The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - Andrea Jacobs & Conan Owen Joined Alex Urpí & Michael Urpí On "Today y Mañana!"

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

Andrea Jacobs of Cville Sabroso and Conan Owen of Sir Speedy of Central VA joined Alex Urpí & Michael Urpí On “Today y Mañana!” “Today y Mañana” airs the first & third Thursday of the month at 10:15 am on The I Love CVille Network! “Today y Mañana” is presented by Emergent Financial Services, LLC, Charlottesville Opera and Matthias John Realty, with Forward Adelante.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to today and manana. I'm Alex. This is Michael. We're very excited to have you during us here on a beautiful morning. Beautiful morning. So, but a morning like this, Alex. Ice. Cafe con lece, warm cafe. I say on a morning like this, you go with your traditional warm cafe can lece. That's for me. I mean, cafe con lece is always better for me warm.

The ice is, I understand that if it's really hot. The desperation in the summer. They probably don't feel like the hot cafe ton lece, you know, and 90-degree weather. But if you can, if the weather permits, I say you get your nice warm cafe-ton-leche. You sit down to your cozy place. place and you watch some today and manana. There we go. It's the perfect way to open your morning. That's how I open my

morning with the traffic don't let you so. No better way to spend the morning, right, than watching then watching. Then watch the same today and yeah, exactly. Exactly. Exactly. So I'm glad, this is my second show in a row actually, which I know, you're on a streak out. Xavier, was I on the Xavier or you last night? No, it was still me,

sorry. Still you. Yeah. Well, maybe Xavier would come in and bump. Yeah. He had a couple of meetings this morning. Exactly, exactly. But no I love being on here with Michael so we got a lot to talk about we're going to be joined shortly in the show by Andrea Jacobs. She is the festival director

among many other things. She does but the festival director for the Seville-Sabroso Festival which is coming up on September 20th so you cannot want to miss that. We'll talk about it. And it's coming up sooner than you think because I'm telling you, I felt like yesterday I was just going on and I think oh look at June 20 it's summer starting and now you wake up and it's like it's already past celebrity and you're like

what did the summer go? August flew by. I flew by. I forgot yesterday. I quite literally forgot that it was already September. I'm thinking, like, because I was getting all the notifications, like all the oddest statements were available for our clients. I'm like, no. No, the August statement can't be available yet.

I'm like, August, ended last Friday. I know. Because it's over. But different things to look forward to. You know, it'll be some nice weather, some fall weather, some beautiful changing of the leaves. You know, and like we talked about, There, Cibos de Bras, I think, was one of those things that's outdoors and you want to be active.

You want to move around. And it's nice in, what I say, more temperate weather. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, when it's, especially for, like, the dances because they dress up in, like, these beautiful, like, dresses and garments. I can't imagine doing that in, you know, 90-plus degree weather with humidity. Man, I remember one time when we went to the Charleston opera, they had their, remember the festival? The festival, poor things. Yes, and it was.

one of those hot and human nights where it was like it felt like it was like eight o'clock a night I mean it was so enjoyable you felt bad for them I said how they must the poor people must be sweat and they always just woof so you know so this is a good time of year yeah yeah so that a lot we'll we'll be covering that shortly um now the sports season is bad UVA football they actually won a game out they actually won and they won not close no yeah they won big they won't I know I was shot because it happens Alex and I had a very bad experience maybe six, seven years ago.

We went to an opening. No, no, this was the first year of Mendenhall, I think. I guess it was the first year of Menden Hall. We're like, let's go to the opening day stand. First of all, we're not opening day stand because all the kids are there and there's a lot of drinking and a lot of drunk people. So we're a little more quiet side in the stadium.

When we talked about this, we weren't like just five-year moves from being college students ourselves. Yeah. But we're like, oh, the college students. I know. But it's just like, because we would like sit down and watching. We were very close to the

student section and we were just sitting down watching and they were on their feet all the time. It's like, I can't see anything and they're just constantly jumping up and drinking. So we had to be on our feet. We had to stand and then finally the second half we said that's it. We're moving to the upper deck. We don't care. We're just going to move to the upper deck. But man we got crushed by like the Richmond Spiders.

You would think going in like you can't lose. You can't lose it. But you can't. I know. But thankfully, we did not lose to Coastal Carolina. Exactly. We did not lose to Coast Carolina. The curse has been broken, Alex. Well, I mean, the At least for the first time in a while, the exciting part is the quarterback looked good, right? The wide receivers look good.

The offense looked good. Yes. And the defense didn't look terrible. So, I mean, you're like, okay, you can at least go into the NC State game this week with some hope, which is kind of what you want. That's all you can ask for with you. And the goal is like, listen, try to get a little over 500, get a bowl game. That's how you start. You know?

I mean, that's how we started with Mendenhall too, right? We were terrible. Then we sounded we got to a bull game. And next thing you know, we were in the ACC Championship game, you know? So that's how you want to build your program. And look, I mean, Mendenhall, that first year was like, no, the first, I think his first 10th, it went like 2 and 10. Yes, no, he did worse his first year than the previous year.

Was it Mike London? Yeah. Yeah. But the whole point was the program kind of, he's like, you go, same thing with Tony Elliott, you know. I think for him, it's like you got a new program, we got a new system. You got to start building the team around. And I have a conference I think that's going to happen to see. Yeah, I mean, it looks like we do well on the transfer port.

and we'll see what happens. So that's one's coming up this weekend. We go to NC State, I think. So hopefully we can build on it. And yeah, all that's going to start soon. You'll get the little sports update at the beginning of today, man, you know, right? This is what happened in football.

This is what happened in basketball. And then if you want the full thing, you have the Jerry and Jerry show. Exactly. Also on this network. He's on Tuesdays? I think that's on Tuesdays. Tuesdays now, yeah.

It's on Tuesdays. Yes. Judith can direct us if we're on if the Jerry and Jerry show is not on Tuesdays. It is on Tuesdays. There we are. Yeah. Nailed it. It is on Tuesdays.

But yeah, so it's pretty exciting and yeah. And speaking of exciting. So we actually have two guests here to talk about the Steve Los Angeles Festival. You heard Andrea a little bit before while we were with Mites were live. We're actually going to be joined by And Andrea Jacobs, Festival Director, and Conan Owen. He's a local businessman. I just see where you were tall, you know, Sir Speedy. Yeah.

here, so we're very excited. They'll both be joining us on the show to talk about Civo Sobroso Festival. I can't wait, so let's get into it. I'm ready to jump right in. I'm ready. All right, let's do it. Let's do it. So without further ado, we are excited to welcome for the show this morning. Andrea J. Tubbs, festival director for Civo Cibroso and

Tomlin Owen, great supporter of the festival and just all around. And our newest board member at St. Barreiras. Yes. Felicides. Getting more of that Latino representation. After we want. That's what we're on. Thank you both so much

for coming on the show this morning. So maybe first thing for those who have not yet done to the Siva Sabroso Festival in the Fast, and they're one of the previous 12 iterations, right? Tell us a little bit about what is the Sivasabroso Festival. Yeah, sure.

So Sivo Savroso is a family-friendly festival with fun for everyone. We have live music, live dancing, performances from different dance, around the region, diverse foods from Latin America, and, of course, an artist and craft area for our local small businesses to come and showcase their products and just inform the community of what we have to offer here

in the Charlottesville and surrounding areas. That's awesome. And how did each of you, maybe each of you first got involved with the festival, with Simaerreiras? Do you want to start? You want me to take that first? Well, my story is a lot shorter. Yeah, I've been in Charlottesville for 20 years.

My mother's originally from Honduras, and when I first moved here, you know, I might find a Mexican here or there. And now it's, I mean, there are a lot of Hondurans here, which is great, and some good hinder in restaurants. Oh, yes. So very happy about that. But I joined Seymouras as a board member last year after, you know, kind of working with Sir Speedy and working with a lot of Latino businesses,

the number of Latino businesses that are being added in the Charlottesville community is incredible. We've got two new restaurants coming. The old tubbies location and the old dominoes over on Stewart Street are both going to be Latin restaurants. But then you've also got, you know, people like Cumbra, which started, you know, not that long ago, and now they're, they open in dairy market, and now they're opening in the glasshouse. They're opening a cafe and art gallery there, and there is an Argentinian steakhouse right next door to that. So you people are taken over to get everywhere. All the Portainos are coming to town.

But then, you know, just all kinds of different businesses. And then there are also the service businesses that you don't really see, you know, the guys, the yard crews, the construction crews that are kind of working on their own. When I always talked about the, you know, the secret Latino business owner, because like you, right, you'll be just a normal name, like, it's so speedy, right? And you're like, you know, he's Latina. Yeah. Oh, you're just you can't guess from the name. From the name, yeah. So I jokingly referred to, yeah, we've got the same thing.

Our company is just called Emerging, but it's like, we're the secret Latino business owner. We're incognito. And actually, one of the projects I'm working on, I'm hoping to launch next in 10 days' time is we're going to do a Latino business directory. Awesome. So I'm getting all the ready, got the website set up so people can go in and register their business and then we'll actually print a physical copy of it in both Spanish and English and mention country of origin. of everybody so that if people are looking for community, they also kind of know where to find that.

Because I've noticed that several of the, quote, Mexican restaurants in town are actually owned by Honduras. So, you know, it's a little different to, you know, it may say Mexican food, but when you go in, it's actually Honduran food. Which is great to notice. You're like, OK, yeah, I know where to find something. And last year at Sabrosso, there was a food truck

with Uruguayan food. And I was just like, OK, yeah, that's a first for me, too. It was just like I had to try it. I had to try it. So, yeah, there's just so much diversity within the community. And it's growing like crazy. And I'm also served on the Minority Business Commission, and one of the things we're trying to get a handle on

is the number of new businesses that are started that are Latino-based versus African-American versus Asian to kind of get a sense of where the growth is so that the Economic Development Office, can kind of help be better prepared to help those businesses get started and to work with the Small Business Development Center and some banking, you know, some banking resources because obviously access to capital is the biggest barrier to growth.

But I'm just amazed at the Latino businesses that have been growing like Cumbra and I believe the one going into Tubby is an extension of an existing Latino business. What's the name of the one that? I want to say it's La Michoacana. Oh, which is an essential, yeah. Yeah. But then also, you know, Tacos Gomez started with one food truck. Now they've got two food trucks.

Then they started the breakfast place across the street. And now they took over the old Doodles diner and are using it as extra kitchen capacity. Wow. Yeah. Sometimes I feel like they have like a hundred food trucks. Because I don't know. Because they're so fast. Because they're past one and then you'll be driving in like two hours later.

You're in a different part of town. I thought I just saw you. And you don't know if they moved or if they actually have that many times? I know of two, because I've seen two in the same day. Andre is giving this a secret. They have three. They have three. They have three.

How about yourself in there? How did you first get involved? So for going back, looping back to what Conan was saying, when I first moved to Charlottesville, I was looking, trying to find community because I am first generation of Guatemalan, but I grew up in Houston. and then I came to Virginia to do undergrad here in Virginia and so trying to find community and so when I moved into Charlottesville

I met Estella Knott from Lua Project and she was the one that introduced me to Sivosavroso and they had been hosting it when I first met already the fourth year because it started at McGuffie in 2012 with Estella And so I just started volunteering. So this is my 11th year volunteering. This is my third year as trying to direct it and organize it. But been around for 11 years volunteering and, you know, trying to get the hustle in.

We moved, we were from Ix Park. I mean, it started at, you know, incarnation. Then it moved to McGuffey. We've moved to then Ix Park. We've got grown in New York Park. We went to Washington Park after COVID, after the hiatus. And so now we're at Teen Pavilion. So it's been awesome just seeing the growth of the festival

and just the love that we feel from the people that attend and like just love coming and seeing all the different representations of like the different community members that have immigrated or settled here in Charlottesville and Central Virginia. And I remember going two years ago, at the Booker T. Washington, it was like absolutely packed. It was like jam-packed. You had all the vendors lined up.

And like you said, it did give a very like traditional kind of like farmer's market, kind of like that kind of scene where it's like everybody's like all these street vendors kind of thing. And you're just walking like people and it's like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I want to get that. It's like, oh, I want to get that. So it was so much fun. And then I remember last year when you moved to Ting, it was nice and spacious. Like you mentioned it before, the families of the kids are kind of playing around.

I remember them dancing as some of the people would be dancing. The kids would kind of be dancing with the performance. It was really cool and a lot of fun. Yes, it was so interactive last year. The performers came down and played with the kids. Allowed the kids to touch the headdresses and like participate and learn, which is for me like that's just the joy, right? Like just being able to show people and just have pride of culture, right?

Because this is our ancestry. And so I love sharing that. And to keep things alive that otherwise might go away. Like if you don't do it and put the effort in and show the next generation, like these are things that we have been doing for generations, it's so quick how you can lose it. So you have to keep it alive. And the best way to do this is that to see it, to touch it, to feel it, to get excited about it.

Yes. And so that's my favorite part of it. And I just love hearing my friends tell me that they're excited, especially a lot of us that have kids, you know, that there is something here. and locally that can open the eyes and bring experiences to our children from different countries. And what are some of the cultural dances this year that we can kind of like expect?

Well, yes, so we're going to have dances from Bolivia. Traisiones Bolivianas is coming again this year. We have Raises Ecuadorian, so we're going to see some Ecuadorian dancing. We'll have Via Sabrosa again doing Mexican folkloric dancing. They have always been a supporter of the festival. We also have the Panamanian traditional group coming from Richmond, doing some Panamanian traditional folkloric dancing. We'll also have Atrapado Musical, doing some Mexican like Norteña,

rancheras, kebratas, kind of sound. And then we'll have a Peruvian band coming to do some, you know, Peruvian like music and dancing as well. I like their, I like their Tinkancio has like a lot of pipe typing and flute work, which I really love. And then, of course, we're going to have foreign players coming out, teaching us some dancing lessons for people that want to learn a dance or two. And then we'll be closing the festival out with La International Sonora Dynamita doing Colombia in Cumbias at the end of the show. And then, of course, we'll have two local artists that are like from Venezuela and from Onesians. Honduras that will have, like, their own style of contemporary dancing, and then our

Honduran local artist is going to be doing some mariachi performances. So I'm really excited about that, too, yes. What a packed line of Holy Macro. Yes. You kind of want to take it. Nine hours. Nine hours. Nine hours.

Yes. So we're very excited to be able to bring us together. So basically, no matter what time you come, you're going to be able to enjoy some. Yes. You're going to see something. interact with, interact either with dancing troops or come and participate in the dancing with the music, you know, and like do a lesson at the end of the evening if you want,

right before, before Columbia Cumbia starts. Oh, nice. Oh, that sounds fantastic. What are, what are, I imagine the families, obviously, come and love that. Other other, like, activities and things that make some families to look forward to? Yeah, we always have the kid zone that is open from 1 to 6, and this year we've added some extra kid zone activities, So we're going to have a bouncy house for the kids.

We're also going to have Mima come and provide, like, what they call a music instrument petting zoo, where kids will be able to touch different instruments and stuff. We will also have decades. It was kind enough to have a pong table for us so that kids can play with a little arcade pong game. You know, I don't know if y'all remember Pong from the 80s, maybe too young. I might be too old I know Kimball is it similar

I didn't know this was the original it was table tennis and all you had was a knob that you would turn that would move the paddle up and down and if you caught it at the right angle

it would put a little spin on it it would bounce off the wall and you'd have to move your paddle who was the original very first video game in an arcade and you played it sitting down and you sat down and you had your knobs I think I must have just been, because I would more 92 is when I think I missed.

Oh, no, no, this was, I mean, this was out. Like early 80s? I'm not adding my 80s. Oh, like, even David knows it. Oh, yeah, yeah, without a doubt. So we have that, and then, of course, we'll have our face painting and craft, handcraft area for people to make, you know, papel picados, flowers, papel picca flowers.

And then our big hit this year is we're going to have the kids sign up for a soccer kickout. We're calling it Copa Sabroso, where we're going to have three rounds of kids that are 12 and under can participate in a soccer ball kickoff. And so we'll have prizes for them. You know, winners from first, second, and third will win a prize. The goal will be to kick as many soccer balls into one of the many pointed, hoops, and then, you know, the one that gets the highest total wins the price. That could get a little while, so be ready, you know. Kids would soccer ball.

We're trying to make sure we put it in an area where people don't get hit in the head. Now, do we have an announcer yelling, goal after every kid? Oh, I wish. That would have been a dream. That would take all day. You probably don't even even, you're going to have a couple people in the track. The parents. Or you even get the, we used to love, they used to do this sometimes in the base. baseball, but I've heard it in soccer, too, where the families will go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Hey. Yeah. So, you know you're going to have some of that. So, yeah, so we're really excited to see, introduce that, and see how the kids like it and the family, like, all these different activities that we're trying to put out throughout the festival. I know a bouncy house is going to be. What's the age limit for a bouncy house? Asking for a friend, of course. Probably 12. Well, Alex, you can't go.

Sorry. I know you want to. But if this is a successful, maybe we'll have an adult. Don't bounce your house later. You never know. That's so many things. One of the great things about this festival is when I was a kid, I used to spend my summers in Honduras. And there was a weekly festival every July for the patron state of the town.

And one of the features, they had, well, you know, they had the music. They had all these stalls that were literally, they went to the lumber mill, cut these just boards, and people would throw up stalls, and they'd come in and they'd cook. and it was just they built it around the park and there was dancing and there was music and there was all these different food areas and then they had different horseback riding things. They had the traditional

dancers with the big, I just remember these giant yellow dresses that the ladies wore and the guys had the cowboy hats and the kerchiefs. I mean it's just like that except there's no gambling, no bullfights and no gunplay but yeah that was but I just like I remember that so vividly is that's how that one week the whole town would transform

and everyone would come in from the countryside and experience the fairia. So Conan's basically trying to say we should have the Sivasoprosa festival like every week or something, every month. Oh, man. That would be great. Because it's true, I mean, there is, what's not as common in United States culture

as both Spain and Latin America is that constant that there's always a good reason to party. And I mean, there were so many saints that you could always find one to have a party about. But it's nice to least if we can't do a weekly you bring a little bit of that

at least once a year saying there's always a good reason to have fun and party and have great food and music and dancing and just reminds you that life is good. Especially in this digital age is it's harder to sometimes get communities together and you need

these kind of festivals to kind of take people off their cell phones, off their computers and just kind of get outside and And see other people, meet other people, have fun with other people, you know, interact with other people. Get to know each other. Exactly, you know, share your cultures because that's the thing about, you know, the Latin American, like, all the Latinos that we have here, they all come from different cultures, you know, Cubans, Mexicans, Honduran, Venezuelans. Like, we all have different cultures, like, similarities, but a lot of differences that you get to share. And that's pretty great, so.

So, yes, very excited about this. Very excited. Speaking of all the different cultures, what can we look forward as far as the different cuisines? Oh, so this year, people who love to eat. Yes, food is definitely a plus at the festival. This year, the planning committee did a really good job of trying to diversify representation. So we have Mexican representation. We're going to have Taco Gomez, Guilajara, and Fat Boys at the festival this year.

And then we'll have Costa Rican representation with Tico Loco. They're normally at Ix Park And so they're going to have Creps and I think the Costa Ricans have A raspa It's a shaped ice. It's like shaped ice It's really like very yes They're so delicious

We're also going to have Le Seque which is Miss Maria from Guatemala Bringing her Guatemalan cuisine We'll have Cumbre Argentina Empanadas coming as well And so They're sweet corn in

cheese impanata is out of this world. I could have those all day long. And then, of course, desserts provided by La Flor Michoacana, and Teelicious is also coming with their, I believe, El Salvadorian, or Honduran, like, awas frescas, and like antojitos that they have. So we're really excited for this spread this year.

That is exciting. Lots of diversity. I love trying to the ones that I've never tried before. Right? Because, you know, when you grew up on Cuban, okay, you had a lot of that. Then, you know, you almost always can find Mexican growing up. So you get used to that. We've been lucky enough with El Salvador and then the other ones that we've had here.

For a while, Mita Antonon was like our number one. And that was like Salvador, maybe there might have been under and two in there. But like, yeah. And so now, because I've never tried, this would be my first time, never tried Costa Rican. And how did they've ever had, uh, Pergamala? No. Oh, nice. Yes, so come, come eat, come any time throughout the day, getting on Tohito in the morning.

It'd be like a hobbit. We can have, you know, two breakfasts, three dinners. It's definitely a grazing opportunity. You don't want to sit down for a meal. You just want to go grab one thing from one place, walk around a little, have a little fun, go back, and try something else. The other thing that's been really interesting, I've noticed that's just in the U.S. culture in general, that the one place that you're really seeing Latino influence come in is in beverages.

You know, you had mentioned the alas frescas, but, you know, I mean, Topo Chico, you know, it's like it's everywhere. And then the Hugamex, the actual, the juice boxes, and then the, what is it, is it baritos? Haritos. Haritos, yeah. It's everywhere. It is.

It is absolutely everywhere. And they're basically a better version. of all those very unhealthy sodas? Yeah. Because you look at the bottom and you're like, oh, this actually is pineapple soda. Like that's what's it. Yes, exactly, not a sugar and imitate it.

Yeah, and it's amazing how much of that is out there. And it's been very commercialized. I mean, I think Topo Chico is now part of Pepsi. That it's been kind of infused into the standard, you know, this is the beverage offering, and you can find it everywhere. Yeah, no, though the influence is just tremendous. And like you said, in ways that you may not think about, because you just, you almost, it's like the changes so much

that you almost become blind to it. They tell like the nursery rhyme effect, where you're like, yeah, I see Tobolchino everywhere. And you're like, you do realize that 10 years ago you did not see Tobolchino. Yeah, exactly. Because you forget, first you saw it a little bit more and more and more and more. And I was, yeah, it's everywhere.

I said, yeah, but it wasn't. That's the whole point. You used to have to travel outside the country to get a Dobocino. I was joking with my wife. It was, you know, like, you know, 20 years ago it was don't drink the water in Mexico. And now it's, you know, buy Mexican water and they're charging a brand for it.

The Mexican Cokes, the Mexican juices. Yeah, well, yeah, Mexican Coke is, yeah, that's a, that's a, that's a, that's a, yeah, and didn't they announce that they were going to start making it? It was going to, it's going to go back to the original, the original formulation. Yeah, and interesting, Mexico has the highest per capita a Coca-Cola consumption in the world.

I did not know that. It's the real sugar. It's the real, it is. I mean, as a Cuban, my father swear is by real cane sugar. Yeah, understandably, understandably. Well, let's be honest, especially when it's hot, there's nothing like a nice cold Coca-Cola, come on. I mean, that's be honest.

Now, you didn't mention, is it going to be Orchata? Because that's always my go-to. Yes. I'm pretty sure somebody at the festival is going to have Orchata. Yes. Every time I see Orchata, I have to. get it. You know, it's like every time sometimes we eat at sombreros, you know, we look and see

bananas, oh, I love their horchata. It's so sweet. You know, and then the cinnamon on top it's like, every time I'm like, should I get something different and I'm like, no, I want our chattas. But even with urchatas, you get different variations of urchattas. My wife refers to it as basically drinkable cinnamon toast crunch.

It's like drinking cinnamon toast crunch, because it's so good. Yes, my daughter is a fan, which I'm like, good Latina. is if you look at like Celsius, how many of the Celsius flavors, you know, you've got mango, you've got passion fruit, you've got pineapple, you know, things that 20 years ago weren't really part of the mainstream beverage flavors. And it all comes from this, you know, influx of people. It's like, this is something because people start tasting those things and say, oh, this is really

nice. I want to try that. And then people say, well, let's offer it. and, you know, mainstream products and watch the sales take off. And it's really incredible how much there is, whether it's, you know, sparkling water or energy drinks or, you know, cocktails. You know, it's just like, you know, mango mojitos. I was just, you know, just a little simple syrup and club soda and a little lime? And it's just like now you've got the mango bohitos and, you know, things of that nature. And, you know, mango bargaries.

It's like they're putting layer on. layer of the of the Latin experience because it's like margaritas forever we're just margaritas. And yeah, you just, it's funny how when you bring so many Latinos together from different questions, they start, things start to meld and you get new flavors and things that you had and thought of before you were like, well, margarita, that's a, that's a Mexican thing and all we do is to the line. Yeah.

Well, now, well, what if you do this? Right. And then the mojito was like, well, this is the Cuban thing. All you do is put rum and sugar into my life. Well, what if you do this? Yes. Right, so you see the melding and you come out with things that are just incredible. Yes, it's so delicious.

I love food. Food and beverage. I'm also seeing this poster here that you guys brought. I'm curious to kind of see what's on it, like you're willing to share. Sure. Do I pose it up? Yes, there go. These will be up around town later this week.

Oh, wow. And we'll also have some kiosks on the downtown mall, just kind of letting more of the passers-by know, sort of like we did for Tom. Tom Festival, the scales that were out there. All the different things you can look forward to with the dance groups, the food, the nationalities. Yeah, and the times in which all the different performer dancers are going to be performing in case somebody wants to, you know, catch a specific country's dancing or music, as well as, we also just want to put it out there because part of the festival goal is also to help fundraise for St. Barredas, right? Like we've been doing this for now 13 years and we have recently learned that the festival is one of our most important events of the year here in the community.

And so we wanted to really leverage that to also help Cim Barreras continue to be able to bring this festival to the community as well as continue to support all of their other programs that they execute. throughout the year. Immigration services, they have navigation services for new people that are moving into the area. So this festival really is, besides just being a big fiesta and a cultural representation of our community, it's also to help Simbarraeras continue bring and educate our community. You're helping the world the other 11 months of the year. Exactly. So we really want to invite everybody in the community to come out on the 20th and just help us. Speaking of that support, because I know, you know, obviously, Conan, you're doing it, you're giving back in a way of actual volunteering and supporting.

Are there some ways that people can support or volunteer if they want to help out at Siebel-Zerbroso? Yes, we do have a volunteer sign-up sheet. If you need to get access to that link, you could send an email at Sabroso at cimbererascivil.org. also have it on our Seville Sabroso Facebook page, the link to the sign-up genius. This year, volunteers will get two tickets to the festival, one for themselves, and one for a plus one to attend the festival. We will be also providing food vouchers for those volunteers that want to stay for more than one shift so that we can help offset the cost of food, and just it's a long day.

nine hours of fun and fiesta. It can be a long day. So we really wanted to show our volunteers how much we appreciate that they dedicate their time to us and help us make this festival a great success. Absolutely. So, yes. So, yeah, so there will be, again,

reach out to either Civo Sabroso on Facebook or email at Sabroso sinbarredaCivil.org, and we will be happy to send you that volunteer link because, yes. And tickets are also on sale, right? now through the 15th for $8 for the community if people want to get their tickets in advance. Early bird. Early bird.

Early bird. I can't tell you. I push that. You know, short people out there, I know sometimes we're not exactly early birds. It is good to be an early bird. In this case, you can get the early bird tickets. Exactly. And so, I mean, this has been absolutely fantastic, but where could people, you know, find out more,

everything they want to know about the festival times? who's playing when, where should they go to find out this information? Civo Sabroso Facebook page is our main page where we communicate. You can also find a way to buy tickets off of Teen Pavilion's website. Our event is also on there with the times

of the lineup and the performers as well as the support of all the sponsors that have contributed this year to making sure the festival is six to sex. That's awesome. Any closing remarks? Last thing, something, maybe something in particular that each of you is most looking forward to?

Oh, man. Always the food. I mean, it's been a while since I've had some nice, ripe, fried platanos. That's like my, yeah. Is that your time? Yeah, that's my, that's the thing I always. Yeah, the Madurros.

Oh, Maduro's, so yummy. Occasionally, I'll make them at home, but they're, it's different. Yeah, it's, yeah. That's always the big, um, debate. in our household because it's either Tostones or Madurros.

I lean more Mudurus. I think Alex Leans more Tostones. Well, see, yeah, what happens well, you and my father like that because I would say three of us lean Tostones, but my father and Nick. No, me.

And you go to the Madurus. So what happens to some of my mom makes the Maduros, which she does really well, sometimes there's a whole dish of him. I always taste my one, and say maybe one of these days it'll taste different, right? And then he, we just passed the dish to my father and said,

joy. We get to eat. You're a loss. But a really good maludo when it's like crispy and fried, even I'm like, this is. Well, here's how you can convert the mother world guys is you take your green and you get the potato peeler out and you basically make a very thick chip as opposed to. Because my problem with the Tolstona is this is. They're just too thick and too dry by the time you get through the middle of it.

But if you cut yourself a nice eighth of an inch, you get the potato peeler out and you get yourself a nice eighth of an inch of a green plantain. Yeah. Well, the Guajitos guys are smart. They sell, they don't do to Tostones. They're, well, and they do want so. When you order the Cuban sandwich, Guajas, you always did the Tothonis chips, basically.

Right. They've made them into little... Yeah. I mean, you can slice them into discs, but when you make the long ones and they get the curl to them, yeah, that's... That looks to be nice. Yeah. Well, then you fool them a little slurs, but it looks like

It's the shape of it's a little, but it's a chip. Yes. I do that works. Oh, I am, I don't come, I like all kinds of food. I like, I will eat Tostones or Maduro. I will eat them fried, greasy. Like, I just, yeah, I love Latin food. Like, it's just like my, like, I'll try anything at least once.

So I don't commit to anything, just like sports. I don't commit to anything. I just go for whatever, whoever or whatever I want at the time. Do you have something particular for the festival? year you're looking forward to? I get, honestly, for me, this is our second execution at Ting. So for me, like, I just, I would love just, again,

to see a huge representation of the community at the festival. I had so much fun last year just seeing the kids, the interactions, and just seeing people just sitting on the lawn, sitting at the chairs, just enjoying the shows, and just being very interactive with all of our businesses, our sponsors, right? Because it's just, it's very, like, for me, that's the piece right there,

watching the festival goers with the smile on their face. It would be a great feel, right? And you know it's successful when you've graduated to Only Ting. Right, right, okay, this is pretty big now. Yes. One thing I will definitely encourage people to do is try something different. my wife's from Indiana until she moved to Miami for a while

she had never experienced anything Latin and she just loves all the different things that I've introduced her to so you know when you go to a food truck don't get the usual taco or the burrito that you get you know try something different there are so many cool things to try that you never would have imagined

you know whether it's you know some kind of like you know when you get a fish wrapped in a banana leaf or you get you know one of the great Cuban pork dishes. You know, if you've never had it, just ask what's in it. If you like chicken, go find a different, you know, go get a chicken with mole. You know, instead of getting, you know, traditional, you know, a chicken cassidia.

You know, so you can get a chicken cassidia anywhere. But, you know, a good moly, and there's so many different versions, you know, if you've been to Conmoree, they've got, they've got the real deal there. But, you know, get adventurous and try something different. Don't get the corona you always had. try a Cartablanca or something you've never tried before. And really, you know, experience what's out there because this is your chance to do it without any real risk.

Yeah, exactly. You know, it's not a whole meal. It's just one drink or one appetizer or one dessert. Yeah. It's just like, there are people who's like, you know, my wife loves flan. You know, it's just like, she's just like, wow, this is like, you know, the greatest thing on the planet. But there's so many different.

have flound right you have to take a leap of faith because if you look at that thing you're like this is that yeah it doesn't do that too but i know a lot of you know people who have never seen it before they're like yeah it's like it's like it's custard jello with a crust on it and you know it puts that crusted thing on top it's just like has it been sitting around no that's brown sugar you know it's caramel and and people don't you know if they're it's like if you like creme roulet then you have a flung but it's got a completely different look and feel to it and a different taste as well. But then once you take the loop of faith, you're hooked.

Yeah. And I think that's part of the most fun is seeing all of these different varieties of food. And even just, you know, for me, you know, I lived in Mexico and the food wasn't at all like Honduras. And it's got different names and it's got different flavor. You know, it's got different variations to it. So, you know, and I look at some of the things that, you know, my mom used to eat when we'd go down there and I was just like, God, how could you eat that? Now it's just like, I've been having, you know, breakfast tacos now at home for almost a month. And it's just, I just kind of got back into, you know, the beans and cheese and eggs in them.

So I put a fried egg in there now, you know. And that's something I never had as a kid, but it's kind of putting it all together into a different blend in creating our own traditions. Yeah. Exactly. Well, and sometimes, you know, even if there are times when I really regret it that you don't remember and you're like, I'm not 100% sure what this is, but let's give it a shot because it's traditional. And then you find out, yeah, this is great. It's like millions of fill in the blanks can't be wrong because they eat it every day.

Exactly. Exactly. So, yeah, that's great advice for people. Yeah. Take that, especially this is a good opportunity to do it because you don't always know where to find the Guatemalan restaurant. Costa Rican food, right? So it's your opportunity that they're all in one place and you can find out just how. come and get to know your neighbor

exactly you know and you we mentioned the the Cumbria empanadas earlier it's like they're completely different from Chilean impan impanas which are more meat based you know and it just like and they're different size too I mean these little ones at Cumbra I've never seen them that small before I've always had they're more like they're more like

a hand pie as opposed to kind of the smaller snack so just the variations even within the same category are really worth checking out because you never know when you're going to find something that just completely blows your doors off. But I would also like to touch on the fact that they can also come visit our artists and vendors. So there's going to be a lot of art.

We're going to have Incan representation, Mexican. So if food is not your thing, you're more of a fashionista or want to decorate, get some decoration ideas for your house, definitely also visit our artists and vendors. The handcrafts of some of these artists is just amazing. and so to help support them and get to know them as well. I mean, never truly a great gift opportunity but just talking about like something

a gift for a level that you they can't find on Amazon. Exactly. Christmas shopping. Exactly. Yeah, and it's not even really kind of an Etsy crowd. Exactly.

You know, so this is a great place to find this stuff. And, you know, the other thing is people don't necessarily make the connection to like some traditional art forms that have just a different subject matter. Like I have a series of watercolors in my office that my grandfather commissioned back in Honduras. And it's his coffee farm and the little street behind his house and the Pan American Highway

and there's a lady walking with the basket on her head. But it's traditional watercolor. And people are just like, you know, what is that? And it's just like, and it was a Honduran artist that my dad or my grandfather found 60 years ago and said, I want you to paint a series of paintings for me, and they've been handed down now, but people look at that and say, well, you know, where is

that? And who painted that? And it's just like just some hinder and artists. And they've got, you know, there's some different styles, there's more kind of the primitive style when you're looking at, you know, I've got a lot of that stuff at home where it's, you know, whether it's the, the jungle or the landscapes or the,

you know, the tile roofs, the the Spanish tile roofs are just perfect for impression, you know, for the the primitive style of painting. But, you know, it's all of the different art forms that you see around the world and different cultures. It's just the subject matter's different. And it's a way to experience that here.

Like, in other words, normally you'd have to fly somewhere. Right? And you tell you to see what a rose and get a taste of what has been passed down than to now be shared with you here in those different art forms that maybe you've never seen before. Exactly. Yeah, like Talavera is just beautiful pottery. you know and whether it's the tiles for your kitchen or a bowl for your bathroom you know and that you know

originally actually came from China through Peru to Mexico and it's just it's just amazing beautiful stuff you never know what you can be creative too right so sometimes you find I once found like a Spanish little it was a little tile um I think it was actually supposed to be for a uh soft boiled egg oh yeah okay the egg holder yeah the egg holder right and I'm like okay I don't have to me talk about so it's my salt, hold it. You never know what use you may put to it, decorative, useful. Maybe, you know, maybe you're like, okay, they would have used this for X, but I can use it for something else.

Exactly, yeah. And just to have a piece of that with me. Yeah, it's just about the versatility, right? So, but yes, I know I'm very excited about that. And just having that whole feeling food, artisans, music. Dancing, it's all there. Wow. So much to look forward to.

Well, this has been an. Absolutely pleasure. Thank you both so much for coming on. Be sure to check out Sivo Sabroso Festival. It is September 20th at the Tine Pavilion. And again, the Sivo Sabroso Facebook page is probably one of your top resources that you were able to find all the information. But also, I know, can't hurt to go to Simbarreira, Sivo.org slash Sivil Savroso. Sivil Savroso, yes, and Tink Pavilion website as well, as you need it.

And then one last pitch is we will also be having a Fiesta Bar. will be selling margaritas and Cuba Libres at the festival. I was just thinking it's just like for the adults out there. So we're expanding a little bit of this year. So I'm hoping people will come out and enjoy the dancing. That is wonderful. Ombraia, Tone, thanks so much. Thank you.

Thank you much. Yeah, thank you. It's always great when you can fill up a whole show, which is all this, all this excitement. Two fantastic guests talking about a fantastic festival come out. So it was wonderful. So this has been great. Definitely encourage people to go check you out, go get your early birds. Don't wait for the last minute.

Especially because I know, I just know it's going to be packed to death. It'll be a lot of people. It's a beautiful time of year and a great time to be had. So be sure to check that out. In a couple weeks, we'll be on with our monthly meet up with Matthias. It's funny. I think we'll probably continue with festival then. Because by then, Seals Hall of Festival, we'll probably be like a couple days away.

Yeah. October. Matthias will be leading into October Fest, which is his big culture. Yeah, I was trying to get her with the Liederhausen, but I don't know. We'll see if we can get him and down with the later onus. But we'll have a monthly meet up with Matthias next time around. Definitely appreciate everyone who tuned in today. Monica Miller, thanks for giving a like and a share.

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