Tag: Renaissance Faire

Ye Olde Renaissance Faire

Today marked the thirteenth straight year I visited the Renaissance Faire in Chicago.

Well, it’s not exactly in Chicago – about an hour away just north of the Wisconsin border. It’s a long drive for a festival and I make it every summer. While there are street fairs and events that happen every weekend here in the city, I get most excited about the Ren Faire. Why? I really don’t know. I’m not someone that speaks in olde English nor do I play fantasy role playing games. I don’t own a sword, dagger, or scabbard. I don’t think to shout, “Huzzah” whenever someone wins my favor, and I don’t refer to the bathroom as a privy. So, what is so great about the Faire? I’ve thought about why I come back every year, and have found a number of reasons… READ MORE

Lil’ Miss Meepers Goes Back Home

I just realized this but pretty much every day of her life she's gone to work with someone. Lucky girl.

I took Lil’ Miss Meepers back to her original animal hospital this morning.

When I first met the dog she was a patient with parvo, the deadliest disease a puppy can catch. It kills most dogs it infects. She weighed one pound, seven ounces. Christina brought her to the condo on a Friday night. She had never brought an animal home before. READ MORE

I’ve Got Two Chihuahuas Sleeping In My Bed

This was the most fit woman I could find in a chain mail bikini. Before you judge her shape, remember this – she is more comfortable with her body than you are. I don't even like my cat to see my stomach. She judges!

So, as the title suggests, I have two chihuahuas sleeping in my bed.  One is my own – Lil’ Miss Meepers.  The other is the property of my girlfriend Jessica – Dirk.

Jessica is at a fashion conference and so I have the dogs to myself.

Dirk is rotund while Meepers is fit.  That’s all that is necessary to say. READ MORE