Renn Faire

I went to the Ohio renaissance festival this weekend (100 miles away). It’s usually a good time and a great place to shop for my geeky cool friends. Sadly it rained all the way there but I lucked out. It didn’t rain once while I was there. However, it was only 55 degrees but since it’s usually 95 when I have to wear that garb, I wasn’t complaining. It was much more pleasant than heat (except when the wind really picked up since it was so damn damp).

I watched the jousting of course, Dirk & Guido the Swordsmen, Naughty Navels (I was impressed with the woman who could not only belly dance while balancing a beer glass on her head but she could also get on the ground and roll over without spilling a drop), the human chess board, and listened to Hunting McLeod, a Celtic band (I’m a sucker for men in kilts), among other things. I talked to an Ent and dined on spinach pie.

And I shopped. A lot of vendors that I knew from ten years ago are still there (this is a 40+ acre permanent village renn faire that runs for three months. It’s a big too-do). I got some great gifts for people and I spent money on ME for a change. I got a lovely wall plaque of the three phases of the goddess, two signed prints (well three, one’s a gift) from Paul…I forget his name but I’ll stick his website info up later. He was cute and funny and as a treat gave me a Dungeons and Dragon dice ear cuff since I was geeky enough. Got myself earrings called Aphrodite’s Dance that have aqua aura quartz in them.

The one thing I didn’t buy was a souvenir mug like usual. The normal renn fest mug is hand spun with a crest. These ones were your everyday mug with gold embossing on them. Big whoop. I was unimpressed. I even passed on the 4$ beer. Go me. (okay it was too chilly for beer if I planned on staying out in the wind)