Don't miss the Dia de los Muertos festival in Oakland's Fruitvale district this Sunday (11/1/09)!


	Don't miss the Dia de los Muertos festival in Oakland's Fruitvale district this Sunday (11/1/09)!
Lexica
10-30-2009 1:15 PM
91 views
tags:
oakland, festivals, fruitvale, dia-de-los-muertos
Lexica says:
If you go, bring a good appetite – there is SO much good food available in the Fruitvale!
Add a Comment
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from October 30, 2009
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c718ce02-26cf-4292-92b3-c23dde19f87e/AC2EE953-CC03-474E-901F-7E5BD701F6D7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29" href="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abetteroakland.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><P>I have this friend who’s always making fun of my affinity for what he calls “19th century entertainment.” For him, parades, fireworks, and festivals are a relic of a time when people didn’t have the internet, cable TV, or Wiis to entertain them. I think that’s sad.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29">I love parades. I love fireworks. And, OMG, do I love festivals.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29">Oakland has a fair number of festivals. But the <A href=" http://www.unitycouncil.org/ddlm/">Dia De Los Muertos festival</A> in Fruitvale is easily one of my favorites all year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29">They’ve got rides for the kids, and they’re got all this music, and of course great food everywhere, and while I’m personally not all that big on crafts, well, they’ve got tons of those too. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29">But what sets this one apart from like every other festival in Oakland for me (besides the size, of course) is the <B>color</B>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29">The sounds, the smells, and, the colors, <I>oh, the colors</I>, just make for such a rich sensory experience. If you haven’t been before, you just <I>have to go</I> on Sunday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/8D97574E-B435-405F-B191-71ACDFB90C07" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/7F4C04F4-7D0C-4B7B-8907-7689B8DC6896" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/D021B4D2-683C-4D11-90D7-34D39B819CFC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/36D85870-A59F-4144-8882-DFBFDF3DEDB8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/D45E5948-F2EA-421E-8E80-70EC3873035D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/E5728698-F56F-474A-9AAC-BD885594C266" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/0650952A-8326-4CB3-98B4-B780052C65DF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/8A0DA9BB-89E7-4F4E-BF97-40C7B3189317" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abetteroakland.com/dont-miss-the-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-in-fruitvale-on-sunday/2009-10-29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abetteroakland.com/img/9744AA02-9FA5-4B7B-8556-CB2D20074B3E" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AC2EE953-CC03-474E-901F-7E5BD701F6D7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Today's Top Clips
