womenoftaste - Girls Inc. of Alameda County

26 SEPT 09
womenof taste
eighteenth annual
food and wine tasting event
Tickets
INDIVIDUAL
$100 per person until September 1
$125 thereafter
YOUNG
PROFESSIONAL
$75 per person (35 years
and under)
RESERVED TABLE
Starting at $1,000 for a table of 10.
A limited number of tables are
available.
Premier event benefiting Girls Inc. of Alameda County.
You are invited to WOMEN OF TASTE
An evening of fine cuisine prepared by leading
chefs and restaurateurs benefiting today’s girls and
tomorrow’s women.
26 • SEPT • 09
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Oakland Museum of California
Women of Taste is an outdoor event in the gardens
of the Oakland Museum.
FOOD & WINE TASTING
Enjoy a selection of the Bay Area’s finest cuisine,
wine, and beverages.
MUSIC & DANCING
Dance to the sounds of salsa, R&B, rock, and big
band favorites by The Montclair Women’s Dance
Band with Director Ellen Seeling.
SILENT AUCTION & ART FOR EPICURES
Bid on spectacular vacation getaways, food and
wine, fine art, and more!
Girls Incorporated® of Alameda County is a local affiliate of
the national Girls Incorporated organization with the shared
mission of inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.sm
Locally we serve approximately 7,000 girls and their families
through year-round academic enrichment and skill building
programs, as well as counseling services. Programs challenge
girls to explore their potential, attend college, build fulfilling
careers, and expand their sense of what is possible.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
All food and beverages have been generously donated by our chef, restaurant, and beverage participants.
Guests are encouraged to support these companies all year long.
CHEFS AND RESTAURATEURS
Aidells Sausage Company • Bakesale Betty’s • Blue Heron Catering, Inc. • Bridges Restaurant
Brown Sugar Kitchen • Café Clem & La Note • Cafe Rouge • Catered to You • Delicious Blessings
Fentons Creamery • Kincaid’s • Lalime’s Restaurant • Miraglia Catering • Pacific Fine Food • Paradiso
Perry’s Catering • Picante • Rose Pistola • San Francisco Soup Company • Savoy Events • Scott Cardel Catering
Semifreddi’s Bakery • Stella Nonna • Treats by the Picky Eater • T-REX Barbeque • Tucker’s Ice Cream
Venezia Caffe & Ristorante • Virginia’s Live A Little Gourmet Foods • Whole Foods Market Oakland
ZZA’s Trattoria and Enoteca
WINERIES & BEVERAGES
A Donkey and Goat • Ace Cider • Barefoot Wine & Bubbly • Bink Wines • Boston Beer Company • Dashe Cellars
Hendry Ranch Wines • Honig Vineyard & Winery • J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • JC Cellars
Lagunitas Brewing Company • Mew & Associates • Quady Winery • Ravenswood Winery • Retzlaff Estate Winery
The Steven Kent Winery & La Rochelle Winery • Tazo Tea • Trumer Brauerei • Wente Vineyards
ART FOR EPICURES
An art exhibit and fundraising auction featuring hand-painted platters by aspiring girl artists and unique pieces from
notable artists from the Bay Area and beyond.
CELEBRITY SIGNATURE POWER PLATTERS INCLUDE…
Margaret Cho • Jane Goodall • Maxine Hong Kingston • Congresswoman Barbara Lee • Holly Near
Yoko Ono • Amy Tan
ARTISTS INCLUDE…
Diana Bohn • Susan Brody • Victoria Christen • Michele Collier • Alice Corning • Sarah Craige • Lynda Dann
Abbas Darabi • Elizabeth Ennis • Michael Fram • Renata Gray • Nicki Guard • Mary Law • David and Ann Lindsay
Paula Ross • Jan Schachter • Nancy Selvin • Michael Sosin • Dr. Alfred Spivack • Catherine Waller
WOMEN OF TASTE SPONSORS
GOLD CIRCLE
SILVER CIRCLE
Priscilla Stewart-Jones
SVP, McKesson Corporation
BRONZE CIRCLE
Booz & Company • The Clorox Company • Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP • Christine Gouig • Owens Financial Group, Inc.
HONORARY LEVEL
Alice Prussin Lighting Design • Anne Phillips Architecture • Jeff & Karen Banks • Linda & Jim Boessenecker
Dr. Susan Brennan & Robyn Meltzer • Calvo & Clark LLP • Jachyn Davis • Dickerson Employee Benefits • Lois M. De Domenico
Eden Medical Center • GemAngel • Judy Glenn & Jim O’Leary • Julie Gordon White • Margaret Hauben • Rhonda Hirata
Toni Johnson • Judy Kirkpatrick & Roy Powell • Carla Koren and Gena Harper, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Carla Koren & Neal Parish • Law Offices of Wilson and Casey • Valerie Messer • Susan Muranishi
Oto Bailey Fukumoto & Mishima Inc. • Prescott & Associates • s2i Consulting • Carol Sandoval • C. Shimek & Friends
Stone & Associates, APC • Candace Tom • Glenn & Ellen Voyles
MEDIA SPONSORS
DIRECTIONS
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St., Oakland
10th St. Entrance
Easily accessible by public transportation, only one block from the Lake Merritt BART Station.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO/BERKELEY
• Take 580 East toward Hayward
• Exit onto 980 West toward Downtown Oakland
• Take the Jackson St. exit onto 5th St.
• Follow 5th St. to the third stoplight and take a left
on Oak St.
• Follow Oak St. for five blocks to 10th St.
• The museum will be on the right
FROM Walnut Creek/Orinda
• Take Highway 24 toward San Francisco, then get on 980
West/Downtown Oakland
• Take the Jackson St. exit onto 5th St.
• Follow 5th St. to the third stoplight and take a left
on Oak St.
• Follow Oak St. for five blocks to 10th St.
• The museum will be on the right
FROM THE SOUTH BAY
• Take 880 North toward Oakland
• Exit at Oak Street and turn right on Oak Street
• Follow Oak Street for four blocks to 10th St.
• The museum will be on the right
Questions: Call Girls Incorporated at 510-357-5515 x 219 or visit www.girlsinc-alameda.org