7th Annual Home and Furniture September 4 – 7 to be Held at Pabellon Rosarito Grand Pabellon Rosarito Grand
It’s September, the summer has unofficially ended and its time again for the annual Rosarito Beach Home and Furniture Expo, one of the most well attended events of the year. This year’s expo will be held Sept. 4 through 7 on the grounds of the new Pabellon Rosarito Grand, the city’s newest and most elegant commercial center.
The almost 45 acres will lend itself to easy access and plenty of parking for guests as well as exhibitors, who are excited about the new location which represents the city’s commitment to a new and exciting future for Rosarito in the 21st century.
The expo will feature fine hand-made furniture, wrought iron pieces, flooring and accessories. Original works of art by members of Rosarito's thriving artist community also will be displayed. For decades, Rosarito has been famous for the high quality and originality of its finely crafted furniture, tile, glass work, metal sculpture and other crafts.
The excellence of its artisans is part of what attracts the more than one million visitors per year to the seaside community in Baja 30 miles south of downtown San Diego.
"In Rosarito, furniture making is an art," said Juan Bosco, president of AFAMARO, Rosarito's home furnishing association, which sponsors the event.
Many of the area’s artisans and craftsmen were employed by Fox Studios when the movie "Titanic" was filmed here in the 1990s, making key contributions to the Academy Award-winning film.
Area real estate offerings will also be showcased at the expo as Baja's Gold Coast, the coastal area from Tijuana to Ensenada, has become home to a real estate boom as thousands of Americans are buying oceanfront condos and houses.
The real estate boom has also benefited local craftsmen and artists, as many of the new home buyers furnish and decorate their homes with local art, furniture and accessories.
As part of the four day expo there will be a tequila exhibit where 15 different brands of the traditional Mexican drink will be featured and on Sunday, the final day of the expo, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. the event will expand to include a Steak and Lobster Festival
. And from the 5th to the 7th there will be the Baron Balche Wine Tasting Tours to the nearby Guadalupe Valley, one of the most emerging and respected wine regions in the world.
Additional information is available by calling Martha Mendoza Montes at AFAMARO or 01152-661-613-1532 or writing her at Martha@afamaro.com or visiting www.afamaro.com.