Alpine Liquors 12 Daze of Christmas Package
Who needs a partridge in a pear tree? Your true love should bid on this Alpine Liquors collection and give to you some real Christmas spirit(s): 12 bottles of premium liquor for the 12 days of Christmas. The selection includes Goldschlager, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, Clos du Bois Chardonnay, Frida Kahlo Tequila, Damrak Gin, Cigar City Brewing Scotch Ale, Absolut Vodka, plus two pinots (grigio and noir), a merlot, Champagne and, of course, eggnog. Wassail! Bidding starts at: $25. Value: $200.
Eat out with Domenica, stay home with Amy
Whether you feel like going out for dinner or cooking at home, this item's for you. First, a $50 gift card to use however you'd like at St. Pete's Three Birds Tavern, home base of Best of the Bay-winning chef Domenica Macchia. (Ya gotta love a chef whose menu includes vegetable pie and deep-fried bacon.) Second, you get a basket of gorgeous fruits and vegetables (five items, your choice) delivered to your home by Amy's Fresh Delivery, plus one large insulated bag that keeps your produce fresh, along with custom recipes. Bidding starts at: $20. Value: $80.
The Whole Foods Perfect 10 Package
The folks at Whole Foods know their wine, and you'll get the benefit of that knowledge if you win this gift basket of the Top 10 Wines as chosen by their experts. What's more, when you pick up the basket, you can schedule at that time a private wine and cheese tasting on site at Whole Foods for you and nine of your friends. See? Perfect 10. Bidding starts at: $75. Value: $500.
Your own private chef and culinary coach
Chef Jorge Marquez has served families, pro athletes and pop stars, and now you get to be served — and taught — by him, too. With this item, you get a one-on-one three-hour cooking class with Chef Marquez, and a romantic dinner for two for which he'll do all the cooking — just provide him with your menu requests and shopping list and he will do the rest! Bidding starts at: $75. Value: $425. Note: Food costs are additional.
Free coffee for a year from Kahwa
Stay caffeinated in style in 2012 with one pound of coffee per week for an entire year from Tampa Bay's preeminent coffee roaster and Best of the Bay-winning café: Kahwa Coffee. Great restaurants all over the Bay area serve Kahwa, and now you can join their ranks every morning. Bidding starts at: $52. Value: $520.
O! O! Gelato! Roberto Mori's hand-crafted gelato at Sono Café is crazy delicious. It's creative, too. The flavors — Sophisticated Sour Cherry, Euro Cookies and Cream, Mixed Berry Sorbetto and many more — change all the time to follow the seasons. So don't miss a single scoop: bid on this item and you win a gelato a week for an entire year. Bidding starts at $25. Value: $200.
