Banana Fest Follow Up

So what I have I been doing? Well, since my last blog, I have had a showing at the Sacramento 2nd Annual Banana Festival. That went extremely well. Help came in the most unusual places.

I reached at to my fellow classmates at the Arts Institute [cricket..cricket...] – no help, not even a spark of support or interest. Here I thought we were all working as a team to help and promote each other reach our goals. Silly girl, huh? I discovered it is a dog-eat-dog, and every-man-for-himself world!

Help came from friends and family, although a few old friends showed me that my cross wasn’t theirs to bear, a few stepped up to the plate. It was a learning and growing experience to say the least. My husband and daughters, where with me every step of the way, and of course, my dear friends Travis and Kim who are actually more like family at this point, were right by my side. They were up with me til very, very late hours of the night, chopping, slicing, dicing, grating and packing; loading and unloading. There is absolutely no way I could have done it without them and I give them my everlasting love and devotion.

My Mom ran the fryer on the first day. It was a joy seeing her in my “kitchen” doing her thing. My cousins and sister surprised me from the San Francisco Peninsula and that made my day! Thank you Carol, Julie, Joey, Alonzo, Diane and Ron. You’re the best!

The turnout was nice and I obtained a few catering leads from the event. Didn’t make a lot of money, but the exposure was well worth it. I also got a little coverage from foodblog.com.