Well again it was time here in Anchorage for The Three Barons Renaissance Fair. This year we had a GREAT time. The fair has gotten even better this year with larges show area and more vendors. The wife was happy when this year they had a turkey leg left this year. Again the Crooked Toad was a highlight for me. The adult humor and ale makes for a fun time for all who attended their great show filled with songs and jokes. The wife was happy to see the return of her favorite minstrel was again there with his guitar and the wenches did not hurt my eyes at all either. I just have to attend the Alchemist guild magic show every year. As always it was a wonderful fast moving show ending with the levitation of 4 men from the audience. They even got me up on the stage to TRY to help out. I guess I will need to practice cutting ropes evenly before next years show. Who knows, maybe I will get my affects out and see if they could use a strolling magi next year. In years past I had seen the belly dancers show. Three of four dancers on a very small stage was a nice show but not something for the history books. This year was much different. With over 20 dancers offering different styles and a great dancing story about how they escaped from the guild that had held them. That being said there was a few areas that they should do a little better with. First I should never have to go look around for the schedule. If you do not have someone available to hand them out at the gate this year they should have at least been at the ticket booth. I had to go hunt down the information tent to get mine and went back to get some for two other people who could not find them. Second is the web site. I personally do not care for using a wiki as a home page but if you are going to use one at least give us more information on the shows and cast. These are not huge issues but something that would make it just a little bit more fun for all attending the event.

All in all this was by far the best fair and I am looking forward to seeing what new improvements next year will bring.