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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Long Beach 5th International Tamale Festival in Long Beach, California by Mary Cummins Maria Rivera

The 5th annual Long Beach International Tamale Festival took place in Long Beach, California on December 7, 2025. The event was held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center at 855 Elm Ave. Long Beach, CA 90813 from 1:00 to 7:00 pm.

There were lots of award winning tamales, Mexican food, vendors, tequila tasting, micheladas, folklorico dancers, Santa Claus and more. The event was outdoors in the 57,000 sf parking lot behind the Scottish Rite Masonic Center. VIP ticket holders didn't have to wait. General Admission visitors had to wait in a long line that wrapped around the block because they had to check IDs because the event served alcohol. I got there at 1:30 and didn't get in for 40 minutes because of the line. General Admission was supposed to be free if you registered but they ended up charging people $15 each to get in. VIP was $75 maybe. Thankfully I had a free ticket.

There were lots of people at the event early just like me. In fact there were so many people that there weren't enough places to sit and eat. The VIP had their own area which was totally empty. There were lines for tamales at a few of the tamale booths.

The tamales were the best I've ever had! They all charged the same $6 each but these tamales were HUGE! They had beef, pork, chicken, vegetarian, vegan, corn, cheese and dessert tamales like strawberry, pineapple and cheesecake. The churro vendor made the most amazing desserts! They were $15 but they were huge on mini waffles or in huge waffle cones with everything.

The Scottish Rite Masonic Center used to be the Ernest Borgnine Theatre. It's a historical building built in 1926.

https://www.lbscottishrite.org/

Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.

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Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate Services has been in real estate since 1983, over 35 years. She is licensed by the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. Mary Cummins was an agent and broker licensed with the California Department of Real Estate selling residential income, commercial buildings, raw land and homes for Merrill Lynch Realty in Beverly Hills and Westside Properties in Los Angeles before concentrating on appraisals. Mary Cummins currently provides real estate appraisals, expert witness testimony, historical research, legal real estate research for mortgage brokers, banks, lawyers, factors, insurance companies, financial consultants and private individuals. Mary Cummins was born and raised in Southern California. Cummins attended Beverly Hills Good Shepherd Catholic School and Beverly Hills High School. Besides being on the Dean's list, Mary Cummins was a top ten national swimmer and competed on the men's water polo team. Mary Cummins began college at the age of 15 attending the University of Southern California on scholarship, majoring in Psychology/Sociology. http://www.animaladvocates.us http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

Saturday, September 13, 2025

El Grito at LA City Hall in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins

El Grito at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins. September 13, 2025. Mexican Independence day. Grito de Dolores. Lucha libre, mercado, vendors, music, folklorico dancing, DJs, food trucks. Los Jornaleros del Norte were there and they were fantastic. Their new song eff migre drops this week. Milpa Musica was there in a makeshift Mexican wrestling ring. Folklorico Revolution was there and were fantastic dancers. Grupo Pindekuecha were also there and were wonderful. I left around 7:00 pm because I needed to get home.

I had a great time though there were some big negatives. They made most of the event private. It was gated off on the side of City Hall. All the speakers were at the private gated off event. They had their own private entertainment, music, dancers. It looks like they were even served a sit down dinner in that area. I saw council person Monica Rodriguez in there in some photos along with General Consul of Mexico Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez. I also saw people dressed in Mexican costumes.

They advertised free parking at the Music Center. It wasn't free even though I showed the parking guy the poster which said it was free with the exact address. It was only free for vendors with passes who had their names on a list or else it was $10. Someone was behind me at the parking entrance or else I would have left the lot to go find free parking.

There was also a gated off VIP seating area in front of the stage on the steps of City Hall. Just like last year there were maybe 300 white chairs which were 100% empty the entire time. People could have been able to sit down and sit closer to the stage but no. People couldn't dance in front of the stage like they usually do at events here.

I just realized that the empty seats are for VIPs from the private party. They will sit there after their party to watch the Mayor and others give the El Grito speech and ring the bell

Videos here http://www.youtube.com/marycummins

Milpas Musica https://youtu.be/n1KRmL5-voE

Los Jornaleros del Norte chinga la migra https://youtu.be/YTl3PiQ0sWs

Los Jornaleros del Norte https://youtu.be/4OubXj11Zbw

Los Jornaleros del Norte https://youtu.be/T3CSVqeAH2o

Folklorico Revolution https://youtu.be/zkx0FTyrX34

Grupo Pindekuecha https://youtu.be/pUveu4-M5bM

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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Olveritas Village at Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera

If you visit Olvera Street, don't miss Visiting Olverita's Village at Olvera Street at 648 North Main Street, Olvera St W24, Los Angeles, California 90012. They have a great selection of traditional Mexican clothing especially Folklorico dresses, shoes and earrings. They also have charro Mariachi suits, guayaberas, huipils, tehuana dresses, sarapes, rebozos, resplandors, guayaberas, sombreros, jalsico dresses, quechquémitls, ponchos, sashes and filigree jewelry. They have lots of Mexican arts and crafts.