A Fun-Filled San Benito Olive Festival Ahead!

This is what I imagine I'll be doing that day, some activities by myself and others with the Husband or our friends:

• Make an olive wreath.
• Try a fresh fruit juice concoction by Gaspachos.
• Paint rocks with ARTI-culture.
• Take the walk and geology talk with Jim Ostdick, who walked across the United States earlier this year to raise funds and awareness for the R.E.A.C.H. Foundation.
• Sample wine from Bonny Doon Vineyard, DeRose Winery, Morgan Winery, or  other wineries.
• Build a scarecrow that I can take home!
• Taste olive oil produced by such award-winning producers as Oils of Paicines and MoonShadow Grove. 
• Paint and Plant with The Garden Mart. 
• Watch Chef Carlos Pineda, the 2017 Gilroy Garlic Festival Showdown champion on the Cooking Demo Stage.
• Learn how to create a Fall flower bouquet. 
• Tap my feet to the sound of the Mariachi Juvenil Alma de Mexico.
• Sip a microbrew from Grillin & Chillin Alehouse.
• Check out the Venetian masks at the Gioia Italian Art & Products booth.
• Dance with the Husband to Absurdum. 
• Eat some tapas made by Farmhouse Cafe.
• And more! If this old body with no cartilage in the knees can handle it. 

Definitely lots to do at this year's San Benito Olive Festival. And, I haven't even mentioned that the location of this year's event is the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos. A perfect setting!

For more details about the event, check out this article at BenitoLink.com.  Also, visit the San Benito Olive Festival website or Facebook page. 

Confession Time: I'm an Olive Fest volunteer, helping out with publicity. But, even if I weren't I'd still write about it. Look, I'm finally writing after how many months of silence. :-)

Here are some photos from the 2015 event.

There'll be two olive paint party sessions at the 2017 San Benito Olive Festival.

 

 

The VIP Tasting Grove

Cooking Demonstration Stage

Olive tasting at Papa Joe's Spicy Products

Mr. O's Jazz Band -- They'll be there this year, too!