23 August 2009
Our normal Sunday morning tradition . . . yummy bloody marys . . . and we added one more convert to our wiley ways, as Kyrana joined us today!
It was a perfectly beautiful day at faire. Big crowds. Interestingly, the crowd was almost too big. I believe there comes a point at which the crowd gets in its own way and the merchants actually suffer. When it’s so busy that everyone has to wait in line for food, wait in line for bathrooms, wait in line for beer and soda; and the shows are standing room only—I believe that it creates a “frenzy” of sorts that keeps people in the lanes and at the shows. They just don’t seem to shop. Now, if the crowd gets *so* big, that the lanes get too crowded, then, the merchants win. But, that’s a rare and elusive thing.
So, sales were good, just not super excellent. And, at the end of the day, we were exhausted. So tired, in fact, that none of us even went out to dinner! I ate a bowl of cereal as I did my numbers, and Ginger came over and we enjoyed a good visit while the Pig and Whistle was alive with “rock and roll night.” This amusing photo of Artemis was taken during our visit while Ginger and she played. And, at about one o’clock when the Pig was finally quiet, we called it a night and there was sleep.
~MB
why does the glass make me think of someone making graphs after having one too many *wink*
@Angie: It does, sort of! I have a personal weekness for the glass made using the “cane” . . . whether it’s carefully placed and forms perfect stripes, or it’s just picked up randomly like with this one . . . I just love it.
~MB
Nice to know someone shares my theory about crowd density. I often do better on slower days because the masses don’t crowd out the customers.
-IH