Medieval goodies

Last weekend was chock-full of goodies. I had to give a bardic workshop at CMS on Saturday morning and then, in the afternoon, sarahcarotte, grrscary, and Sam the Elf went exploring the Medieval Fair.

So much neat stuff in that place! There were beautiful weapons (both steel and boffo), armor (leather and steel), jewelry, clothing, and stuff, stuff, stuff! sarahcarotte tried on chainmail armor while I looked over-protected in various helmets.

In the end, all of us walked away with something. sarahcarotte told me that I could either get my birthday present from the fair or from the computer store. I picked the fair 'cause the computer store will always be there. So she picked out a kick-ass medieval shirt and jacket that I can wear in a number of places (LARPing, Pagan fests, special events, etc.). I love that girl.

For myself, I picked out a drinking horn with leather trim. Sam the Elf got a little bag and grrscary picked up a box of leather scraps (anything else?). All very cool stuff.

The next day, I went to the first edition of the Pagan Sunday Brunch at Chez Dusty's (Parc/Mont-Royal). The Brunch was very well attended (30 people!) and a bunch of us went to the TamTams afterwards (where I got to test out my new Djembe!).

We ended the day with some Irish storytelling at Hurley's Pub. Exhausting, but very satisfying weekend!