Join La Borinqueña at Eat Real Festival 2010 :: Jack London Square :: Sat 8/28 & Sun 8/29

Find us in the La Borinqueña akaTamale Girl booth during Eat Real Festival the last Sat & Sun of August 2010 for Craft Collaborations in the Urban Homesteding Zone near the fountain in Jack London Square. Map here. 

Tamales With La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen, Llano Seco Rancho and Queso Salazar
Three family food crafters come together to focus their collective talents in the form of the perfect tamale. With generations of practice behind La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen’s fresh corn masa, Llano Seco Rancho’s organic, humanely-raised pork and Queso Salazar’s traditional queso fresco, it’s a tour de force in tastiness.

We'll have two delicious varieties of tamales available including:

• Organic Llano Seco Rancho Pork with red chile 

• Queso Salazar's Queso Fresco with fire roasted Anaheim green chiles (vegetarian)

As a third generation Tamale Girl, I'm excited to be collaborating with two family owned companies for this event. All three companies have a legacy going back decades!

66 + 55 + 149 = 270

Collectively, that is how many years La Borinqueña, Queso Salazar & Llano Seco Rancho families have been creating our foodstuffs! Click on the links to read more about our indie business histories. I'm proud to be keeping such company and you will taste the love and care in these awesome tamales.

Stop by say hola, get a tamale and meet Chayito, La Borinqueña's main tamale assembler. She and I will also be hosting Make your own Tamales at the DIY Foods workshop, Saturday 8/28 at 1pm.

See more photos on La Borinqueña's Facebook page here.

Chayito in La Borinqueña's Tamale Room

Hope to see you at this amazing celebration of yummy things to eat & drink, artisan food crafts and the stories behind it all on the waterfront in Oakland!

Tamale Girl at Eat Real Festival 2010
NEW craft collaborations section
Dates & Hours 
Saturday 8/28 & Sunday 8/29
10:30AM - 5PM
Jack London Square, Oakland

From the Eat Real Newsletter:

A few days from today the good times will roll. Tamales packed with queso fresco, burgers, crazy good dogs, tacos of all tipos, curries and chaat, everything delicious and everything under $5. Beer, popsicles, and ice cream to keep the heat at bay, spicy noodles and chili to bring it on.

Adding to the delicious mix of 80+ authentic street food vendors, we've put together craft collaborations where local foodmakers (coffee roasters, cheesemakers, jammers, pork magicians, and more) serve their products with style. Eat Real is your portal to food skills in 2010, with everything you need to know to feed yourself good food in the urban jungle. Get ready for goats & chickens on site, hands-on workshops on jamming, curdling and all sorts of fermentation, butchery competitions, noodle pulling demos, and more.

More info about the entire event here

Oakland Grown Day at the Raiders :: Opening Day 9/19/10

Get your tickets for Oakland Grown Day at the Raiders on September 19, 2010 for Raiders vs. Rams Want to sit in the OG section that day? Order tickets for section 131 or 231 on Opening Day.

Oakland Grown and The Oakland Raiders have teamed up in 2010 to offer tickets to all Raider home games through a special fundraising opportunity. *Oakland Grown is a non-profit (tax exempt) organization.

Photo by Paula Wirth  ~ More Photos from our first OG Mixer

For more information about available games, pricing, seating locations, and how to support this fundraiser, please contact Tina ‘Tamale’ Ramos with Oakland Grown at 510/839.3854 or email oaklandgrown@omlf.org subject line "Raiders". 

Click here to download ticket order form, fill it out, and fax it in. Payment can be made by filling out the credit card info or you can mail a check or pay on-line here and scroll down to the blue “Donate” button and enter the correct amount for the number of tickets you are ordering. We will arrange for you to receive your tickets. 

Option 1:

Oakland Grown Day @ The Raiders - Sept 19
We are hosting an Oakland Grown Day at the Raiders on Sunday, September 19, 2010.
We encourage everyone to come party with us that day.  Game starts at 1:05pm. Oakland Raiders vs. St Louis Rams. Order section 131 or 231 to sit in the OG seats!

Option 2: Get Discounted Tickets for ANY  Home Game Through OG

We can sell discounted tickets to ANY Raiders game.  Anyone who purchases tickets through us not only saves money, but also helps raise funds to support Oakland Grown.

Photo by Paula Wirth ~ Oakland Legend Player Linebacker Jeff Barnes with the OG Crew

Limited Edition Silver & Black Oakland Grown T-shirts also available in both uni-sex and woman's cut for $20 each. Join us to celebrate Oakland Independent Businesses & Artists while enjoying the Raiders play opening day!  

Oakland Grown is a movement celebrating and supporting Oakland's locally-owned, independent businesses and artists. It's about making your hard-earned money go further here at home, creating a sustainable economy, and helping to preserve the unique Oakland you love. Individuals, businesses, artists and organizations can all join the movement. Step out of the box. Be Oakland Grown.

Old Oakland Neighbors' 4th Annual National Night Out Potluck Party :: Tuesday, August 3 from 6:30 - 8:30pm

This coming Tuesday is National Night Out, America's Night Out against crime. It's not too late to register a National Night Out this Tues 8/3 in your neighborhood. Go to the City of Oakland National Night Out website for more info here.

Join us in Old Oakland, see the Facebook event listing here.


See my interview on CBS 5 Early Edition News about NNO here

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The best crime prevention tool ever invented is a good neighbor...
So come meet and reconnect with your neighbors!

Old Oakland Neighbors (OON)
is pleased to host a National Night Out
...Block Party and Potluck at
Lafayette Square Park

Meet Your Neighbors * Share Food
Join in the Festivities

Play Horseshoes * Learn more about the self guided walking tour "Walking the Invisible City" with 10K Steps Oakland

What to Bring:
* Yourself, your family, and your neighbors *
*A food dish to share*
* Lawn chairs, if you have them *
* Your own plate and fork (environmental option only) *

Questions or to Volunteer to help with the event:
oonsocialevents@gmail.com

http://www.oldoaklandneighbors.org/
Founded in 2006, Old Oakland Neighbors is a volunteer-based community group comprised of folks who live and/or work in Old Oakland. We invite area residents, businesses, and Old Oakland neighbors to join our grassroots community group.

http://www2.oaklandnet.com/nno
National Night Out is the nation's night out against crime. Sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, residents are encouraged to join with their neighbors to have a neighborhood block party to build neighborhood spirit and unity - which is the first defense against crime.