“Enjoy peace, with pride, and pleasure, that’s our motto here at the Taste of Soul!”
That’s what Los Angeles Sentinel CEOÂ Danny Bakewell said Saturday afternoon at the third annual Taste of Soul Festival, sponsored by radio stations Radio Free KJLH and 94.7 the WAVE on the blocks of Crenshaw Boulevard. The neighborhood food, arts, and live music fest catered to over 100,000 visitors and neighbors alike, with over 1,000 vendors offering health products, empowerment pamphlets, and, my favorite: homestyle bad-for-the-heart-but-good-for-the-soul food. Mmm. Suffice to say I had my fair share of peach cobbler, a little bit of Brian McKnight, and a few double takes of life-sized Obama cutouts too.