This past weekend, Ivan, Summer, Jason and I headed down to Georgia to go to the final weekend of GARF.
The rest of the pictures can be seen at http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/georgia-ren-faire-2009-final-weekend/
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I am calling this Vol 1, as I will be returning to GARF for the closing weekend, and that will help differentiate pictures and posts etc.
We got down to Atlanta around 11:45 pm EST, and pretty much just went to sleep knowing that we would be getting up early to head to the faire. We got off to a later start then we had originally planned, and got to the faire around 10:45. It was about 11:15 by the time we were ready and purchased our tickets. My first stop was going to be the kilt booth that I had gone to last year and was pondering ever since. I really wanted a wool great kilt for quite some time, and had set back some money for it over the year, and they had one that I liked. At first I was torn between two different patterns, the night watch, and the black stuart. The thing that made up my mind was when Charlie, the kilt salesman, said that the night watch was very popular. I don’t want the same kilt as everyone else, so I went with the black stuart. Here is a look at the pattern.
I also ended up getting the Son of Sandlar boots that I had looked at last year, and they are great. The one other thing that I got to go along with my kilt is a grey fox head sporran. It was meant to be a pouch, but last night I took some extra leather I had, and made the sporran belt which makes it sit at the correct position.
Ivan was able to get his new Robin Hood boots, and Starfire sword, and Summer got a full length leather thing. We don’t know what the actual name for a piece like this would be, but it is a cross between an apron, a duster, and a tunic. Needless to say, it is awesome.
Here are a couple of pictures. The rest can be seen here.
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accomplished
accomplishedThis Saturday it is time once again to get back into the ren faire spirit. I am heading down to Atlanta on Friday evening, accompanied by Ivan and Summer, and will be attending the Georgia Renaissance Festival or GARF for short on both Saturday and part of Sunday. I am still torn as to whether or not I am going to go in costume, or just be comfy and take pictures. I don’t really care to carry my camera with me if I am in costume, so it is still up in the air as to what to do. The plan is to return for the final weekend of GARF as well, so I will probably do that one is a costume of some sort.
The other big thing that I get to do this weekend is to see my new nephew Andrew for the first time. I am very excited about this, as I need to establish my status as the cool uncle. I know that Joshua is happy to have a little brother, so that should be a cool experience. I definitely plan to get some good pictures of the nephews to give to my parents and my sister.
I had a blast when I went to GA for the faire last year. It is a different environment than the TN Renaissance faire in that GA has each vendor in their own freestanding buildings, something TN can’t do due to stupid zoning restrictions etc. GA was a much better faire for vendors, but the entertainment value of TN trumps GA in my opinion many times over. TN faire starts of in a week, and I plan to go at least one day each weekend if not both. With the new house, I am MUCH closer to the faire site, and I can always take the bike up there and get front row parking in the motorcycle lots if I don’t feel like getting there at opening gate for a good parking spot.
I love just wandering around at the faire. I have it down to a science where I can do a whole day for about 10 bucks total if I try, and that is being there from 9:30 until pub sing at the end of the day. There are very few things that you can spend 10 bucks on for a full day of entertainment. I don’t include entry into this figure, as I but a season pass. As long as I go 5 times total, that makes the pass worth it.
If you are going to be at GARF or are going to TN, let me know when you will be there so I can be sure to keep an eye out for you.
