Sunday, April 2, 2017

Barranquilla Carnival in Savannah Hosted by Antojo Latino

Rafael Reilvitz De Leon, Karina Reilvitz, Emanuel Rivera, Anjelica Borja

Rafael Reilvitz De Leon  (Left) owns Antojo Latino near Oglethorpe Mall, a restaurant specializing in Colombian food. He is from Cali (Santiago de Cali), Colombia’s third largest city. Calle is in western Colombia.He owned a Pawn Shop there. “I have a paper, Student of Administration, on the wall for my parents. But I wanted something different. But, it closed down.”  A conversation with his sister brought him to the U.S. to join her. 

He left Colombia for Miami in 2000.  “In Miami, everything is always open. You spend your money all the time. I never had money. Always you have something to do.”  Rafael looked for a smaller city, some place he could live and reestablish himself.  “I drove to Savannah, through the town.” He stopped at a locally owned car wash and found his first job. 

Soon he had two jobs. When he finished his first shift at the carwash, at about 6:00pm, he went just south, down Abercorn Avenue. He found work at a steakhouse franchise. 
Rafael worked in yacht manufacturing. Then he started his own painting company and a cleaning company.  “The idea of a restaurant came when I was working in my cleaning company.  Never before had I thought about a restaurant.” His wife had 20 years’ experience as a chef. She worked in the Ford Plantation. “I thought why not? I saved my money to build this restaurant.” He opened Antojo Latino in 2013.

Emanuel Rivera is the main chef. “We have a different menu on the truck than the restaurant. We need something good and fast. We want the food to have very little difference from Colombia. It is for all to enjoy. But we want there to be very little difference in someone from Colombia expects it to taste."  

Barranquilla Carnival was held in Savannah, GA, April.2017






























Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Forsyth Farmers' Market Latino Interview


Forsyth Farmers' Market - Teri Schell interviewed by Lisette Dominguez Clip 1

Teri Schell is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Forsyth Farmers' Market in Savannah, GA.



Teri and Lisette, Forsyth Farmers' Market, clip 2 
Working together in the community


Beets/ Remoalchas
No Tanto

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Sunday, March 26, 2017

How good causes bring people together

Interviews Coming up on LaVoz Latina  (Print) with further media support by It's A PotLuck Earth:
  1. Teri Schell, Executive Director Forsyth Farmers' Market
  2. Farm Truck 912 Mobile Market
    • Monique Godbee - Mobile Market Manager
    • Ayo Ngozi - Herbalist
The article will include how their personal histories connect them to the mission of the Forsyth Farmer's Market.

Nearest Camera Teri Schell - Executive Director of Forsyth Farmer's Market and  Monique Godbee, Mobile Market Manager 



Left - Monique Godbee   Right - Ayo Ngozi
We were setting up for a posed shot and I captured this instead.



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Friday, March 17, 2017

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Get on over to Breath of the Wild and have some cake

Who's playing Link anyway? Quit playing around way-way back in Ocarina of Time and get on over to Breath of the Wild and have some cake on the run. Bring Zelda some weapons... all alone in a field with an evil misty calamity looking beast spreading over everything...?

Real Red Velvet Cake, like the South knows Red Velvet Cake, Cream Cheese Frosting,covered with fondant for decorative purposes