Ren Fest

[Tulenyre]

We going this year??... if so I have a new addition to bring along :) , if not then who wants to go ? :)

[attriel]

There's no HoE Reunion this year, but I'd be up for it anyway. If even just to meet this figment ;)

--attriel

(I'll play nice, I SWEAR!)

[Greebo]

You know we're always game. Even if there's no official reunion, no reason we can't coordinate a date.

[attriel]

FYI I'm gone 31 July through 6 August

And NO! That does NO mean you should try to schedule it there :p

[Lycos]

We're up for going again this year too! :D

[Greebo]

It would be a trick to schedule it then, since it runs:
August:
27, 28September:
3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25October:
1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23

[Prescient]

Me and the guys I work with are up for going as well.

[attriel]

Me and the guys I work with are up for going as well.

who are you, again? ;)

[Tulenyre]

huh, so either late August or September.. well September is usually cooler.

Strange I thought it rand from June to Sept.

[attriel]

huh, so either late August or September.. well September is usually cooler.

Strange I thought it rand from June to Sept.

So did i, that's why i made the post about when I wasn't going to be available :o

--attriel

[Greebo]

No its always been mid-august to mid-october.

We need to pick a good weekend - each one is themed. We dont necessarily want to go on "Singles Weekend".

Pirate weekend and scottish weekend rock.

[Tulenyre]

No its always been mid-august to mid-october.

We need to pick a good weekend - each one is themed. We dont necessarily want to go on "Singles Weekend".

Pirate weekend and scottish weekend rock.

Kieth and his "friends" might want singles weekend... doubt the rest of us do :) .

Scottish weekend sounds cool, have we done that one before though? What's the difference in themes (different shows, outfits, etc)?

[Greebo]

On scottish weekend, they have Caper tossing!

Pirate weekend is just good old rowdy fun.

Family weekend has lots of kids. Singles weekend has stupid singles icebreaker games.

All weekends are good, mind you, just some are better. :)

[Greebo]

http://www.rennfest.com/renaissance-festival-events.shtml

[Biaxin]

Hey,

'Caber' tossing. a caper is a seed, a little smaller than a pea and not that great a challenge to toss. A caper is a considerable challenge to use in cooking, I had a bottle of them for years.

[Greebo]

You do things how you want in Texas. We do things our way up here! :p

[attriel]

ARRRRGH! I HATE SCURVY!

[Serani]

We'd be up for a weekend of Ren Fest. I'd vote, as well, for later in September (or even early October) as it's much cooler especially for those in garb. That said, Scottish weekend sounds cool.


So, when?

[Tulenyre]

Hey,

'Caber' tossing. a caper is a seed, a little smaller than a pea and not that great a challenge to toss. A caper is a considerable challenge to use in cooking, I had a bottle of them for years.

Uh, a CABER is a large wooden pole.

[Tulenyre]

I'd say Scottish weekend, which is the 17th/18th of Sept. Unless someone had a prefrence for the pirate weekend (I don't remember which themes i've been to, i assume all of them since we all go at least once a year).

[Greebo]

Uh, a CABER is a large wooden pole.
*sigh*

Try to keep up, Larry.

[Tulenyre]

*sigh*

Try to keep up, Larry.


I don't get it.

[Greebo]

*I* called it Caper tossing, by mistake.

Biax already pointed out that its CABER tossing, not CAPER tossing, and then went on to explain what a caper was (not really necessary, since Carol and I both cook ;))

(And then I told him to do things his way if he wanted, we did them our way here ;))

[Serani]

On scottish weekend, they have Caper tossing!
Hey,'Caber' tossing. a caper is a seed, a little smaller than a pea and not that great a challenge to toss. A caper is a considerable challenge to use in cooking, I had a bottle of them for years.
Uh, a CABER is a large wooden pole.
B was correcting Greebo's misspelling. Greebo called the "caber tossing" "caper" tossing. Biaxin was correcting him, hence the period in the early part of is post. He then went on to describe a caper.

[Greebo]

I'd say Scottish weekend, which is the 17th/18th of Sept. Unless someone had a prefrence for the pirate weekend (I don't remember which themes i've been to, i assume all of them since we all go at least once a year).
We missed Scottish weekend last year, so I'd prefer that m'self.

But then we'll be up for most weekends except the one where we're out of the country.

[Lycos]

Sorry, just catching up. I like the idea of Scottish Weekend as well. I'll just have to check our schedule. Can I toss capers? I can handle that! :D

[Tulenyre]

Ok I was just informed that the 17/18 of Sept I do not have free. Uh so I guess I can't make scotish weekend. Any other dates seem ok thus far.

[Serani]

We're still free whenever. Perhaps you could ask her what weekends she has free and we could plan from there?

[Greebo]

Pirate weekend maybe?

[attriel]

We're still free whenever. Perhaps you could ask her what weekends she has free and we could plan from there?

Where's the fun in that?

[Tulenyre]

Any other weekend is fine, just so happens I found out the 17th was her birthday. I have to figure something else out for that.

Pirate weekend sounds fine.

[Serani]

Pirate weekend works for us.

[attriel]

Any other weekend is fine, just so happens I found out the 17th was her birthday. I have to figure something else out for that.

Pirate weekend sounds fine.

LOL!

well, then, THAT would have been awkward ;)

pirates are cool. I'm not likely to dress anyway (saving money; I'm splurging by going at all ;)

[Serani]

We'll be wearing our regular garb, not likely to dress differently based on teh weekend (don't really have the money for a whole new costume).

[Tulenyre]

I just confirmed, either the 24th or 25th is good (Pirate Weekend).

[Serani]

Now, we'd prefer (probably obvious) that it was Saturday instead of Sunday, but if the consensus is Sunday, we'll work it out.

[Sagar]

Can we come?

[attriel]

Can we come?

Can K have your puppies? ;)

I have no problems with you coming ... and since we're doing a game day prior to this, she'll at least have met some of us first, rather than all at once :o

Seriously though, if you bring the dogs we can leave them at my place with K all day, he and Tucker will have a romping good time (and Saylor will eat the leftover rawhide bits that K doesn't want, again, I presume ;) )

--attriel

[Sagar]

Can K have your puppies? ;)

I have no problems with you coming ... and since we're doing a game day prior to this, she'll at least have met some of us first, rather than all at once :o

Seriously though, if you bring the dogs we can leave them at my place with K all day, he and Tucker will have a romping good time (and Saylor will eat the leftover rawhide bits that K doesn't want, again, I presume ;) )

--attriel

Well, we MIGHT leave the dogs home. Tucker is old enough, now, to live without us for a weekend, if necessary. :lowrazz:

[Tulenyre]

Can we come?

Doesn't bother me in the slightest :)

[attriel]

Well, we MIGHT leave the dogs home. Tucker is old enough, now, to live without us for a weekend, if necessary. :lowrazz:

Heh, good point :o

[Serani]

I, personally, would LOVE to see you guys again. :)

Our dogs are staying home (sort of). We found a kennel we like up here that's a REALLY good price and is very nice.

[Greebo]

We need to make sure Lycos sees this.

This is turning into a regular mini-reunion. :)

[Kiir]

Dan and I can most likely do a brunch like thing on that Sunday if we go to the fest on Saturday since the kitchen should be done by then, knock on wood.

[Greebo]

That would be very good of you. We've already decided that we want a year off from hosting. We want to just be able to go and relax and enjoy the day with the group. :)

[Sagar]

That would be very good of you. We've already decided that we want a year off from hosting. We want to just be able to go and relax and enjoy the day with the group. :)

Can we come to your place to play games if we bring the food?

[Tulenyre]

Dan and I can most likely do a brunch like thing on that Sunday if we go to the fest on Saturday since the kitchen should be done by then, knock on wood.

We'll only be able to make it for Ren Fest, I don't want to overload her on being around a bunch of my friends for 2 days.

[Kiir]

Can we come to your place to play games if we bring the food?

You can come to my house and play the games :p, I don't think Greebo and Carol want to host anything to do with Renfest this year.

[Greebo]

You can come to my house and play the games :p, I don't think Greebo and Carol want to host anything to do with Renfest this year.
Cool, I can break another chair. :)

[attriel]

Cool, I can break another chair. :)

Well, there's only two of those left ...

[Sagar]

Oooooo.. a challenge ....

The gauntlet has been thrown, Greebs... 2 chairs... SICK EM!

[Greebo]

Ok, so Chair Breaking aside, we're looking at Sept 24th for the day at the Festival, agreed?

[Serani]

That works for us. Do we want to have dinner the night before?

[Tulenyre]

24th is good for us.

[Lycos]

I need to talk to Cindy, but we would be up for doing some hosting that weekend. I'll verify with our schedule, etc.

[Lycos]

I checked with Cindy and our schedule. That weekend works for us as well. Seeing that Dan and Sarah are volunteering to cover Saturday, would anyone attend a get together at our place if we hosted something on Sunday then?

I know Tulenyre would not be able to come due to possible friend overload, but what about everyone else? :D

[Greebo]

I checked with Cindy and our schedule. That weekend works for us as well. Seeing that Dan and Sarah are volunteering to cover Saturday, would anyone attend a get together at our place if we hosted something on Sunday then?

I know Tulenyre would not be able to come due to possible friend overload, but what about everyone else? :D
We'd definately come! :)

[attriel]

I thought we volunteered for sunday :o

Although I guess post-fest on saturday needs to be handled too, I guess I'll check with sarah about which she wants to do.

[Serani]

We're looking forward to the whole weekend. We'll be open through Sunday, sometime. I found a couple of good hotels on the western side of Balt (near the 695/70 area) for reasonable prices. We'll probably be staying into Sunday, one way or the other, but since I can work from anywhere (and rejuggle my schedule, quite a bit), we're pretty open about just when we leave.

[Greebo]

If you can find any on the east side that are as reasonable, I'd look into those too - since that would put you much closer to the festival.

[Serani]

That was the other thing I did last night. Only ones with open rooms that weekend are $120+ a night, which is quite a bit more than I can go.

These seemed reasonable, they have rooms open and, well, it's at least not 5 hours away. ;)

[Lycos]

I thought we volunteered for sunday :o

Although I guess post-fest on saturday needs to be handled too, I guess I'll check with sarah about which she wants to do.

Sorry, I read Kiir's post incorrectly. Yeah, you guys said you were doing the Sunday brunch. We can handle Saturday, or we can be a backup if your kitchen renovation takes longer than planned. How does that work?

[Kiir]

Sorry, I read Kiir's post incorrectly. Yeah, you guys said you were doing the Sunday brunch. We can handle Saturday, or we can be a backup if your kitchen renovation takes longer than planned. How does that work?

That works great, why don't you plan on being Saturday after RenFest, and we should know in 2 to 3 weeks if the kitchen renovation is going to go over or not.

[Lycos]

That works great, why don't you plan on being Saturday after RenFest, and we should know in 2 to 3 weeks if the kitchen renovation is going to go over or not.

Cool! Sounds like a plan to me. :D

[Serani]

So, are we having dinner Friday night at all?

Just like to plan our arrival times and the like (will affect how much time I need to request off of work).

[Greebo]

I wouldn't object to a dinner - but I don't think you need to schedule work around it. Show when you show...

[noptov52]

Oh baby, I'm definitely down for this. If someone could offer me a floor to sleep on I'd be most appreciative... that and I'd need someone to drive me around, since I (still) don't drive. I can probably hassle my parents or a friend into driving me up to the Baltimore area. Although, if someone in NoVa could take me I'm sure my friends/family would be quite happy.

[Kiir]

Noptov we have a spare bedroom I think if you need it, and since we'll be heading to the renfest having you along shouldn't be a problem. As long as you can deal with a super hyper dog.

[noptov52]

I have a Golden Retriever who believes the only thing in the world worth doing is playing ball (and occasionally eating or licking furniture), so a hyper dog should be fine :)

[Greebo]

Noppy - also look into Amtrak and MARC lines from DC to BWI.

Metro to Union Station - MARC to BWI - Dan or Sarah could pick you up there.

Pretty inexpensive, I believe.

We'll work out something anyway. :)

[Nalfein]

My wife and I are in. I havent been to Renfest in years, usually cause I was away in New Hampshire when everyone went.

[Greebo]

Great to hear it! We look forward to meeting her and seeing you again!

[Lycos]

Atty and Kiir,

How are you guys doing on your kitchen renovations. Should we plan anything different for the weekend?

Just checking up.

[attriel]

Doing the cabinets next week, then supposed to be 2 weeks for the counter to get cut and installed. So there's a week or so of slippage available, so we should be OK for doing it at our place yeah

--attriel

[Lycos]

Hey,

I just got a PM from Shawn and Jennifer, it doesn't look like they'll be coming this year. Katy and Joe can't make it. So, that really makes just us local folks.

And since that is the case, it doesn't really make sense to do all the dinner things that we usually do. Because they were mainly good reasons to get together with folks that don't get to see us much.

So, here is my question. Should we limit the amount of dinner activities that we would normally have? There are lots of combinations to do.

Friday Dinner out, and Renn Fest
Friday Dinner out, Renn Fest and Dinner right after
Friday Dinner out, Renn Fest, Dinner right after and Sunday Brunch
Renn Fest, and Dinner right after
Renn Fest, and Brunch

What do you guys think? Should we pop a poll up here and get everyone's input?

Just let me know what you think?

[Greebo]

I am for Friday dinner and Sat renfest. And sunday to recuperate. :)

[Caylor]

Dinner on friday is ok with me.

Or

Sat. Ren Fest with easy to prep Pot Luck afterward...or everyone in costume raid a restaurant and get people talkin'.

Poll would be fine, but how many others do we really expect to hear from?

[Kiir]

Whatever everyone decides on is fine for me.

[Lycos]

I'm with Caylor. I have no strong feeling one way or another on those 2 options.

[Greebo]

Carol and I were talking about this over the weekend, and if we do dinner on Sat, then Cindy and the Lycos Kids will not be able to attend dinner, I'm sure, cause they'll be tired from the full day at the fest.

So I personally think Dinner on Fri + Ren Fest, or just Ren Fest, since we're all local, is the best pair of options.

[Tulenyre]

We can only do Saturday, but I don't think we'd even be able to do diner Saturday though.. would be up to Rena.

[Lycos]

Carol and I were talking about this over the weekend, and if we do dinner on Sat, then Cindy and the Lycos Kids will not be able to attend dinner, I'm sure, cause they'll be tired from the full day at the fest.

That is probably true. Unless we did dinner at McDonald's then the kids would just be so excited that they would probably pass out from too much goodness in one day! ;)

[attriel]

So it looks like we're just renfesting it then :)

we should probably figure out time and where we're meeting ...

OK, so, thta'd be like 8am (or 9? whenver they open) at the front gate, wouldn't it? :o

[Greebo]

Actually the gate doesn't open until 10:00 am so what about 9:45 am at the ticket area.

There is a grass courtyard in front of the main gate and ticket area. It forms a sort of rectangle, bordered on two sides by parking lot. Lets plan on meeting in the tree shaded corner that is furthest from the gate and ATM.

[Tulenyre]

Actually the gate doesn't open until 10:00 am so what about 9:45 am at the ticket area.

There is a grass courtyard in front of the main gate and ticket area. It forms a sort of rectangle, bordered on two sides by parking lot. Lets plan on meeting in the tree shaded corner that is furthest from the gate and ATM.

That's the tree on the ticket booth side is it not...

so we meet at the same time and place we always meet ? :)

[Greebo]

There might be some new people coming? I thought Lars or someone new?

Anyway yes, where we always meet. :)

[Kiir]

Okay so we are going on Saturday right? Where shall we meet and what time.


Also Noptov since it is just one day, do you want us to pick you up, or maybe Larry can get you since he is closer (not sure since he is going with Rena).

[Greebo]

Read the thread kthxla~

*BONK*

[Tulenyre]

Chuck pm me your cell phone number, Rena pulled a muscle in her neck.. hopefully we will be on time. If not, she has a cell phone and we can call.

[noptov52]

Wow, this weekend totally snuck up on me! Can someone give me the rundown of everything thats going on? Thanks.

[Greebo]

For EVERYONE attending tomorrow, my cell is:
443-226-6029

I'd encourage everyone to post their cell numbers as well.

For anyone arriving late, if you can't reach any of the numbers listed, check "The White Stag" frequently. That is the tavern/pub by the main food court and someone from the group will check in there periodicially - its a regular meeting place for us. Try to be closer to the stag statue - it's on the side further from the food and trust me, you can't miss it.

[Greebo]

Larry,

Carol is a Maseusse. Tell Rena not to be late and she'll get a neck massage. Or she can go to "The Healer's Grove" and pay for one. Having had a full back massage at the grove, I can assure you it was WORTH it! :) (This was before I met Carol)

[noptov52]

I do need to be picked up. What station is closest for ya'll? Also, I'll need a ride back to Penn. Station on Saturday night/Sunday (whenever you want to kick me out :P) so I can catch an Amtrak train back. MARC doesn't run on the weekends :(

My cell phone is [hidden].

[Greebo]

Wow, this weekend totally snuck up on me! Can someone give me the rundown of everything thats going on? Thanks.
Its all in the thread. :)

[noptov52]

I knew that'd be your answer. *grumbles* Not very illiterate accessible.

[Kiir]

My cell is 443-745-6044

Dan's cell is 443-745-6045

[Greebo]

If you were illiterate, you wouldn't be reading this, now WOULD YOU!?!

So are Dan & Sarah picking you up or what?

[Kiir]

Yeah tonight around 6/6:30 at BWI.