and the geek shall inherit the earth

It is literallly “our” year, in my mind and to go to the Maker's Faire was just tippy top. Maker's Faire is Geek Heaven...or Burning Man "in bayside" and way less dusty. Thanks to Brenda introducing me to Craft magazine a few years ago. Then I learned they had another "brother" magazine called "Make." Craft has girlie projects and Make has more manly projects but both are all about “hand made” projects. From knitting projects to mod'ing computers-custom art clay jewelery to remote controlled cars with a video camera...fun stuff for Rich and I.

So, when we dialed in on the Maker's Faire, a weekend event where all these inventors', artists and crazy dreamers were going to “represent” we were in. And even better was that we shared the event with Brenda, on her Birthday no less. Rich was drawn to the Purchas-able items...LED project and some kind of cell phone recharger that you build in a small Altoid tin...see what I mean, total heaven for Rich. And Bren and I were mesmerized by knitting and felting projects. Then there was reallly cool resin jewelry, stuffed bunnies, paper robot monsters and yes yarn. Then there was the Mentos and Diet Coke guys, yes from the video...hysterical...100 bottles no less. And I was introduce to Steam Punk...crazy retro Victorian with kinda a vampire/goth twist-triporific...all in all great day but next year I'll wear more comfortable shoes to explore the fairgrounds in. Oh did I mention the life sized Mousetrap...you know from the kids game...that was cool, the giant cupcakes vehicles with tricycles in them oh I could go on, but all I want is to know...who's in for next year????

plus ROBBIE THE ROBOT