Take a chance, take a sip, take a bath
Published 1:30 am Sunday, February 5, 2017
1. Dreaming: This can be yours: A 5,100-square-foot custom home in Kirkland, with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, gourmet kitchen, pool, boat dock and home theater on 113 feet of prime Lake Washington waterfront.
The home is the grand prize in the Dream House Raffle, a fundraiser for Special Olympics Washington. Or, the winner can take a $4 million annuity or $2.8 million cash.
Second prize is a Maserati Levante or $50,000 cash. There are 3,250 prizes, including electronics and vacation packages to Kenya, Seychelles, Southern Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Singapore and New York City.
The grand drawing is May 12, with several early-bird drawings. Tickets are $150 each, three for $400 or five for $550. More at www.pugetsoundraffle.com or by calling 888-537-7518.
2. Sipping: The Red Wine &Chocolate Tour on Whidbey Island takes place over two weekends at five venues, where local winemakers and distillers will be pouring a selection of wines and spirits paired with chocolates. Tour dates are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 11-12 and 18-19. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 days of. Participating wineries include Blooms Winery, Holmes Harbor Cellars, Whidbey Island Distillery, Spoiled Dog Winery and Comforts of Whidbey. More at www.whidbeyislandvintners.org or 360-321-0515.
3. Bubbling: Bellingham’s nerdy soap company DigitalSoaps has Pac-Man soap. New products released under the Pac-Man license include black cherry scented Pac-Man and blue raspberry scented ghost soaps. They’re packaged in windowed boxes bordered by the game’s iconic maze. More at www.cleangeeks.com.
— Andrea Brown, Herald writer
