Labor Day Weekend!!

[Julianne]

Brian and I made it home fine...albeit once again very sad that weekend had to end.

As has always been true you all made our visit wonderful!  We love you bunches
We had a such a good time!

Thank you all so much for making our visit so memorable.

[Lord Figaro]

Any time you guys from AZ come here, it's a memorable event.

[peggyelizabeth]

attendance on Sat. was over 18,000 and Sun over 17,000-sorry don't know about Mon, but it felt really small by comparison. I think with the Olympics, the start of school snuck up on people, so they were likely getting ready for that.

[Comte de Gilbert]

Jessica and I made it home safely... (obviously as we were on the same plane as the marquis and julie). Wanted to say thank you to you all for such a wonderful time, it was so great to finally meet you all and put real faces to all the names. It just ended and I'm already waiting for next year.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

The Earl and I were at the Bristol Renaissance festival for the last weekend. It was dusty, warm, and crowded there too. We managed nicely in our Noble garb, drank plenty of water, took our time getting from point A to point B.

Glad to hear everyone had a great time despite the lesser crowds.

With the RNC in St. Paul, the last weekend for Valley Fair, and the State Fair, that would cut into the MNRF tally for sure. The rest of September should fare better, we hope.

The Earl and I plan at least 2 days for festing in September.

[Davood]

Mojgan and I wanted to express our gratitude to our fine friends in Minnesota for such a wonderful faire weekend.  We are missing it already, and anxiously awaiting to return.  We never walked so much, laughed so much, or imbibed so much as we did on this trip.  Huzzah, and hope to see many of you in AZ come spring time!

Davood & Mojgan

[Lady L]

They said on the news today, that State Fair attendance was down. 

Some of the bars/restaurants are not getting customers from the RNC. They showed lots of empty tables at lunch time. They also talked about  vendors that paid $2,500.00 per booth space, at civic fest, near the RNC and were told they would get a crowd of 150,000 people, but no one was there. Anyone else see that?  It was on channel 5. Here's the link.

http://vote.kstp.com/article/stories/S566422.shtml?cat=10962

[Tarac]

  Just like any other Dog and Pony Show they want you to jump at their convenience and if it dose not turn out like they want to bad so sad.

[winterland]

Had a great time Sunday 8/31. Perfect weather. Haven't tasted the Egyptian mead since last year. Mmmmm good.
Had a belt shortened that I bought last year and also picked up a new pouch. Been saving up for one. Both at Renaissance Leather. Here is a pic only I got black.


Going to try to go this Saturday also. Those 2 for 1 ticket deals really help things. 

Here is my son playing in a sprinkler in front of one of the booths. He was sucking on one of those frozen oranges all day. It all ended up on his shirt. I had people coming up saying he must have been wounded in battle.

[lionheart]

Mojgan and I wanted to express our gratitude to our fine friends in Minnesota for such a wonderful faire weekend.  We are missing it already, and anxiously awaiting to return.  We never walked so much, laughed so much, or imbibed so much as we did on this trip.  Huzzah, and hope to see many of you in AZ come spring time!

Davood & Mojgan

We all enjoyed having all of you down and are missing everyone already. See you in February.

Lionheart

[Lady L]

So, if people were not at the State Fair, the RNC/events or MNRF, where were they? I think they stayed home. I hope we have better attendance this weekend, as the weather should be great.

If we don't have better sales soon, it will be "too bad, so sad" for a lot of people. When the vendors don't do well, they will leave and then who will pay $1,000 per cart and shop booth fees (some shops pay double) ? That's a lot of money to fund the show. It was the consensus that Labor Day was the worst sales day in many years, including festival friday.

[Nikita]

We rocked it Saturday but monday was like pulling teeth - which I almost did!

[Sitara]

It was even a slow day selling beer.  That always feels weird.

[Charlotte Rowan]

So, if people were not at the State Fair, the RNC/events or MNRF, where were they? I think they stayed home. I hope we have better attendance this weekend, as the weather should be great.

If we don't have better sales soon, it will be "too bad, so sad" for a lot of people. When the vendors don't do well, they will leave and then who will pay $1,000 per cart and shop booth fees (some shops pay double) ? That's a lot of money to fund the show. It was the consensus that Labor Day was the worst sales day in many years, including festival friday.

I think everyone just stayed home on Monday. Probably due to the heat and back-to-school. Saturday and Sunday were super busy despite the hot weather, so I bet this weekend will be packed.

Although now they are saying Sunday will be wet... Shall we do the "NO RAIN" chant again? NO RAIN, NO RAIN, NO RAIN....

[Muffin]

It was even a slow day selling beer.  That always feels weird.

Totally!!! Felt very weird..... COLD BEER HERE!!!!