SHOPPING WINING AND DINING WITH CAROLINE

Last minute gifts

12-19-2008 | STAFF

Treat others with goods from a famed wine store or to a production that returns after receiving high praise last year

Panama Star PANAMA. Malls around town have lengthened their hours of operation, but that doesn’t help much when you’re out of ideas or time to shop. If your shopping list is far from over, find two easy to buy, likely to please selections below.

Felipe Motta Wine Store has a wide variety of beautifully presented Christmas baskets ready Baskets include a combination if wines, liquors, chocolates and/or nuts, and are ideal gifts when you run out of ideas or time

The best part about the Wine Store is that it runs the gamut of prices, letting you choose a gift according to how much you want to spend. Not a drinker? There’s also a wide selection of chocolate boxes and gourmet cookies or exotic imported cheeses.

Another great option: tickets to the Nutcracker. This is an excellent production for your friends to see and enjoy during this Holiday Season, and the dates (after Christmas) allow them to be used as gifts.

A friend recently described the show as follows: “Christmas without the Nutcracker is like turkey without cranberry sauce, lamb without mint, beef without roast potatoes?” Acclaimed theater director Bruce Quinn describes it as an “incredible ballet with a cast of Panama's BEST ballet dancers and an international cast of dancers. It's professional and overwhelming to witness."

Look for the complete information in printed version, page 4E