The rest of the weekend
May. 5th, 2003 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, we went to the Ren Fest yesterday. Our initial caravanning group consisted of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadesong, Elayna, mightywombat, blueingenue, libidoergosum, mermaidblue, and Alex. We met up with charlesb, not_hothead_yet (and brood and friends whose LJ names I can't remember), vidicon and bheansidhe at the gate, and found the newly-renamed missbiscuit and mightywombat's friend Lisa (whose LJ name, if she has one, I didn't catch) at the tavern.
The fair, as always, was fun and hectic. With Elayna and with a large group, it's not quite as stress-free as I'd like it, but we managed to see more than we had last year.
Highlights (other than just hanging out at various times with lots of fun people) included:
•The Birds of Prey show, which featured a peregrine falcon (which I've seen before, but is always beautiful to watch), an owl, and a condor (I've now seen both the condor and the bald eagle, and been within about ten feet of both). Elayna was impressed, and we got a picture of her with the owl (an eagle owl, btw).
•Hack and Slash, a damned fine comedy sword-fighting duo (Elayna liked them, although she remembered the bad jokes they told pre-show more than anything else).
•The Zucchini Brothers, one of my long-time favorite acts, a pair of nifty jugglers (Elayna quite enjoyed them, too).
•The Lost Boys, a nifty group (who I'd never seen before) who covered old heavy metal songs in a medieval manner (not manor -- we were outside).
•The tea house, which I'd managed to avoid for years, not thinking it was worth spending time in. Turns out it's a delight. The tea was great, and they had real English Pub Food. I had a lovely Scotch egg and a pork pie.
•The pub sing, which was a blast (and Elayna sang along with the chorus of some of the songs, although I'm damned glad she didn't pick up all the lyrics of the verses).
Overall, a nice day, but definitely exhausting.
shadesong, Elayna, mightywombat, blueingenue, libidoergosum, mermaidblue, and Alex. We met up with charlesb, not_hothead_yet (and brood and friends whose LJ names I can't remember), vidicon and bheansidhe at the gate, and found the newly-renamed missbiscuit and mightywombat's friend Lisa (whose LJ name, if she has one, I didn't catch) at the tavern.The fair, as always, was fun and hectic. With Elayna and with a large group, it's not quite as stress-free as I'd like it, but we managed to see more than we had last year.
Highlights (other than just hanging out at various times with lots of fun people) included:
•The Birds of Prey show, which featured a peregrine falcon (which I've seen before, but is always beautiful to watch), an owl, and a condor (I've now seen both the condor and the bald eagle, and been within about ten feet of both). Elayna was impressed, and we got a picture of her with the owl (an eagle owl, btw).
•Hack and Slash, a damned fine comedy sword-fighting duo (Elayna liked them, although she remembered the bad jokes they told pre-show more than anything else).
•The Zucchini Brothers, one of my long-time favorite acts, a pair of nifty jugglers (Elayna quite enjoyed them, too).
•The Lost Boys, a nifty group (who I'd never seen before) who covered old heavy metal songs in a medieval manner (not manor -- we were outside).
•The tea house, which I'd managed to avoid for years, not thinking it was worth spending time in. Turns out it's a delight. The tea was great, and they had real English Pub Food. I had a lovely Scotch egg and a pork pie.
•The pub sing, which was a blast (and Elayna sang along with the chorus of some of the songs, although I'm damned glad she didn't pick up all the lyrics of the verses).
Overall, a nice day, but definitely exhausting.