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San Francisco, CA
San Francisco's Chinatown is much more than just fortune cookies and unmanned sidewalk vegetable displays that depend on little more than the honor system; it's a world of colorful sights, pungent aromas of duck fat and ginger, and brilliant spectacles such as lion dancing, which is far more impressive than the similar-sounding line dancing.
All of the above are part of the Chinatown Community Street Fair, held the weekend of the Chinese New Year Parade. With nearly half a million attendees, the fair boasts a number of cultural activities such as kite making, puppet shows and calligraphy demonstrations. Stroll the streets while popping in and out of Chinese markets, bakeries and tea shops.
Acrobats and magicians round out the entertainment, although I prefer to entertain myself with my own Char Siu Bao-eating contest, party of one.
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