TheBanyanTree: Re 1 down, 4 to go

[David Rubin]

And while we're all thinking of RenFaires, let's quaff a tall and
frosty one in remembrance of our departed brother, Sir Terry of the
Glass Harp!


Dave and Janie Rubin


On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:35 PM, TLW <tlwagener at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am amazed and delighted to report that yesterday I went to my FIRST
> Ren Faire EVER!  In no small part -- probably 99%  -- because of posts
> to this list.  My companion warned me that, based on his experience 20
> years ago, it is "hot and dusty."  But it wasn't.  It was lovely and
> fun and I spent almost $200 that I cannot afford.  I am not a gullible
> person, but I do love to be swept up into theatre.  And it happens all
> too rarely, these days.  I loved being called "Milady," and hearing
> "Good sir" and such.  For the rest of the day -- and perhaps forever,
> I was saying "This be good" and "This be Tha BEST!"
>
> I bought a long skirt (like I have not eleventy million long skirts),
> and a raffia sun hat (like I have not sun hats, too, but this be the
> acme of sun hats) and I bought two purple ostrich feathers for my
> companion and me.  I bought pork on a stick, and lemoade, and even a
> root beer float, which isn't period, be seemed crucial, at the time.
>
> We arrive at 4 and stayed till past closing.  The Faire folk were
> good-humored, patient, and delightful.  I will go again.  And again.
> And again. After all,  I have decades of non-Faire years to make up
> for. . . .
>
> Sidda
>
> --
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>
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