Back to Chicago

We were back in Chicago this week for a Masters Party to kick off the Masters Golf Tournament. It was fun and challenging to weave the holes in and around the office cubicles. The flexibility of the holes was a great help.

Des Moines Ren Faire

Well it was back to Renaissance Scotland this weekend as we took part in the Des Moines Renaissance Faire. We had a good time (despite a bit of a sunburn for both me and my oldest son). We were right next to the fencing demonstration and the Highland Games demonstration. Both groups were great to get to know and really made for a fun experience. And then of course there were the patrons. I always love to see the costumes that people create for the faire. You can tell how much fun they had making them. We had pirate golfers, knight golfers, fair maiden golfers, a gnome golfer, and even a dragon golfer. If you haven't had a chance to get to the faire, there is still one more weekend to go. Huzzah!!!

Miniature Golf with a Renaissance Flair

The dates for the 2010 Iowa Renaissance Festival have been announced. They will be held on May 29th, 30th, and 31st (Memorial Day weekend) at Middle Amana Park (Medici Grove) - Amana Colonies, IA. See link to the Festival in the links section.

This is especially exciting for us because we will be joining the Festival as a vendor for the first time. Our hand crafted wooden miniature golf course will be making its debut there as Mulligan's Wee Bit O' Golf. As fans of Renaissance Festivals for the past 30 years, we are thrilled to be able to take part. We are also hoping to join the Des Moines Renaissance Festival in September, but we are still in negotiations. I'll keep you updated on this.

In the meantime, come out and join the fun at the Iowa Renaissance Festival and try your hand at a round of miniature golf. We have tried to stay as authentic as possible. However, since there is no evidence that miniature golf existed during the time period that covers the Renaissance Festival, we have obviously had to take some creative license. However, we will be using wooden golf balls and wooden golf clubs so in that sense we will be keeping with the period technology. We could have used stone golf balls, as history indicates these were also commons during the Renaissance time period, but we felt that wooden balls would be a safer option considering the number of children that attend the festival. Huzzah!!