Well, it was St. Joseph's in Eisental, and the merchant sold candy and popcorn balls and such as well as some toys (I think?). I didn't catch the name, sorry. (and it's an elephant and three blind Zen monks, BTW. ;) )
In that case, no worries if said merchant 1)Wears garb (makes an attempt) like the rest of us 2)Has no annoying modern jingles/music playing 3)Attempts to keep a peri-oid look to the booth (maybe baskets covered with cloth for the neon colored packaging?) 4)Either removes what trash is generated OR is certain it goes in proper receptacles. I gather this last item was at issue.
And I have heard several titles/versions of that story, not unlike how the story itself unfolds ;->
I'd say they did a good job of looking nice. The shop tent was clean and had a pleasant period look. I assume they do renn fairs or something. I mainly blame kids for trash around candy merchants, but any good candy merchant ought to police a little throughout the day, knowing how their customers are. Anyway, I don't know of any other stories. if this is some hot topic on some board somewhere, I am blissfully unaware as usual.
The merchant in question does ren faires; there was nothing obtrusive about their booth; they blended right in.
Unfortunately, our camp was just across the road from their booth and had a lot of pre-teens hanging out in it, including ours. Result: Miss B. will be learning about picking up our campsite even if it's her friends who messed it up.
I believe the vendors would like to come back for SRWC, and I was trying to get a feel for whether it would be appropriate.
Not that I am all that period with my set up or wares, but if putting said merchant next to me (on the side OPPOSITE from Hogge!:D)works to centralize some of the clutter, then I could deal with that, and I have large trash bags ;-)
My sympathies on the pre-teens, and props for teaching Miss B a good lesson!
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bunnyjadwiga) wrote2008-06-18 10:04 am
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In that case, no worries if said merchant
1)Wears garb (makes an attempt) like the rest of us
2)Has no annoying modern jingles/music playing
3)Attempts to keep a peri-oid look to the booth (maybe baskets covered with cloth for the neon colored packaging?)
4)Either removes what trash is generated OR is certain it goes in proper receptacles. I gather this last item was at issue.
And I have heard several titles/versions of that story, not unlike how the story itself unfolds ;->
Re: :-\
Re: :-\
Unfortunately, our camp was just across the road from their booth and had a lot of pre-teens hanging out in it, including ours. Result: Miss B. will be learning about picking up our campsite even if it's her friends who messed it up.
I believe the vendors would like to come back for SRWC, and I was trying to get a feel for whether it would be appropriate.
Gotcha
My sympathies on the pre-teens, and props for teaching Miss B a good lesson!