So make your own festival and host a hotluck! I live in San Diego and have had more fun at hotlucks than I ever did at a chile festival, including the Fiery Foods Show in Albuquerque! Even then, a group of us have gotten together and gone out to eat or over to a chile-heads house for dinner and that was REALLY the high point! >Veronica <vfreeman@gte.net> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> Newbie member, here. I have lived in the Bay Area for more than ten >> years, and as much as I appreciate the Garlic Fest., and all the Wine >> Fests, and Art Fests, I can't find a local chile Fest! And, I used to >> have a nice hot sauce store at a mall in San Jose, abut that >> disappeared. What's a chile head to do? (No rude suggestions, please!) >> >I agree with Veronica, there is very little Chile-head activity around here. WHY!?! As a local Bay area Chile-head/ Sauce >maker I love to see a festival closer to home. The nearest one to me is in San Diego. Any other Sauce makers, Dave are you >there, to join forces and fire up the Bay area? >- -- >Best Regards, > >Ron Levi