The Ready-Made Party Package!
The party is already planned—you just pick the location and invite your friends! Food is covered by a $200 catering gift certificate from ¿Por Que No? and your guests will have plenty to drink with two cases of wine from Union Wine Co. (Underwood Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris) and a selection of six local whiskeys (and tumblers) for cocktail-mixing. For dessert, pick up treats from Eurobake ($100 gift card) to add something sweet! While you enjoy the food and drink, Portland band Bullets & Belles will keep the party going with two hours of Neo Doo Wop Folk music, their unique blend of blues, soulful doo-wop and country folk.
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The Ultimate Timbers Fan Package
Are you the ultimate Timbers fan? Do you want to be? Either way, you’ll be ready for the soccer season with two sets of Timbers tickets and an autographed jersey. After the game, treat your friends to pizza and beer at 10 Barrel Brewery ($50 gift card) and Sizzle Pie ($50 gift card).
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The Culinary & Cocktail Connoisseur
Impress your friends with your new foodie skills! At Portland’s Culinary Workshop, you and a friend (or a date!) will have a 3-hour hands-on cooking class, ending in a delicious meal (two $65 cooking class gift certificates. For $10 each, upgrade to a couples’ class, which includes two adult beverages per person.) Expand your cookbook with an Indian fusion cooking class from Ruchikala (three people). Move to the bar with a craft cocktail class for six with Merit Badge (and take home a bottle of Old Tree Gin to practice what you learn)!
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Hood to Coast: Two Weekend Retreats
Relax and recharge with two weekend getaways to the Northern Oregon Coast and the woods of Mt. Hood! Enjoy a 4-day, 3-night stay in Cannon Beach in a vintage 3-bedroom family beach cabin. Less than a block from the sand next to Elk Creek, this calm, protected spot is the perfect place for little ones to play. But you are still just a few blocks from the shops, galleries and restaurants of downtown Cannon Beach. Stock the house with breakfast goodies with gift baskets from Portland Roasting Coffee and Portland Specialty Baking. Then head up to Mt. Hood for a 3-night stay in a cozy cabin. You’ll be all set for both weekends with a new pair of Danner hiking boots for an explore and a warm Pendleton blanket to curl up under afterwards. Add to the family memories with a Family Photo Session from Lauren LaBarre Photography.
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The Portlandia Date Weekend
Be a tourist in your own town! Get the entire Portland experience with this ready-made staycation weekend for two. Spend two nights at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Northeast Portland. Dinner is covered both nights with a six-course dinner with wine-pairings at Beast and $100 to spend at Nel Centro. Entertainment is included too! Take in a theater show at Portland Center Stage one night and check out Literary Arts’ Moth Mainstage live storytelling show the next.
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Weekend of Rest & Romance
Enjoy a relaxing weekend away from home without the hassle of driving or flying! Check in for a night at downtown Portland’s luxury hotel, The Nines. Take a short walk to dinner and drinks at Headwaters at The Heathman ($200 gift certificate), featuring the best ingredients the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Finally, stroll a few more blocks to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and enjoy a night with the Oregon Symphony (two tickets).
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Hawaiian Hideaway
Escape with friends or family for a wonderful weeklong vacation to Kauai in a beautiful luxury beachfront home (sleeps 6). Located outside the tourist areas on a protected beach, the old plantation style house has its own private gate that leads to the ocean. An offshore reef makes for excellent and offers a surf break just beyond. A shallow stream runs into the ocean a short walk down the beach, making a great place for kids to play. The yard its own private tropical getaway, surrounded by a fence and cocoa palms, under the watchful eye of the “King Kong Mountain,” Mt. Makela. There are two outdoor showers, one for rinsing off after you swim and the other a custom lava rock shower. (Blackout dates Dec. 15-Jan. 10) And while you’re way, take advantage of three nights of overnight pet sitting from Hot-Diggity!
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Locally Global
The world awaits you right here in Portland! Broaden your horizons with a one-year World Affairs Council family membership and two general admission tickets to their acclaimed 2018 International Speaker Series (past speakers include luminaries like The Dalai Lama, Madeleine Albright, Desmond Tutu, and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee). Treat yourself to dinner downtown before one of the speaking events at Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse ($150 gift card). Make a difference with 200 square meters of unexploded weapons (UXO) clearance by Handicap International donated in your name, in either Senegal or Laos where landmines and cluster bombs are still a significant cause of disability and death.
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