Steampunk Weekend!
May. 24th, 2011 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenAnd excellent weekend, overall :)
Made the decision to leave all but the underskirt of the pink and mulberry outfit at home - just too much to do to make it more than just merely wearable. Pre-ordered another shirt and another pair of pants for L, and a pair of the knitted spats from Reconstructing History, which we picked up at the event.
Finished L's vest on the way down; drive was uneventful, yay!
Minuses were: lack of variety of food available at hotel, and lack of space and a cantankerous fire marshal (someone got on his wrong side), which resulted in vendors being scattered throughout the main floor, even in the two restaurant areas, and the space available for classes being far too small. We didn't make it into a couple of sessions because of that.
Pluses: staying with friends, hanging out with friends, making new acquaintances, some good finds while shopping, getting a better understanding of the range of Steampunk (very wide), seeing cool stuff people made, not having to worry about most responsibilities for a few days, and of course, last but not least, getting to all three of the Bartitsu workshops.
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Oh! Also, there was a tremendous amount of music there. Had no idea. Picked up a CD of the group Copal. Will be looking for Eliza Rickman online as well, as I didn't have time/energy to find if she had a table or not - beautiful voice, and played a tinkle piano.
We also caught a bit of this crazy fellow, Professor Elemental. What a riot! And he really knows how to work a crowd, too.
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Had a lovely picnic with friends on Saturday. Miraculously the sun came out and the lawn was dry enough for us to be out of doors. Plenty of lovely delicious food there, and everyone could eat nearly everything there!
We never feared to starve at our friends' home either, with wonderful chicken one night, and probably the best meatloaf I've ever had :)
Poor Caitlin's car died on the way down (tranny). AAA+ took care of getting the car home, then Sunday night she crashed with us at our friends' house, and we took her home. A bit of traffic here and there on the way home, but a new CD I'd bought and having another person with us made the time pass pleasantly enough :)
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For those who'd like to know more about Bartitsu, go here: Bartitsu Society
Please note there is a two day workshop in July, in NYC. L and I shall be making plans to attend.
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There will be another Steampunk event nearer to home, in Fitchburg, in September:
The Greater New England Steampunk Exhibition
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Continued working on clothing last night after we settled in for the night... took the padding out of the shoulders of one of L's jackets, and worked on a few of the box pleats on the pink bodice. And happily, the frogs for the bodice arrived in the mail while we were away, so now I can have the method of closure I wanted on this project.
****
Well, that's enough of that for now. Need to get ready to go get chicken feed in G'fld. Back to real life!
Made the decision to leave all but the underskirt of the pink and mulberry outfit at home - just too much to do to make it more than just merely wearable. Pre-ordered another shirt and another pair of pants for L, and a pair of the knitted spats from Reconstructing History, which we picked up at the event.
Finished L's vest on the way down; drive was uneventful, yay!
Minuses were: lack of variety of food available at hotel, and lack of space and a cantankerous fire marshal (someone got on his wrong side), which resulted in vendors being scattered throughout the main floor, even in the two restaurant areas, and the space available for classes being far too small. We didn't make it into a couple of sessions because of that.
Pluses: staying with friends, hanging out with friends, making new acquaintances, some good finds while shopping, getting a better understanding of the range of Steampunk (very wide), seeing cool stuff people made, not having to worry about most responsibilities for a few days, and of course, last but not least, getting to all three of the Bartitsu workshops.
****
Oh! Also, there was a tremendous amount of music there. Had no idea. Picked up a CD of the group Copal. Will be looking for Eliza Rickman online as well, as I didn't have time/energy to find if she had a table or not - beautiful voice, and played a tinkle piano.
We also caught a bit of this crazy fellow, Professor Elemental. What a riot! And he really knows how to work a crowd, too.
****
Had a lovely picnic with friends on Saturday. Miraculously the sun came out and the lawn was dry enough for us to be out of doors. Plenty of lovely delicious food there, and everyone could eat nearly everything there!
We never feared to starve at our friends' home either, with wonderful chicken one night, and probably the best meatloaf I've ever had :)
Poor Caitlin's car died on the way down (tranny). AAA+ took care of getting the car home, then Sunday night she crashed with us at our friends' house, and we took her home. A bit of traffic here and there on the way home, but a new CD I'd bought and having another person with us made the time pass pleasantly enough :)
****
For those who'd like to know more about Bartitsu, go here: Bartitsu Society
Please note there is a two day workshop in July, in NYC. L and I shall be making plans to attend.
****
There will be another Steampunk event nearer to home, in Fitchburg, in September:
The Greater New England Steampunk Exhibition
****
Continued working on clothing last night after we settled in for the night... took the padding out of the shoulders of one of L's jackets, and worked on a few of the box pleats on the pink bodice. And happily, the frogs for the bodice arrived in the mail while we were away, so now I can have the method of closure I wanted on this project.
****
Well, that's enough of that for now. Need to get ready to go get chicken feed in G'fld. Back to real life!
