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Nate's Photo Journal |
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Maryland Renaissance Festival 10/13/2002 |
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Sunday, James Ebright and Brian Van Fossen and I headed out of the city, through the dangerous sniper ridden suburbs around DC, into the relative safety of Maryland farm lands to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. This was my first experience of such a gathering and I looked out of place amonst the well garbed barbarians, warrior princesses, floppy hatted jesters and surprisingly young wizards, wearing my faded blue jeans, ballcap, and blue tee-shirt. What can I say, it was nice to not have to do the dress code. |
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There were all kinds of shops selling gifts, crafts, and food. James taught me the value of deep fried pickles covered in sodium and crusty fat. James being an experienced Ren Faire eater managed to navigate Brian and I through the various delictable items- roasted nuts, deep fried pickles, turkey legs, funnel cakes, oyster shooters and waffle bowl hot fudge ice cream sundaes. I was surprised at how much I could eat. It must have been the preparation from the previous night with James eating sushi at his "Japanese Mother's" restaurant..."all my friends call me Sue Nami." Anyway, all that grease washed down easily with mead, hard cider and the ole renaissance standby- beer. I believe there was water- but only beer could get me to brave adventure during time of sniper scare. |
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The turkey legs were a delight- although they tasted a little like ham, but they were called turkey legs and looked like turkey legs so I'm sure Socrates would have agreed they were turkey legs. The best part of turkey legs was eating them, ripping the flesh from the bones with my teeth- I felt like I was REALLY in the middle ages. For a moment I pretended I was a Viking, having just finished raping, pillaging and plundering...Then I headed down to check out the Drench a Wench and see the saucy young ladies moisten from the efforts of many a fine man and a hardy sack toss. Between food and bodice ogling I managed to get in a few performances such as the bagpipe Scotish band the Rogues, a mud show, a few fine comedians, a magician, and a tight rope walker. The main events of the day were the jousts and human chess match. Over on the left you'll see a nice picture of me being burned at the stake for my beliefs! I always liked the picture of St. Terese playing Joan of Arc and here was my humble attempt. Download this picture in case I ever become a saint. It was a great experince, I enjoyed all the eating, drinking, and merriment. I was impressed and somewhat evnious of all the complex and intricate costumes. Although there were a few confusing outliers including a Klingon couple and a man from the 1900's who must ascribe to the theory that the Renaissance never ended. |
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Movie Clip # 1 - Scotish Elvis |
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Movie Clip # 2 - Human Chess Battle |
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Movie Clip # 3 - Final Jousting Games |
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