Love to Get Away?
Black Star Farms B&B, Suttons Bay
Two nights, two people! Southfork has nothing on this spread! This is sheer elegance. A lovely bottle of wine awaits you as you enter your spacious room. Settle in, then enjoy the sauna, swimming pool, wine tasting room, and superior equestrian facility. A delicious breakfast is served both mornings. Wander the rolling hills and toss your cares to the wind as you surround yourself in this star-studded package.
Bidding opens at $250.00 LTGA-01
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Other shores
Get away to another shoreline. Lake Michigan Car Ferry Service offers passage for two aboard the S.S. Badger, from Ludington to Manitowoc. Park your car on the Michigan shore and board just the two of you crossing the mighty lake. You'll spend a night as guests of the Inn on Maritime Bay where you can gaze across to your home shores. Better yet, hold hands and set out to explore downtown Manitowac (a National Register Historic District), its museums, and the romantic riverwalk.
Bidding opens at $125.00 LTGA-02
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A Romantic Getaway to the Homestead
America's Freshwater Resort. Enjoy a luxurious night's stay in the beautifully restored historic Inn overlooking the Crystal River and Lake Michigan near Glen Arbor. Your package also includes continental breakfast for two, plus dinner for two at one of the resort's fine restaurants. With it's endless beach, four pools, tennis, golf and small craft harbor, at The Homestead you can do as much as you'd like or...nothing at all.
Bidding opens at $200.00 LTGA-03
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Movable Feast
Head up to Northport during its Sesquicentennial Summer! You may catch a heritage parade or the arrival of canoes with the first settlers of Waukazooville! Pick up your prize -- four of any menu entrees, at Movable Feast. They'll assemble your choice of stir-fry meats, veggies or seafood, with sauce and rice or noodles. Pack your 6-pack from Traverse Brewing Company and then head off into the sunset -- or your favorite two-track, for your own movable feast.
Bidding opens at $25.00 LTGA-04
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Lovers of the Links
Two of the link-lovers packages below combine three Leelanau Peninsula trademarks: history, orchards, and golf! The Leelanau Club at Bahle Farms offers some of the most romantic views around, with bay views, a scenic pond, Leelanau landscape of blackberry-laden ravines, and a couple of holes through a working cherry orchard.
- Hole #1 -- A couple's golf lesson with PGA Pro Chuck Olson. Await the grand opening of the Leelanau Club at Bahle Farms by perusing the two terrific golf history books donated by Sleeping Bear Press, Master Memories by Cal Brown & A Century of Golf by Tim Cronin.
Bidding opens at $90.00 LTGA-05
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- Hole #2 - Couples who don't need a lesson can enjoy a round of 18 holes of golf for two (includes cart) on the romantic landscape of the Leelanau Club at Bahle Farms. Before or after enjoy the two terrific golf history books donated by Sleeping Bear Press, Master Memories by Cal Brown & A Century of Golf by Tim Cronin.
Bidding opens at $100.00 LTGA-06
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- Hole #3 - Skins, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA. & owner Bob Wargo are the makers of fine leather golf products. These handmade leather club covers made of supple top-grain cowhide, lined with a thick polyester pile are an elegant way to improve your golf game or at least make you look good. A set of four and a putter cover in a deep coffee brown. Made in the U.S.A. with expert craftsmanship.
Bidding opens at $80.00 LTGA-07
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- Hole #4 - Skins, Inc. also has donated a zippered shoe bag made of cowhide with a sheepskin lining and center pocket. Talk about a stylin' place to carry your golf shoes. Your feet have never had it so good! Handmade in the U.S.A.
Bidding opens at $80.00 LTGA-08
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Lovers of the Written Word
Turn from e-mail to the flowery handwritten word to be really romantic. You'll be inspired with one of our beautiful packages donated by Crane Paper -- luxurious, classic, elegant, and unexpected, each is a gift well chosen. Crane - taking your words seriously since 1801.
Romeo and Juliet
Small cherry desk box with classic green interior filled with Ecruwhite Kid Finished stationery -- uniquely Crane. To properly pen those words of love we've included a fountain pen.
Bidding opens at $100.00 LTA-01
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Black Book Box by Crane
A smooth, full grain leather stationery box uniquely designed in the form of a book, adding an intriguing sense of style to desks and bookcases alike. Fitted with a pull-out drawer and stacked with Pearl White Kid Finish correspondence cards and matching envelopes. A Pierre Cardin pen and pencil set completes this elegant package.
Bidding opens at $50.00 LTA-02
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British Tan Book Box by Crane with Ecruwhite Kid Finish
as above.
Bidding opens at $50.00 LTA-03
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Cranes for Kids
When you say crane to a child do they think birds or construction zones? Why not introduce them to a Crane of a different color? This package includes, Crane's Pearl White Kid Finish paper and colorful stickers, the story included invites children to express their creativity and individuality through writing. We've added a fountain pen so they experience the good, old-fashioned way to write a letter -- pen to paper -- for a lasting impression.
Bidding opens at $25.00 LTA-04
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Cherries Jubilee
Cross Pens has donated an exquisite Century pen and pencil set in a color reminiscent of black cherry ice cream. Cherry Republic adds a two pound jar of chocolate covered cherry nut mix to nibble as pen meets paper -- an assortment of cards handmade by local artists compliments of the Leelanau Historical Museum Store.
Bidding opens at $50.00 LTA-05
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Lovers of the Lake
Lure and Lores
We peninsula dwellers like our summer reading to reflect our surroundings, so it's easy to appreciate this package of First Editions from Grove/Atlantic Press. The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder, and By the Shore by Galaxy Craze should keep the beachbag stocked. Fisher folk can angle for the ones suited for telling fish tales using a few surefire lures and sound counsel from Trout Fisher's Almanac -- Expert Advice from Sports Afield.
Bidding opens at $50.00 LTA-06
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Calling all Bibliophiles!
This highly collectible, extraordinary Civil War novel and National Book Award Winner, Cold Mountain by Charles Frazer, is a signed, first edition in fine condition.
Bidding opens at $200.00 LTA-07
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And more selections from Atlantic Monthly Press, an independent publisher in a class of it's own...
Lovers of Sleeping Bear Leaf through this gorgeous color photo book by Thomas Kachadurian -- a journal of four seasons in Sleeping Bear National Lake Shore, donated by Sleeping Bear Press. Then take your lover for a hike through the wooded dunes, or head out, as good history lovers, to wander the Port Oneida farmsteads.
Bidding opens at $20.00 LTA-08
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For Your Favorite Little One
a selection of children's books donated by Sleeping Bear Press: The Legend of Sleeping Bear, and the newly released The Legend of Mackinac Island.
Bidding opens at $20.00 LTA-09
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Treasures of the Heart
Save your love letters in a sacred place
a beautiful hand-built ceramic box customed designed for this event by contemporary ceramic artist, Marti Johnson of Northport.
Bidding opens at $25.00 LTA-10
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Food for the Soul
Sweet eats with your sweetie. Comfort foods will let you get cozy with your honey as you cook from these First Edition cookbooks from Grove/Atlantic Press. The Wooden Spoon Kitchen's Meat, Potatoes, and Other Comfort Foods as well as A Baking Memoir will let you create your own memories of stew and dumplings and apple butter. Then think "amore" and do pasta with Seasons of the Italian Kitchen. We'll start you out with a basket of pasta, utensils and napkins from The Front Porch. Mangia!
Bidding opens at $35.00 LTA-11
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Like Water for Chocolate...
Begin your own romantic story, head to the edge of the inland sea at Sleeping Bear lakeshore -- just the two of you a bottle of L.Mawby methode champenoise, 2 lbs. of gourmet, handmade chocolates from The Chocolate Den in Traverse City and a one pound box including their romantic "Love" bar, roses, and hearts. Chocolate and champagne lovers eat your hearts out.
Bidding opens at $40.00 LTA-12
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More Food for the Soul
Like money and love, food is meant to be shared. Invite your friends and family over for the timeless ritual of breaking bread with ten Epi loaves (a pull-apart baguette baked in the shape of a wheat stalk) from Stone House Bread in Leland.
Bidding opens at $20.00 LTA-13
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Love is Here to Stay
Dance to the distinctive style of the Harry Goldson Jazz Quartet at the Afterglow and then take Harry home with you -- well almost -- a signed poster and 4 autographed CD's are yours, not for a year but forever and a day.
Bidding opens at $50.00 LTA-14
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Kevin Cole at Interlochen
Four will enjoy the popular entertainment of Kevin Cole, "Gershwin Solo" at Interlochen, Sunday, July 25th. Kevin Cole, the definitive interpreter of the Gershwin songbook. Great seats, great music.
Bidding opens at $35.00 LTA-15
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Four tickets to the World Youth Symphony Orchestra
At Interlochen Center for the Arts, Sunday, July 18, 1999. Larry Rachleff, conductor -- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica).
Bidding opens at $20.00 LTA-16
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"Here's looking at you kid"
Hattie's and The Bay Theatre -- sound like a good beginning? Just the two of you exquisite food, candlelight, flowers, intimate conversation. Then stroll to the historic Bay Theatre for a romantic movie. A gift of love-themed movie soundtracks are yours to keep. The stage has been set (along with the table). The rest is up to you!
Bidding opens at $40.00 LTA-17
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Historic Fishtown
The love of a person and the love of place combine in a painting by Leland native Eloise Fahs. The man, her grandfather, fisherman William Carlson Sr., and the building, the fish shanty he once owned, remain close to her heart. Eloise has turned her original opaque watercolor into posters now available at The Leelanau Historical Museum Store. This special print, framed and signed, is number 3 of 1000.
Bidding opens at $40.00 LTA-18
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The Wines of Leelanau
The romance of wine lives in the county ... with nine licensed wineries capturing the essence of Leelanau. A true labor of love, as the winemakers' art and dedication are reflected in their award winning liquid potions. Three bottle gift certificates are offered by Boskydel, Good Harbor, L. Mawby, Shady Lane, and Willow vineyards, a case by Bel Lago. Add Black Star to the above list and be prepared to please your palate at the Afterglow Festivities with a carefully selected array of Leelanau County wines. LTA-19
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A Toast to the Milliken Years...
Here's your chance to raise a pair of Michigan etched champagne flutes from Bacchus & Brie in "A Toast to the Milliken Years: 1969-1982." L. Mawby Vineyard offers a magnum of estate-grown methode champenoise, with a one of a kind label.
The collector's package also includes a first edition of the book The Milliken Years: A Pictorial Reflection, signed by the authors George Weeks and Joyce Braithwaite. The book is also signed by William G. Milliken, northern Michigan native and Michigan's longest serving Governor, as well as by his wife, former First Lady Helen Milliken. This tribute package includes a commemorative plate, wine glasses, and steak knives, all of which were offered at various Milliken's birthday galas during his terms in office.
Bidding opens at $150.00 LTA-20
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Love Yourself
Healthy Fun For You and Your Loved Ones The David H. Warm Memorial Pool and Fitness Center in Northport offers you and your family a variety of fun fitness activities with this 6-month membership. From water fitness classes, lap swimming, cardio and strength training equipment and convenient hours, the Pool and Fitness Center offers healthy fun for everyone.
Bidding opens at $160.00 LY-01
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The Ultimate from imprés
Luxuriate for one day. Facial, massage, spa pedicure, lunch, massaging shampoo and hair design. Make-up application for her. Scalp treatment for him. Treat yourselves or someone you love to this fabulous gift package from impres salon. To imprés - to have an effect on one's emotions.
Bidding opens at $100.00 LY-02
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East meets West from Kathy Telgard at Tampico
Finely crafted silver from the U.S. northwest coast is paired with hand carved fossil walrus tusk from Indonesia in a stylized ying/yang pin. This coupling of two ancient art forms summons all pisces lovers (and others!) to explore their mirrored self. (This pin has optional chain eye for wearing as a pendant.)
Bidding opens at $45.00 LY-03
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Becky Thatcher "Legends" Necklace - Bob Purvis Table
Our Love is Here To Stay Package - About the Event
love letters home - current museum fundraiser
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