As always, we have some unbelievable packages in the Live Auction this year!  The packages are being finalized but, here’s a preview of some of the items.  We’ll be adding more several times today.

1.         UPDATED - Be a ROCKSTAR for a year!  One-year membership to the super-posh Foundation Room at any House of Blues.  Also, tickets to every event held at the House of Blues Dallas AND the Smirnoff Center for a year!   The events include VIP parking and suite access. 

Look at this!  Rockstar status for a year with a membership to Uber-VIP service Nigel Knows - www.Nigel-Knows.com.  Get access to ANY party, ANY event around the world - Nigel can make it happen! 

Hotel ZaZa has thrown-in (of course) a stay in their ROCKSTAR Suite!  We’re channeling Kid Rock.

2.         UPDATED - An English Pointer puppy!  The 13-week old puppy is from CHAMPIONS on both sides and is incredibly cute.  Rex K. Johnson, an avid birder in the Hill Country, bred the litter exclusively for his family.  So, this is a very rare opportunity.

We’ve added Training, a Dog Party and other services from Tailwaggers’ Country Inn.  And a doggy-wardrobe from Luca Bella!

3.         A Horse Lover’s Dream Package!  Be a part of the champion breeders with this package.  It includes a registered Arabian Horse with all the blood-line documented.  And, a trip to the Kentucky Derby with a private home in Lexington and impossible-to-get Breeder’s Circle tickets at Churchill Downs!!!

4.         Two tickets to the Emmys!  Enjoy this once in a lifetime Showbiz Adventure including two priceless tickets to the 60^th Primetime Emmy Awards.  More to come… 

5.         UPDATED - 6-Day African Photo Safari!  You and a friend will spend 6 days with famed Safari Company, Tollie’s African Safaris.  Round-trip airfare for two thru London to Johannesburg and then on to Port Elizabeth is generously provided by Billy Calloway.  The first night will be at Tollie’s Bed and Breakfast in beautiful Jeffreys Bay.  This safari can be upgraded and numerous amazing side-trips are available. 

We’ve added an overnight stay in LONDON with dinner at the super-exclusive Embassy Club in Mayfair!

This is straight out of the movies!

6.         AFI Film Festival in LA and Dallas!  Two of you will be treated as VIPs at the film festival in BOTH cities.  Roundtrip airfare to Los Angeles, hotel, dining, and tickets to screenings are provided by the festival.

Then, come home and hold your own screening for friends with your PRIVATE PARTY at the Studio Movie Grill!

7.         A spectacular Five-bedroom, Hill-side Villa in Puerto Vallarta for Seven Days!  This architecturally stunning home can sleep 12 with five bedrooms, 4.5 baths and a full-time houseman.

As the name “Tres Vistas” says, there are incredible views from the three sets of large balconies and a fireside swimming pool. Round-trip airfare for two is included.

8.         Feast of Fashion - New York Fashion Week!  Roundtrip airfare for two, hotel during September Fashion Week.  TWO TICKETS to super-hot Alice Temperly Fashion Week show!  These tickets are impossible to get.

This is a full New Yorker’s weekend with dinners at some of New York’s hottest restaurants and access to white-hot private clubs.

9.         A Beautiful Year - Full Year of Indulgence!   This is like a freakin’ Oscar’s “swag bag”! it includes a year of treatments at the Exhale Spa in the Palomar, TWO of Renee Rouleau’s $650+ (Synergy 7) facials, a full wardrobe from Juicy Couture, AND the ENTIRE new collection from Fortune Denim

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Not enough???  OK, how about $1,000 shopping sprees at Highland Park Village, Barneys New York, AND Scott+Cooner!

All-right then, Show everything off with your PRIVATE DINNER PARTY by Doug Boster Catering.

10.       Spend the next year getting a Texas-sized Epicurean Education!  We’ve never seen a dining package like this before with dozens of the VERY Best chefs and restaurants.  This decadence could only be found in Dallas!This package includes four different “Tours” - with many restaurants each. 

• There’s the Tour of Asia including meals with the likes of Teppo, Fuse, Yutaka Sushi Bistro, and Tei An.
• Tour of Dallas’ Finest Steakhouses including Bob’s Chop House, Capital Grille, and Al Biernat’s and MANY MORE
• Tour des Chefs includes great ones like Stephen Pyles, Dean Fearing, Kent Rathbun, and Blaine Staniford
• And, a great surprise, Dallas’ Best Kept Secrets with such jewels as Kitchen 1924, Mercury Grill, and Ferraris.

We’ll have to come back and finish this one.  There are too many great names to mention at once!

Keep checking back as we add to these!