote in Amethyst Handsome and lightweight jersey knit An elegant tote that zips inside itself shirts in a Classic Fit and variety of colors. Made with 100% Peruvian Pima for convenient storage. 16”w x 13.5”h x 5”d unzipped 2 pockets spring clip on Cotton. pouch washable cordura nylon. John Miottel ’79 & Jean Banker Haiku by Sharon Eisenhauer value: $570 value: $32

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315 - 320 321 Jewelry by Stevie Kaplan Freshwater Pearl dining out HRS Upper School English teacher Necklace Stevie Kaplan had a previous career A beautiful 11-12 mm multi-color as a jewelry designer (Stevie K freshwater pearl necklace with a Designs) and sold to boutiques throughout the Bay Area such as toggle clasp. Molly B’s and Lillith on 4th Street. Peter & Dora Cheng 400 402 Her aesthetic tends towards the value: $300 Wayfare Tavern & Wood Tavern: 4- contemporary, clean-lined, and Cookbook Course Dinner and wearable. While she has selected simple gold and silver pieces for the 322 This is a great gift item: A $200 Wine for Two auction, she also works extensively Necklace and Bracelet certificate toward a great meal, 4-course dinner with wine pairing with semi-precious stones. She favors along with a beautiful (and useful) for two at Wood Tavern, a pieces that make the transition from Set 287 page cookbook to unwrap and enjoy. contemporary, rustic neighborhood office to "date night." A freshwater pearl, citrine and crystal restaurant serving an American Pieces include: necklace with matching crystal Chef Tyler Florence’s new flagship brasserie experience in Rockridge. bracelet with silver heart. restaurant is a timeless San #315: Gold Pea Pod Earrings Rich & Rebekah Wood built their Stevie K Tammy Yin Francisco tavern featuring early success in the San Francisco A modern take on the pea-pod. authentic American dishes inspired value: $120 by local cuisine at the turn of the restaurant scene in pivotal roles at Decorative, modern and a tad edgy, Rubicon, Farallon, Harry Denton’s & these earrings can go to work and 20th Century. Visit Scala’s Bistro. After 6 years of then out for a night on the town. www.wayfaretavern.com to see the menu and for more details. owning the successful & charming Russian Hill restaurant, Frascati, Scott Ruegg ‘79 Rich and Rebekah decided to open #316: Stevie K Silver or Gold Flower value: $250 a new restaurant in a neighborhood Earrings closer to their home in Oakland. A perennial favorite of the HRS Gratuity not included. Reservation Auction, these fine silver earrings are 401 required to redeem gift certificate. simple enough to wear camping and Spruce: $250 Wood Tavern sparkly enough for the red carpet. value: $200 Don't get out-bid this year! There is a good reason why every food critic in the galaxy has lunched or dined here: it’s really, really #317: Gold or Silver Fountain good. Dining at Spruce is an 403 Stevie K occasion. The ambience is classy Earrings and unpretentious. With this $250 Bocanova: Family Style A cascade of small 24 karat gold certificate, your good meal benefits Dinner for 8 vermeil or sterling silver hoops, these Head-Royce. Bring together a group of friends earrings manage to be both http://www.sprucesf.com/ and enjoy a sumptuous family-style decorative and clean. Spruce dinner for 8 at Bocanova value: $250 Restaurant in Jack London Square. #318: Silver or Gold Oblong Bocanova Chef and Proprietor Rick Stevie K Hackett will personally create the Earrings Pan-Asian cuisine-inspired menu Two oblong, sterling silver or 24 karat and hand-select 3 bottles of wine to gold connected links. Simple and accompany the meal. When the clean-lined, these earrings are easy to vibrant flavors and savory wear. ingredients of Central and South America, the aromatic flavors and ancient inspirations of the #319: Stevie K Mystery Necklace #1 Mediterranean, and the best and freshest sustainably grown and Come see what beautiful treat Stevie raised foodstuffs of the Bay Area K Designs has in store for you at the meet and mix and marry in gala. A necklace guaranteed to Bocanova’s innovative kitchen – dazzle, created especially for this that’s Pan-American cuisine. special evening. Note: Gratuity not included. Bocanova value: $750 #320: Stevie K Mystery Necklace #2 Stevie Kaplan

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Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley llp 500 504 is proud to support San Francisco 49er Star Wars Clone Jim Harbaugh Commander 12” Figure Autographed Football Fzzzzzt! Kyewww-kyewww- San Francisco 49ers Head Coach Jim kyewwww! BOOOOM! Harbaugh Laser Autographed You know exactly whom this is for, Head-Royce Football. Only 500 of these footballs right? Sideshow Collectibles ‘Star were created. Wards Clone Commander 12” Figure. San Francisco 49ers Phase I Armor 1:6 scale figure. “Militaries of Star Wars” series. (c)2011 value: $50 Accessories include: -Fully articulated School male body (armored body) with 30+ points for articulation -Bodysuit -Fully 502 detailed armor set with Phase I helmet Original Painting ‘Your -BlasTech DC-15 Blaster Rifle - BlasTech DC-15A Blaster -Two pairs of Blue Room’ switch-out boots, standing and action Alison Trujillo (nee Epstein, HRS ‘97) -Generous assortment of switch-out HEAD-ROYCE PARENTS is a San Francisco-based artist and hands Fatima Brunson Evans Scott B. Jackson educator. Her work draws upon the This is a collector’s model suitable for rich variety and experiences of the children over 13 years of age. And for Partner Partner natural environment. She has also really, really cool grownups. worked and traveled extensively Estates & Trusts Litigation throughout Spain and Latin America Lucasfilm Ltd. [email protected] [email protected] and these moments inspire much of value: $100 her subject matter and color choices. Alison’s paintings explore form and 505 color. She will often simplify the shape ESTATES & TRUSTS • BUSINESS & CORPORATE and line of everyday objects, an Guy Buffet Serigraph appreciation of the small details that TAX • REAL ESTATE • LABOR & EMPLOYMENT surround us each day. New ideas for Paintings (2): Chef work come from observing and Michele & Chef Hubert LAND USE, ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES sketching plants while hiking, Two serigraph paintings by artist Guy botanical illustrations, and the photos Buffet. One is entitled Chef Michele • she takes around the city and in and the other Chef Hubert. LITIGATION NONPROFIT nature. Different colors than seen in the natural world are an exploration David & Sarah Choi of the feelings that may arise when value: $686 seeing a familiar object in a new light; color is also a way to express emotion about a particular place or 506 experience. Alison currently paints primarily with acrylics and encaustics, ‘On the Subway’ - including this piece. Original Art Alison Epstein Trujillo ‘97 This is an original piece using walnut value: $575 wood stain on ½” birch plywood. At 36” x 48” this piece commands your FITZGERALD ABBOTT & BEARDSLEY LLP notice. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 503 Edward Piatt 1221 Broadway, 21st Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 510.451.3300 Platt Collection Abstract value: $300 Sinuous and elegant, this minimalist www.fablaw.com sculpture features an ebony finish and natural wood base. Betsy Crabtree value: $345 34 35 34

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507 510 ‘Hard Matter’ Bird Artist’s Proof Limited food & gourmet Sculpture: Bird ‘A’ Edition Print of Pink HRS art teacher Ann Murphy sees the Hyacinth world with an artist’s eyes. ‘Hard Bold, beautiful, detailed print of a Matter’ was originally an installation of hyacinth by artist John W. Parker. 28 cormorants constructed of 600 602 armature wire, paper, and wallpaper Betsy Crabtree Scott’s Restaurant Heirloom Organic Tea paste. Each bird is approximately 24” value: $500 tall. Basket Package Artist’s statement: “This piece of art is Basket courtesy of Scott’s Seafood This is the over-the-top gift basket for about observation and environment. I 511 Restaurant in Jack London Square. the tea nerd in your life. had the privilege of living on a boat in California Landscape Includes bottle of Chardonnay with This basket of organic teas and tea the Connecticut River for five Brie cheese, crackers and smoked ware includes a selection of heirloom summers. During this time, I became A monoprint rendered in soft pastels oysters. by Oakland artist Sally Landis. organic teas: Heirloom Emerald and very intimate with the wildlife and Scott’s Seafood Grill & Bar Rolled Jasmine Green Teas, Grand rhythms of a river in summer. I was Betsy Crabtree value: $45 Crimson and Bergamot Black Teas especially drawn to birds and value: $300 and Nile Valley Chamomile and Pacific cormorants, in particular. Cormorants Peppermint Herbal Teas - a 400ml are survivors. They fish, they swim, 601 ‘Dome’ pot, two 150ml taster cups, all they fight, and miraculously, they dry 512 set upon an elegant bamboo serving their wings in the sun. I was struck Custom Portrait of Your Mayfield Bakery & Cafe tray. Five Mountains Teas are certified over and over again by how birdlike Gourmet Basket organic in the USA, the EU, Japan and we humans are and how our own Dog China. The teas are Virgin Rainforest peculiar habits inform who we are.” Take home this hand-assembled Heirloom varietals, bio-diversely Oakland-based artist Stevie Howell basket of delectable goodies and Ann Murphy will draw a graphite portrait of your grown and sustainably harvested value: priceless wine from Mayfield Bakery and Cafe, from some of the oldest tea- pet. If you live in the area, Howell will located in Palo Alto. Included are a meet the pet for a quick get-to-know- producing mountains in the world. vast selection of hand-crafted These teas are hand harvested and Fido session and then work from a goodies, fleur de sel caramels, almond 508 photograph she takes. If the dog lives vacuum sealed at the source, dragees, peanut brittle, jams, maximizing freshness, so they may ‘Hard Matter’ Bird elsewhere, she can render a likeness gingerbread loaf and shortbread from a home photo. fully express the nuanced cookies. The two wines offered are characteristics of their terroir. Sculpture: Bird ‘B’ Stevie Howell Studio proprietary to Bacchus Management See item 507 value: $800 Group (creators of Mayfield) and only Five Mountains Organic Teas value: $120 Ann Murphy available at their restaurants: Riesling, value: priceless Josef Rosch, Kabinett, Cuvee Bacchus, Mosel 2008 & Pinot Noir, Willakenzie, Thibaud’s Cuvee, 509 Willamette Valley 2008. After getting a taste of all these Black and White delights, you’ll want more. A $100 Abstract Limited-Edition certificate is included to enjoy Print Mayfield Cafe and Bakery in person! Mayfield Bakery & Café UNTITLED, 1969, aquatint etching, value: $250 signed in pencil, from the numbered edition 75, image 21 x 13 ", full margins. Provenance: Quay Gallery, San Francisco. Artist: Brian Wall (b. 1931) British Betsy Crabtree value: $750

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603 605 607 609 Coffee is for Closers Farm to Table Basket Cake or Pie Siloro Olio Nuovo & Not to be outdone by the tea people, Fresh eggs. Fresh olive oil. Fresh of the Month Balsamic Set here’s one for the coffee nerds… bread. Local honey. All brought to Back By Popular Demand! This This set includes one .75 Lt. bottle of This collection of artisan coffees and you from people in the Head-Royce generous donation comes from Siloro Olio Nuovo (newly pressed community. coffee gear is offered courtesy of Middle School super lady, Ms. olive oil) and one 250 ml (8.45 oz.) Roast Coffee Company, a Doesn’t stuff taste better when you Francine Peters. Ms. Peters manages bottle of Cavedoni Botte Piccola collaborative project of Bacchus know where it came from? Enjoy: to keep everything flowing smoothly Balsamic Vinegar from Modena, Italy. Management Group (Spruce, Cafe Des • 24oz of locally produced wildflower in Middle School. What most people Cavedoni is a 5th generation artisanal Amis, Mayfield, Pizza Antica, Village honey from the lovingly tended bee don’t know about her is that she is an producer who crafts their balsamic Pub). hives of Mary Goglio. Many amazing baker! Pies, cakes - you only using natural ingredients, and Based on the popular Mellita drip proponents endorse using local name it, Ms. Peters can whip up a ages it in small wood barrels. Paired system, this set includes: a Hario V60 honey to alleviate allergies to local treat you’re sure to remember. One with Siloro Olio Nuovo, this is an Glass Dripper, a Hario V60 Clear pollens. A sweet way to stay lucky winner gets to choose a dessert exquisite gift set. Range Server, matching filters and healthy! of the month for the nine-month 2012- Brannin & Julie Kim-Beal two packages of small-batch roasted 13 school year. Be prepared to bid value: $89 • 6 bottles of extra-virgin olive oil high! Roast coffee. from the Dharmapalan family’s Roast Coffee Company specializes in Monte Lago vineyard Francine Peters small batch roasting techniques. Its value: priceless 610 • Nine months (Sept-June) of ultra- specialty grade coffee is organic, fresh just-laid chicken eggs from Italian Valentine's Day shade grown, and fair trade whenever the Van Ness Family’s flock. possible. Utilizing a vintage Probat 608 Basket roaster, they follow the time honored • $20 worth of fresh bread from Classic Food Tour of Instant picnic, late night snack, light traditional methods of roasting each Acme Bakery (Acme Bread supper? Pop open this delizioso! varietal individually on a weekly basis certificate valid only in their shops West Marin in the Veggie package of Valentine's Day goodies at 1601 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley and to ensure consistent quality and with your sweetheart and enjoy. freshness. at the Ferry Building in SF.) Mobile Prepare your senses for a fully Included are three bottles of Italian Roast Coffee Company Jackie & Jonathan Dharmapalan, Mary wine (a Chianti from Toscano, Rubino Goglio, Patrick & Lea Van Ness, Acme sustainable tour of local food value: $75 production in our own Marin County. from Puglia and a Valpolicella from Bread Company the Veneto) and a basket full of value: priceless HRS teacher Paul Scott will take as yummy treats and nibbles from many as 4 guests on a day-long 604 adventure into the belly of some of Trader Joe’s. Whimsical Cake for Your our most delicious farmers, bakers, Vinity Wine Company, Trader Joe's 606 and cheese makers. Possible stops value: $120 Special Event My Calabria Cooking include the Hog Island Oyster Farm, HRS parent Brenda Wagner will work the cheese works at Cowgirl with you to design a unique cake for Class & Autographed Creamery, and the farm at Gospel your special occasion. Your cake will Cookbook Flats. be made from scratch using only the The best way to learn a cuisine is to After our investigation of sustainable finest ingredients and delivered to get your hands dirty. Bring your apron food production, we will enjoy a you on the day of your event. to her well-appointed kitchen in delicious picnic on a choice beach. Of Special Note: Requires a minimum Emeryville and learn about the foods And to keep things green, the entire of 3 weeks notice and date to be of Calabria. tour will progress in Erin’s Biowagon, mutually agreed upon. Delivery to Gift certificate for a cooking class a vintage diesel car running on locally-produced biofuel! Oakland/East Bay area only. For with Rosetta Costantino along with a events outside the East Bay area, signed copy of her cookbook My Tour to take place on a mutually bidder must arrange alternate Calabria. agreed upon beautiful weekend day in transport. www.cookingwithrosetta.com the month of May 2012. Brenda Wagner Rosetta Costantino Paul & Erin Scott value: custom cake, and you don’t have value: $120 value: priceless to make it.

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611 613 Romantic Valentine’s Monthly Gourmet for the kids Day Dinner for Two Dinners Enjoy a pampered, stress-free Win this item and you will get twelve Valentine’s Day this year at home with home-cooked meals delivered to your your sweetheart. Included in this family. One per month. These meals package: will be prepared for you by HRS 700 701 parents who have signed up to do • A romantic dinner for two prepared Kids Book Club Starter Soccer Skills, Speed & in YOUR home on Valentine's Day this. by David Gish. David has over At one level, you might think of this as Kit & Author Discussion Agility Training twenty years experience in the food a subscription for meal service, which Does your child love reading? Want to Six hours of soccer skills training for and wine industries and has held is certainly convenient. Maybe you’ve be an “insider” in the release of an up to 8 intermediate-to-advanced positions at the California Culinary had a long week. Or you just want a important new children’s book before players by HRS Asst. Athletics Academy, Celebrity Cruise Lines, night off from cooking. This way you it becomes a big deal? Then this is the Director John Miottel. The session(s) Mr. B's Bistro in New Orleans and don’t have to plan the meal, or shop auction item for you. are designed for players aged 10-18 The Grill 23 and Bar in Boston. You for it, or cook it. That’s pretty nice. years and will focus on balance, and your loved one can relax and Head-Royce parent Sylvia Brownrigg At an entirely different level, though, has published acclaimed novels for symmetry, proper body alignment enjoy preparations customized to this is a psychology experiment. Each and form. Participants will take away your desires. adults. This spring she will debut her of these chefs is only signing up to first children's book, Kepler's Dream, an arsenal of exercises they can do on • Flowers to set the mood: $35 prepare ONE meal for you this year. under the name Juliet Bell. their own, in any location, to keep Montclair Florist gift certificate Do you think many of these people their skills and speed up to snuff. are going to “phone it in?” This is Your child, along with up to five • (2) bottles of Italian wine, amore! friends, will meet Ms. Brownrigg at a Coach Miottel will also address what it Head-Royce, after all! How many of means to be a student athlete, goal • Certificates for (2) 60-minute warm these parent-chefs do you imagine special reading in your home. Your child and his or her guests will receive setting, mental discipline, and stone massages from Bay Area have a teeny competitive streak? sportsmanship. The training is Restorative Massage Therapy signed copies of the book, and leave Do not underbid this item! If you do, inspired about reading and writing. grounded in his 25 years of coaching David Gish, Montclair Florist, Bay Area you will feel terrible, debilitating youth soccer and a wealth of Restorative Massage Therapy. regret. Kepler's Dream is the story of eleven- knowledge gleaned from his work year-old Ella's long hot summer with with many top level professional and value: $600 HRS Parent Chefs: her eccentric grandmother, and her Olympic athletes, including Tony Matt & Dawn Antonelli, Jeff & Eva efforts to understand mysterious Hawk, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson, Camp, Phil & Julia Chin, Laura de Petra, events in her family's past that John McEnroe, Nadia Comaneci, and 612 Lee Dorado, Heather Lake, Kevin Owen, emerge after the disappearance of a Tommie Smith. Training may be done Award winning Amie Prendergast, Katie Ross, Lisa very rare and precious book. as a series of three 2-hour sessions, Settlemier, Eric & Gillian Lester-Talley, including warm-up, warm down, and cookbook Latin Flavors: Laura Troup-Galligan Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Michael classroom-style discussion or value: $1,200 Chabon writes, "Kepler's Dream is a A Taste of Our Heritage sweet, funny, and moving story told completed in a single 6-hour session. Coffee table quality, hard bound, by a memorable heroine. I can't wait Of Special Note: Maximum of 8 color cookbook that won award for 614 to share it with my daughters." players, intermediate-to-advanced Best Latin Cookbook of 2011 and has Blue Balliett, author of Chasing level. Training sessions should be been nominated for a similar Instant Valentine's Day Vermeer and other bestselling titles, completed by 2/11/2013. international award. All recipes are in describes the book as follows: "Start English and Spanish. This book was Package John Miottel ’79 & Jean Banker with a lonely, eleven year-old girl, a value: priceless put together by the Latin Women's OK, face facts. You forgot that summer visit with an icy grandmother Initiative of Houston where all Valentine's Day is only 3 days after who dislikes hugs and sloppy proceeds are going to the support of the auction. All the great restaurants grammar, and an old Albuquerque Latin women suffering from domestic are booked and the lines at the florist home surrounded by dozens of abuse. are going to be looooonnng... Well peacocks. . . Kepler's Dream is heart- Taylor & Chris Chung lucky for you, we've got you covered. warming, prickly, pleasingly puzzling, value: $45 Give your loved one this beautiful and tender." Valentine's package which includes: 2 Tiffany & Co. champagne flutes, a Located at 2904 College Avenue in bottle of Perrier Jouët Champagne, Berkeley, Mrs. Dalloway's keeps alive Michael Mischer chocolates and a all that is magical about a local silver Reed & Barton bowl to put them bookstore. [email protected] in. Come on, all you have to do now This event is suitable for readers age is chill the bubbly! 10 and up. Date to be mutually Donors: Rahsaan Thompson & Kara arranged with the author. Kelly Sylvia Brownrigg, Jennifer Sime, Mrs. value: $285 Dalloway's Bookstore value: priceless

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702 705 707 710 Sink or Swim with Coach Movie Night with Mr. Science Tutoring with Lower School Donna Sjoberg Bernard Dr. Brakeman Head For A Day Four private swim lessons either at An evening of movies, food, and fun Would your student benefit from Your child plus one friend will have an your pool or at the HRS pool. organized by Mr. Bernard for a small some one-on-one tutoring in science? opportunity to experience a day in Coach Sjoberg has been teaching group of students (up to 6). This Would you like to see your son or the life of the Head of Lower School. swim lessons to children and adults event will take place at your house on daughter become more enthusiastic This day will include decision-making, for over 20 years, and has been the a mutually agreed upon date and time about science? If so, bid on four hours bossing people around, writing Aquatics Supervisor at HRS for the for 3-4 hours while you are out on the of tutoring or private teaching from reports, balancing budgets and eating past 15 years. Enjoy the one-on-one town, having a nice dinner, or simply veteran Head-Royce science teacher breakfast, morning snack, lunch and lesson time, at the location of your catching up on some errands. Mr. and current department chair Dr. afternoon snack. choice. Whether you are a beginner or Bernard will order a pizza and bake Jennifer Brakeman. Appropriate for Suzanne Abbey an intermediate swimmer you will snickerdoodles, organize a game or grades 6th-9th, 11th. value: priceless develop, refine and advance your activity, and put on a movie (of your Or... choosing) to watch. strokes, diving, and treading water Parents, are you experiencing that skills. Zach Bernard momentary lapse in memory when 711 Of Special Note: Lessons can be for a value: priceless your child asks you a chemistry- Middle School child or an adult. 1 student/4 lessons related homework question? How for best learning and refinement. Best about a refresher course? Use this 4- Head For A Day to arrange the lessons back-to-back 706 hour session for yourself and assist Oh, yes. Yes, indeed it IS good to be during one week, or two Science Party! your child with confidence. the head of school. Try it and see! This lessons/week for two weeks. with Mrs. Harper Jennifer Brakeman day will include decision-making, Donna Sjoberg value: priceless bossing people around, writing value: priceless Bubbles & potions, electricity & reports, balancing budgets and taking magnets, liquid nitrogen or dry ice, it’s care of some things that might be a all cool! 708 little eye-opening. 703 Mrs. Harper (the K-5 science resource Springtime at Oakland Carol Swainson teacher) will help you put together a value: priceless A’s Game with Ms. Avila hands-on science party for a birthday, Zoo for 4 with Ms. Forde club or other friendly event. Lots of Weekes Take in an Oakland A’s baseball game topics and activities to choose from: 712 animals or astronomy? Creeks or Ms. Weekes will take four students to with a baseball loving teacher. It is an explore Oakland Zoo. Yes, kids, we 2012 Lower School all expense paid day at the ballpark chemistry? with food and snack included. Of Special Note: can ride the rides after the visit. Promotion: Six Front Kathrina Weekes Three strikes & you’re out if you miss Appropriate for K-7th grade. Up to 20 Row Seats & Parking value: priceless this fun day. kids. Please feel free to discuss Enjoy a premium view from these six Of Special Note: Game date will be possibilities with Debra Harper reserved front row seats for the 2012 decided upon by both parties in the BEFORE the auction if you have 709 Lower School Promotion. One HRS spring. specific questions or requests.) Valid parking space also included. February 2012- March 2013 April Avila Forde Tilden Park Hike & Picnic Head-Royce School value: priceless Debra Harper with HRS LS Teachers value: priceless value: priceless Lower School teachers, Ms. Nilsson, Ms. Dunlap and Ms. Hine will lead a 704 hike and provide a picnic for up to 713 Bike Ride with Ms. Carr & four lower school students in beautiful 2012 Middle School Tilden Park. These teachers enjoy Coach Bowler sharing their love of this special place! Promotion: Six Front A scenic bike ride and special stops Date and time of event will be Row Seats & Parking for snacks and fun along the Bay Trail mutually agreed upon and must be Enjoy a premium view from these six in Alameda with 1st grade teacher Ms. completed by June 10, 2012. Debra Carr and Coach Bowler. reserved front row seats for the 2012 Anna-Marie Nilsson Middle School Promotion. One HRS Of Special Note: This item is for 3 kids Chris Dunlap parking space also included. and will be scheduled at the Priscilla Hine Head-Royce School convenience of all involved. Summer value: priceless value: priceless is a definite possibility. Debra Carr, Nicole Bowler value: priceless

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714 717 2012 Upper School Coach for a Day home & garden Graduation: Six Front Have you ever wished you could be in the dugout next to Coach Talps while Row Seats & Parking he gives an inspirational pre-game Enjoy a premium view from these six speech to the varsity baseball team? reserved front row seats for the 2012 Have you ever wanted to traipse the Upper School Graduation. One HRS sidelines of the Head-Royce gym 900 903 parking space also included. while Coach Blakeley is strategizing Architectural In-Home Personal Head-Royce School the next play for the men's varsity Consultation Computer Consulting value: priceless basketball team? Ever wanted to listen to Coach Redfield as he gets his What are your hopes and dreams for Services men's varsity soccer team to put the your home? Award-winning Burton Are home computer issues driving 715 ball in the back of the net? Architects will provide 8 hours of you nuts? What if you could get it If you answered YES to any of these architectural consultation to help you explore ideas for remodeling or fixed and help Head-Royce at the Semi-Private or Group questions, then it sounds like you same time? want to be a "Coach for a Day". adding to your home, including Basketball Lessons schematic plans and sketches to help Win this item and you will get a half- Prior to becoming maestro of After- The winner of this item will become translate those dreams into reality. day of personal, in-home, computer School activities, Ms. Frazier spent an honorary member of the HRS consulting services provided by the coaching staff for one 2012-13 home Burton Architecture years playing and coaching basketball value: $1,200 crew of the HRS Technology Dept. for several state and nationally ranked game. You'll get an up-close and The Head-Royce Tech Crew can teams. Her focus is breaking down the personal look at how our teams handle anything from networking basics of footwork, shooting form and operate on game day: from lacing up your home office, to making your ball handling skills to provide a strong the shoes, to the pre-game warm-up, 901 house fully wireless, to full computer foundation for team play and the halftime talk, all the way through Exotic Wood Hall Table re-builds. the game and the post-game individual improvement. Includes A beautiful hallway table crafted from Ray Louie, Director of Educational three one-hour lessons for groups of discussions. exotic wood by HRS Parent Michael Technology will help evaluate your 4-8. We encourage parents to bid for their Waldear. needs and send the right member of Of Special Note: To be scheduled younger HRS student, as the Coach the crew to solve your problems. for a Day does not necessarily have to Michael & Judy Waldear Consulting services only, no hardware between parties depending on gym value: priceless availability. be an adult! or software provided. Mikki Frazier Choose from: Men's Varsity Soccer, Ray Louie & HRS Technology value: priceless Women's Varsity Volleyball, Men's 902 Department Varsity Basketball, Women's Varsity value: $1,000 Basketball, Men's Varsity Baseball, Floral Design Class at 716 Women's Varsity Softball and Blooms By You Women's Varsity Soccer. Brendan 904 Caterpillar Waste-Free Blakeley will provide game dates in A beautiful floral arrangement can Lunch Kit August to the lucky winner, from add so much to your home. Wouldn’t Holiday House which they will choose the game they it be a pleasure to learn how to create Decorating Get back to basics with this waste- will coach. them for yourself? OK, now imagine free version of the good ol’ brown learning with up to three friends. It's a festival of lights, right in your Head-Royce Athletics own front yard! If you love, love the paper bag. Use for packing school This item is a floral design class for up lunches, picnics or on-the-go snacks. value: priceless holidays, but dread the tedious and, to four people. In a two hour hands- yes, sometimes dangerous task of Use the entire kit or the individual on tutorial, you will learn tips and components in your existing lunch hanging hundreds of twinkling lights boxes. techniques to create beautiful floral and stringing yards and yards of arrangements for your home. Kids Konserve garland on your house, Jack Frost Everything is provided. You and your Designs has just the thing for you (or value: $45 three guests will go home with a for that relative you really don’t want gorgeous arrangement that you up on ladders anymore.) create. Light refreshments will be served. Up for bid is a full front-house decorating and lighting installation Blooms By You - A Little Flower School AND removal package valued at value: $600 $1,000. Be kind to your holiday self and buy this auction item now. You'll thank yourself for it in 10 months. Jack Frost Designs value: $1,000

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• Fourth, the sessions produce 905 "extra" individual portraits. Custom Redwood Because Bob keeps the session fun parties and takes some silly (as well as Salad Table™ serious) pictures, parents are using Custom hand-built redwood Salad the "outtakes" for individual Table™ features two levels with six portraits or to make separate removable growing boxes, providing "many moods of" composites of a convenient year-round garden right each child. This item includes up to 1300 1302 outside your door. Featuring heavy- 20 edited "outtakes." Camp Out with the Experience the Golden duty casters for ease of use and Bob Blackburn is fine art climate adjustment! Too sunny in the photographer and a Head-Royce Lakes, Friday, May 18 Age of Travel summer? Simply roll into a shady spot parent. His passion for portrait Enjoy an evening of backyard As the 100th Anniversary of the tragic and roll out again in the fall and photography grew from his candid camping with your children under the sinking of the Titanic approaches this winter. Can also be fitted with shade portraits in the street genre, several of stars at the home of Rob & Heather April, take this rare opportunity to cloth. Finished with eco-friendly and which have been widely exhibited in Lake. learn about and see first-hand what food safe sealer. Built by HRS Garden juried shows, including a "best of the this golden age of luxury travel was Manager Susan Anderson. On Friday, May 18th, 2012, six lucky Bay Area emerging artists" show at families will spend the evening with like. Susan Anderson the California Modern Art Gallery in the Lakes and enjoy a delicious John Miottel II (Coach Miottel’s father) Head-Royce Development Office SF, best of the East Bay ProArts dinner, s’mores, and campfire songs will lead you and your party of 20 on value: $500 Annual show (all media), and several and stories with our Head of School a guided tour and video presentation Reflections in Time shows at the and his family. You and your children of rare and treasured artifacts from Joyce Gordon Gallery, including the will come over to the Lake’s house his expansive personal collection from 906 juror's award from the curator of before the sun sets, then set up your three icons of this era, the legendary Blackburn Composite Armand Hammer Museum in LA. Bob camping gear in the back yard and R.M.S. Titanic, the opulent S.S. has twice studied with noted LA enjoy a fun-filled dinner and evening Normandie and the great Zepplin Family Photo, plus portrait photographer Greg Gorman. under the stars. The next morning you Hindenberg. The glorious careers and outtakes He is currently in an advanced post- will be treated to a gourmet breakfast tragic fates of these technical and graduate program at the San complete with homemade doughnuts, artistic triumphs constitute a telling Win this item and Bob Blackburn will Francisco Studio School. courtesy of Mrs. Lake! metaphor for the era. create your family’s best-ever family Printing is not included in this item. http://miottelmuseum.com. portrait. The fine print: parents must However, Bob can arrange to have accompany children overnight. Then enjoy champagne, tea and light Bob uses a composite approach for your portraits professionally printed Families must bring their own tents refreshments in the beautiful garden his portrait art. Win this item and he at cost with no mark-up. For example, and sleeping bags. Dinner and of the Miottel home. Saturday, April will individually photograph up to six 30x10 prints (on display at the breakfast will be included. 21, 2012, 4-6pm. (Date change family members, then create a auction) can be had for about $35 on possible if mutually agreed upon.) composite group shot from the best mounted photographic paper with a Rob & Heather Lake material. The final composite is in a protective spray or about $125 on a value: priceless John Miottel II panorama format where the gallery wrapped canvas (lab prices value: $1,000 individuals look as if they were subject to change). Spectacular standing or sitting shoulder-to- prints have been made up to 5 feet in 1301 shoulder. length. Pan-Asian Invasion - A 2074 Bob highlights several advantages to Bob Blackburn Moms & Margaritas! – this approach. value: $1,500 Safari for Your Tastebuds! Friday, May 4, 2012 • First, everyone is optimally lit, Raise a salt-rimmed glass to the Experience an illustrious Asian which is critical to achieving the arrival of spring and toast your fellow best possible portrait. infusion dinner for 6 at Chez Tupper in the Oakland Hills. This multi-course Head-Royce moms! Join us on Friday, • Second, everyone's best shot is May 4, 2012. at the home of Lucy used. Everyone looks relaxed and at thematic evening ignites with a Arney (Buck ‘23) for an evening of their best. signature sake cocktail, burns brightly through the evening with Pan-Asian hand-made margaritas, tasty Third, people don't have to be there authentic Mexican cuisine and great • flavors that will titillate and delight - company. on the same day. Included in this and finally the embers glow with auction item: up to six individual ethereal tasting of house infused Renske Lynde, Rani Batra, sittings, full editing and composite vodkas, including cherry blossom, Lucy Arney, Rachel Quilici construction. lychee, satuma, and more...! Hosted $50 per ticket by Shelby '80 & Erich Tupper. Shelby ’80 & Erich Tupper value: $1,000

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casual fare off a wood-fired, 2084 traditional Mexican grill menu. The 2115 2117 Madras & Martinis – party starts at the Fitzhugh home, Three Bears Bike & Health & Wellness Moms’ known for their ever-flowing stash Saturday, October 13 of tasty beverages and good food. Brunch – Sunday, June 3 Night Out – Wednesday, Dust off those madras pants and join • Step two: We’ll transport you down Join faculty members Karen Bradley March 28 us for an Indian Summer evening of to the ice-rink for some slaps (of and Crystal Land for a fun day of Put on your sweats and join us for an bottomless martinis and plaid filled brooms on mini-soccer ball) and cycling and brunching in the East Bay. evening of healthy fun! Get in touch fun! Join fellow Head-Royce parents giggles (you and your spouse We will meet at the Lafayette and friends at a spectacular cocktail with your inner peace and stretch haven’t had this much silly fun in Reservoir at 9 a.m. for a quick scone those tight muscles at a private yoga party on October 13th as we enjoy years!). Relive your childhood days before hopping on our bikes and class with instructor Sarah Young retro fare and old school cocktails by on the ponds of New England or pedaling through Lafayette to the Relish Catering on the patio at the from 6-7pm. Our workout will be tap into that inner child who still heart of our ride: the Three Bears loop followed by a sit-down dinner Novogradacs’ home in Orinda. $100 loves to play games and try this around Briones Park. prepared by personal chef Shoshana per person. classic winter recreation. Broomball The ride begins easily with a flat pedal Klein, who specializes in clean and Michael Novogradac & Barbara is all about the fun.... no contact. over to San Pablo Dam Road. There delicious food preparation. Healthy Forsberg-Novogradac, John & Blakely The penalties for contact are the fun begins! We will ride the Three anti-oxidant cocktails to be mixed up Atherton, Rick & Lucy Arney rougher than the ice. Bears loop which includes several hills by HRS mom Heather Lake. $100 per ticket • Step 3: After 1 1/2 hours of (Mama Bear, Papa Bear and Baby Lisa Settlemier, Heather Lake, Katie exhilarating but friendly Bear) and return via Happy Valley Rd. Ross competition, we cap off the evening and Leuschner Observatory to end $100 per ticket 2101 with a stop at the Kingfish on the back at the Lafayette Reservoir for a Ladies’ Tennis Day at the way home. Never heard of the delicious brunch on the grass. All Kingfish? It’s a classic institution for levels of cyclists are encouraged to 2118 Claremont – Tuesday, the laid-back, beer loving set - quite join the ride (we’ll take the hills slow April 24 simply, a “very unique, shotgun- and steady!), but road bikes are Authentic Mexican shack, dive sports bar with the best recommended for easier hill climbing. Dinner & Cooking Class – Tennis, anyone? This is your chance to shuffleboard table in Oakland.” We The total ride is about 30 miles. improve your game and connect with guarantee this will be your favorite Saturday, May 19 other Head-Royce tennis enthusiasts. Join us for a fun morning of exercise, party of the entire season and one good dining and gal chat. Scheduled Enjoy authentic Mexican food Join us for a doubles clinic led by an you will remember fondly well after experienced doubles instructor at the date: Sunday, June 3, 2012 9 a.m.-1 including 100-year-old secret family any bumps and bruises have long p.m. recipes for mole, homemade tamales, Claremont Resort and Spa, followed faded away. chile rellenos, chicken fajitas, by a round-robin tournament and Crystal Land, Karen Bradley lunch at the Paragon Restaurant. Limited to 12 couples. $75 per ticket buñuelos, flan, and guacamole. Event takes place Saturday, May 19, The day would start at Peets with Andy & Kristi Thompson, Ken Dupee & coffee. Then, learn some doubles Nancy Scanlon, Mike & Sally Fitzhugh, 2012 6-10 pm at the home of HRS parents Ramon & Blanca Perez. strategy while enjoying a fast-paced, Greg Heywood & Kristen Kwan 2116 fun way for a group of players to hit $200 per couple. Tailgate Party – Ramon & Blanca Perez lots of balls with the pro, get a great $75 per ticket workout and play tennis together Saturday, September 15 across all abilities. Next, a ladies 2114 Here’s your hall pass! Join your friends doubles round robin, shower and off Swedish Pancake Brunch for an evening of college football and 2147 to the Paragon for a lovely lunch with delicious tailgate fare, complete with Hit the Hills with Heather white wine and some prizes before – Sunday, October 14 beers and bloodies. Play in the annual coming back to reality in plenty of Enjoy an authentic Swedish pancake shuffleboard contest and re-live the & Liz – Sunday, May 6 time for Head-Royce pickup. brunch on October 14, 2012 at glory days! College football viewing in Join Heather Lake and Liz Willingham Sally Fitzhugh, Bal Mears 10:30am at the home of Britta the media room and a keg and beer for a run in Redwood Park, followed $125 per ticket Sjogren. Britta will serve Swedish pong tournament. Tailgate by a delicious brunch. Leave the city pancakes made from a family recipe, smorgasbord by Relish Catering. behind and enjoy the beauty of the lingonberries, fruit salad, lattes, teas, Weston & Lisa Settlemier majestic redwoods. We will meet at 2102 juice and Mimosas. Price includes $75 per ticket Skyline gate and run for admission for 1 adult & 1 child. approximately 6 miles (gentle pace) Broomball, Beers & BBQ Britta Sjogren before returning to the trailhead for – Saturday, March 31 $75 per ticket food and socializing. All runners are welcome. Sunday, May 6th, 2012. Make this winter season one to remember - come on out for a wintry Liz Willingham, Heather Lake evening of BBQ, broomball and beers $75 per ticket on Saturday, March 31, 2012. That’s right, we’ll celebrate on ice at the Oakland Ice Center in jeans and sneaks (maybe even some padding) and brooms. • Step one: Let’s get you lubed up with libations and fueled with 48 49 48 casual fare off a wood-fired, 2084 traditional Mexican grill menu. The 2115 2117 Madras & Martinis – party starts at the Fitzhugh home, Three Bears Bike & Health & Wellness Moms’ known for their ever-flowing stash Saturday, October 13 of tasty beverages and good food. Brunch – Sunday, June 3 Night Out – Wednesday, Dust off those madras pants and join • Step two: We’ll transport you down Join faculty members Karen Bradley March 28 us for an Indian Summer evening of to the ice-rink for some slaps (of and Crystal Land for a fun day of Put on your sweats and join us for an bottomless martinis and plaid filled brooms on mini-soccer ball) and cycling and brunching in the East Bay. evening of healthy fun! Get in touch fun! Join fellow Head-Royce parents giggles (you and your spouse We will meet at the Lafayette and friends at a spectacular cocktail with your inner peace and stretch haven’t had this much silly fun in Reservoir at 9 a.m. for a quick scone those tight muscles at a private yoga party on October 13th as we enjoy years!). Relive your childhood days before hopping on our bikes and class with instructor Sarah Young retro fare and old school cocktails by on the ponds of New England or pedaling through Lafayette to the Relish Catering on the patio at the from 6-7pm. Our workout will be tap into that inner child who still heart of our ride: the Three Bears loop followed by a sit-down dinner Novogradacs’ home in Orinda. $100 loves to play games and try this around Briones Park. prepared by personal chef Shoshana per person. classic winter recreation. Broomball The ride begins easily with a flat pedal Klein, who specializes in clean and Michael Novogradac & Barbara is all about the fun.... no contact. over to San Pablo Dam Road. There delicious food preparation. Healthy Forsberg-Novogradac, John & Blakely The penalties for contact are the fun begins! We will ride the Three anti-oxidant cocktails to be mixed up Atherton, Rick & Lucy Arney rougher than the ice. Bears loop which includes several hills by HRS mom Heather Lake. $100 per ticket • Step 3: After 1 1/2 hours of (Mama Bear, Papa Bear and Baby Lisa Settlemier, Heather Lake, Katie exhilarating but friendly Bear) and return via Happy Valley Rd. Ross competition, we cap off the evening and Leuschner Observatory to end $100 per ticket 2101 with a stop at the Kingfish on the back at the Lafayette Reservoir for a Ladies’ Tennis Day at the way home. Never heard of the delicious brunch on the grass. All Kingfish? It’s a classic institution for levels of cyclists are encouraged to 2118 Claremont – Tuesday, the laid-back, beer loving set - quite join the ride (we’ll take the hills slow April 24 simply, a “very unique, shotgun- and steady!), but road bikes are Authentic Mexican shack, dive sports bar with the best recommended for easier hill climbing. Dinner & Cooking Class – Tennis, anyone? This is your chance to shuffleboard table in Oakland.” We The total ride is about 30 miles. improve your game and connect with guarantee this will be your favorite Saturday, May 19 other Head-Royce tennis enthusiasts. Join us for a fun morning of exercise, party of the entire season and one good dining and gal chat. Scheduled Enjoy authentic Mexican food Join us for a doubles clinic led by an you will remember fondly well after experienced doubles instructor at the date: Sunday, June 3, 2012 9 a.m.-1 including 100-year-old secret family any bumps and bruises have long p.m. recipes for mole, homemade tamales, Claremont Resort and Spa, followed faded away. chile rellenos, chicken fajitas, by a round-robin tournament and Crystal Land, Karen Bradley lunch at the Paragon Restaurant. Limited to 12 couples. $75 per ticket buñuelos, flan, and guacamole. Event takes place Saturday, May 19, The day would start at Peets with Andy & Kristi Thompson, Ken Dupee & coffee. Then, learn some doubles Nancy Scanlon, Mike & Sally Fitzhugh, 2012 6-10 pm at the home of HRS parents Ramon & Blanca Perez. strategy while enjoying a fast-paced, Greg Heywood & Kristen Kwan 2116 fun way for a group of players to hit $200 per couple. Tailgate Party – Ramon & Blanca Perez lots of balls with the pro, get a great $75 per ticket workout and play tennis together Saturday, September 15 across all abilities. Next, a ladies 2114 Here’s your hall pass! Join your friends doubles round robin, shower and off Swedish Pancake Brunch for an evening of college football and 2147 to the Paragon for a lovely lunch with delicious tailgate fare, complete with Hit the Hills with Heather white wine and some prizes before – Sunday, October 14 beers and bloodies. Play in the annual coming back to reality in plenty of Enjoy an authentic Swedish pancake shuffleboard contest and re-live the & Liz – Sunday, May 6 time for Head-Royce pickup. brunch on October 14, 2012 at glory days! College football viewing in Join Heather Lake and Liz Willingham Sally Fitzhugh, Bal Mears 10:30am at the home of Britta the media room and a keg and beer for a run in Redwood Park, followed $125 per ticket Sjogren. Britta will serve Swedish pong tournament. Tailgate by a delicious brunch. Leave the city pancakes made from a family recipe, smorgasbord by Relish Catering. behind and enjoy the beauty of the lingonberries, fruit salad, lattes, teas, Weston & Lisa Settlemier majestic redwoods. We will meet at 2102 juice and Mimosas. Price includes $75 per ticket Skyline gate and run for admission for 1 adult & 1 child. approximately 6 miles (gentle pace) Broomball, Beers & BBQ Britta Sjogren before returning to the trailhead for – Saturday, March 31 $75 per ticket food and socializing. All runners are welcome. Sunday, May 6th, 2012. Make this winter season one to remember - come on out for a wintry Liz Willingham, Heather Lake evening of BBQ, broomball and beers $75 per ticket on Saturday, March 31, 2012. That’s right, we’ll celebrate on ice at the Oakland Ice Center in jeans and sneaks (maybe even some padding) and brooms. • Step one: Let’s get you lubed up with libations and fueled with 48 49 49

2148 2159 2184 2311 Night at the Speakeasy Head-Royce Poker New Year...New You! – Pre-St. Paddy's Day Beer (Shh!!) – Championships – Sunday, February 26, Tasting at Pacific Coast Saturday, May 12 Saturday, April 21 2012 Brewing Co. – Friday, Gentlemen, don your fedoras. Ladies, Feeling lucky? Skilled with cards? Join Fitness Guru Wendy Feldman for March 16 slip on that evening dress – yes, that Good human intuition? Good at a Happy Healthy Hour, February 26, Get your Green on one day early!! one. Let’s get ready to party like it’s bluffing? …Or maybe not so much, but 2012 - Find out what's the latest-and- Join other HRS parents for a fun night 1923! happy to learn in good company? greatest in the world of skincare, body cleanses, nutrition products and of local Beer tasting on Friday, March You’re invited to a secret All are great reasons to come out on 16 at Pacific Coast Brewing Company underground soiree that is sure to be Saturday, April 21 for drinks, hors fun/easy snacks for you and your in downtown Oakland. the cat’s meow. Once inside the HRS d’oeuvres, good conversation, and a kids! In addition to being a Mom-of-3, Each attendee will enjoy a flight of Speakeasy, you can partake in tasty friendly poker tournament. We will be five beers and share multiple fare and a selection of premium playing tournament style Texas Wendy Feldman is a Fitness Instructor moonshine! If you’re feeling lucky, you Hold’Em. to crown the 2012 Head- at The Dailey Method, certified Health appetizers, visit with other HR parents in this festive location, all while can even try your hand at a few Royce Poker Champion. & Wellness Coach, and represents two avoiding the rush of the busiest bar backroom games. Just remember, This is a great opportunity to prominent product lines in our area: the cops are crackin’ down on Arbonne (Swiss-based company night of the year. Additional pitchers celebrate the passage of tax day, of favorites will be available by bootleggers, so be sure not to be cheer on your Head-Royce friends, delivering pure, safe, botanically consensus and within moderation. followed and “speak easy” upon and learn how to play if interested. based products) and Rodan + Fields entering. (renowned dermatologically-based Hosted by 7th Grade parents. Beginners are very welcome! In Paul Farrington & Mary Pezzuto, Lili Secret Location (Shh! Only the addition to cash prizes (for 1st, 2nd, skincare products promoting healthy, Cook & Megan Tracey winning bidders will know…) and 3rd places), the winner will clear, even-toned complexions). Empower yourself with knowledge at $35 per person Saturday, May 12, 2012, from 6:30pm receive a trophy and have his or her name permanently inscribed on the a "happy healthy hour" and enjoy Frank & Melissa Williams, Randi & Head-Royce Poker Championship light, healthy appetizers, sake and Andrew Drake, Jessica & Mike Dodson plaque as the 2012 Head-Royce Poker champagne. Your journey to $100 per ticket Champion, earning bragging rights for greatness starts NOW! Sunday, the year and beyond! February 26th, 5:00-6:30 pm 1703 St. Andrews Drive, Moraga Minutiae: Please note that there will be a buy-in requirement of $25 to Wendy Feldman play in the tournament, with re-buy- $50 per person ins during the first hour. The event begins at 5pm, with the tournament beginning at 5:30pm sharp. 2193 Adeeb Shanaa, Alan Gennis, Chuck Middle School Kickin' It Fanning, Doug Tucker, Frank Williams, with the Food Truck - and Kjell Ekdahl $50 per ticket Sunday, September 23 Be part of history as we inaugurate the first annual Head-Royce Middle 2181 School family kickball tournament! Chick-Flicks: Ladies Bring the whole family down to the Head-Royce athletic field to Night at the Movies – participate in a rousing kickball battle. Friday, April 27, 2012 We will have fabulous food truck fair Cocktails, conversation, for all! For those of you needing a Mediterranean dinner and a chick-flick "refresher" on the rules of the game, movie! Friday, April 27th at 6:00pm - check www.kickball.com/rules Annie Kantor, Jocelyn Weiss, Jackie This event will be held from 4pm-7pm Care and Janine Bloch on Sunday, September 23rd. What a $75 per person better way to finish off a weekend? At $25 per person, you probably can't find a better entertainment value in the Bay Area! Hosted by the Camp, Dennings, de Petra, Gennis and Tucker families. $25 per person

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1100 1103 Our 40th Year Warriors v. Memphis Stinson Beach House Grizzlies – Wednesday, Two nights at this adorable bungalow Roughing It, the Bay Area’s premier summer day camp, is proud to close to Stinson beach, with deck area March 7 a hot tub. Features: fireplace, TV, continue our support of Head-Royce School with two donations: a $500 Here’s your pair of Sideline Club VCR, cable, dishwasher, microwave, certificate good towards a session of Day Camp, 2-Week Horse Camps, tickets! Your seats are Row 3 (on BBQ, deck, Hot tub. Sleeps 3: 1 Queen, or Little Raccoons, and a $325 certificate good towards a session of aisle) located in the Sideline Club. 1 Futon. Linens are included. Outdoor Explorers. Also includes exclusive entrance to Weekdays or weekend nights OK. the Sideline Club and a Preferred $140 cleaning fee to be paid for by Sideline Club parking pass. Game: winning bidder. No pets, please. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 7:30pm Listed below are Head-Royce families who would be happy to talk Erika Smith ‘81 about their child’s 2010-2011 experience at our camp. Michael & Renee Sitzman value: A real getaway! value: $350 Ann Almgren & John Bell Coley & Steve Florance Parents of Jimmy, Jessica & Alison Almgren-Bell Parents of Phoebe & Grady Florance 1101 1104 Doubles Tennis with Lisa Alumkal & Paul Markovich Dele & Daniel Kammen Warriors v. New Jersey Parents of Tyler Markovich Parents of Lara Kammen Nets – Wednesday, Champ Erika Smith ‘81 & Rob Lake Latha & Mukarram Attari Renske & Russell Lynde March 30 Join Head of School Rob Lake and Parents of Raeka Attari Parents of Myla van Lynde Third Row seats, with premium champion tennis player Erika Smith ‘81 parking! (2) Sideline Club tickets to a for a round of doubles at the Laura Baxter-Simons & Nat Simons Marta & Larry Schmidlin Golden State Warriors game on March Parents of Alison Simons Claremont Country Club followed by Parents of Kayla Schmidlin 30, 2012. Also includes exclusive lunch. entrance to the Sideline Club and Karen Bradley & Frank Dauby Ruth Singer & Daniel Bodner Preferred Sideline Club parking pass. Erika Smith ‘81 got her start in tennis Parents of Rachel Dauby Parents of Rebekah Bodner Game: Wednesday, March 30, 2012, by winning two NCS championships 7:30pm for HRS. At Harvard Erika ranked All- Ivy and All-Eastern. She played Sylvia Brownrigg & Sedge Thomson Ann Smulka & Robert Blackburn Michael & Renee Sitzman Parents of Samuel & Romilly Thomson Parents of Elisabeth Blackburn professionally for several years value: $350 winning a number of doubles titles

Susy & Joaquin Clay and reaching round 32 in doubles at Jinee Tao & Charlie Baxter the 1988 Australian Open. After Parents of Genevieve Clay Parents of Will & Lauren Baxter 1102 retiring from professional tennis, Erika SF Giants: 2 Tix Behind earned a JD from USF and began her Sandra & Noah Doyle legal career. Parents of Tatiana & Francesca Doyle Home Plate In 2007, she returned to competitive Behind Home Plate! Be prepared to tennis and began winning national be on TV! 2 Tickets (aisle seats, titles in senior tournaments. She The Roughing It Family of Camps About Roughing It second row) Premium Field Club ranked #1 in the US for Women’s 40+ Section. Includes private entrance to doubles in 20 08 and 2009 and #1 in ● 4 and 8 Week Day Camp. Our premier Located at the beautiful Lafayette AT&T Park, in-seat wait service, wider the US in the Women’s 45+ in doubles summer camp program. PreK-10th grade. Reservoir, Roughing It has been helping seats with extra leg room, entrance to for 2009 and 2010. In 2010, Erika ● 1 and 2 Week Horse Programs. Beginner children grow in wonderful ways since Premium Field Club Lounge with won a silver medal at the Senior through advance instruction. 3rd-10th grade. 1972. Transportation included with home seating, televisions, numerous dining World Tennis Championships in the ● 2 Week Little Raccoons. An intro program pick up in select areas of Lamorinda, options and full bar service. Women’s 40+ doubles. Erika returned for younger campers. PreK-1st grade. Oakland, Piedmont, and Berkeley. Select game in June, 2012 to be to playing singles in 2010 and ranked ● 1 Week Outdoor Explorers. Fun outdoors in Central pick up in 23 convenient mutually agreed to by the parties. #12 in the US for Women’s 45+. shorter 1-week sessions. 1st-6th grade. locations. Free extended care available. Michael & Renee Sitzman Erika Smith ‘81, H. Peter Smith ‘78, value: $600 Rob Lake value: priceless

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Surf’s Up! - Group Carneros Inn: 2-Night Brazilian Adventure: 5 Surfing Lesson and BBQ Stay days/4 nights in The at Stinson Beach 2-night stay at the beautiful Carneros Pantanal, Brazil Treat yourself, your family, or your Inn. Stay dates based upon Experience the heart of Brazil with a 5 availability. Pousada Rio Mutum has a superb kids to a quintessential California day/4 night stay at Pousada Rio location, nestled between the lakes of experience: Surfing lessons and a The Carneros Inn, a PlumpJack Mutum located in the Pantanal region Sia Mariana and Chachorore in one of BBQ at Stinson Beach with HRS Asst. Resort, was created to provide an of Brazil. the most beautiful regions of the Athletic Director John Miottel. intimate atmosphere of Napa Valley This package includes: Pantanal, surrounded by hills, lakes, hospitality reminiscent of its unique rivers and grassy plains. Scattered This day-long adventure includes a 3- Lodging in a Quadruple room (up hour surf lesson for up to six people surroundings. Nestled among 27 acres • amongst the Pousada's extensive of seemingly endless rows of grape to 4 people) tropical gardens are the twenty two (any combo of adults and kids or a vines, bucolic Napa farmland and small group of kids) followed by • Breakfast, lunch and dinner simple yet comfortable cottage-style scenic apple orchards, you’ll forget guest rooms. These are decorated in a warm showers and a tasty BBQ. • English speaking guide that you are only an hour from San cozy traditional style and all have Wetsuits and boards will be provided. Francisco. Also includes use of tennis courts and • Daily Excursions private bathrooms and verandas with kayaking in the lagoon. Note: Carneros Inn Declared by UNESCO as a World hammocks, perfect for relaxing and Participants must be at least “Level 5” value: $1,100 Biosphere Reserve and a Natural watching the many species of birds swimmers (able to swim 50 yards Patrimony of Mankind, the Pantanal is flitting amongst the trees. There is proficiently using the basic strokes, the world's largest wetland area with also a spacious outdoor swimming able to tread water for 5-min., and 1108 an area of approximately 200,000 pool, a terrace bar, small shop and a have a basic understanding of water Russian River Getaway: square kilometers. restaurant serving regional specialties. safety). http://www.pousadamutum.com.br Participants must be Level 5 April 27-29 Airfare and transfers not included. swimmers. At least 2-weeks advance Enjoy a peaceful respite at this Estephania Reese notice required; subject to conditions beautiful riverfront vacation home. and availability. One “rain-check” date This Russian River 4 bedroom, 2 bath value: $3,100 only. vacation house is located close to John Miottel & Jean Banker wineries, beaches, and a golf course. it value: priceless is in a spectacular setting with decks, private and intimate views, level fenced front yard, and is sunny with 1106 beautiful private river views. Wine tasting, golfing, hiking, and a Hable! Umm… Parlez? gorgeous beach are within a 10 min Bone up on your language skills drive. This house is one block from before your summer travel with the main Russian River cycling loop, in survival Spanish or French for 1-4 a beautiful meadow right on the river people. Tutoring in Spanish or French in a prime location. for 1-2 people. Three 1-hour sessions. Of Special Note: Winner is responsible Expires: June 1, 2012 for $150 cleaning charge which includes all linens and towels. Use of Carol Swainson kayaks are included. Limited to 8 value: priceless people. This is for the weekend of April 27-29, 2012 Nicole Bowler value: $1,050

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1405 1407 wine & spirits Halleck Vineyard HRS Wine Collection Winemaker Lunch for 6 The Head-Royce community includes Jennifer and Ross Halleck invite you some wine lovers. Heck, it includes and five of your friends to join them people in the business! This collection will include contributions from for lunch at their home and vineyard winemakers associated with the 1400 1402 in the hills of Sebastopol. You will relax on the deck overlooking Head-Royce community, including: Longfellow Wines 2003 Wine & Golf at the Cumbre of Vine Hill, Dharmapalan Sonoma County with your hosts as Estate, Dragonsleaf, Keenan Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Wente Family Estates they taste you through each of the Halleck Vineyard Pinot Noirs, and TateDog Wines. Sauvignon Magnum Wente Family Estates is pleased to Think they’re going to bring their donate a 3L bottle of Charles Sauvignon Blanc and Dry A big bottle of awesomeness. Gewurztraminer paired with your leftovers? Not a chance. Wetmore Reserve Cabernet luncheon. Take a walk though the Gorgeous indigo color and nuanced Sauvignon, and a round of golf for Coordinated by Betsy Crabtree aromas of ripe dark fruit, cigar box, four (4) at our Greg Norman designed rows of the vineyard that wraps value: Tasty and oak lead to a blast of black cherry around the house. You'll learn about golf course, valid Monday-Thursday. how to grow this fruit and why and plum laced with roasted coffee. http://www.wentevineyards.com/win Enigmatic yet elegant tannins lend the Sebastopol is an ideal place for Pinot 1408 structure and backbone necessary to e/heritage_block/charles_wetmore_c Noir. abernet_sauvignon3/ cellar this wine well into the next Dates to be mutually agreed upon. Silver Oak 2007 decade. Wente Family Estates Expires one year after event. Alexander Valley Cab A “magnum” is the size of two value: $450 Halleck Vineyard Magnum standard bottles. value: $300 Silver Oak is among California’s top Michael & Renee Sitzman 1403 producers of superior Cabernet value: $130 Sauvignon. It has a dark ruby color Kendall-Jackson 2007 1406 and a complex nose of sandalwood, Grand Reserve Cab. LangeTwins Reserve Red cedar, cassis and dark chocolate. With 1401 Sauv. (Dbl. Magnum) Trio proper cellaring, this wine will age Marston Family Vineyard through 2033 90-93 points Robert Parker: “The Reserve wines showcasing the Lodi A “magnum” is the size of two VIP Tour & Tasting for 2007 Grand Reserve Cabernet appellation from a fifth-generation standard bottles. Sauvignon is superb. Dense creme de family farm. Six Silver Oak cassis notes intermixed with fruitcake, Building on our successes as a The Marston Family Vineyard is not value: $140 coffee bean, and tobacco leaf are vineyard management company, the open to the public. …But for your found in this fat, fleshy wine, which group of six, let’s make an exception. winery was our first step into crafting displays excellent purity, density, and wines made solely from our estate This family-owned hidden gem richness. It should drink well for 15 or vineyards. Since opening in 2006, we 1409 perches on the southernmost slopes more years.” have continued to expand our state- Tres Agaves of Spring Mountain above the Napa 91 points Wine Enthusiast: “Serious of-the-art winery to keep up with the Pull out the good stuff! Win this item Valley. A cool afternoon breeze Cabernet, rich and complex and full demand for our LangeTwins wines as passes through the vineyard and you will have one mixed case of bodied, made from Knights Valley and well as private labels and custom awesome locally-owned tequila and permitting the fruit to ripen slowly Alexander Valley fruit, with a few winemaking services. Although we and uniformly. MFV hand cultivates grapes from Atlas Peak and Mount have the latest winemaking fixings: two bottles of blanco, two and selects their favorite blocks from bottles of reposado, and two bottles Veeder. Dense and tannic now, but technology at our fingertips, we never of anejo; plus four bottles of Tres their estate vineyard to produce a high toned, with waves of black lose sight of the fact that great wine limited amount of their Marston currants, black cherries and oak. can be made only from great Agaves Cocktail Ready agave nectar Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and two bottles of Tres Agaves A “double magnum” or “jeroboam” is winegrapes.. margarita mix. each year, which Wine Spectator just the size of four standard bottles. http://www.langetwins.com/ named the 2008 Marston Family LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyards Barry & Kate Augus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon one of John Henry value: $275 value: $100 the “Outstanding Cabernets of 2008”. value: $150 Your group of six will hear the unique history of the vineyard from before and after the Marston Family 1404 purchased it and taste a range of their ONX Wines reserve wines. 3 bottles of the 2009 release of ONX Marston Family Vineyard wines. 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rosemary flavors that build to lively 1410 tannins. 1416 1418 Tour of Italy: 3 Regions - • 2005 Turley Dogtown Anchor Steam Brewery: 1995 Chateau Gombaude 12 Bottles Rated: 90-92 points Stephen Private Tour & Tasting Guillot Pomerol Magnum Tanzer's International Wine Cellar A case of Italian Reds from Moderately saturated medium red. for 10 A magnum of Red Bordeaux from and Emeryville-based Vinity Wine Liqueur-like cherry on the nose. Private tour and tasting for 10 adults exceptional vintage. The wine is a Company, which specializes in Italian Sweet, lush and high-toned, with at San Francisco's famous Anchor blend of 85% merlot and 15% cabernet wines. Your case will include: franc. sound acids giving cut to the red Brewery, makers of Anchor Steam (1) Querceto di Castellina Chianti berry and cherry flavors. Shows a Beer. Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant L'Aura '09 from Toscano, dried fruit character on the back value: $170 end and finishes with sweet, Traditional brewing lives on in San (2) Venturini Massimino Valpolicella Francisco. Anchor's beers are '07 from the Veneto, building tannins that give the finish good grip. produced in one of the most 1419 (9) Tentue Rubino Marmoralle '09 traditional and handsome breweries from Puglia. Phillip & Julia Chin anywhere in the world. Anchor's 3 bottles of Jordan value: $225 brewers employ no modern shortcuts. Vinity Wine Company Each batch is brewed with an all-malt Cabernet Sauvignon value: $210 wort in handmade copper. Every (‘94, ‘97, ‘99) 1414 bottle and keg is kept under refrigeration at the brewery, and at Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon (1 bottle 1411 Leonetti Cellars 1999 the warehouse of local distributors. of each) 1994, 1997, 1999 Dharma Estate Wines Cabernet No brewery in the world matches Michael & Nancy Torres Anchor Steam’s efforts to combine value: $250 Three bottles of 2003 Dharma Estate 1999 Leonetti Cellars Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from the traditional, natural brewing methods wine: one each of Meritage, Cabernet with the most careful and modern Sauvignon and Merlot. Columbia Valley in Washington State. Wine Spectator 93 out of 100. methods of sanitation, finishing, 1420 Jonathan & Jackie Dharmapalan packaging, and transporting. value: $150 Jaime Cutland Keenan Winery 2007 value: $100 Anchor Brewing, SF value: Beeeer! Merlot Magnum 1412 An award-winning big wine in a big 1415 1417 bottle. 92 points Wine Enthusiast Italian Dessert Spirits INCOGNITO Rouge Dbl Keenan Winery One 375ml bottle each of housemade Highland Single Malt, value: $180 Limoncello and Liquore di Alloro, an Magnum from Michael Single Cask Scotch Italian dessert spirit from the Apulia David Winery region made from bay leaves. Whiskey Unmask the true identity of this Phillip & Julia Chin alluring wine. A field blend of A partnership between the Bacchus value: priceless primarily Rhone Varietals, these Management Group (Spruce, Cafe Des grapes are grown in the Lodi Amis, Village Pub, Mayfield Bakery & Appellation, with its warm days and Cafe, Pizza Antica) and Glenfarcas 1413 cool summer nights. Distillery (est. 1865), The Bacchus Partners Reserve is a Highland single Turley Cellars 2005 “Our Rouge blend changes every malt, single cask scotch whiskey. vintage using very mysterious Rhone Zinfandels style varietals. Syrah, Cinsault, Unlike other single malt scotches, Hold your own unique horizontal Mourvedre, and Carignane are which are blended together to tasting of Zinfandels from cult wine regulars to the bottle's enticement, produce a house style that can be maker Turley Cellars. Included are 3 but really, the only thing you can be repeated year after year, bottling just different bottlings from the 2005 sure of is that the contents will please one cask allows them to find only the vintage: your palate. very best that a distillery has to offer. Bacchus Partners Reserve was bottled • 2005 Turley Estate "This vintage's blend is 40% Syrah, at cask strength from a second-fill Rated: 90 by Wine Spectator 25% Cinsault and smaller percentages sherry butt, which helps the scotch Elegant, with ripe, rustic plum, of other varieties. It's an oaky, cedar- open up and makes the whiskey “rich, smoky sage and licorice aromas tinged, gamy red that's big in the full-bodied, and assertive". This and rich black cherry, coffee and mouth, dense and tannic with Michael scotch has a long, sweet sherry finish spice flavors that deftly balance David's smoky signature." 87 points - with honey and heather notes that are fresh acidity, a fleshy texture and Wine Enthusiast, Dec. 2011 typical of the Speyside region. firm tannins. A “double magnum” is the volume of Bacchus Management Group • 2005 Turley Juvenile Vineyard four standard bottles. value: $250 Rated: 90 by Wine Spectator Michael-David Winery Gutsy and a little rustic, this is full of value: $80 youthful verve. Aromas of wild berry, smoky pepper and licorice, and zesty raspberry, plum and

58 59 58 rosemary flavors that build to lively 1410 tannins. 1416 1418 Tour of Italy: 3 Regions - • 2005 Turley Dogtown Anchor Steam Brewery: 1995 Chateau Gombaude 12 Bottles Rated: 90-92 points Stephen Private Tour & Tasting Guillot Pomerol Magnum Tanzer's International Wine Cellar A case of Italian Reds from Moderately saturated medium red. for 10 A magnum of Red Bordeaux from and Emeryville-based Vinity Wine Liqueur-like cherry on the nose. Private tour and tasting for 10 adults exceptional vintage. The wine is a Company, which specializes in Italian Sweet, lush and high-toned, with at San Francisco's famous Anchor blend of 85% merlot and 15% cabernet wines. Your case will include: franc. sound acids giving cut to the red Brewery, makers of Anchor Steam (1) Querceto di Castellina Chianti berry and cherry flavors. Shows a Beer. Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant L'Aura '09 from Toscano, dried fruit character on the back value: $170 end and finishes with sweet, Traditional brewing lives on in San (2) Venturini Massimino Valpolicella Francisco. Anchor's beers are '07 from the Veneto, building tannins that give the finish good grip. produced in one of the most 1419 (9) Tentue Rubino Marmoralle '09 traditional and handsome breweries from Puglia. Phillip & Julia Chin anywhere in the world. Anchor's 3 bottles of Jordan value: $225 brewers employ no modern shortcuts. Vinity Wine Company Each batch is brewed with an all-malt Cabernet Sauvignon value: $210 wort in handmade copper. Every (‘94, ‘97, ‘99) 1414 bottle and keg is kept under refrigeration at the brewery, and at Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon (1 bottle 1411 Leonetti Cellars 1999 the warehouse of local distributors. of each) 1994, 1997, 1999 Dharma Estate Wines Cabernet No brewery in the world matches Michael & Nancy Torres Anchor Steam’s efforts to combine value: $250 Three bottles of 2003 Dharma Estate 1999 Leonetti Cellars Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from the traditional, natural brewing methods wine: one each of Meritage, Cabernet with the most careful and modern Sauvignon and Merlot. Columbia Valley in Washington State. Wine Spectator 93 out of 100. methods of sanitation, finishing, 1420 Jonathan & Jackie Dharmapalan packaging, and transporting. value: $150 Jaime Cutland Keenan Winery 2007 value: $100 Anchor Brewing, SF value: Beeeer! Merlot Magnum 1412 An award-winning big wine in a big 1415 1417 bottle. 92 points Wine Enthusiast Italian Dessert Spirits INCOGNITO Rouge Dbl Keenan Winery One 375ml bottle each of housemade Highland Single Malt, value: $180 Limoncello and Liquore di Alloro, an Magnum from Michael Single Cask Scotch Italian dessert spirit from the Apulia David Winery region made from bay leaves. Whiskey Unmask the true identity of this Phillip & Julia Chin alluring wine. A field blend of A partnership between the Bacchus value: priceless primarily Rhone Varietals, these Management Group (Spruce, Cafe Des grapes are grown in the Lodi Amis, Village Pub, Mayfield Bakery & Appellation, with its warm days and Cafe, Pizza Antica) and Glenfarcas 1413 cool summer nights. Distillery (est. 1865), The Bacchus Partners Reserve is a Highland single Turley Cellars 2005 “Our Rouge blend changes every malt, single cask scotch whiskey. vintage using very mysterious Rhone Zinfandels style varietals. Syrah, Cinsault, Unlike other single malt scotches, Hold your own unique horizontal Mourvedre, and Carignane are which are blended together to tasting of Zinfandels from cult wine regulars to the bottle's enticement, produce a house style that can be maker Turley Cellars. Included are 3 but really, the only thing you can be repeated year after year, bottling just different bottlings from the 2005 sure of is that the contents will please one cask allows them to find only the vintage: your palate. very best that a distillery has to offer. Bacchus Partners Reserve was bottled • 2005 Turley Estate "This vintage's blend is 40% Syrah, at cask strength from a second-fill Rated: 90 by Wine Spectator 25% Cinsault and smaller percentages sherry butt, which helps the scotch Elegant, with ripe, rustic plum, of other varieties. It's an oaky, cedar- open up and makes the whiskey “rich, smoky sage and licorice aromas tinged, gamy red that's big in the full-bodied, and assertive". This and rich black cherry, coffee and mouth, dense and tannic with Michael scotch has a long, sweet sherry finish spice flavors that deftly balance David's smoky signature." 87 points - with honey and heather notes that are fresh acidity, a fleshy texture and Wine Enthusiast, Dec. 2011 typical of the Speyside region. firm tannins. A “double magnum” is the volume of Bacchus Management Group • 2005 Turley Juvenile Vineyard four standard bottles. value: $250 Rated: 90 by Wine Spectator Michael-David Winery Gutsy and a little rustic, this is full of value: $80 youthful verve. Aromas of wild berry, smoky pepper and licorice, and zesty raspberry, plum and

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Blakely Atherton HRS Student Rani Batra Enjoy desserts baked by our Naoko Akiyama Volunteers dedicated faculty for your Rachel Concannon Brannin Beal enjoyment. They will even bring it Dave Levin Diane Bessette Sam Anderson-Moxley ‘13 to your table! Molly Barrett Jocelyne Birren Jasper Arasteh ‘13 value: priceless Caroline Lehman Sylvia Brownrigg Rory Chipman ‘13 Saya McKenna Kristin Dwelley Bob Blackburn Gabriel Gartland ‘15 Dan Bodner Alex Martin-Ginnold ‘13 Eva Camp Ben Wolf ‘13 Jeff Camp Susy Clay HRS Development Holly Cole Betsy Crabtree Office Laura De Petra Susan Anderson N N Oakland Piedmont Berkeley Sam Deaner Andrei Fererra Jacqueline Dharmapalan Samantha Hall Randi Drake Anna Heidinger Tami Driver Ann Quan Kim Epstein Ida Tolentino Nicole “Coley” Florance ‘87 Shoshana Ziblatt Susan Garbarino Proud Parent and Head-Royce Supporter Isabel Gartland Mark Gartland Dawn Gelbaugh for 15 years! Rachelle Hebrard Julie Kim-Beal Allison Hagey Christina Lee Natasha Miller Helene Onaga Anna Pon Kim Randlett Dana Cohen Ruthie Rogow Katie Ross 510.339.0400/348 Lisa Settlemier Renee Sitzman [email protected] Ann Smulka Andy Sohn Elizabeth Stumpf Jinee Tao Tina Tran Lisa Tucker Shelby Tupper ‘80 Erich Tupper danacohen.com Patrick Van Ness Claudia Ward Tanya Willacy Dora Wong-Cheng

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