After leaving the Matsuri Japanese festival at Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, Caroline and I made our way over to one of our favorite restaurants.

Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe over on Jefferson has the best soul food ever. Our souls now satisfied, we took a side street on a slow meander home. Good thing we did, as further down 7th street we stumbled upon a small Polish festival going on Saturday and Sunday.

The Polish festival was great, with live music, a dance platform, authentic Polish foods, and people having a genuinely good time. Caroline and I will return on Sunday bringing a bigger appetite so we can try the potato pancakes, sauerkraut, donuts, cotton candy, and cabbage rolls. A polka competition is also being held. March 18 and 19 the Aloha Hawaiian festival takes place downtown.