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THE SCENE: The fourth annual Festa da Lapa took place Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Portuguese Hall in Point Loma.

Two HUGE fundraisers are on the horizon for Peninsula residents — the 21st annual Ocean Beach Town Council’s Pier Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, Sept. 21 and the Point Loma Association’s annual dinner (Halloween-themed) “A Wicked Affair, Come If You Dare,” Wednesday, Oct. 30. • The pancake party is a tradition that kicks off the fundraising season for the OB Food & Toy Drive and all of the Town Council-sponsored holiday happenings.

THE SCENE:One might not expect ice cream, fresh fish and tequila to all be deliciously enhanced by the same ingredient, but as it turns out, avocados do just that.

“I grew up in Central Wisconsin in a small town named Ripon, which is near Oshkosh and Appleton.