Giant Home Expo, Art Show & Food Fest Oct. 4-7
ROSARITO BEACH ---Enjoy looking at fine Mexican handmade furniture and crafts, or maybe you’re looking for a new home in Baja? Would you enjoy sampling some of northern Baja’s best art and food?
You’ll have the chance to do all that from Oct. 4 through 7 on the grounds of the Rosarito Beach Hotel at an event anchored by the sixth annual Home & Furniture Expo. Admission is free.
This year’s event also will include displays by area developers, the first Festiarte 2007, folkloric dancing and a Mexican food festival on Sunday.
“In Rosarito, furniture making is an art,” said Juan Bosco, president of AFAMARO, Rosarito’s home furnishing association.
The AFAMARO expo, which has attracted thousand of visitors in past years, will feature fine hand-made furniture, wrought iron, flooring and accessories.
For decades, Rosarito has been famous for the high quality and originality of its finely crafted furniture, tile and glass work, metal sculpture and other crafts.
The excellence of its artisans and their works is part of what attracts more than a million visitors a year to the seaside Mexican city 30 miles south of San Diego .
Many area artisans and craftsmen were employed by Fox Studios when the movie “Titanic” was made here in the 1990s, and they made key contributions to the award-winning film.
Area real estate offerings also will be showcased at the expo.
Baja’s Gold Coast from Tijuana to Ensenada has become home to a real estate boom as thousands of Americans are buying oceanfront condos and houses.
The development also has benefited local craftsmen and artists, as many of the purchasers furnish and decorate their homes with local work.
Additional information is available by calling AFAMARO at 1-800-962-2252 or 01152-661-613-1532, or visiting www.afamaro.com
This year’s expo also will feature the first Festiarte 2007, a combination of original art, music, dancing, literature and photography from Tijuana and Rosarito. A children’s activity and gourmet area also will be included.
A Mexican folkloric dance show will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 6.
From 12 to 6 on Sunday Oct. 7 four Rosarito restaurants --- the Rosarito Beach Hotel, Festival Plaza , Ruben’s Baja Grill and La Diferencia --- will offer a selection of Mexican cuisine. A $15 dollar ticket includes four food samples and four drinks.
Additional information on the event is available at www.rosarito.org.
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