BAY AREA SEPTEMBER CHILEAN INDEPENDENCE EVENTS !!!VIVA CHILE!!!

BAY AREA SEPTEMBER CHILEAN INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTS

2012

Greetings!

September is HERE! This is always good news in San Francisco as we finally get a Wave of Warm Weather~known in Chile as el veranito de San Juan (Indian Summer).

This is also National Hispanic Heritage Month because eight Latin American countries commemorate their Declaration of Independence: Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua--and CHILE!!!

Chileans celebrate their Independence Day on September 18th, which this time around falls on a Tuesday. On that day, the Sausalito/Viña del Mar Sister City Committee is hosting Fiestas Patrias at Wellington's Wine Bar in Sausalito, CA. I hope you can join us for a glass of Chilean wine, Chile Lindo Empanadas, and who knows... maybe an improvised round of Cueca (Chile's national folk dance).

This year, Chile Lindo pays tribute by producing ¡El Dieciocho Chico! Literal translation: "the little 18th," which in reality means... let's continue drinking wine and eating empanadas all month, for in Chile it's a month-long Independence "Day." So, on Sunday, September 30th, I invite you to celebrate a la chilena at our friends of Caffé D'Melanio.

Don't miss neither Araucaria Dance Ensemble's traditional folk dance celebration at La Peña de Berkeley on Saturday, September 15th, nor El Centro Chileno Lautaro's annual picnic on Sunday, September 16th.

Further down I've listed details of this year's
Chilean Independence Day events.~

¡Viva Chile!

Paula Tejeda

Chile Lindo