{"id":5890,"date":"2012-11-04T05:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T05:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:07:55","slug":"fun-times-at-ye-olde-ren-faire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/04\/fun-times-at-ye-olde-ren-faire\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun times at ye olde Ren Faire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The crew: HNG, Brett, Hannah, Rob, Jai, Karen, Jason<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It\u2019s no secret that I love a good festival. So when my friend Jason told me that a group of friends were going to meet up at a\u00a0local Renaissance Faire\u00a0on Saturday I got really excited.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t usually dress up for festivals but the group of friends that I went with does so I threw together an outfit that was as close to Renaissance as I could get based on my limited \u201cI hate shopping\u201d wardrobe. \u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0always been a tomboy so I tend to avoid skirts and dresses as much as possible, therefore my outfit turned out to be a sort of an androgynous-renaissance-pirate-girl-with a giant sword. \u00a0Which kind of makes sense because, let\u2019s face it, if I was alive back in ye olde tymes, I probably would have been the chick that ran away and joined a band of pirates. I\u2019m descended from Vikings afterall.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Vikings\u2026.we ran into this guy in the food area. When I told him that the Vikings were my people he started talking to me in Norwegian and I had to inform him that I\u2019m lame and don\u2019t speak Norwegian. I did, however, understand that it was Norwegian he was speaking and I understood when he asked me if I was\u00a0Norwegian, Danish or Swedish and was able to answer him. That seemed to redeem me a little (that, and my Mjolnir necklace) because I got a big smile when he said (in English) that he was also Norwegian and Danish.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0The Dread Crew of Oddwood, a pirate heavy mahogany band (get it?) They are a festival favorite. I mentioned them in a blog about\u00a0last year\u2019s VikingFest.<\/p>\n

This is The Dread Crew of Oddwood\u2019s drummer crashing through the back of the stage and the chaos that ensued.<\/p>\n

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Very rock n\u2019 roll of you Mister drummer dude<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever been to a Festival where so many of the people dressed up.<\/p>\n

Some of the costumes were quite detailed and\/or entertaining.<\/p>\n

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Which Scottish clan uses giraffe instead of plaid I wonder?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There was a wide variety of costumes, everything from royals to wenches to gypsies to fairies, and lots and lots of pirates. Then there was this totally random biker ninja\u2026<\/p>\n

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Though we questioned his credibility when he showed up on film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hannah found a treasure map on the ground. We got really excited until we realized that there was a list of age-appropriate books about pirates for kids on the back.<\/p>\n

We found a guy who makes handmade jewelry and mini poison bottles (he claims that they aren\u2019t meant for poison, but come on, we know better). He made this necklace.<\/p>\n

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Are you my Mummy?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I kept seeing things that had no real purpose and I started jokingly referring to them as \u201cmedieval sex toys.\u201d This is my friend Brett modeling the feather model\u2026<\/p>\n

Then we walked into a shop and I saw this leather gizmo and I asked the vendor what it was used for and she straight up told me that it was best used as a sex toy! I KNEW IT! Brett and I got a good laugh out of that one.<\/p>\n

Brett was in the market for a\u00a0stein. He didn\u2019t end up finding one that he liked but he was rather intrigued by this one.<\/p>\n

While searching we stumbled on to this old friend.\u00a0Remember it\u00a0from this past year\u2019s\u00a0VikingFest?<\/p>\n

Since Brett was the only one of us not in costume, he tried on some accessories.<\/p>\n

He decided that he\u00a0preferred my sword and proceeded to test it out on Jason.<\/p>\n

Fearing that I might lose my sword for good, I went looking for alternative weaponry. This pistol was pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

But this skull club was even awesomer!<\/p>\n

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It would have matched my skull earrings. Girls have to thing about things like this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This guy showed up out of no where and tried to herd us over to a grassy area.<\/p>\n

Brett was like\u201dWTF? Stop poking me!\u201d but we wandered over anyway.<\/p>\n

We ended up in this pirate-themed area with a lovely \u201charlot\u201d sign.<\/p>\n

Turns out he wanted us to watch his harem of belly dancers.<\/p>\n

Then we ran into another pirate and his pi-rat buddy.<\/p>\n

I love rats and used to own two named\u00a0Jadzia\u00a0and\u00a0Ezri.<\/p>\n

All the pirates inspired us to end the day with a\u00a0Captain Morgan\u00a0pose.<\/p>\n

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They may or may not have been coerced into this by me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It turns out that walking around being awesome makes you hungry so we met our friend Justin at\u00a0The Money Pit\u00a0for some post-faire grub.<\/p>\n

We felt a little out of place in our corsets and puffy shirts until we saw this lady wearing curlers and a lab coat.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoyed the Ren Faire coverage. It\u2019s late and I\u2019m headed to\u00a0Long Beach Comic Con\u00a0in the morning (or, I guess it would be right now since I\u2019ll be posting this in the morning) so I\u2019m gonna make like Friar Tuck here and get some zzz\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Look for a report from LBCC on Monday or Tuesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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