For some reason I decided I wanted to go the Renaissance Festival for my 30th birthday. I have no idea where I got that idea from. It’s not your typical 30th birthday party, but it was fun!
So, my brother, sil and neice, my aunt and cousin, my mom and dad and my hubby, Lydia and I invaded the Renaissance Festival this weekend. And I gotta tell you, people at the Renaissance Festival are weird. They just are. The performers are weird. The food guy is weird. The guy selling plastic elf ears is weird. The people attending in their own made up costumes are weird.
Of course, my favorite costumes are the…uhm…stout women dressed as wenches. Nothing accentuates the figure like a corset and a low cut peasant blouse. I also saw a man and his wife dressed in full armor. Well, he was dressed in full armor, she only had armor on the top. Her skirt was split up to the…uhm…top. But my favorite costume of the day was a mom and her 2 daughters dressed as belly dancers. Belly dancers. Renaissance. Someone please help me with my history!
However, the Renaissance Festival does know food. I for one, ate a cone full of cookies (I didn’t eat the cone, just the cookies), roasted corn on the cob, a giant hotdog with peppers and onions and fried green beans. Then I sampled some fried macaroni and cheese on a stick, fried ice cream and fried cheesecake. I am not making this up! The only thing I did not eat is the giant turkey leg. Ugh. That makes my stomach turn just thinking about it!
And no birthday is complete without gifts! My sil gave me a yummy beach bag with matching shirt and flip flops for my cruise! My aunt & cousin gave me $30 to Target. (Get it? $30 for my 30th birthday? Huh? Huh? Pretty clever!) And of course, you read my post about Mama & Daddy’s gift! Yowza! But the real gift was hanging out with my family on a beautiful day, eating food and people watching!
Happy Birthday to me!
(I have had to edit this 300 times because I just can’t get the pictures to work right. So, if you desperately need to see some pictures of us at the Renaissance Festival, click here.)
says
Oh yea…renassaince people are in a league all their own!
says
We’ve lived in Ga for almost 8 years and we keep saying we’re gonna go. But we still haven’t. Maybe we’ll head down before it’s over this year.
says
Yes, renaissance people are weird. My husband used to work with a guy that traveled on weekends participating in the fairs. He was a juggler. Yep. Major weirdo let me tell you. Is the hole in his pants that showed his, ahem, bum any clue??! Enough said. I completely understand! Glad you had a great time seeing strange people and eating fabulous food! Happy Birthday!
says
You’ve made me so hungry! And unusually wary of renaissance folks!! 🙂
says
Happy belated (but still happy wishes) birthday to you. What a fun, “weird” experience for your celebration. I thoroughly enjoyed your descriptions and the pictures of the kids are adorable. I need to get out of my rut a bit and do something different.
says
I do like the $30 gift certificate – very clever! Now I wonder if you can get them for $31 for next year? ????? 🙂
paul says
yeah, ppl really get into those festivals. and you’re right – they take their food really serious. but they are fun to go to, even just to ppl watch.