Week Four: Dec. 4-14
Auction begins at 9 a.m. on Thurs., Dec. 4, and ends at 9 a.m. on Sun., Dec. 14. Once the auction’s live, you’ll be able to click through from each item to eBay. And remember, your winning bids benefit The Children’s Home.

Cigar City Brewing wants to brew with you: The perfect, personalized beer
Join the Cigar City team and create your own beer with one of America’s most popular craft breweries. You’ll work with CC Head Brewer Wayne Wambles to come up with your perfect recipe, then actually brew the beer alongside Wayne and Founder & CEO Joey Redner. Marketing Director Geiger Powell will create your label graphics from scratch, and when your brew is ready to drink, Tampa’s Brew Bus will pick you up — along with nine of your friends — and bring you to the release party for your very own beer at the Cigar City tasting room. Plus, you’ll take home 10 cases of 22 oz. bottles (or the equivalent in kegs) to show off and enjoy. Value: Priceless.

A seven-night vacation getaway on Lake Lure, NC
Escape the Florida heat in August: Enjoy a seven-night stay Aug. 1-7, 2015, at Foxrun Resort on Lake Lure, North Carolina. Foxrun offers luxurious, fully equipped two-bedroom two-bath villas that can accommodate families and larger groups. All villas have a jacuzzi and fireplace and boast either a fairway or mountain/woods view. Vacationers can enjoy golf, tennis, and water activities on beautiful Lake Lure or Bald Mountain Lake. Value: $1,200.

Two 2-day VIP passes to Gasparilla Music Festival
Last year’s GMF lineup included the Flaming Lips, Trombone Shorty, Benjamin Booker and Los Amigos Invisibles. Early Bird VIP passes have already sold out, and last year advance VIP passes sold out several weeks before the event. So get yours now and ensure premium viewing at both the main Curtis Hixon and Kiley Garden stages, access to the VIP tents with private bars and lounge areas, air-conditioned restrooms, and three complimentary drinks plus snacks and other goodies throughout the day. Value: $300.

South Tampa eat-around-town extravaganza
Eat your way around South Tampa with this merry-go-round of culinary deals: $50 gift cards from Mad Dogs and Englishmen and The Wine Exchange; a $40 gift card from Square 1 Burgers; and five $10 gift certificates to Fruitwood Standup Market, a delicious recent addition to the Hyde Park scene. Value: $190.

The Get Healthier Package: Harbour Island Athletic Club, Yoga Loft, Swami Juice and Don Me Now
Win this package and you’ll be so beautiful you won’t know what to do with yourself. It includes: a month of unlimited yoga at Yoga Loft Tampa in Ybor City; a one-day juice cleanse from Swami Juice in South Tampa; a gym and spa package from Harbour Island Athletic Club and Spa, including a one-month membership, two personal training sessions and a 50-minute massage; and a two-hour personal styling session at Don Me Now in Hyde Park Village. Value: $535 (Harbour Island Club: $325; Yoga Loft: $100; Swami Juice: $60; Don Me Now: $50).

The magnificent Mahaffey package
Two tickets and one parking pass to each of the following 2015 shows at St. Pete’s sparkling waterfront concert venue: The State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents Swan Lake, Sat, Jan 3, 7:30 p.m.; Merle Haggard, Tues., Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m.; Indigo Girls, Fri., Feb. 28, 8 p.m.; Pink Floyd Experience, Fri., March 6, 8 p.m.; Chef Robert Irvine, Sun., Apr. 19, 7 p.m. Value: $500.

Photo 101 at CL Space, kids’ workshops at FMoPA, and two beautiful books
Feed your family’s inner shutterbug with this combo item. It includes: a five-week Tuesday-night Photo 101 class starting in January 2015 at CL Space with photojournalist Chip Weiner; two gift certificates for children’s photography workshops at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts; and two photo books: One Day Tampa Bay 2013 and INSTANT: The Story of Polaroid. Value: $293.95 (Photo 101: $139; FMoPa workshops: $90; Books: $64.95).

Foursome for the Stars and Pars Celebrity Golf Classic
Play with sports and media personalities in the 33rd annual Stars and Pars Classic, one of the longest-running and most respected golf tournaments in the area. Also included: eight tickets to the Stars and Pars Celebrity Pairings Party and Auction on Feb. 22, 2015. Value: $1,200.

The cover of Creative Loafing
The most coveted prize of all. Win this item and you get the cover of Creative Loafing on a mutually agreed-upon date to do with what you will (with CL approval, of course). Value: Priceless.

A charcoal portrait by Carrie Jadus
A chance to have a charcoal drawing of yourself or a loved one done by acclaimed artist Carrie Jadus, who is known for the quality and sensitivity of her portraiture on both a large and small scale. Go for a sitting at her studio in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District or send her a photo to work with. The size of the portrait, which will show a single view of the subject, will be 18″x24″. Value: $250 (Minimum bid: $50).

Yuengling personal tour and tasting
You and up to 24 friends and family members can get a once-in-a-lifetime look behind the scenes of the Tampa location of America’s oldest active brewery. Afterward, you’ll be taken to the tasting room to sample the fruits of these passionate, professional brewers’ efforts. Value: Priceless.

Visit the MFA in St. Pete, paint and sip at Pinot’s Palette in Oldsmar
Get nicely tipsy at Pinot’s with a two-hour class for two, plus a nice bottle of wine, two custom wine glasses, and two custom paintbrush pens, all in a holiday-themed basket. And in that basket you can also include the goodies donated to the auction by St. Pete’s Museum of Fine Arts: four MFA passes and a commemorative exhibition catalogue for Jamie Wyeth’s Portraits of Nureyev. Value: $208 (Pinot’s: $120; MFA: $88). Note that this offer is only good for the Oldsmar Pinot’s Palette.

Antique picking with Larry Schiller, shopping at Sherry’s, breakfast at Pinky’s
With this auction item, an encore from last year, you get to accompany Larry Schiller of Schiller’s Architectural Salvage in Tampa on a tour of his favorite vintage hunting grounds. Before you forage, have breakfast at Best of the Bay-winning Pinky’s, and later on stop at Sherry’s Yesterdaze, the vintage clothing-lover’s haven in Seminole Heights. Value: $250 (Schiller: $200; Pinky’s: Breakfast for two, $25; Sherry’s: $25 gift certificate).

Vinyl shopping spree with CL Music Editor Leilani Polk
For this much-bid-upon vinyl lovers’ auction item, the CL Music Editor takes you to five indie music shops around the Bay area — Microgroove and Mojo Books & Records in Tampa, Daddy Kool, Bananas, and Planet Retro in St. Petersburg. The winning bid includes two LPs from each for a grand total of 10 records, and Leilani tags along to offer sage advice. Value: $240.

Listening Room Festival Showcase package
The Best of the Bay-winning Listening Room Festival has perfected the art of the house concert. With this package you get four VIP tickets to the Listening Room Festival Finale, April 26, 2015, at The Palladium; two copies of the Listening Room Festival compilation CD; and maybe the biggest prize of all, a TenTen living room concert (10 songs for 10 guests) by the founder of the festival himself, singer/songwriter Fran Snyder. Value: $800+ (Finale: $300; TenTen Concert: $500).

Gasparilla International Film Festival VIP memberships
Tampa’s Gasparilla International Film Festival takes place next year from Mar. 24-29 at Channelside Theaters, reopened especially for the festival. With this package you get two GIFF $500 memberships, which means you get two of everything, including unlimited screening passes; passes to the VIP opening night reception, the Filmmaker Lounge, and the Signature Gala; and six additional tickets to any films during GIFF. Value: $1,000 ($500 per membership).

CL’s food critic cooks for you
Creative Loafing Food Critic Jon Palmer Claridge has spent his life stealing ideas from the world’s great chefs on his annual trips around the globe. Now he will work with you to plan a 10-course haute cuisine menu for four (with matching wines from his private cellar) that he will cook and serve in his own waterview condo overlooking the Dunedin marina. An indulgent gastronomic tsunami that you’ll never forget. Value: Priceless

This article appears in Nov 13-19, 2014.