San Diego PIFA

PIFA (Pacific Islander Festival Association of San Diego) was wonderful again as usual. It is a great festival of all the Pacific Islands at Ski Beach (Mission Bay). It occurs every year around September, and since we do not have anything like it in Chicago, off I go to San Diego. The weather was a nice, sunny 83 degrees the whole weekend.

I saw the Kutturan Chamoru perform (shout out to Joey and Heidi), along with Nonosina and Heali'i's Polynesian Review. What wonderful dancing! Can't see anything like it in Chicago, so many great groups all at one place. And there is no admission fee.

And in between performances, I walked to the booths where you can sample food from Guam, Samoa, and Hawaii. Big Ono to shaved ice! Then there were tons of booths to walk to and shop. It makes me wish we had a group of halaus in Chicago that could get together and have a festival here also.

It is a wonderful experience and great taste of the Islands. There are also festivals in Arizona and Las Vegas that I need to hit in the future.