Nostalgic...

[kaytebell]

I went to a Teeny Tiny renaissance faire being held at the Champlain Valley Exposition grounds today. It was about 2 rows of big tents with merchants, 2 stages mostly with the same 3 shows swapping back and forth with some random "plot" events thrown in set up in a grassy field. Now for those of you who've been to "real" faire's, you know that this

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[muffyjo]

What an amazing experience - that you can slip so comfortably into an environment which seems so mysterious and foreign to me. There's something really wonderful about the thought of you wandering into a faire and "fitting in" to the point where you really can become part of the scenery.

I'm just saying that's wicked cool.

Whatchya sewing?

[kaytebell]

It's a part of my past that I really am glad I've managed to stay tenuously connected to. It's a great community for me to visit...but I couldn't live there, ya know?

I helped a friend make 3 T-tunics with side vents and trim for a week long LARPing event (not Pennsic *sigh) in a few weeks and then moved on to cutting out all the pieces for my new size smaller corset. I've got a family wedding in Chicago in Sept and I'm really hoping to have the corset, skirt and top done in time. We'll see...

[agallela]

Sounds like you could "drop in" from time to time. I bet if you make contacts at the beginning of each year that you could drop in throughout the year to join in!

[kaytebell]

Unfortunately, it only runs 2 weekends a year. So it's not like it's a community I coul dhook into. The folks that were friends of friends were from my KRF days with WGPTrey.

[agallela]

Ah.

Bummer.