fairs

Outdoorsy Kids Crafts at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire

Outdoorsy Kids Crafts at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire

Do your own thing! Photos by Frog Mom and Inga Lim When I asked a 4th grader what he wanted to make at my crafts table, he just replied “My own thing.” Plain and simple. Wouldn’t tell me more. Though the answer took me aback, I decided to watch him do his own thing while [...]

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The Great Dickens Fair is open – get in line for the bangers & mash!

The Great Dickens Fair is open – get in line for the bangers & mash!

  Theatre at the Dickens Fair includes spectacular costumes – and a good dose of humor! Photo by C. G. Where can you get the following for $20? Musicals, children’s theatre, puppet shows, toy parades, folk dancers, Christmas carols, 700 actors in period costumes including children – all in 3 acres of re-created Victorian London [...]

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Anderson Valley and Mendocino County Fair

Anderson Valley and Mendocino County Fair

When we last visited Boonville last May, we promised to return for the Boonville Rodeo on September 13 & 14, 2008. It seemed like the perfect weekend: camping at Hendy Woods State Park under the redwood trees, a day at the old-fashioned Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show with the Boonville Rodeo, wine tasting at [...]

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