[caption id="attachment_4297" align="alignleft" ]Grateful Heart Pottery Grateful Heart Pottery[/caption] Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette is excited to announce our "Holiday Shopping" Getaway Contest 2013 to our 2 great cities. The competition started on Monday, November 11, and we want to share why each business that has donated to these packages is so fabulous! One great winner will win the following package worth over $800!
  • Enjoy a peaceful rest and wake up in the heart of Purdue University at the Union Club Hotel.
  • Bruno's is the place around town where everyone goes to enjoy Purdue games, homemade pizzas, Bruno dough, and fabulous customer service.
  • What is better in the fall than a bowl of chili, a chocolate shake, and fries?  Enjoy this and more at Triple XXX/Route 66
  • Looking for a hip and trendy bar that is welcoming and offers excellent food?  Look no further than Red Seven Bar & Grill
  • Kathy's Kandies creates chocolate turkeys for the Thanksgiving season and also do not miss tasting the novelty suckers at Christmas.
  • Nothing can beat an Arni's Junior Salad at Arni's (at Market Square)!  Crisp lettuce, chunks of turkey, tender ham and crumbled mozzarella, radishes, green onions and croutons.
  • Parthenon Greek American Grill, motto is "Freshest Greek in Town, and their homemade gyros do not disappoint!
  • Craving sweet tea, like you can find in the south?  McAlister's Deli brews some of the best sweet tea around along with deli sandwiches, soups and more.
  • LE Originals offers  beautiful, handmade glass jewelry.  A great holiday gift idea is taking a family photo and Linda can add the image onto a piece of glass and create a necklace out it.
  • A shop full of pottery creations that will add the perfect compliment to any room in your house can be found at Grateful Heart Gallery. It offers anon-site studio where visitors are welcome to watch specialty pieces being created and chat with the artists.
  • Artists' Own Gallery is not only an art gallery that showcases different exhibits throughout the year, but home to a huge room full of art to purchase from paintings to pottery to handmade scarves.
  • Gretel's Fine Gifts, is a delightful blend of home decor, clothing accessories, and holiday cheer.  If you are looking for a one-of-a-kind gift, this is the place to shop!
  • Native American jewelry, decor, baskets, etc. can all be found One Earth Gallery.  This shop is special in this area, as it offers a style of decor not found many other places in Lafayette.
  • Randy Ross Custom Framing and Fine Art can take your family photo that is filled with love, sentiment and memories and wrap it and preserve it with a frame that last through generations to come.
  •  Just walking into Walnut Street Traditions makes us smile as the rich smells from their handmade candles makes the senses go wild!
  •  Stall & Kesslers Diamond Center offers every woman a dream come true; a room full of beautiful diamonds!
  •  Main Street Artisans is a place where local artisans can display and sell their wares as well as a gallery for rotating art shows throughout the year.
  • The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra offers visitors a glimpse into magical evenings of music and entertainment.  6 great performances to choose from?  Which will you choose?
  • Prophetstown State Park, home to an adventurous, new water park.  It offers trails where walkers, bikers and runners can check out native habitats such as wetlands, wet slopes called fens, prairie and open woodlands.
  • Want to Howl with the Wolves?  You can at Wolf Park, a park that is home to bison, wolves, foxes and coyotes!
Go to https://www.homeofpurdueblog.com/?p=4254 to sign up! Entries will be accepted through Monday, November 18, 2013 at noon. A Winner will be announced the week of November 25, 2013.