GREER WYLDER -- Best Buys

The Orange County Chapter of Women of Vision is having its biggest

annual fund-raising luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19. This year’s

guest speaker is Angela Mason, a World Vision executive director and an

advocate for the world’s suffering children, especially exploited girls.

“She is a dynamic lady who has traveled extensively in Third World

Countries devoting much of her life to the issues of the girl child and

has witnessed things that most of us cannot even imagine,” says Susan S.

Champion, of Women of Vision-Orange County chair.

The luncheon will be held at The Atrium at Bistango Restaurant. The

cost of the luncheon is $100. There will be a silent auction, an

opportunity drawing and the opportunity to purchase special photographs,

which will be on exhibit the day of the event. For reservations or more

information, can call Bobbi Dauderman at (949) 720-3853.

Newport Mesa Travel has put together an education tour of the Provence

and Paris that starts on June 8 and runs to June 17. Inge Rudman of

Newport Mesa Travel and a professional tour director host the tour.

Rudman feels that that the tour, with its emphasis on history, art and

culture, is a great buy. The daily tours include the following sites: The

valleys of Provence that Van Gogh loved to paint; medieval Provence with

its abbeys and a palace in Avignon once inhabited by Popes; Arles, a

Greek trading post founded in the 6th Century B.C.E., with its arena and

the tree-lined streets of Aix-en-Provence complete with designer shops;

and Les Baux-de-Provence, a medieval village with many Renaissance houses

leading up to the ruins of a 13th century chateau. There’s also a cruise

to St. Tropez and a visit to St. Remy; a drive that goes through the

marshy Carmaugue delta where bulls, horses and flamingos roam wild; and

wine tasting in Chateauneuf du Pape. In Paris the tour will see the

beautiful historic buildings, museums and experience the world-famous

night-life and restaurants. The cost is $1,820 per person, double

occupancy, including air from Los Angeles, hotels, TGV express train,

deluxe motor coach transportation, eight breakfasts, three three-course

dinners and cruise from St. Maxim to St. Tropez.

For more information, contact Inge Rudman at Newport Mesa AX Travel

Connection in Newport Beach, (714) 378-9157, (714) 968-0245 or (800)

223-0915. It’s located at 2043 Westcliff Drive, Suite 110 in Newport

Beach.

Glabman’s offers some of the best in furniture and interior design.

The Costa Mesa showroom features furniture collections from Baker, E.J.

Victor, Hancock & Moore, Karges, Kindel, Morris James and John Widdicomb.

There is also a whole team of interior designers available for

assistance. Glabman’s is located at 3089 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa.

Information: (714) 540-3822.

Tuesday Morning, the seasonal store, is open through June 30 with

savings on close-out items reduced 50% to 80% off regular retail prices.

Currently there are specials on Adirondack chairs at $49.99 with a

matching ottoman or square table for $29.99; resin garden angels at

$9.99; English floral comforter sets for queen and king size beds at

$79.99; and 200 to 310 thread count luxury sheet sets for queen or king

sets at $39.99 and $49.99. Tuesday Morning carries a gift selection,

gourmet foods and Red Dot items that are reduced an additional 25% off.

Tuesday Morning is located at 230 E. 17th St. in Costa Mesa. Information:

(949) 650-0455.

Wedding photography is discounted for a limited time at Yuen Lui at

South Coast Plaza. For $695 you’ll get four continuos hours of

photography. You also will get 20 8x10-color portraits and one leather

wedding album. Yuen Lui is located in the Crate & Barrel/Macy’s Home

Store wing of South Coast Plaza. Information: (714) 545-8845.

An art exhibit will be shown from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday at Haute

Cakes Caffe called Girl Talk. It will be an exhibition of new work

celebrating women and benefiting Hoag Cancer Center’s Brighter Image

Program. The paintings will be on display through May at Haute Cakes and

at the Carole Akins Studio. Haute Cakes Caffe is located at 1807

Westcliff Drive in Newport Beach, and the Carole Akins Studio is located

at 418 31st St. in Newport Beach.

* BEST BUYS appears Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to Greer

Wylder at 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or via fax at (949)

646-4170.