Gourmet Picnic and Wine Tasting Basket!

1. Gourmet Picnic and Wine Tasting!
Start out with a wine cart containing 12 bottles of wine donated
by Friends of the Dining in the Pines™ Committee, The
Sandhills Winery and The Wine Cellar and Tasting Room to start
a casual wine tasting picnic (wine opener included)! Not enough
wine, then the Triangle Wine Company has donated a gift
certificate for some more. There is also a generous gift
certificate from Fresh Market for appetizers, cheeses and snacks
along with 19 gourmet food items from various shops around
the area that will have you prepared for a great afternoon of
entertaining family and friends!
The wine cart also holds 12 acrylic wine glasses, an acrylic ice
bucket, cocktail napkins, and two wooden wine trays. Gourmet
items include Green Coconut Iced Tea, Spiced Pear Tea, Sea Salt
and Olive Crackers, Cheese Crisps, Jalepeno Jelly, Sweet Fig
Onion Jam, Elderflower Cordial, Lavender Syrup, Nellos Sauce,
Bowtie Pasta, Big Tom Bloody Mary Mix, Carolina Gold B-B-Q
Sauce, Cactus Creek Coffee, Lemon Curd, White Apricot Vinegar,
Artichoke Lemon Pesto, White and Black Truffle Oils, Chapel Hill
Toffee and Sugar and Spice Muffin Mix.
Donated by: Friends of the Dining in the Pines™ Committee,
The Sandhills Winery, The Wine Cellar and Tasting Room, The
Triangle Wine Company
Value: $800
Gourmet Picnic
and
Wine Tasting Basket!
2. Bringing Maine to North Carolina! Lobster &
Clam Bake for Ten!
Lobster & Clam Bake for Ten!
(July/August 2016)
Get ready for four pounds of soft-shelled Maine lobsters per
person, steamed clams, mussels, and shrimp accompanied by
fresh corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, potato salad, cole slaw,
beer, white wine, mint iced tea, and for dessert, homemade
strawberry and peach pies topped high with whipping cream. All
presented in picnic style and served at your home with all the
lobster tools and supplies you will need for a fantastic feast!
Lobster crate is stuffed with lobstah “crackahs”, lobster miniature
forks for claw meat, mallets, picnic tablecloths, napkins, plates,
lobster bibs, bowls, cups, corn holders and end picks, tote bag,
etc. Decorating the tables, set-up, cooking and clean-up are
provided!
Donated by: Friends of the Dining in the Pines Committee™
Lobster and Clam Bake to be served at a mutually agreeable
time in July/August 2016.
Value: $1,000
3. Gumbo Dinner for Eight!
“Laissez les bons temps roulez.” Authentic Cajun chicken and
andouille sausage gumbo dinner with traditional sides of rice,
potato salad and French bread.
Eight gumbo bowls, several cookbooks on Louisiana cooking, a
plaque with the words, “Gathering of Family & Friends,” a lovely
fall wreath, two packages of autumn napkins and candles
complete the basket!
Gumbo dinner will be delivered to your home on mutually
agreeable date. Limited to Pinehurst area.
Dinner Donated by: Rose Young & Ric McHenry
Value: $360
Gumbo Dinner for Eight!
(Eight Gumbo Bowls, A Fall Wreath, Candles,
Napkins, & Two Books On Louisiana Cooking)
4. Cloisonne Fans” Quilt Wall Hanging
Beautiful Quilt by Mary Williams!
In 2009 Mary Williams of Pinewild made this beautiful quilt,
which won the blue ribbon at the Quilting in the Pines Show that
September. The quilt involved both hand and machine quilting.
The predominant color is blue with accents of navy, white and
gold and has an Asian feel to it. It also has embroidered motifs in
the border. It is a Debbie Bowles Design.
The wall hanging is 45 ½” wide and 56 ½” long. Included with the
quilt are two rods; a decorative rod for hanging as well as an
invisible rod. A very special thank you to Mary for donating this
quilt for the Dining in the Pines™ raffle for 2015!
Quilt donated by: Mary Williams of Pinewild Community
Value: Priceless
Comes with
Decorative Rod and Invisible Rod!
5. Broad Street Shopping & Dining Spree!
Get ready to shop till you drop with this shopping spree
throughout Southern Pines. Make sure you leave time to eat
lunch at Betsy’s Crepes with your best friend and perhaps a glass
of wine at The Bell Tree! Bring your Lilly Pulitzer bag from Pink
of the Pines with you to fill it up with items you will buy with
your gift certificates to King & Hollyfield, Lavender Store, Eve
Avery, Manie & Marcele, Gulleys and a 20% coupon at Framer’s
Cottage. Top the afternoon off with a pastry or drink from
Broadstreet Cafe!
Also included is a gift certificate from Southern Prime and
Botanical Fabulous Flowers and Orchids, a Seagrove candle
(clove/citrus), Seagrove Soaps, a swaddling blanket from Belli
Bambini, an autographed book from The Country Bookshop
entitled, “Everglades,” a scented fall candle, miniature gourds
and a fall harvest crate from Graciously Rustic. And, last but not
least, a gift bag with a bracelet, earrings, a lovely Pashmina and
a certificate from Tiramasu, formerly of Broad Street, but now
nestled in the Village of Pinehurst just down the street from
Dugan’s Pub.
Donated by: Betsy’s Crepes, The Bell Tree, Pink of the Pines,
King & Hollyfield, Lavender Store, Eve Avery, Manie & Marcele,
Gulleys, Framer’s Cottage, Broadstreet Café, Southern Prime,
Belli Bambini, Seagrove Pottery, The Country Bookshop,
Graciously Rustic, Botanical Fabulous Flowers and Orchids and
Tiramasu.
Value: $550
Broad Street Shopping and Dining Spree!
Southern Pines, NC
6. Our Gardening Basket Overflows!
Our charming garden cart from Total Design Solutions is
completely filled with gifts from garden and specialty shops of
the Sandhills! Enjoy two gift certificates from Wild Birds
Unlimited and Etheridge Landscape & Design plus a Wallaroo
Gardening hat for the lady and a Slogger’s classic grey gardening
hat for the man from the Arbor Garden Center.
For the garden, there is a dragonfly decorative garden flag, a
Dept. 56 Dragon Fly Garden Stake and Rain Gauge, a metal
garden rabbit plant holder and a spring design watering can
from Aldena Frye Designs, gardening gloves, bird seed,
potpourri, a pine cone pillow, one of the best garden books
around called “Gardening for the Birds” by George Adams, a
beautiful Kitras Art Glass garden ball with hanging hook from
The Potpourri.
Enjoy a generous gift certificate at a favorite shop by many
residents over the past 37 years at Carmen’s Flower Boutique. A
most delightful rabbit basket from Cameron & Co. finishes the
basket’s charm!
Donated by: Total Design Solutions, Wild Birds Unlimited,
Etheridge Landscape & Design, Arbor Garden Center, Aldena
Frye Designs, The Potpourri, Carmen’s Flower Boutique and
Cameron & Co.
Value: $680
“Charming Garden Cart”
filled with garden accessories
and 4 gift certificates!
7. The Fine Art of Tea, Music, Painting and Theatre
Lady Bedford’s Tea Parlour
Basket
The gems of the Sandhills; Lady Bedford’s Tea Parlour,
The Carolina Philharmonic, The Temple Theatre, local
artist Margo Matarese and the Sunrise Theatre! Enjoy a
tea basket filled with Assorted Teas, Tea Pot with Sugar
and Creamer, Tea Infuser, Candle, Dripless Teapot Gadget,
Teatime Recipes, Garden Tea Cup, and Tea Measuring
Spoon.
Also, four tickets to the Sunrise Theatre and four small
popcorns, two tickets to a performance of the Carolina
Philharmonic, a gift certificate to Frank’s Theatre and four
tickets to the Temple Theatre just up the road in Sanford
for the February 13th showing of Hank and My Honky
Tonk Heroes at 8 PM, a great Valentine’s Day gift!
An oil painting by local resident, Margo Matarese, entitled
“Meadow Flowers” completes this list of “Gems in the
Sandhills.”
Theatre & Symphony Tickets!
Donated by: Lady Bedford’s Tea Parlour, Carolina
Philharmonic, Margo Matarese, Sunrise Theater, and The
Temple Theatre.
Value: $720
8. Golf Accessories of Course!
Ready for a new lightweight golf bag? This basket features a Sun
Mountain golf bag (stand, carry & cart type). Does your golf cart
need a tune-up? Carolina Carriage of West End has donated a
free golf cart tune-up, and for your reading pleasure, “The
Nature of Golf” written by local residents, Thomas P. Stewart
and Russell Shoeman. Look carefully in the golf bag as it is
stuffed with a box of Pinnacle Gold Golf Balls from Robert’s Golf,
a Club Glove Microfiber Tour-size Towel and Pocket Towel, Ping
Divot Tool with Ball Marker, the Ball Eagle Putter Retriever, an
Izzo Groove Doctor, GET BALLZEE, 100 Golf Pride Tees, and a few
of those great Martini Tees!
“Meadow Flowers”
By
Margo Matarese
Sun Mountain Golf Bag
&
Carolina Carriage Golf Cart Tune-Up
Donated by: Carolina Carriage, Thomas P. Stewart and Russell
Shoeman, Robert’s Golf Shop, and Friends of the Dining in the
Pines™ Committee
Value: $445
“The Nature of Golf” Book
by Thomas P. Stewart & Russell Shoeman
9. Golf, Lessons & Lunch at Pinewild Country Club
You could not ask for a better day for three of your friends and
family than to join you for a day of golf, lunch and three ½ hour
golf lessons at Pinewild Country Club. Gus Ulrich of Pinewild
Academy (voted one of the top ten instructors in North
Carolina by Golf Digest) will put you on the right track for a
better golf swing with three ½ hour lessons.
Pinewild Country Club
Golf for Four on the Holly Course!
Three ½ Hour Golf Lessons with Gus Ulrich!
Gift Certificate for Lunch!
Four Pinewild Golf Hats
Golf Balls and Ball Market Magnets
Then, on a nice, sunny day, it is time to tee off on the Holly
Course designed by Gary Player, compliments of Sean
Desmond, Head Golf Professional and Chris Little, Club
Manager of Pinewild Country Club. Finish up a great day with
lunch in the clubhouse (lunch not available on Mondays). Don’t
forget to don your PWCC hats with magnetic ball markers and
tee off with those Holly Course golf balls!
Donated by: Gus Ulrich (Three ½ hour Golf Lessons)
Sean Desmond and Chris Little – Round of Golf
for Four on the Holly Course!
Lunch, hats, balls and marker magnets donated
by friends of Dining in the Pines™ Committee.
Value: $900
10. Mid Pines Golf Course OR Pine Needles Golf Course
for Four!
You get to choose! Round of golf for four at either Mid Pines or
Pine Needles! Both of these championship Donald Ross courses
are ranked in the top 25 of Golfweek Magazine’s Top 100 Resort
Courses in the United States. The magazine also named Mid
Pines as the ‘best resort course renovation’ in 2013
Golf for Four
at
Mid Pines or Pine Needles
Donald Ross said, “to play at Pine Needles and Mid Pines is to
live and breathe Donald Ross golf.” Couple this with
impeccable course conditioning and attentive service and you
have a truly memorable golf experience.
Along with this fantastic day of golf are four complimentary
Sunday Breakfast Buffet Passes at The Pine Crest Inn
compliments of Carmen’s Flower Boutique.
Donated by: Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club, Pine Needles Lodge &
Golf Club & Carmen’s Flower Boutique
Value: $860 for Mid Pines Golf Course OR $1,020 for Pine
Needles Golf Course including Sunday Brunch at The Pine Crest
Inn.
Complimentary Sunday Brunch
at The Pine Crest Inn for Four!
11. Forest Creek Country Club
Get ready for some great golf at Forest Creek at either of their
two courses ranked in the Top 10 of Golfweek’s ‘Best Modern
Courses!’
World acclaimed golfer course designer Tom Fazio has created
two very distinct courses; The North and The South with five sets
of tees so these courses are playable for all skill levels.
Golf for Four
at
Forest Creek Country Club!
Golf package includes a round of golf for four people with all
fees included if accompanied by a member of Forest Creek
Country Club. Box of TaylorMade Golf Balls and A Club Glove
Caddy Towel included.
PLEASE NOTE: If there is not a member of Forest Creek in your
foursome, then unaccompanied guests are required to be
accompanied by a forecaddie and fee is $100.00 plus cash
gratuity of $25.00 per bag) Play must conducted on a Monday
or Tuesday if unaccompanied.
Donated by: Forest Creek Country Club
Value: $940.00
12. “A Basket in the Making,” Literally!
Just Imagine What They Are Creating!
Local woodworking artists, Miles Baldwin, Gary Blair, Willem
Martins and Shelly Rappaport are busy in their work rooms
creating unique pieces for our woodworking basket! Items will
be complete and ready by the beginning of October for the first
of the Dining in the Pines™ host events. Look for a doll cradle
and a wooden bank by Shelly Rappaport that can be
personalized, a bread box and cutting board by Willem Martins,
a bowl by Miles Baldwin, and a platter by Gary Blair.
Value: Priceless
Donated by: Miles Baldwin, Gary Blair, Willem Martins, Shelly
Rappaport
13. Pampering Time!
Famous Hair of Southern Pines
Nothing better than a ladies’ day of pampering one’s hair and
body! Complete with Spa Comforts Body Wrap (Heat and Cold),
Bath Sponge and Bath Gloves, Foot Pumice, Paul Mitchell Pro
Tools Brush, Natural Lavender Hand Soap.
Also included are those wonderful Regis Products, Designline
Stand Still Ultimate Hair Finisher, Dream Mousse, Shine Mist,
Enchanted Shampoo & Conditioner, Enchanted Shimmer Styler,
Enchanted Hair Blow-out Lotion, Hold Everything Spray, Slick
Whip Defining Gloss, Triple Effect Shampoo, Conditioner and
Style Definer from Famous Hair. A gift certificate from Exhale…A
Salon in Southern Pines towards a haircut, styling/color or perm
by the stylist of your choice. A gift certificate from LV Nails
towards a manicure and a gift certificate from Edible
Arrangements towards some delectable fruit to complete the
pampering.
Value: $350
Wonderful basket of Regis Products,
Gift Certificates from Exhale… A Salon,
LV Nails and Edible Arrangements!
Donated by: Famous Hair, Edible Arrangements, Friends of the
Dining in the Pines™ Committee
14. Doggy Camp at the Garratts!
You get to go away for a vacation and so does your
beloved dog(s)! Two weeks of free doggy care at the home
of Sandy and Don Garratt. Limited to one or two dogs
from the same owner. Cute pooch in the picture goes home
with you, too! Dog sitting availability starting in 2016.
Donated by: Sandy and Don Garratt
Value: $420
Doggy Camp at the Garratts!