Award winning Savona Restaurant of Gulph Mills, also a multi-year winner of Best of Philly awards, and Veuve Clicquot teamed up to present a seven-course tasting menu replete with such sumptuous choices as; pan-seared foie gras with black mission figs; Thai ginger poached Maine lobster; and veal sweetbreads with porcini mushrooms and Parmesan-thyme tuilles. Each course was accompanied by a different vintage of Veuve Clicquot – 88 and 95 reserves, the 95 Grande Dame, and the 95 and 96 roses, the former a Grande Dame as well.

AIDS Fund Philadelphia held Broadway GayBINGO on Saturday, November 22nd at the Gershman Y, attracting a huge crowd to the popular HIV/AIDS fundraising event. GayBINGO's success is largely due to the combination of stage entertainment, prizes, and of course, the "Bingo Verifying Divas" (BVDs) on roller blades. Some of the memorable themes over the last seven years include Madonna-rama GayBINGO, Married to the Mob GayBINGO, and Superhero GayBINGO.

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill hosted a home entertaining party with cooking demonstrations and decorating ideas on November 11th. Check out www.phillymag.com for more events like this one!

This year Philadelphia Cares' annual Turkey Ball was swankified and held at the Loew's Hotel's Millenium Ballroom. Fun band Cardiac Allstars got the crowd of nearly 300 on the dancefloor. Goodhearted guests brought canned donations to help the hungry, Penne Restaurant and Wine Bar generously donated the food – worth mentioning for their delicious gnocchi. Check out the organization at www.philacares.com.

Twenty-two Philadelphians to watch – the "It List" compiled by Philadelphia Magazine in November's issue – were honored at an awards reception at Tiffany's on Walnut Street on Thursday, November 6th. Jon Bon Jovi, already "it" as far as many are concerned, joined Philadelphia Magazine's It List as a co-owner of the Philadelphia Soul, a new arena football team.