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mandie_rwAlso known as the September Oktoberfest, or the most Philly "German" festival ever. xD
(I swear they didn't play Sweet Caroline [WOAH WOAH WOAH] and La Bamba when we used to go to this when I was a wee 'un in the early 90s...)
Food's still good, though, as is the beer, if you like that sort of thing!
Also it rained, which I did NOT like. Not enough to get us to leave, but enough for me to be damp and vaguely grumpy, at least til I'd been fed. (The problem with going places Together As A Family is that you have to wait for everybody to get their asses in gear, when you were ready THREE HOURS AGO jesuschrist. If we make this an annual thing again I am getting a pop-up canopy and going EARLY goddammit.)
IG post here...not too many pictures (see aforementioned damp and grumpy), but I do like how it came out! I plan on a blog post at some point with some detail shots, but who knows when that'll happen, so.
Belvidere is next weekend already! Jessica and I are planning on staying over together (nobody else is going, le shock) - it's just far enough away to make driving there and back in one day mildly annoying, so we booked a room at the hotel in town, even though it's only a one-day event. I wish I had time to work on the three-quarters-finished Natural Form tea gown that I started back in 2017 (yup, for Belvidere!), as I'm suuuuuper tired of my beige print 1880 outfit, but realistically I don't have a prayer of getting it anywhere near finished for Saturday! I have 6+ classes a day to plan for, and then Friday I have to get the car inspected, and plan for Monday's classes (since I'll be out gallivanting on the weekend!). Depending on how sleepy I am the next couple days, I might dig it out and poke the pieces to see what needs doing, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to accomplish much, other than making another mess, ha ha haaaa.
(I swear they didn't play Sweet Caroline [WOAH WOAH WOAH] and La Bamba when we used to go to this when I was a wee 'un in the early 90s...)
Food's still good, though, as is the beer, if you like that sort of thing!
Also it rained, which I did NOT like. Not enough to get us to leave, but enough for me to be damp and vaguely grumpy, at least til I'd been fed. (The problem with going places Together As A Family is that you have to wait for everybody to get their asses in gear, when you were ready THREE HOURS AGO jesuschrist. If we make this an annual thing again I am getting a pop-up canopy and going EARLY goddammit.)
IG post here...not too many pictures (see aforementioned damp and grumpy), but I do like how it came out! I plan on a blog post at some point with some detail shots, but who knows when that'll happen, so.
Belvidere is next weekend already! Jessica and I are planning on staying over together (nobody else is going, le shock) - it's just far enough away to make driving there and back in one day mildly annoying, so we booked a room at the hotel in town, even though it's only a one-day event. I wish I had time to work on the three-quarters-finished Natural Form tea gown that I started back in 2017 (yup, for Belvidere!), as I'm suuuuuper tired of my beige print 1880 outfit, but realistically I don't have a prayer of getting it anywhere near finished for Saturday! I have 6+ classes a day to plan for, and then Friday I have to get the car inspected, and plan for Monday's classes (since I'll be out gallivanting on the weekend!). Depending on how sleepy I am the next couple days, I might dig it out and poke the pieces to see what needs doing, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to accomplish much, other than making another mess, ha ha haaaa.
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Date: 2021-09-07 02:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-08 12:28 pm (UTC)They definitely did a bunch of German drinking songs a bit later (once the awful cover band's hour was over lol), with much shouting of "PROST!" but I couldn't tell you if there were any hand gestures...we were pretty far out from the main tent, alas.
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Date: 2021-09-07 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-08 12:32 pm (UTC)