One of my uber-authentic history buff friends posted a link to a photo album. I gather that one of the big SCA events (possibly coronation?) happened at the old Higgins Armory yesterday. And I'm flipping through the photos, and while a lot of them are great, a lot of them aren't ( Read more... )

Friday night I was on time to pick up Jennifer at the train station (and not just because her train was running late, I was legit on time to pick her up). We had dinner at the 99 restaurant. Then made a quick dash through Hannaford’s to pick up a couple of groceries. When we got home I threw a lemon pound cake in the oven for the Guild meeting ( Read more... )

Last year at the event at Plymouth College Medieval and Renaissance Forum I met the Baron of Stonemarche (AKA the SCA name for New Hampshire). We had a lovely long chat and he told me how much he wanted to do some Landsknecht garb. I can't recall, I may have even sent him the visual costume reference that I made up a year or so back. He was so ( Read more... )

(  I ramble. But you knew that already. )

It’s been ages since I did anything to celebrate my birthday. No really, positively ages since I tried to have a party or anything. This year I decided that I wanted German food, and I wanted to try some place new. Marc had suggested the Student Prince in Springfield, so I mentioned it to ravena_kade and allgudallthetim and got it on their calendars. Then I did a ( Read more... )