Eat Real Festival

Eat Real Festival 

July 16-17th, Helms Bakery District, Culver City

What is Eat Real Festival?

Eat Real combines a state fair, a street-food festival, and a block party to create a celebration of good food. At the Eat Real Festival, participants learn where food comes from, who grows and makes it, and how they make it. Eat Real Festival attendance is 100% free of charge, all food at the festival costs $5 and less, and all food incorporates regionally sourced, fabulous, and sustainably produced ingredients.

We know that today’s eaters are concerned about how to spend their food dollar yet are also increasingly interested in learning about how food choices can contribute to a healthier environment and stronger communities. By using fresh and local ingredients (and their amazing flavors), Eat Real aims to show how easy it can be to support a regional food system by bringing farmers, food producers and eaters together. We are very excited to be supporting more than 300 local and regional businesses and organizations at in Oakland and Los Angeles. 

Where is it located?

The events will take place at Helms Bakery District in Culver City, CA.

What you will see at the event:

Eat

Come enjoy your favorite street foods, all with tasty, local, and fresh ingredients.

Drink

Get quenched with our rockin’ selection of local handcrafted beers and wines, agua frescas, and more.

Make

Find your inner urban homesteader with our D.I.Y. food fun, backyard farmers, and food craft contests.

See

Don’t miss the food skills demos, live music, lit fest, and Flying Knives butchery contest.

For more info please visit their website:

Eatrealfest.com

Discover your own backyard- Summer window display

Im very proud to present to you 

The Road Less Traveled Store's 

Summer 2011 window display! 

Theme: Discover your own backyard

Inspiration: Delilah's company Backyard In A Jar-handcrafted preserves from the yards and farms of Southern California. And the infamous Jam Van.

Time line:  Month of brainstorming and a few days of prepping before installation day of 5-6 hrs.

Materials: cardboard boxes from Starbucks, Bioshield paint, So-Cal Map, yarn, staples, tape, scissors, large mason jars, upcycled Claudia Pearson calendar, old construction paper and lots of creativity.

Visit us online for info on workshops and directions:
Roadlesstraveledstore.com
or
Backyardinajar.com

We will be closed this 4th of July weekend! See you next Wednesday during our regular hours 10am-6pm.

Browsing around

Whether the sun is out or the rain is falling, one of my favorite pastimes is going to my local bookstore to browse around. I could literally spend hours there ( and I have) just looking at magazine after magazine. 

But don't worry, most of the time I buy a few of them and I always them back in the right place. Must be a retail job (The Limited) that has made me a stickler for putting things back in their place. 

On my most recent coffee/bookstore run I brought a notepad to write down inspiration's etc. And look at what I found...

via -Lenoradme.com

These parrot earrings caught my attention right away! 

via- Southmoonunder.com

I'm surprised this Ikat mug is still in stock. It's a bargain for how cute it is. Coffee commuter's unite. 

via- Antikbatik.fr

Wow this bag has Sheridan French's name all over it!

On a side note: I saw this new Moroccan argan oil line from Organics. It's their version of the coveted Morrocan Oil. Has anyone tried it or know more info on it?

Metropolis Coincidence

It was the night before my final drafting class, my finger was blistered from being burned the day before and my mind was about to turn black swan on me so I needed to take a break from drawing. I sat back in my chair and thought about watching some of that documentary that kept popping up in my Netflix top 10. It was called Future Design, and honestly it looked cheesy. That's why I hesitated watching for it before. 

As I watched the film I felt more interested in it because there was a point when they asked architect Jaques Fresco what his influence was to become one. That's when images from a black and white images from a film called "Metropolis" began playing. He said he was abut 14 at the time when this film came out in 1929. I couldn't believe the imaginative images of the future that were made over 80+ years ago. This film about the future made me think of other films that came after it's time such as Matrix and Demolition Man. Really amazing stuff. 

After the documentary had ended I went back to my Netflix main page and that's when I noticed something funny. My newly recommended movies included "Metropolis" for me. At first I thought wow that's strange, but Netflix is smart and know's how to track your movie's based on your viewing history. So I wrote it off as a normal thing. Went to bed at 4am because I couldn't stand anymore strange coincidences or drafting.

The next day couldn't come any sooner and I was on my way to my final day of drafting class. I had a strange feeling, probably because I was running late and felt like a sleep deprived crazy person. I walked into class and sat down next to some of the other girls. They were going through magazines and finding inspiration to cut out. So I to decided to flip through some magazines to pass the time. I picked up one of the random old almost nothing left to it magazine from like 2001 I believe. My tired burnt fingers turned the page hoping for inspiring shot's or something more entertaining than what was going on at the moment. I looked at the page of the magazine and almost turned to the next. My eyes got big and I felt that sinking stomach feeling from what I  had just completely randomly stumbled upon. It was an ad for the the movie "Metropolis". 

How does this happen? 

On the last night before my last day of drafting class I watch a film that show's Metropolis, then Netflix recommends that I watch "Metropolis and then on my last day of drafting I randomly open a magazine to the page featuring a picture from "Metropolis". 

I just don't know what to think of it. 

A Patchwork Point Of View

Patchwork Festival isn't very hard to explain, yet many people misinterpret it for a granny old school craft fair that you had during the holiday season. That is until they get their butt's on over to The Patchwork Indie Art's & Crafts Festival! That's when they see what they've been missing out on for the past 6 shows. Now I too will admit I was once one of those people that thought " huh? whats a patchwork festival? A quilt show?" 

So, my friends, I dedicate this post to all of the artists,crafters, musicians, patrons, volunteers and the founders Delilah & Nicole, who put on a wonderful festival! 

Step into the Long Beach Patchwork Festival from my point of view. 

Here are some of the best of the best participants in this years 2011 Patchwork Festival: 

Backyard In A Jar 

Created by Delilah Snell, an Orange County Master Food Preserver. She works with over 20 different Southern California farmers and local gardeners to create a number of preserved goods highlighting the flavors and seasons of the region.

C-salt Gourmet

An independently owned, local company you can feel great about supporting. Everything is made with love, by hand, using only the best ingredients this beautiful world has to offer.

Devils on Horseback

A devilishly delicious Date & Bacon spread that sends you straight to heaven. 

Kelso Doesnt Dance

Eco accessories, handmade for real life! Everything is made not only to look good but to be functional and practical for everyday use.

Le Modern Trinket

Handmade, up-cycled vintage jewelry. 

Hope to see you all at Patchwork this fall.