Summer Days, 2023

Unlike last year, our church did not set up a booth at the Summer Days festival (August 18-20) in Foster City. I did reserve a space with the City last month but eventually sent our regrets.

Our usual volunteers were on vacation, and the energy from 2022's re-opening had dissipated, not just for us but for the community as a whole. There were fewer booths, both business and non-profits, than 2022.

Foot traffic wasn't overly heavy on Saturday afternoon.

There were decent lines at the food trucks, the rides, and other attractions.

Organizers thoughtfully set up tables, chairs, and tents for diners and fair-goers who just wanted to sit in the shade. The festival was kid and elderly friendly, which would have gone without saying 20 years ago but is now a rare sight in the Bay Area.

For a glimpse of gatherings as they used to be, see the photo (right) from three years ago, February 8, 2020, at the Punahou Carnival in Honolulu just before everything was locked down. Sometimes things really were better in the old days.