Enchanted Desire: Love in Myth and Fairy Tale
For those of us who love the world of the Renaissance Festival, the fairy tales of old are a cherished source of wisdom and beauty. We’ve all loved seeing the knights and ladies strolling the lanes of our faires. Read … Continue reading Enchanted Desire: Love in Myth and Fairy Tale
A Playlist For Breaking Up: A Choking Gall
Is there anything more bitter than an epic breakup? And there’s no better way, short of slashing your ex’s tires, to process fury and heartache than blasting a playlist that veers between melancholy and rage; named, to quote famed lover … Continue reading A Playlist For Breaking Up: A Choking Gall
A Playlist for Falling in Love: A Preserving Sweet
Ah, the joy of falling in love! And what better way to celebrate being in love on Valentine’s Day than a happy playlist named, to quote famed lover Romeo, “A preserving sweet”? Our team curated a fabulous, diverse music playlist … Continue reading A Playlist for Falling in Love: A Preserving Sweet
Featured Business: Saorsa Beads
At LadyFaire Living, we want to celebrate and support female-led businesses that operate within, as well as without, the gates of the Renaissance Festival. We hope to appeal to our readers’ sense of style and moxie, while exposing them to … Continue reading Featured Business: Saorsa Beads
Woman-Owned Business: Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery
Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery was born in a tiny kitchen overflowing with love and magic. In 2008, self-proclaimed Kitchen Witch, Dawn Aurora Hunt happed to be on a mailing list for springtime Beltane festival that was in need of workshop … Continue reading Woman-Owned Business: Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery
Diversity in the Realm: Part Two
From Part One of this series by Hilary Bryant: A Renaissance Festival is many things to many people. Just about every kind of person, in fact. What started out in Southern California as a small bit of countercultural rebellion has … Continue reading Diversity in the Realm: Part Two
Midwinter’s Faire
Imagine sitting around a fire of olde, Renaissance era minstrels and bards singing and reciting love poems, or perhaps poems about the darkening of the sky in midwinter? For lovers of Renaissance festivals, we still celebrate poetry and song, fires … Continue reading Midwinter’s Faire
Rock Star: How World Class Geophysicist Julie Oliver-Touchstone Found Her Second Life and Female Empowerment as an Indie Movie Actor
Julie is a force for good in the theatre and artistic world; her bold, seemingly fearless life is an inspiration. What we found most fascinating in this interview, though, was that Julie has struggled with depression. Her path through darkness … Continue reading Rock Star: How World Class Geophysicist Julie Oliver-Touchstone Found Her Second Life and Female Empowerment as an Indie Movie Actor
Comfort and Joy: A Note From the Editor
I had my first cup of hot chocolate last night after a brisk walk in the park near my home, enjoying the cold moon hovering over the pond in the park. Living in Orlando means any temperature drop below 65 … Continue reading Comfort and Joy: A Note From the Editor
Artist Spotlight: Michelle Williams
At LadyFaire, we love artists. So each month, we’ll be featuring one artist, sometime it will be someone whose primary life is to make art in a Ren Fest setting, other times it will be the great works that inspire … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Michelle Williams
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