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Finishing Touches: A Holiday Home Tour & Boutique

The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula (JLPA•MP) will host its sixth annual fundraiser, Finishing Touches: A Holiday Home Tour & Boutique on Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7, 2013 based at the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley (2050 University Ave, East Palo Alto, CA 94303).

This year’s tour will include four stunning homes in Menlo Park and Atherton dressed up for the holiday season by homeowners and design partners. Guests will park and check-in at the Four Seasons, and then be transported to each home by shuttle bus on Saturday, December 7th, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The final shuttle will depart at 2:00 p.m.

Guests also have the opportunity to shop an expansive boutique of home goods, gifts and artisanal wares for the holiday season. The boutique will be open on Friday and Saturday, starting at 10:00 a.m.

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In addition to the home tour and boutique, there will be several events including a festive luncheon featuring celebrity designer Jeffery Alan Marks, author of The Meaning of Home, hosted by Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, and the Mistletoe & Martinis holiday cocktail party, hosted by Derco Jewelers, on Friday, December 6. On Saturday, December 7, attendees can learn to plan a festive holiday party, featuring seasonal floral arranging, tablescape decorating, and menu planning while enjoying champagne and lite bites at the “Home for the Holidays Demonstration." The demonstration features Isabella Boyer Sikaffy of Florabella and chef Kathy Fang of Fang Restaurant, and is hosted by C. Wonder.

Finishing Touches is the main event based fundraiser for The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula. Funds raised directly support the local community by benefiting the League’s community projects and programs: Done in a Day, First Teachers, Innvision Shelter Network, KIDS IN THE KITCHEN™, MPower, Peninsula College Fund, Project Read, and State Public Affairs Committee, as well as through multiple community grants that the League makes to various nonprofit organizations each year.

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The event is open to the public. For more information, and to buy tickets, please visit: www.juniorleaguehometour.com

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