Louisiana Renaissance Festival 2002

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LOUISIANA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL 2002
INTERMISSION

After such an awesome reception at LRF (see "LRF2002, Fourth Weekend," below, for details), there was absolutely no doubt in my mind that I just had to return to Louisiana -- and soon! If nothing else, I simply had to enjoy one more weekend of Faire before Winter set in!!! Unfortunately, I work retail in my mundane life. Which meant I not only had to work Thanksgiving Weekend, but I also missed the entire three-day-long holiday weekend at LRF, too. So I set my sights on Final Weekend at LRF, instead. Bright and early on the Monday morning right after Thanksgiving, I received a very brief missive from my young friend, Regina (AKA "She Who Must Be Obeyed"), which both surprised and amused me no end. Her email message read:

"You must call me!"
It seems she just had to see Thumpur/Kiko one more time! Now Regina knew already that I was going back to LRF, but she wanted to know if I still had room in my little truck for a passenger. Talk about luck! Since it was still early in the week, I hadn't started calling around for other riders; and since she was now a proven travelling companion, she was more than welcome to join me on a return trip to LRF. Even better: Regina was now ready to play Aviana -- her Faerie character normally reserved for TRF -- in Louisiana!

For it seems Regina had spent Thanksgiving Week diligently searching through both her garage and her storage unit until she finally found her original Faerie wings. All that remained to complete her Aviana costume were just a few simple accessories: footwear -- a pair of boots, shoes or slippers -- among them. Since that Tuesday was my usual day off, we decided to hit the malls together in our "Quest For Aviana's Boots". Let me tell you, finding footwear for a White Faerie during the Christmas Shopping Season in Houston proved a whole LOT harder than you can even imagine!!! Sure, there were plenty of white boots available -- so long as Regina didn't mind having her toes crushed together -- and she didn't plan to do any walking at faire! I couldn't believe that footwear designers could actually produce a boot so completely unwearable, yet still expect it to sell! Ye Godz, but it seemed every major department store on the North Side was carrying that particular style of boot... and nothing else!!! For eight solid hours we went from mall to mall to mall, searching department stores and shoe shops high and low for Faerie footwear. NOTHING! Night fell, but we kept looking. 9pm arrived. We were tired, hungry and getting grumpy. In final desperation, we turned to Wal-Mart -- and found EVERYTHING Regina needed to complete Aviana, including a low pair of dainty white slippers which just seemed to have "White Faerie" written all over them!!!

Needless to say, we were in a triumphant mood thereafter! So even before we parted company that night, we'd made our plans for a quick getaway on Friday. Only three more days, then -- LOUISIANA, HERE WE COME!!!

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Standard Disclaimer: This webpage is strictly an *Unofficial* look at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival held near Hammond, LA in the Parish of Tangipahoa. The author of these pages is in no way, shape, manner or form connected with the Louisiana Renaissance Festival (OFFICE ADDRESS: PO Box 220, Robert, LA 70455-0220) and/or any of the sponsors associated with this event. All opinions expressed are strictly this author's own. LRF logo courtesy of the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. Unless noted otherwise, all photographs are copyright Š2000-2003 by George Laking.

This page created 23 October 2003