Aston Martin
Sales manager Dan Stephan and factory representatives from Aston Martin welcomed guests to the launch of the new DBS, the same car that James Bond will be driving in the new 007 film Quantum of Solace.
Marin Arts Salon 2008
Also in Marin, locals enjoyed the third annual Marin Arts Salon at the California Closets showroom in San Rafael. The weekly salons featured emerging artists, performers and designers as well as wine from Imagery Estate Winery and Kunde Estate Winery and hors d’oeuvres by All Seasons Catering.
SFMOMA Auction
At SFMOMA’s recent art auction more than 100 lots of contemporary paintings, photography, and sculpture were presented to bidders. The museum garnered more than $1.2 million in proceeds to support exhibitions and education programs, making the auction one of the most successful in the museum’s history.
Juicy Couture
Fashionable Marinites celebrated the grand opening of Corte Madera’s Juicy Couture with perfectly pink macaroons, champagne and shopping.
Reed School Foundation
In Tiburon, the Reed School Foundation presented a spring fashion show fundraiser, complete with local moms as runway models. Each year the foundation raises money to pay for the difference in funds of what the state of California pays and what it actually costs to educate a child.
Opera Guild
San Francisco Opera Guild event cochairs Patricia Ferrin Loucks and Jennifer Smith, along with Nordstrom, teamed up for the Designer Fete 2008, which welcomed more than 500 guests and raised nearly $100,000 for children’s music education.
Image for Success
Nonprofit Image for Success raised nearly $50,000 at its annual luncheon in San Rafael.
Sunny Hills Services
San Anselmo-based Sunny Hills Services held “The Power of Love: Opening Our Hearts to Children in Need” as a benefit to serve the agency’s program that helps emotionally disturbed children.
Chanconne
Recently Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain celebrated the release of his first pinot noir, Chanconne, the result of a collaboration with his friend Dennis De La Montanya. In attendance was oenophile and radio host Ziggy “The Wine Gal” Eschliman, who said, “The wine tasted incredible!”
Dominican Honers President Fink
At the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, Dominican University of California hosted a festive black-tie dinner to honor President Joseph R. Fink and his 20 years of vision and service to the Marin institution.
