MN Faire

This was a good weekend.

The faire was excellent. It reminded me greatly of the MD faire. Similar layout, lots of music and street theater, lots of shows, good shopping, open alcohol allowed throughout the grounds. It even offered a few things MD doesn't that were really nice.

Such as:
*Pets are allowed so there were lots of dogs and even a cat there. The owners are very conscientious. I never saw any animal waste on the ground. Some of the pets were 'costumed' but most were just hanging out with their owners, hoping someone would drop food.

*There are two booths serving popovers with fresh butter. Very Midwest and sooo yummy. Cara was the 'guide' for the day. She's about my age and she's been going to this faire for about 20 years. Stopping first for a popover is one of her traditions in which we were glad to partake.

*There's a permanent building for the herpetological Society. Lots of scaly and cold-blooded critters being shown by people who obviously love them. Mostly snakes, turtles, lizards and alligators. And the primary form of display (except for the crocs) was for a human handler to stand near the fence and share the animal with the curious. We saw a couple of tortoises wandering the grounds with handlers. One tortoise was 'dressed' in a kilt. It was deeply cute.

I went with only three other people, so I was not overwhelmed with strangers. We all got along well so I wasn't too stressed by NEW PEOPLE. We had beautiful weather so, all in all, it was a great day.

So - new to my list of Minnesota recommended events is the MN Renaissance Faire. It runs about mid-Aug through end of Sept (next weekend is the last weekend). The Englands and Mertine/Molnars might have trouble getting away, but the Monks might want to give it some thought. If the trip was timed right, you could do the State fair and the Ren faire. Of course, that might be overload. Waskey, we'll find a way to get you here for at least one MN faire visit.