"GREEN GUNS" Original Painting by Peter Tunney
Peter Tunney
GREEN GUNS
Original painting. Acrylic Paint and Collage of Vintage Destructed Gun Books.
30" x 60"
Have Lunch with Vera Wang at The Mercer Kitchen in NYC Followed by a Trip to the Vera Wang Boutique with a $10,000 Gift Certificate
Includes: lunch with Vera Wang at The Mercer Kitchen in NYC followed by a trip to the Vera Wang boutique with a $10,000 gift cerficiate. This lunch is valid for one person and is based on a mutually agreeable time.
Known around the world as the premier authority on wedding gown design and wedding accessories, high end designer Vera Wang has been an integral part of putting American fashion on the map. Take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lunch with the famed designer PLUS enjoy a fabulous $10,000 shopping spree at her boutique. Life does not get any sweeter for a fashionista!
Enjoy Lunch at the Legendary Friars Club in NY with Susie Essman, Star of HBO's Hit Series, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Includes: Lunch with Susie Essman at The Friar's Club in NYC. Valid for two people for one year, based on Susie's availability.
Susie Essman is an American stand-up comedian and comic actress in television and films. Susie Essman has played the venomous Susie Greene for all five seasons of the critically-acclaimed HBO comedy series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. The Manhattan-based Essman is a veteran of the world of standup comedy, logging thousands of performances on the Gotham comedy circuit. She has appeared in her own half-hour HBO comedy special, hosted the American Comedy Awards, and performed, on "Politically Incorrect", "Late night with Conan O'Brien", and on Comedy Central's "The Friar's Roast of Jerry Stiller". Instead of performing at The Friar's Club, Susie is inviting a guest to join her for lunch at the club. Famous for its risque celebrity roasts, the club has been wining and dining the top personalities of all time and in-between courses expounding and discoursing in their own unique fashion. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity!
Enjoy an Afternoon of Falconing with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. in Bedford, NY
Includes: an afternoon of falconing in Bedford, NY with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. This is valid for 2 people. This will take place in the fall of 2010. This is not a private outing.
You don't have to go Jurassic to hang out with raptors. Premier environmentalist and master falconer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will show you these noble creatures up close as you experience the thrill of this ancient sport. The magnificent birds will soar from your forearm and respond to your whistle, swooping at dizzying speeds.
Find out what you and Henry the Eighth, King Richard, Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor have in common.
liveBID! Spend the Day on the Set with Hugh Jackman this Summer
You know him as a talented actor, dancer, singer, producer, "Sexiest Man Alive," fabulous awards show host, Broadway star (what can't he do?)...now meet Hugh Jackman as you and a guest spend the day on the set of Real Steel in Michigan in summer 2010.
Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, Real Steel will be directed by Shawn Levy (The Night at the Museum series, Pink Panther, Big Fat Liar, as well as other hits).
Hugh Jackman has starred in a long list of hit films, including Australia, X-Men, The Prestige, Scoop, The Fountain, and more. His combination of talent and sexiness ensures success every time. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you and a guest.
Attend the Highly Anticipated Premiere of The Green Hornet, Staring Cameron Diaz and Seth Rogen
Includes: 2 tickets plus after party passes to the premiere of The Green Hornet, courtesy of Cameron Diaz. Premiere will be in LA in June, 2010. Exact date and location TBD. Must be at least 10 years old to attend.
Enjoy a Luxurious Green Tour of Istanbul, courtesy of Urbane Nomads & Pera Palace
Urbane Nomads, in conjunction with Pera Palace Hotel, has come up with a green tour of Istanbul. The choice of Istanbul as a destination has been to demonstrate how any modern metropolis can be in an eco-friendly manner, as much as possible.
Re-opening of Pera Palace Hotel, a landmark of luxury accommodation in Turkey first opened in 1892 to welcome Orient Express clientele and later on many world renowned guests including Agatha Christie, is eagerly awaited. Along with witnessing many historical events in its lifetime, the hotel is also famous for its role in the mystery of the 11 lost days in Agatha Christie’s life.
Guests will be staying in the definitive Agatha Christie Studio Room for
4 nights. This studio room is overlooking the Petit de Champs where all historical buildings, museums, art galleries, cafe and restaurants are located.
In accordance with the eco-friendly theme of the event, Urbane Nomads will arrange for guests to be transferred in fuel-efficient vehicles, as well as a tour of the Grand Bazaar accompanied by a savvy local highlighting Istanbul’s sustainable produce. On the second day of the trip, guests will be led on a tour of Istanbul and the nearby islands by Gursan Ergil, a furniture designer in Istanbul famous for his eco-friendly furniture. The tour will be his interpretation of a 'green' Istanbul, travelling to nearby islands where horse carriages are the sole form of transportations and will include visits of several famous gardens and architecturally-distinguished landmarks. Particularly of note would be a visit of Fethi Okyar Kosk (a Turkish mansion) designed by Sedad Hakki Eldem, Turkey's equivalent of Frank Lloyd Wright, in the 1930's. Fethi Okyar himself is a prominent figure in Turkey. A close friend of Ataturk, he played a seminal role in the first years of the republic. A visit of the private garden of Turkey's most influential sculptor Mehmet Aksoy is also included in the itinerary. Both these locations are normally closed off to the public and are made accessible for this tour via Gursan Ergil's personal connections.
The stay includes a 45 minute massage for the couple once during their stay, with daily buffet breakfast, high tea in the Kubbeli Saloon/Tea Lounge once during their stay, two complimentary tickets to the Pera Museum as well as a visit of museum, room 101 of the hotel where the founder of Turkey had stayed many times. In this room, his personal belongings, books, magazines, medals and such like are exhibited.
Take the trip of a lifetime and experience the Pacific Gray Whales in their last remaining pristine birthing grounds at Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California, Mexico!
Take the trip of a lifetime and experience the Pacific Gray Whales in their last remaining pristine birthing grounds at Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California, Mexico!
Includes: A trip for TWO (2) to spend 4 days and nights in Laguna San Ignacio – an internationally recognized World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve in Baja Peninsula – to experience the Pacific Gray Whales, courtesy of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). (Late February/Early March 2011 dates TBD).
Unlike typical whale watching trips, which demand patience, wishing and waiting, experience an intense whale watching excursion. On this outing you’ll come into warm contact with the deep whooshing of breathing whales as they too share in the experience of gazing at mysterious visitors. The more curious whales are even known as "friendlies” – typically babies that either swim over to your boat on their own or are inexplicably pushed up and towards you by their mothers. Often, they’ll heave themselves out of the water right next to you!
Laguna San Ignacio is the only gray whale birthing ground left on Earth that has not been despoiled by human encroachment. Each winter, hundreds of pregnant gray whales swim 4,000 miles from the Arctic to reach this perfect lagoon nursery and give birth. Here, in the warm tranquil waters and placid surf, their one-ton newborns play with one another and hone their swimming skills for the arduous journey back to Alaska.
Although NRDC has launched a successful campaign to protect 120,000 acres of the lagoon, it is still threatened by the resurrection of salt works and oil and gas drilling. Piers have also been proposed. To fend off these new threats, NRDC and its partners are trying an innovative new approach – buying up the development rights to a million acres surrounding the lagoon and putting them in trust. Already, 120,000 acres have been secured. Your contribution to this event assists the Natural Resources Defense Council’s ongoing efforts to protect this vital territory.
DAY BY DAY ITINERARY:
DAY 1
** Departure is scheduled for 7:00am (time subject to change) from the Holiday Inn in Old Town, San Diego. After a quick trip across the border to Tijuana, Mexico, you will take a private charter flight to the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California, Mexico. Enjoy lunch and a short excursion of the inner lagoon area before boarding boats for the 20-minute ride to the island base camp where you will join the gray whales at their winter calving ground. Once at the base camp, you will have time to settle in, enjoy the first camp dinner and hopefully view a perfect lagoon sunset.
*** Because the departure is scheduled for very early on the morning of Day 1, trip participants must arrive in San Diego the evening prior to accommodate the trip’s departure time.
DAY 2 -4
Twenty-foot panga boats will await you each day to take you out among the whales, which are often just offshore. These Mexican fishing boats are about half the size of a full grown gray whale, and enable you to be at water level in order to have direct contact with the whales as they swim in these pristine waters. You’ll explore the vast lagoon ecosystems via walks on the shoreline, beaches and tide pools. You’ll be able to photograph the bird life, listen to experts discuss natural history or just sit back and absorb the incredible rhythms of the lagoon and its diverse wildlife.
DAY 5
After a hearty camp breakfast and a final farewell to the whales, you will board the boats and travel back to the inner lagoons. Enjoy lunch at a colorful lagoon-side restaurant before the midday charter flight to Tijuana. We will then transfer across the border by bus and return to the hotel in the early evening. If booking a flight out of San Diego this evening, please be sure flight departs after 7pm.
LENGTH:
4 nights/5 days
FOCUS:
Nature, wildlife and environmental issues
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Floored and windowed tents at base camp, Inner Lagoon, Laguna San Ignacio
PACE/DIFFICULTY:
Moderate with mornings and afternoons spent on the water in fishing boats
SIZE OF GROUP:
Maximum 20 guests
COST PER PERSON:
$2,450 per person double occupancy
Tour cost includes all accommodations (except the night before the trip’s departure), meals, group airport transfers, group transportation, lagoon fees, professional guide service and program expenses. Airfare to and from San Diego and guide gratuities are not included.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
Balance of $2,450 per person due on January 22nd, 2010.
Have Lunch with David Duchovny on the Set of Californication
Includes: a set visit to Californication plus lunch with David Duchovny. The show shoots in LA from April to June 2010. Scheduling will be based upon production schedule on a mutually convenient date. Must be 18 years old or older. Valid for one (1) person.
David Duchovny is a Golden Globe Award-winning American television and film actor perhaps best known for his role as Fox Mulder on The X-Files. Duchovny currently plays Hank Moody, a troubled novelist in Showtime's series Californication.
Hank relocates to LA after his acclaimed book is optioned. It later becomes a crappy romantic comedy, which sparks a horrible case of writer's block. He's struggling to get his career back on track with the help of his agent/best friend, raise his pre-teen daughter, all while pining for his ex-girlfriend, who is now engaged to another man. It may sound desperate, but he enjoys life and owns all his various vices drink, drugs and women with a refreshing sense of honesty and unapologetic candor. He's holding it together while falling apart, and he doesn't mind it one bit.
Stroll Through Central Park with Candice Bergen Plus Enjoy Lunch at The Boat House
Includes: a tour of Central Park with Candice Bergen plus lunch with her at The Boat House. This is valid for 2 people, for one year, based on a mutually agreeable time.
Enjoy 2 Tickets to the Polo Ralph Lauren Spring 2011 Fashion Show, plus a $3,000 Gift Certificate!
Ralph Lauren invites you inside New York's Fashion Week with two coveted tickets to his Spring 2011 Runway Show and a $3000 dollar gift certificate for the ultimate shopping experience at the Ralph Lauren Madison Avenue Stores.
Ralph Lauren's collections offer and array of elegant clothing for men and women before making your entrance, a skilled wardrobe consultant will assist you in choosing and ensemble for this once in a lifetime experience.
Fashion Designer Ralph Lauren has become the epitome of classic fashion. With product lines such as Polo/Ralph Lauren for Men, Ralph Lauren for Women, Double RL, Ralph Lauren Home, and even Ralph Lauren paint. It is Lauren's innovativeness, among many other traits of the model businessman, that has made him the founder, designer and chairman of a $900 million company. Not only was he the first fashion designer to have his own store, but he was the first to sell the whole lifestyle image that consumers flock to worldwide.
Be a part of the action and attend the Spring 2011 fashion show in NYC on September 16, 2010.
Includes: 2 tickets to the Polo Ralph Lauren Spring 2011 fashion show and a $3000.00 Ralph Lauren gift certificate. This is due to take place during Fall Fashion Week, September 16, 2010.
Vineyard Experience at Moulin De Breuil, France with Joseph De Massia and Private Visit to the Top Floor of the Eiffel Tower!
Experience France with a five day stay in the guest House at Moulin de Breuil vineyard! Tour the gorgeous vineyard & wine cellar, followed by an exciting wine tasting experience. A complimentary 43 year old bottle of wine from the family's stock will be your gift from the vineyard.
During the first four days, a group of four can attend a two-hour session to discover the intricacies of wine, wine-making, and wine tasting. The fifth day is to be enjoyed as you please! A local lunch or dinner will be offered to our guests each day (up to four people). These delectable meals will illustrate the region’s culinary traditions and gifts. Guests will be able to visit a Roman art museum or painting exhibition in the region to end their stay.
A French "continental breakfast” will be provided every morning, including locally made French bread, croissants, butter and homemade jam.
A private tour of the famous Louvre Museum will be tailored to highlight the period or artist of the winning bidder's choice. Finally, enjoy a private tour on the top floor of the Eiffel Tower to complete this extraordinary once in a lifetime experience!
For more information about this marvelous experience, visit www.moulindebreuil.com.
Showcase Your Child in a Baby GAP Advertisement!
Yes, we know. Your kid is the cutest. And now you'll have the chance to prove it to the world!
Gap -- which is famous for featuring absolutely adorable babies in its ad campaigns -- is offering you the once-in-a-lifetime chance to showcase your bundle of joy in an advertisement. Stage moms (and dads) can bid now so and see your offspring -- babies 4 and under and kids aged 5 to 10 -- for a chance at being featured in Gap's ads.
Take Home a Fabulous Portrait of Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
by Anna Rose Soevik
Dimensions: 38” x 38”
Medium: Mixed media
Year: 2010
British artist, Anna Rose Soevik, is known for her contemporary large canvases in Europe, where she had numerous solo exhibitions, including the Fein Arts Gallery in Brussels, and the Pulchri Studio, the oldest painter’s society in the Netherlands by invitation only, at the center of The Hague. She has been featured in group shows in New York City, at Agora Gallery and the New York Art Expo; in Canada at the Gora Gallery; and in Belgium at the International Art Fair.
The portrait of Sarah Jessica Parker is part of the artist’s philanthropic campaign through which she has donated mixed-media portraits of celebrities, sports and political icons since 2008 to support political, arts and humanitarian campaigns such as: the Obama Campaign (with portraits on display at the National Portrait gallery during the Lincoln Ball), The Smithsonian Institution, Washington Capitals Charities, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Washington Redskin’s “Welcome Home” auction, YouthAids, Menzfit and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts with portraits of Elvis Costello, Bill Cosby, Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, Robert F. Kennedy, Alex Ovechkin, Lance Armstrong, Darryll Green, Clinton Portis, Tim Gunn, Bono, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.
Inquiries invited at www.todaysportraits.com
Three days in Hawaii at the Hilton, Waikoloa Village and go diving with “Deepest Man in the World” and Champion Freediver Martin Stepanek!
Experience and enjoy 3 days in Hawaii with the “Deepest Man in the World” and Champion Freediver Martin Stepanek!
This package includes three complimentary nights with resort view accommodations at the Hilton, Waikoloa Village in Hawaii. Also, enjoy a 1/2 day private freediving introduction and 2 days of Big Animal Freediving Encounters such as Oceanic Whitetips, Pilot Whales, Dolphins and Mantas.
Stepanek was recently awarded the 2009 ICARE INTERNATIONAL BEST MALE FREEDIVER. He has trained among others: Tiger Woods, David Blaine, Crown Prince of Dubai, Omar Alhegelan (World Record Freestyle Skydiver), Victor Lopaz (Champion Big Wave Surfer), Darrick Doerner (Champion Big Wave Surfer), Igor Zinoview AKA Houdini (2 x World Champion in MMA).
For more information, visit www.freedivinginstructors.com and www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com.
Take Part in a Shooting Session with a Nets Player at the Team's Practice Facility plus Courtside Seats to a 2010-2011 Home Game
Take part in a one hour shooting session with a Nets Player at the Official Nets Practice Facility in Fall 2010! The Nets Center is the exclusive headquarters and training facility of Nets Basketball. This state-of-the-art facility is centrally located in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, just a few miles West of midtown Manhattan.
Winner will also receive 2 courtside seats for a Nets 2010-2011 game.
Five nights accommodation with Spa treatments and dinner for 2 at Phulay Bay, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Krabi, Thailand
Five nights accommodation with breakfast for two in the Ocean Pavilion room, 50-minute Thai Massage treatment for two at ESPA and Set Dinner for two.
www.ritzcarltonreserve.com
Have lunch with actor Ted Danson and take home a Theodore Wores Painting!
Have lunch with actor Ted Danson in either New York or Los Angeles!
Theodore Wores Painting
By Theodore Wores
Ted Danson is well known for his role as "Sam Malone" in the television series "Cheers" (1982). During the show's 12-year run, he was nominated nine times for an Emmy Award as Best Actor in a Comedy Series and won twice, in 1990 and 1993. The role also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989 and 1990. He is a founding member of the American Oceans Campaign (AOC), an organization established to alert Americans to the life-threatening hazards created by oil spills, offshore development, toxic wastes, sewage pollution and other ocean abuses.