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Night of thousand clean plates Night of a Thousand Clean Plates is a fund-raiser for the StoryBus, a children's museum on wheels that visits low-income pre-k and kindergarten students throughout Chicagoland. Merchant Information
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Return Policy When you come to the Night of a Thousand Clean Plates, come ready to bid on some fantastic auction packages! We will have both a brief live auction and an expansive silent auction. Here are some of the packages you can look forward to seeing: LIVE AUCTION: Marvel Comics Spider-Man package: Anyone can be in a movie or on a TV show. But how many people get to be in a comic book? Up to two children will be drawn into a future Spider-Man comic book! And the lucky four-color kids will receive the page of original art on which they're featured, to commemorate the occassion! French Pastry Party The winner and nine friends will be treated to a private pastry-making demonstration and tasting hosted by a Chef Instructor of Chicago's famed French Pastry School! Delicious! Arrive in style! One lucky Highland Park child will get a rideto school on an official big, red firetruck! Happiest birthday ever! You'll be the talk of the school when your birthday party is visited by Chicago's own StoryBus, a 37-foot children's museum on wheels! Let everyone else have clowns and pony rides--this year, you'll be celebrating your special day with 17,000 pounds of inteactive fun! SILENT AUCTION Best Foot Forward! This package includes a gift certificate from The Bootery in Highland Park, a pedicure (and manicure) at La Petite day spa in Highland Park, twenty-one clear, stackable shoe containers from Organize-It, and twelve pairs of socks from GoldToe. The Bootery: $25 gift certificate La Petite day spa: value $60 Clear shoe boxes: value $62 12 pairs of socks: value $34 TOTAL VALUE: $181 Memories and munchies! First, get pampered at M Salon with a classic manicure and style, then enjoy a photo shoot at Portrait Innovations, which includes your selection of six different poses, eighteen custom sheets, and two 10 X 13 wall portraits, plus a CD with all your images. Afterwards, a dinner for the family at Wildfire! M Salon: value $65 Portrait Innovations: value $100 Wildfire: $75 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $240 Tony 'n' Tinaï¿½s Wedding Two tickets to Chicagoï¿½s funniest wedding! Tickets include ceremony, reception, unlimited Italian buffet, wedding cake, and champagne toast. TOTAL VALUE $120-$130 The ULTIMATE Highland Park Shopping Spree! Be prepared to shop ï¿½til you drop with gift certificates from Sunflower, Over the Top, Isis, Bettï¿½s, and Betty Schwartzï¿½s Intimate Boutique! Sunflower: $25 gift certificate Over the Top: $30 gift certificate Isis: $50 gift certificate Bettï¿½s: $35 gift certificate Betty Schwartzï¿½s Intimate Boutique: $25 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $165 Mane Cutters makeover and photo shoot! Bring your whole family to the salon and enjoy the four certificates including manicure and pedicure, a normal cut and style, a curly haircut and style, and a menï¿½s cut and style. After you are all made up, enjoy a Highland Park outdoor or indoor portrait sitting and one 16 X 20 custom portrait from Emerson Photographic. Mane Cutters: value $199 Emerson Photographic: value $415 TOTAL VALUE : $614 Get Fired up! You and five friends will enjoy a painting party at Fired Works in Highland Park, and a beautiful clay beaded key ring from She Beads. Fired Works: $48 value. Does not include the cost of the ceramic pieces She Beads: value $48 TOTAL VALUE: $96 Squeal with laughter! Tickets for four to iO Theaterï¿½s new show, Hogwash: An Improvised Tall Tale! Hogwash is a childrenï¿½s interactive hour-long arts experience, which includes improvisation, music, and storytelling for a morning of family theatre. The audience is a pivotal part of the fun, as each story is woven together based on the suggestions from kids 4 to 12 years old. As the tale unfolds, graphic artists construct props, build backdrops, modify costumes, and otherwise improvise an environment as silly and unique as the story as it unfolds before the audience. An improvisational pianist provides music to score the songs created on the spot. TOTAL VALUE: $20 Glenview getaway weekend! Start your weekend with dinner at Mitchellï¿½s Fish Market in Glenview, followed by a weekend stay at Staybridge Suites only a few blocks away, and a Sunday morning breakfast at Eggsperience! Mitchellï¿½s Fish Market: $25 gift certificate Staybridge Suites: value $350 Eggsperience: $20 gift card TOTAL VALUE: $395 Dinner and a movie, for the whole family! Enjoy a mouthwatering Italian dinner at Rosebud of Highland Park, and TEN tickets to the Renaissance Place Cinema in Highland Park (or any Landmark Theatre). Rosebud: $75 gift certificate Landmark Theatre: Value $70-$97.50 TOTAL VALUE: $145-$172.50 Satisfy your sweet tooth! If dessert's your thing, this package will make you sing! You'll enjoy treats from Loves Yogurt in Highland Park, a three-gallon box of non-dairy ice cream from Goldman-Segal Kosher Caterers, two-dozen made-to-order cookies from Carolï¿½s Cookies, and a gift certificate from Via Gelato & Cafe! Loves: $35 gift certificate Carolï¿½s Cookies: value $42 Goldman-Segal Kosher Caterers: Value $40 Via Gelato & Cafï¿½: $20 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $137 Sweet greetings! Looking for a unique way to say thanks? Happy birthday? Get well soon? Congratulations? Look no further! The amazing bakers at Cookies By Design will create and send a package to help you fill your specific need. Tastier than flowers! Cookies By Design: $70 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $70.00 A Taste of the North Shore! The North Shore plays host to some great restaurants! How great? Find out for yourself with this package, which includes gift certificates from twelve restaurants in Highland Park, Glenview, Highwood and Northbrook, including: Bertucciï¿½s Italian Steakhouse, Bella Via, Nortonï¿½s, Red Star Tavern, P.F. Changï¿½s La Casa De Isaac, Cafï¿½ Central, Stashï¿½s, Country Kitchen, Go Roma, and Kamehachi Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar. Try a different one each month for a year! Bertucciï¿½s Italian Steakhouse: $25 gift certificate Bella Via: $50 gift certificate Nortonï¿½s: $10 gift certificate Red Star Tavern: $25 gift card P.F. Changï¿½s gift: $20 gift card La Casa De Isaac: $25 gift certificate Go Roma: $30 gift certificate Cafï¿½ Central: $25 toward a dinner of 4 or more Stashï¿½s: $20 gift certificate Country Kitchen: $20 gift certificate Corner Bakery: $25 gift certificate Kamehachi: $25 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $270 You and your car, good to go! Enjoy TWO lubes, oil and filter changes at Duxler Tire and Car Care Center, FIVE full-service car washes at Lake Car Wash in Highland Park, and one hundred dollars towards dry cleaning at Skokie Valley laundry/dry cleaners (free pickup and delivery)! Duxler Tire and Car Care Center: value $45.90 Lake Car Wash: value $67.50-$75.00 Skokie Valley Laundry/dry cleaners: $100 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $217.40-$224.90 To serve and to protect! What child doesnï¿½t dream of exploring the police department? See all the behind-the-scenes action of the Highland Park Police Department, and fancy up your child's room with a sheriffï¿½s mini-rug, pillow, coat rack, and bank. Police: priceless Target sheriff pieces: value $9 TOTAL VALUE: Priceless Start off the school year right! One-month memberships at SCORE! Educational Center in Highland Park. Program includes registration, an academic assessment, and eight one-hour sessions of academic instruction. TOTAL VALUE: $309 Start off the school year right! One-month memberships at SCORE! Educational Centers in Glenview. Program includes registration, an academic assessment, and eight one-hour sessions of academic instruction. TOTAL VALUE: $309 In the kitchen with the best in the Midwest! Anyone can go take a cooking class. But how often do you get the opportunity to actually work alongside a chef named "Best in the Midwest" by Zagat? Gabriel Viti invites you back into the kitchen to see what he learned at the Culinary Institute of America, in celebrated kitchens in France, Switzerland and Italy, and as former Head Chef at the renowned Carlosï¿½ Restaurant. His Osso Bucco was named one of the 124 best dishes by Chicago Magazine. Imagine how much better your Osso Bucco will be after you've worked alongside Chef Gabriel! TOTAL VALUE: $250 Be true to your school! Treat your college student to a gift from Campus Colors and then ship it through Mail Boxes Etc.! Campus Colors: $25 gift certificate Mail Boxes Etc.: $25 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $50 HI-YAH! Enjoy a month of lessons at Lakeview Martial Arts in Highland Park! TOTAL VALUE: $300 The ULTIMATE craft basket! This package of goodies is filled with yarn, string, decorative ribbons and more! Everything you need to stay busy on a rainy day! TOTAL VALUE: $300 Hot! Hot! Hot! Excite your pallet with a basket of spicy treats and sauces from the TABASCO Company, a Louisiana original since 1868! TOTAL VALUE $100 Treat your tot! Whether your child enjoys dance or music or is just in need of a wonderful space for a wonderful party, your little one will fall in love with Sprouts in Highland Park! Enjoy one hundred dollars towards classes or a birthday party, and fancy-up your child for the occasion with a cerise dress and tights from Studio Sans Pareil. Studio Sans Pareil: value $83 Sprouts: $100 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $183 Bun in the oven! Know anyone who's pregnant? Here's a great way to say congratulations! This basket includes an assortment of eleven childrenï¿½s books and three plush hand puppets from Book Fair, plus twenty-five dollars towards maternity clothes at Belly Dance! Book Fair: value $100 Belly Dance: $25 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $125 A lifetime of dreams! Inspire your child toward a lifetime of reading with this beautifully printed edition of Howard Pyle's classic The Story of King Arthur and his Knights, a classic replica from Titles, Inc., dealers in rare and valuable books. TOTAL VALUE: $50 Freshen up then dress up! Head out to Highland Park for a hair cut and blow dry and Waves and a manicure and pedicure at Lotus Nails, then head over to the Jeweled Elephant to select some jewelry to go with your fresh look! Top it all off with a beautiful navy-and-white-striped leather purse from Babs Trunk Show! Babs Trunk Show purse: value $65 Indigo: $50 gift certificate Jeweled Elephant: $50 gift certificate Waves: $75 value Lotus nails: value: $45 TOTAL VALUE: $285 Highland Park luxury A bevy of Highland Park businesses contributed to this luxury package, which includes one freshwater pearl-and-crystal lariat and one purple freshwater pearl necklace from The Treasure Chest; gift certificates to women's clothiers the Village Set and Dalaj; twenty-five dollars towards makeup or skin-care products at Olgaï¿½s Skin Care Apothecary and Day Spa; and two manicures at Spa Nail City. The Treasure Chest: value $65 The Village Set: $200 gift certificate Dalaj: $100 gift certificate Olgaï¿½s Skin Care Apothecary: $25 gift certificate Spa Nail City: value $30 TOTAL VALUE: $420 Accessorize yourself! Francescaï¿½s necklace and earrings, two manicures at Blooming Nails in Highland Park, thirty dollars towards The Custom Framer, Inc. (a.k.a. Notice, Accessories for Living), black dress stand jewelry holder, and body lotion and shower gel from Lï¿½Occitane. Francescaï¿½s: value $42 Blooming Nails: value $30 The Custom Framer, Inc. or Notice, Accessories for Living: $30 gift certificate Black dress earring holder: value $25 Lï¿½Occitane: value: $44 TOTAL VALUE: $171 Create and preserve family memories! Enjoy a manicure, pedicure, elemental nature facial and blow-dry with a master stylist at Gordon Salon and Spa in Highland Park, in preparation for a family studio session and 16" x 20" Presentation Style Portrait from Norman Phillips of London. Normal Phillips of London: value $1240 Gordon: value $185 TOTAL VALUE: $1425 Get healthy and rejuvenated! Therapeutic and Wellness Specialists in Highland Park will perform a fitness assessment on you, followed by a one-hour personal training session with an NSCA-certified trainer. Then you can continue on your journey with a three-month membership at the Equinox health club in Highland Park. Equinox Fitness Club: value $495 Therapeutic and Wellness specialists: $120 TOTAL VALUE: $615 This will, this will ROCK YOU! It's a total killer Queen package! Direct from Hollywood records, this package includes the CDs Queen's Greatest Hits III, signed by the surviving members of the band; Queen Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You Edition; the Queen tribute compilation, Killer Queen; Return of the Champions by Queen + Paul Rodgers; and Queen Rock Montreal and Live Aid. PLUS this special package includes the companion DVDs to the latter two CDs, and it's topped off with a Queen poster TOTAL VALUE: $95 A night out in Evanston! Enjoy a weekend get-away in Evanston with a chefï¿½s five-course dinner for two at Oceanique, two tickets to the Evanston Symphony Orchestra concert on October 26, 2008, and a one-night stay for two and full breakfast for two at the Hilton Garden Inn. Oceanique: value $130 Evanston Symphony Orchestra: value $50 Hilton Garden Inn (Evanston): value: $200 TOTAL VALUE: $380 Say Cheese! Enjoy one menï¿½s haircut and style and ones womenï¿½s haircut and style at Hair Studio by Steven in Highwood, four manicures at Viva Salon in Highland Park, followed by a Highland Park outdoor or indoor location portrait sitting and one 16" x 20" custom portrait from Emerson Photographic. Viva Salon: value $80 Hair Studio by Steve: value $64 Emerson Photographic: $415 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $559 Jesse McCartney Dream Package! This package includes Jesse McCartneyï¿½s latest CD, Departure, plus a signed Jesse McCartney poster, direct from his label, Hollywood Records! Departure CD: value $14 Autographed poster: value $35 TOTAL VALUE: $49 Jesse McCartney autographed publicity shot! You can be the proud owner of a signed Jesse McCartney publicity still, direct from his label, Hollywood Records! TOTAL VALUE: $35 Aly & AJ autographed publicity shot! You can be the proud owner of a signed Aly & AJ publicity still, direct from their label, Hollywood Records! TOTAL VALUE: $50 Autographed Hilary Duff poster! This rare promotional poster for Hilary Duff has been signed by the actress and singer herself! Courtesy of her record label, Hollywood Records. TOTAL VALUE: $50 Teen Time Out! First you'll hit HP Tops in Highland Park to get a great new T-shirt; then head to Hanover Park to get henna'd up; and finally you're ready for a day at Six Flags Great America, where you and a friend will enjoy free admission! Six Flags Great America: Value $70-110 H.P. Tops: $15 gift card Henna art from Henna Art Bride & Beauty in Hanover Park: value $20 TOTAL VALUE: $105-145 Super-size Your Next Party! Planning a party? This package is for you! It includes a hundred dollars toward GetFlipped! Chicago, who will set up at your event and make linticulated photos of your guests. (Move the card and watch your guests move!) But that's not all! This package also includes a hundred dollars towards any entertainment or music with Absolutely Entertainment, who provide everything from hypnotists to balloon sculptures to singing telegrams. GetFlipped! Chicago: $100 gift certificate Absolutely Entertainment: $100 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $200 The Art Center of Highland Park Enjoy a one-year family membership to and one free workshop at the Art Center of Highland Park. Learn to make jewelry, pottery, or movies! Learn techniques for photography and illustration! Fun for the whole family! TOTAL VALUE: $75/$100 Appreciate Autumn Outdoors! This package includes a blanket, Crazy Creek chair, and a twenty-five dollar gift certificate, all courtesy of Uncle Danï¿½s in Highland Park, as well as a $125 gift certificate at sports outfitters New Balance in Highland Park! Uncle Danï¿½s: value $105 New Balance: $120 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $225 Send a Smile! Enjoy this massive stationery collection, with stationery and cards for every occasion to mail to friends, family and loved ones! TOTAL VALUE: $150 Bridal Shower Stationery! This gift basket includes a collection of bridal shower stationery and decals. TOTAL VALUE: $100 Baby Announcement Stationery Basket What better way to celebrate the birth of a baby than by sharing the exciting news with family and friends? This gift basket includes a collection of stationery, stickers, and a Gund Mini Tinkle Crinkle Pastel Caterpillar rattle, for the little one! Stationery package: value $100 Gund: value $6 TOTAL VALUE: $106 Baby Gift Basket! Know someone who just had a baby, or is about to? Here's the perfect package to send on over! Includes a variety of Sassy Baby products: Babyï¿½s First Paint Roller, a Tether Together Jingly Ball, a Loops-and-Hoops Rattle, a Linking Numbers set, a Three Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed toy, a Cartwheel Critters pack, a Squishy Squirt Pal, a Scoop, Pour ï¿½N Strain Elephant, a Rings Around toy, a ï¿½Smile Babyï¿½ camera, and a Little Wobble Bug! TOTAL VALUE: $90 Itï¿½s a boy! Another baby gift basket, this one perfect for a little boy! Includes a "Defining Moments by Jocelyn Tobias" baby-boy scrapbook, chalkboard animals stick-on wall art, two Gund audio-enhanced plush lambs, and one Gund Mini Tinkle Crinkle Pastel Caterpillar rattle! Defining Moments by Jocelyn Tobias Scrapbook: value $70 Chalkboard animals wall art: value $56 Gund toys: value $24 TOTAL VALUE: $150 See Chicago! Enjoy tickets for Chicago Gray Line/ American Sightseeing: Chicago Grand Tour for six adults! TOTAL VALUE: $240 Brunch, Theatre, and the Range! Enjoy brunch for two at Hiltonï¿½s Allgaurerï¿½s on the Riverfront Restaurant in Northbrook, four tickets to Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences, and a punch card valid for ten large buckets of driving range balls at Sportsman's Country Club in Northbrook. Hilton: $69.90 Northbrook Park District: $102 TOTAL VALUE: $171.90 Spectacular Plays and Sensational Pancakes! Take your family of four to Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences, then talk about the play over pancakes, with this $80 gift certificate to Butterfieldï¿½s Pancake House and Restaurant in Northbrook! Northbrook Theatre: value $32 Butterfieldï¿½s Pancake House: $80 gift certificate TOTAL VALUE: $112 Wyndham Glenview Package Enjoy one complementary suite for a one-night stay at the Wyndham Glenview Suites and breakfast for two in their Garden Atrium. TOTAL VALUE: $263 Ravinia Festival Experience Enjoy four reserved seat Pavilion tickets to a concert of your choice during the 2009 Ravinia season! TOTAL VALUE: $200 The Perfect House-Warming Kit! This package includes fifty dollars towards H. Marion Framing Studio in Glenview for framing, design, conservation, and installation services, and a pinecone fire-starter basket. H. Marion Framing Studio Inc.: $50 gift certificate Pinecone fire starter basket: value $25 TOTAL VALUE: $75 Perfect Prescription for a Bad-Hair Day! This package includes a certificate for single-process hair color with Amanda, haircut and style with Yuruy, and manicure with Marisha, at Pascal Pour Elle in Glenview! You'll also receive two strawberry-scented candles, to help make your home as beautiful as you'll be. Pascal Pour Elle: value $130 Candles: value $10 TOTAL VALUE: $140 Wearables, Edibles, Washables, and Whatnots This package includes three sweet desert soaps, handcrafted blue chalcedony earrings, and a $15 gift certificate from randoons in Winnetka. Then enjoy more sweets with Angelic Gourmetï¿½s dipping spoons and a decadent drumstick! Randoons: value $65 Angelic Gourmet: $9.50 TOTAL VALUE: $74.50 Be Strong and Healthy! This package from Highland Health Foods a variety of vitamins, Omega-3, glucosamine, calcium magnesium, multi-mineral, plus a travel size baby care kit, a reusable water bottle, lunch box, and binder! TOTAL VALUE: $80 Holiday Greetings! This package includes a variety of stationary, cards, and crafty items for all you and your childrenï¿½s Halloween ad Christmas needs! TOTAL VALUE: $50 Reading Adventures! This package includes a variety of five childrenï¿½s books, plus a deck of brain bafflers, a dinosaur hand puppet, and a silly-sounds pirate puppet! TOTAL VALUE: $50 Artistrings Violin & Cello Duo! Perfect for elegant celebrations! Enjoy a one-hour live performance of classical background music during parties, receptions, baby/bridal showers, wedding, or even afternoon tea! TOTAL VALUE: $530 Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, Oh! Very special for two wine lovers! Enjoy an in-store wine tasting at the Wine Discount Center in Highland Park! TOTAL VALUE: $50 The Giggle Gallery! Sweet Patootie the Clown or one of her friends will come to your party for an hour of clowning around. TOTAL VALUE: $125 In Your Yard Cards! Enjoy a loving or humorous display of affection with a lawn sign display. TOTAL VALUE: $100 Authentic Churrascaria Take this opportunity to experience a dinner for two at one of Americaï¿½s top restaurants, Texas de Brazil, in Schaumburg, with an extravagant 60-item seasonal salad area and side dishes, and a troop of sizzling cuts of beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and sausage--all flame-grilled to perfection and served tableside TOTAL VALUE: $87 Baby Ballet This package includes a premium outfit for your dancing princess, courtesy of Body and Sole, two ballerina bears, a Baa Baa sheep, and a pink rabbit toy. Body and Sole dress: value $50 GUND toys: $33 TOTAL VALUE: $83