Labor Day Weekend!!

[Capt. Bacardi]

It was a good weekend.....but my whole body hurts.  I am going to bed....

[Kiss-me-Kate]

...I was at the mead booth at 10 am on sunday....and saw a group of  you all standing in a circle....but I was shy and wasn't sure how to approach.....*sigh* next year I have to build some courage into my bodice....


(We were the lord and lady in grey/black/white jacquard if you saw us).

I think I saw you later in the day.  You had loverly garb!  And it took me a while to work up courage too.  I ended up meeting everyone at a pub night after fest was over.  That was three years ago-Wow-that went fast!

[Naween]

Thank you for the compliment! I want to add more details to it next year....we brought the sewing machine to the hotel just to try and get everything done on time!

[groomporter]

Blech, what a lousy Labor Day, hot, brain-dead mundanes and sh--ty sales.
Thank you to everyone who did come out.

[Kiss-me-Kate]

GP, aren't most mundanes brain dead? 
Thank goodness for drunks with cash/visa cards!   

[Naween]

Groomporter, I heard someone mention that they were only at 60-70% of sales as compared to previous sales...I take it this was the same for many shops then? Hope you all made ends meet and a little profit at the end of the day, a 30-40% reduction in income is never a fun thing.

[Lady L]

All the shopkeepers I talked to in my area, said their sales were terrible. One said they sold only one item, another said they had 2 sales. Labor Day this year was quite slow and not very many people. Not sure if it was the weather, economy, or what. We were sitting there until 3 pm before we had sales and then near the end, we had several good sales, so all was not lost.

[Leyla]

...I was at the mead booth at 10 am on sunday....and saw a group of  you all standing in a circle....but I was shy and wasn't sure how to approach.....*sigh* next year I have to build some courage into my bodice....
(We were the lord and lady in grey/black/white jacquard if you saw us).

I saw you both bunches this weekend, amazing costumes are hard to miss!  I wish I'd known that you were interested in the group I would have grabbed you and brought you to meet people.  Will you be out again this season?

[groomporter]

GP, aren't most mundanes brain dead? 
Thank goodness for drunks with cash/visa cards!   

Sometimes, but usually their brains aren't poached as well.

By late afternoon one of our friends a few doors up from us hadn't sold a single thing on Monday. Speaking of which, check them out, they have these neat pewter sculptures of dragons, fairies and stuff that are coming "through" mirrors or stained glass. Booth 631 "Through the Looking Glass." They also have some smaller cute animal figurines and incense burners in the shape of dragons. One has his paws covering his nose and the smoke comes out his butt. All original designs sculpted and cast by their own hands.

[Muffin]

Blech, what a lousy Labor Day, hot, brain-dead mundanes and sh--ty sales.
Thank you to everyone who did come out.

Brain dead for sure!! I don't know how many times we had to tell people, "hey you can't come and get a beer for yourself and your brother, sister, aunt, mother, husband, whatever!" two beers = two bodies.. and if we can't see em, then too bad... and no that doesn't mean you can come get a beer and then come back and get another one two seconds later...    Lots of hand offs going on, and mean icky people... 

All in all, was still a fun weekend... A little too hot yesterday, but better that then rain!!

See ya all in a few days!!

[Will Gamwell]

It was definately quite the weekend.  I don't know how many times my mug of water was drained monday, but I'm sure I killed a few jugs of water.  Of coarse when you wander around street and run into cast members here and there and hand over your mug for them to drink.  Tim (the guy in the trash can) would drain at least half of it in one gulp.

[Alison - Not Caterina Anymore]

Tips were down 50% for me on Monday. I think everyone had an "off" day for sales, take, etc.

[Naween]

Hi Leyla, thanks for the compliments! Unfortunately we had to drive back to school for Jay to start his last term of college, so we wont be back this year. No matter how fast we drive, its always a nearly 10-hour drive back to canada, and  food, gas, hotel etc makes it pricey to visit more than one weekend. We're tossing around a two-weekend visit next year, so we'll see what happens. Next year for sure I will say hi to you though. I also have time now to order and receive a R/F pin, so I will have that as well next year.

...I was at the mead booth at 10 am on sunday....and saw a group of  you all standing in a circle....but I was shy and wasn't sure how to approach.....*sigh* next year I have to build some courage into my bodice....
(We were the lord and lady in grey/black/white jacquard if you saw us).

I saw you both bunches this weekend, amazing costumes are hard to miss!  I wish I'd known that you were interested in the group I would have grabbed you and brought you to meet people.  Will you be out again this season?

[Naween]

Ouch. Hopefully you all have better sales this year. I know we spent $400 at faire this year including food, drinks, tips for performers, shopping, etc, so we did our part!

[Goody]

Had a nice weekend! Thanx to those that toted me around and to Kate and the girl child for visiting Sat and Sun over our campfire.

Hoping you AZ folks made it home safely!!

Naween: I too noticed ur garb. Don't be so shy next time!!! And if ur into camping to lessen the cost of a visit, I like to stay at shakopeerv.com and can be found there most wkends if ya wanna join me!

see ya in 2 wks!!