The Fair
I finally went to my first Renaissance Fair this weekend and I loved it. The one I went to is Ohio's Renaissance Fair (exit #45 of off I-71 in Waynesville). It was so nifty. They had all these little buildings made that housed craft vendors and there were all sorts of different jousting shows, or jugglers, or mini plays and a bunch of rides for the kids that used all man power. There was one that I wanted to try (but I was way to big) where they put the kid on a horse on a pulley and send him down the slide to try to joust the ring in the dragons mouth.
Cheesy but fun.
Okay, I am so opening myself up in this next part to incessant teasing (mostly by D. I'm sure) but in the interest of full disclosure I'm going to just come out and say it. I wish I had dressed up to go. The people in costume were all having way too much fun and some of those costumes are really cool (and by cool I mean in a Samuel Jackson, D&D, L.A.R.P. kind of cool. So I guess not cool at all). Some people put a lot of time and effort into their costumes and deserved the attention they were getting. It was really adorable seeing the one family where the mom and three little girls all under 8 were all dressed up (with the Dad in his Browns sweatshirt and jeans walking a few paces behind). Let's face it, that put me in touch with my inner geek. Too bad my inner geek has really expensive taste. This one pair of boots that I fell in love with were $475! Yikes. I don't even want to know how much the leather cloak (with a really kickin' cloak pin) was.
In the end I settled for a Celtic knot belt buckle and some incense but maybe next year.
posted by Vinnie G. @ 8:35 PM
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If you really had a good time and your inner geek is still jumping and clapping, I'd recommend joining a local SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) group. You can learn how to make that stuff rather than buy it. The boots are still likely to cost you - cobbling isn't a mean trade. Often, SCA'ers know places to get such things cheaper (Ren fairs are notoriously overpriced). By the time next year rolls around, you can go completely equipped. :-)
(One caveat on SCA - while the culture is derived from hippies and therefore quite tolerant, there are always a few rednecks, especially among the heavy weapons fighters.)
I LOVED going to the Ohio Ren Faire in Waynesville when we lived in Dayton & Cinci --- did you see the Theatre In The Ground (mud theatre -- always fun!)?
My favorite prodution in the mud is Beowulf.
A great dirty time!
Oh. My. God. I'm on overload here - I don't even know where to start. Hyperventilating on wit and fire and brimstone - all of which is fighting in me at one time to try and get out of my mouth first!
Perhaps I'll just have to save it for when I see you.... ahahahahahahahahahaamwuuuuuuuuuhahahahahahahahaha
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