Junior Leaguers celebrate season Junior Leaguers celebrate season (November 03, 2004)

By Jane Knoerle
Almanac Lifestyles Editor

Breakfast at Tiffany's, tea with Lisa's Tea Treasures and wine at the Twilight Preview Party await guests at the 12th annual Junior League of Palo Alto/Mid Peninsula's Holiday Boutique, to be held November 19, 20 and 21 at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto.

The fun starts with a preview party from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, November 19. Partygoers get the first chance to shop in the Boutique Marketplace for gifts ranging from hand-knitted flip-flops to elegant home decor presented by some 100 merchants. Food and wine will be served at a cost of $65 per person.

This year's boutique committee, with Lisa Pedersen and Michele Kirsch as chairmen, hopes to raise $70,000 to fund League projects. Since its inception in 1993, when it was held in a tent in Atherton's Holbrook-Palmer Park, the boutique has raised more than $400,000. This is its fourth year in partnership with Tiffany & Co.

For the first time, Lisa's Tea Treasures of Menlo Park will sponsor two holiday teas: one at 11 a.m., the other at 2 p.m., Saturday, November 20. Along with tea and goodies, there will be music and "fabulous goody bags." Cost is $65.

Breakfast with Tiffany & Co. will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, November 21. At that time the winner of the raffle for an eight-strand pearl necklace from Tiffany & Co. will be announced. Seating for the event is limited to 100. Cost is $125 per person.

Shopping hours for the marketplace boutique are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, November 20, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, November 21. Marketplace entrance requires a $5 ticket at the door or two cans of food to be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

For more information, call 321-5026, ext. 18, or visit www.thejuniorleague.org.

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