Todd and I had a little adventure a weekend or so ago.
We decided to trek to San Francisco and go to the
As I mentioned in my previous post,
I was looking for new adventures,
and this looked to be something I would be interested in.
Todd was up for it, so we left bright and early Saturday morning.
It happened to be a pretty stormy day,
so travel wasn't particularly fast,
but it was no problem.
Todd and I just conversed the entire way there
(and back if truth be told),
The actual fair was at the Cow Palace,
but not inside the main arena.
The event was held in the two building located
directly behind the main building.
I had never heard anything about the Dickens Fair
prior to the event, so I was a little worried that it would be
similar to the Christkindlmarkt Lexx and I had just visited.
As soon as we pulled into the parking lot,
I knew this wasn't going to be the case.
The lower parking lot was full,
and the upper lot was filling up quickly.
The event reminded me somewhat of a Renaissance Fair
except, of course, that it was based in a different time period.
When you entered the building,
it was as if you stepped back to 1800's England.
There were little vignettes that you could peek in on.
This one happened to be of a family being served
dinner by their butler. In the next room,their maid
was trying to figure something out. I just never
figured out what she was trying to do.
There were lots of shops to purchase
various goods. There were things like food,
clothes, hats, jewelry, art...you name it,
it was probably there.
There was definitely lots of entertainment.
There were various musicians throughout the
venue, as well as shows, and various random
people walking around. Todd read that there
were 700 actors at the event.
Musicians performing on the street.
What looked to be an interactive comedy show...
but I'm not positive about that.
Women dressed in appropriate garb.
It was difficult to tell the general
public from the actors.
We saw several people enter the venue
with us dressed in their fancy costumes.
One of the most random things at the fair
was this humongous robot. He stood probably
around 8 1/2 feet tall. He was being led around
by his inventor. That was pretty awesome,
and definitely not something you see every day.
Todd and I ended up exploring the fair for about
3 1/2 hours, but we got so hot that we decided to
head out and go to dinner.
We dressed way to warm for the venue
and were sweating like crazy.
The ride home was just as wet as the ride there,
but we had plenty to talk about.
We decided to go again next year,
but we want to plan out our day a little better.
Next year we will watch a couple shows,
shop and then eat dinner there.
Plus, it's more fun when we have the kids with us.
We want to go on a day that all of us can attend.
Lexx was too tired and Austin had to work this year.
I can't wait to see what they think about the event.
It was really fun, and something new and interesting.
So have you done anything new and fun that
you would recommend to friends and family?
I'm always looking for something new.