Live Lot #2 – Take a Bite Outta the Big Apple

Get your city fix in a big way and experience the magic of Manhattan, sampling some of the city’s finest arts, culture and cuisine with this unique package. This trip for two includes three nights at any of New York City’s Kimpton hotel properties, your base while you enjoy some of the Big Apple’s best arts and entertainment and sample some of its top restaurants.

Start off your visit with a special private tour of the Metropolitan Museum when the museum is closed and without the crowds. Your private tour guide has years of extensive knowledge.

Your next experience is with independent curator and consultant to private collectors, Gracie Mansion. She has advised corporations and museums and owned her own gallery. Now Gracie works with ArtNet in the famous 1916 Woolworth Building designed by architect Cass Gilbert. After a tour of this fabulous and otherwise inaccessible structure, Gracie will take you to lunch to share her knowledge and answer your art questions. She might even be able to arrange a studio visit if there is an artist you are especially interested in or a collection you want to see.

Matthew Bergen is your guide for an exclusive tour of the New York Historical Society, where you can browse the fascinating collection of manuscripts, prints, photographs and more with two of your friends. After the tour, enjoy a leisurely lunch at the Historical Society’s Caffè Storico. Stephen Starr’s charming Italian restaurant features a wonderful array of antipasti, artisanal pastas and panini. An all-Italian wine list, with 20 selections available by the glass, perfectly complements the cuisine.

Of course, you can’t go to New York City and not go to a Broadway show, right? Your urban adventure also includes tickets for house seats at the show of your choice and dinner, on us, after the theater. So choose your favorite restaurant and live it up with a festive night out on the town.

Certainly, this will be a trip to remember and these exclusive tours cannot be duplicated. Are you ready to take Manhattan by storm?

Some restrictions apply for Broadway show selection. Private Metropolitan Museum of Art tour to take place on a Monday only. Two weeks notice needed for Historical Society tour.

OPENING BID
$2,500

INCLUDES
Three-Night Stay for Two
Two Lunches for Four
One Dinner for Four
Broadway Tickets for Two
Two Private Museum Tours for Four

DONORS
Sandy & Jim Figge

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

Wendy & Alan Pesky

New York Historical Society

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gracie Mansion