Lana and I went to the Louisiana Renaissance Festival yesterday. This happens every year near Hammond during November. It's great fun. There are a lot of booths that sell medieval type clothing, weapons, art. You can shoot arrows and throw axes, and there are a couple of rides for kids. They have a Queen, who always has a court, and often there are parades through the "town." There is a jousting site that is very cool, and also places where they demonstrate glass blowing and older crafts. This year they had tigers. I particularly like the bar where they have comics of various kinds. For a couple of years now we've gone to see Christoff the Insulter," who people pay to insult other people in the bar. He is very good, and very hilarious, although you do NOT want to take your kids, or any kids.
Lana and I had decided that instead of buying each other Christmas presents we would go in together to buy something for the house. We found two things at the festival that we bought. One is a metal sculpted fountain that is absolutely gorgeous, and the other is a sculpted dragon perched on a rock. The lady who did them threw in some metal dragonflies and butterflies, and we are very happy with our acquisitions.
If you get a chance to go to the festival I'd certainly recommend it. A lot of creative people there.
Man, I love Renaissance Festivals. There's one near Conroe, TX, that Christine and I used to drive over to from Central Louisiana. They always had funny jugglers and one year I saw this great French magician - very funny and clever. I think they had a special holiday weekend this year but we didn't get to go, having too much other fun I guess. There's something to be said for the fun of stepping back in time.
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