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Next week is Peru's Independence Day on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. And the best way to celebrate Peru's birthday is with a bottle of Pisco. Pisco is a term from the main native language of Peru Quechua: pisqu, which means little bird.
Developed by Spanish settlers in the sixteenth century, as a cheaper alternative to imported Orujo from Spain, it takes its name from the conical pottery in which it was
originally aged, which was also the name of one of the sites where it
was produced: Pisco, in the Viceroyalty of Peru. The first vineyards were planted in the coastal valleys in the Viceroyalty. Even though Spain imposed many restrictions on wine production and commerce, the wine-making industry developed rapidly, such as in the Corregimiento of Ica.
This is the launch video for Festival de Comida Peruana 2010 (Festival of Peruvian Food) in San Francisco at the Civic Center Plaza July 18, 2010.
Description
Demarty Productions Presents:
"The Peruvian Food Festival 2010"
Sunday
July 18th, 2010
@The Civic Center Plaza (across the st from
City Hall SF)
This highly anticipated event brings the best
Peruvian cuisine in nothern california with over 40 different dishes
& over15 of your different favorite restaurants participating. Enjoy
traditional music, dances, beer, Pisco, culture, food & an
awesome social gathering.
Entertainment will be provided by some
of Peru's best: "Orquesta Salsera" "La Clave" "Dianett
Paucar" "EL Blanco De La Cumbia" "Charlie Perez" "Estampas
Peruana De Vladimir Vucanovich"
Restaurants & Chef's
Participating: -Inca's Grill -Miraflores -Fresca -La Furia
Chalaca -Las Americas -El Toro Loco -El Hueco -Un Toque De
Jasslie -Chola's -Tocumbo Ice Cream -Kimberly Comida Andina -Jess's
Place -Isabella's -Dona Lucha -Puro Peru -Comida Vanesita -El
Perol -Trujillanito De Pura Cepa
Here is a cool video of the Peruvian Gastronomic Festival in San Francisco on July 26, 2009 at the big Salsa nightclub & Lounge Roccapulco. The event was such an overwhelming success that almost 5,000 people ordered various types of delicious popular Peruvian dishes like Cebiche Classico, Cebiche Limeño, Cebiche de Pescado, Lomo Saltado, Aji de Gallina, Chicha Morada, Anticuchos, etc. The outside crowd waiting to get in the festival extended almost two blocks around Mission and Army St. (Cesar Chavez St.) in the late afternoon!
Here is the information for this year's event on Sunday, July 18, 2010 which will be bigger and better at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza - Festival de Comida Peruana 2010.
A screen shot of a few of the dishes from San Francisco Peruvian Cuisine Festival 2009.
"Cocktail Kings" star Colin Asare-Appiah visited Lima, Peru and made three new Peruvian Pisco cocktails on the spot at the very chic Bar Ingles in San Isidro, Peru. Colin discovers the best lime in the world with the highest acidic juices of all the limes on Earth, el Limon Peruano de Piura called "Limon Sutil".
Peruvian World Cup girls do condom ad photo shoot session n Lima, Peru. Bikini model Leysi wears the body paint colors of Peru's mother country, Spain!
Screen shots of Peruvian bikini model Leysi for a World Cup 2010 condom ad campaign for Gents in Lima, Peru.
Here are the hottest cheerleaders in the world, the girls of "Las Marineritas De Almirante Brown" from the 3rd Division (minor leagues) of the professional Argentine Football League.
This team was so bad that a few years ago they started using "Porritas" (cheerleaders) in their home matches. As all footballers know, American style cheerleaders don't belong in world football, but this club needed a little help in their attendance so they hired these local girls to help. That's right - local neighborhood girls, not models!
Their choreography may need some more work compare to their U.S. counter parts in the NFL, but no one cares about that during their half-time show. The fans are looking at other things....
Vlogger Deloestetv wrote ~ "Las Marineritas de Almirante Brown -Argentina- en el Programa Televisivo "La B Tv".
Here are the wives and girlfriends of seven of the top footballers in the world in a photo session for the Umbro World Champions Collection for the upcoming 19th FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010. Each one of these seven girls and the jerseys they are wearing represents all the current and former World Cup champions in the history.
Football Shirt Culturewrote - "The wives and girlfriends of seven international football stars have been shot by legendary photographer Rankin for a stunning global advertising campaign to promote Umbros new World Champions Collection.
Abbey Clancy, the girlfriend of England striker Peter Crouch, has joined six other women who, like her, currently or previously have either dated or married an international footballer. And to make it even more relevant to this summers event, each girl represents one of the seven countries that have ever won the worlds biggest football tournament - Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy and Uruguay.
The striking image Rankin has produced is based on an iconic campaign run by Umbro in 1967, which famously featured girls cheekily wearing football shirts as dresses. For 2010, the campaign has been brought right up to date with the girls modelling the Umbro World Champions Collection. This truly inspired football range has been designed in collaboration with some of the hottest international artists, each hailing from the same country as each model. The twist in the brief to them was to base their design on the tailored silhouette of the Umbro England home shirt. I thought the idea of creating a modern interpretation of the Umbro advert from the sixties was an interesting concept. The girls in the campaign all look stunning and they were a pleasure to work with. Im extremely pleased with the results, says Rankin.
Rankin spent two days photographing these beautiful women. Argentina is represented by Luli Fernandez and has been designed in collaboration with Buenos Aires based record label, ZZK Records. Brazil is represented by the wife of Julio Cesar, Susana Werner, wearing a shirt designed by Fernando Chamarelli, an illustrator, visual artist and tattoo designer from Sao Paolo.
Model and TV presenter, Abbey Clancy, wears the England shirt. Abbey is striking in a shirt with a crest designed by Ben Eine, one of Englands most prominent street artists and graffiti pioneers. I loved the shoot with Rankin and the opportunity to be a part of recreating the famous Umbro advert from 67. The crest design is a really fun take on a traditional, regal crest, said Abbey.
Charlene Suric, girlfriend of France & Arsenal left back Gaël Clichy, is wearing the French shirt, designed in collaboration with Andre, the Paris based graffiti artist and international fashion authority.
Germany is represented by Julia Godicke. Julias shirt has been designed by Marok, Berlins legendary magazine mogul and cultural icon. Alice Bregoli is married to Alberto Gilardino, the Italian and Fiorentina player, and will be featured wearing a shirt designed in collaboration with Italian comics author, illustrator and artist, Tanino Liberatore.
Finally, Uruguays inaugural 1930 and legendary 1950 World Cup wins are represented by Zaira Nara, who dates Uruguay and Atletico Madrid striker, Diego Forlan. Zairas shirt crest was designed by Martin Albronoz, a mixed media artist from Montevideo.
Trevor Cairns, Chief Marketing Officer from Umbro explains why the brand took this direction. Looking back through our imagery archives, we discovered that Umbro used girls to promote their shirts in the World Cup year of 1966. We have used the wives and girlfriends of players who represent the Champion nations to model our new shirts. This is an irreverent, fun and Umbro way to showcase these great products, to celebrate global football culture in a World Cup year and to give a nod to our own history and heritage.
The Umbro World Champions Collection of football shirts and T-shirts is available from leading independents. RRP £70 for the Limited Edition box (including poster of all the crests signed by the artists, the shirt, story booklet about the inspiration behind each design and a crest pin badge), £50 for shirt, £25 for T-shirt. nike football shirt culture adidas puma umbro"
Lima beauty Vanessa Tello, a 20 year old professional bikini & TV commercial model, was selected Miss Reef Peru 2010 at LarcoMar's complex Club Aura in Miraflores, Peru this past Feb, 2010. She will represent Peru at the Miss Reef International in Panama in April.
