Category Archives: Fairs & Festivals

This year the San Leandro Farmers’ Market has a new food post: Roli Rotí. They sell rotisserie chickens, cooked right in their special truck. The chickens are free range (but not organic), not fed animal bi-products (unlike Foster Farms’) and … Continue reading →

Last Saturday I went to Villa del Sol, an Argentine restaurant in South San Francisco (I’ll blog about it later) to watch the Argentine-Mexico game (we won! yey!). On the tables there were cards announcing the Festival de Comida Peruana … Continue reading →

I just came back from the Sausages & Suds festival, San Leandro’s version of Oktoberfest. For some reason I decided that a bbq tri-tip sandwich sounded better than a hot dog or sausage – so I stood in line for … Continue reading →

Yesterday, St. Leander, probably the largest church in San Leandro, had its annual festival. It’s a very fun and rather complex affair. They have jumpers and (rather poor) face painting, of course, but also a considerable number of semi home-made, … Continue reading →

It just occurred to me to check when the Greek Festival in San Jos Related Posts:

We’ve been going to the Alameda County Fair every year since our oldest girl was born. The kids love seeing the animals and the rides (and Mike is quite good at one carnival game so he always wins something for … Continue reading →

Today we went to the Greek Festival at the St. Nicholas Church in San Jose. It was a smallish affair, just occupying the grounds of the church (but it’s a large church). There was greek music and dancing, a couple … Continue reading →

Today we went to the Greek Festival at the St. Nicholas Church in San Jose. It was a smallish affair, just occupying the grounds of the church (but it’s a large church). There was greek music and dancing, a couple … Continue reading →