I kekahi mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hana au i koʻu huakaʻi mua i ka Huiʻo Gilroy Garlic. ʻO kēia kūlana kaulanaʻo Kaleponi Kaleponi ka manawa i hoʻonohonohoʻia e like me kekahi o nāʻahaʻaina hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi loa oʻAmelika. Ua noi au i koʻu hoaaloha César e hui pū mai me aʻu no kona uluʻana ma Gileroy a no ka hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi, ua heleʻo ia i kaʻahaʻaina i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ke keiki kao. Ua hāʻawi pūʻo ia i kekahi o kāna mau'ōlelo aʻo maikaʻi no ka hoʻokeleʻana i kēia hanana kaulana (a me ka pungent!).
Eia kā mākou'ōlelo kōkua no ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea nui ma waho o ka Hōʻailona Gilroy Garlic:
- E hoʻolālā e hele i laila i ka wā e weheʻia ai ka hanana. ʻO ka mua, ināʻoe e hoʻokele, ponoʻoe e paʻi ma kahi lōʻihi aku a kali i nā pahi kaʻa e lawe iāʻoe i ka hopena. ʻO ka lua,ʻo ka heleʻana i ke kakahiaka e kōkua iāʻoe e paʻi i nā poʻe e hōʻea ana ma hope mai i ke awakea.
- E noʻonoʻo e lawe iā Caltrain i ka hui. Hiki i nā hui hōʻailona ka puka mai ka haleʻo Gilroy Caltrain inā kūʻaiʻoe i ka'ahamele hui hui + Caltrain tikiki online.
- E hele i ka Pōʻalima a i ka Sābati. ʻO nā lā mua a me nā lā hope loa he emi ka poʻe i hiki ma mua o ka Pōʻalima.
- E kūʻai i kāu mau kipa i mua. Ināʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i nā tickets iā lākou ma ka papa inoa Eventbrite o kaʻahaʻaina, e mālamaʻoe i ka manawa ma ka laina a me ke kālā, ināʻoe e koho i ka pepaʻainaʻaina a Gourmet Alley.
- Nohoʻoe ma kahi o ka'āina (Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin, Hollister, San Juan Bautista a Aromas paha)? Ināʻo ia, hiki iāʻoe ke mālama i $ 5 no kēlā me kēia kanaka ke komo i ka Pōʻalima, i kapaʻiaʻo "Lā Kūlana."
- E mākaukau no ka wela - ua wela loa (100 mau haʻawina Fahrenheit) ma Gileroy i ke kauwela. Eʻaʻahu i nā'ōmaʻomaʻo'ālohilohi, eʻalohi i ka pale umauma a me ka pāpale, a lawe mai i kahi hue wai.
- E mālama i ka lumi e helu i nā mea a pau i hiki iāʻoe. Hoʻokumu nā meaʻai a me ka poʻe kūʻai i nāʻanoʻokoʻa likeʻole e like me kaʻailaʻaila olive-paʻi, ka vīneka, ka mayonnaise, ka meaʻono, ka pua, a me ke kāleka kele.
- Maiʻikeʻoe i nā'āpana liʻiliʻi o ke kāhili ice cream! Mai hopohopoʻoe, he mea kupanaha kaʻona a me ka vanilla. Uaʻikeʻia ke keleka i ka mea mua loa, akā, ua maʻalahi a maʻalahi. Ua paʻakikī au, akā naʻe, ua hauʻoli au.
- Mai hōʻalo i ka wainaʻeleʻele! ʻO ka pinepineʻo Gilpaʻo iaʻo Rapazzini Winery e hāʻawi pinepine i nāʻano o nā wainaʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele likeʻole, Chateau de Garlic Red a Chateau de Garlic White.
- E mālama i ka lumi e noho ai i ka Gourmet Alley, nā hale kūʻai e kūʻai ana i nā meaʻai i kālaiʻia i ka paʻakai-paʻakai i ka hōkū o ka hopena. ʻO kēia mau mea i komo aku i nā sandwiches steak pepa, ka'uluhi Italia a me ka mānoanoa, nā paʻi paʻipaʻi o ka palaoa kāleka.
- E kali i ka nānāʻana i nā "Pyro Chefs" a me nā kukui nui e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka hoʻomākaukauʻana i ka meaʻai na Gourmet Alley. ʻO ka hoʻokumuʻana i nā mele mele e hōʻike ana i kā lākou hana kupaianaha.
- E nānā i nā mea hana a me nā mea kūʻaiʻoihana, e hoʻopili i nā hale hana'enela, nā lole, a me nāʻoihana.
- E mālama iāʻoe iho a mālama ponoʻole i kaʻoluʻolu. Hiki ke paʻakikī ka'ōpala, nā mea i kāluaʻia i ka'ōpū. E hoʻomau i nā haʻalulu i mea eʻoliʻoli ai i nā'ōleloʻaina ahiahi a me nā hana hoʻokani mele a ho'āʻo e haʻalele i kaʻahaʻaina ma mua o kou pihaʻana. Mahalo iāʻoe iho ma hope!
ʻO ka Huiʻo Gilroy Garlic
Iulai 29-31, 2016
Kealakekua Park, 7050 Miller Ave., Gilroy, HI
Pūnaewele: http://gilroygarlicfestival.com/