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Amgen Tour of California Tour de Cuisine Dinner Feb. 15
This is the fourth year they've held the Tour de Cuisine dinner the night before the Amgen Tour of California bike race Stage Two in Sausalito on Valentine's Day weekend. The event will run from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM on February 15, the night before the race, and will be held in the Big Bike Tent set up in front of The Spinnaker. Tickets are $75 per person, and the local charities being supported bny the event are listed below.
They're serving foods from over 25 local restaurants (including desserts!), and will have a local Farmers Market section set up in the tent. The "Bubble Lounge" will serve champagne and sake. They say they have invited local farmers market and bicycle celebrities, so you may get to dodge the paparazzi as you enter!
Music and dancing will be provided by the local Beatles cover band "The Sun Kings." If I recall correctly they're the band we really enjoyed doing Beatles songs at the Sausalito Art Festival.
Proceeds from this Sausalito fundraiser will help underwrite the expense of hosting the Race as well as support Race beneficiaries – Sausalito Bikes for Kids (see below), Trips for Kids and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. And if you want to ride with the King and benefit local organizations, check out the chance to cross the Golden Gate Bridge in the peleton with Lance Armstrong.
If you're a morning person rather than a late night denizen, you can also check out the Sausalito Bikers Brunch the following day, February 16.
You can buy tickets to the dinner online here on the Tour of California website.
Since they don't have a website to link to yet, here's more about Sausalito Bikes for Kids: Sausalito Bikes for Kids was established last year to provide age appropriate bicycles for Sausalito/Marin City elementary school children who “earned” new bikes and helmets by completing an educational curriculum that focused on bike safety, health and fitness. Last year 135 children earned brand new bicycles. This year the proceeds from the program will go to create the first-ever Bike Club at an elementary school in Northern California. Sausalito school children who complete the educational curriculum this year will be charter members of the the Bike Club which will provide loaner bicycles, bike trips and bike storage at the schools. Share a special gift by donating $50, $100, or $200 towards the Sausalito Bikes for Kids program at 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, CA 94965, phone 415-289-4126.
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