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December 25, 2012

A Dickens of a Time…

A week after the Renaissance Festival run ends, the Galveston Historical Foundation holds their festival, Dickens On The Strand, a single-weekend street festival celebrating the city’s Victorian-era history and trade. The appeal is similar to the Renaissance Festival, and I noticed several Renaissance players following their seven weeks of work …

Good Day t’ye, Lords and Ladies….

First up: The Texas Renaissance Festival. I could rattle on at length about this place: One of the earliest Renaissance Festivals in the country, by their account the largest AND one of the biggest, etc., etc. It’s been going on rain or shine (or both sometimes) for nearly 40 years …