Past Event - Gadsby's Tavern Luncheon

Another five-years-overdue blog post!  I'm finding a lot of these events that I never posted about, thanks to my recent Blog Updates.  Here is one from April 26, 2014 - a Regency Society luncheon at Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia.

Brian the Engineer and I attended, even though he had nothing Regency to wear at this point in our lives.  He mostly took pictures of the rest of us:

But I did sneak in a couple of him, ha!

I loved the light by this window:

We got some funny looks from passers-by out on the street!  :p

All in all, a lovely time was had.

The food was delicious, though I don't remember now what I ate.  I did take a photo of my dessert, though!  It was so pretty:

I wore my Blue Velveteen Bodice (which is currently getting revamped) over my Blue Day Dress, and debuted the Blue Velveteen Jockey Cap I had just finished (I think the night before) to match the bodice.

Oh, and I had made new tassel shoe clips for my American Duchess Pemberlies!

These photos were taken before the luncheon, at our friend John's house where we had stayed the night.  He lives in Maryland, so we tend to go visit him whenever we have events in the Northern Virginia/ DC area.

More photos of the luncheon can be found on the RSV Facebook page! 

Past Event - Riversdale House Museum

Here's a real blast from the past!  Five years ago - June 1, 2014 - was my very first outing with the Fabulosity Club!  This was just a day after Brian the Engineer and I got engaged, so I guess it's hardly surprising that I never got around to blogging about it.  And it turns out a good half of the pictures from the event were taken on Brian's phone.  I just scalped them off of Facebook when I saw the album he posted pop up in my "On This Day" memories!  

The event was a picnic and tour of the Riversdale House Museum in Riverdale Park, Maryland.  I'm probably not going to write much in this post, as I don't remember a lot of the details from five years ago, but you can read Maggie's post or Gloria's post about the event for a more contemporary account.

After a picnic on the grounds (of which I have no photos) we took a tour of the house, which was getting a face-lift:

Brian looked very dashing in his brand-new tailcoat and waistcoat.  He's wearing a cummerbund here because I hadn't made him trousers yet, and his modern pants have a much lower waistline.  

The inside of the house was very pretty:  

I believe the floor was a painted floor-cloth.

I don't know what our guide was showing us here, but clearly I liked it:

There was such great light in that room!  I'd like to go back now, with a better camera!

Brian got lots of crowd shots on his phone:

Look at all the pretty dishes!

I loved the wallpaper in this room:

It's fun to see all the pretty bonnets and hats!

The ballroom was the coolest:

We all loved this beautiful chandelier:

More touring:  

That was my first real digital camera!  Ah, memories.

We made such a nice-looking assemblage:

Brian got to sonic something:

And back outside, we re-enacted the proposal, just for kicks:

I don't remember who took these pictures for us, but thank you whoever you are!

Brian wore his aforementioned Blue Linen Tailcoat and Green Spot'd Waistcoat, which I had *just* finished in time for the "photo shoot" he had orchestrated - which turned out to be a proposal!  We had bought his riding boots on ebay, and "borrowed" the top hat from my dad.  (He hasn't gotten it back yet!  :p )  I also made his shirt, which is almost entirely hidden by everything else, and his "cravat" was a silk scarf I happened to have.  I hadn't made him a real linen one yet.

I wore my Blue Day Dress, Green Straw Bonnet, Green Paisley Shawl, Dotted Chemisette, and my Hartfield boots.

All the ladies lined up for a Regency wedgie shot - a trend which was in its infancy back then!

And a shoe shot, OF COURSE:

This is one of my favorite photos from the day:

Brian took a couple photos of me re-reading the letter he had written to propose to me:

And we wandered the grounds some more:

As I recall, there were strawberries growing in the garden!

Handsome fiancé is handsome:

Looking back through all of these photos, I'm realizing that I "met" a lot of people that day that I didn't really officially meet until years later!  Jess, Nastassia, Isabella, Amanda, and Judy - all amazing costumers and cool people to hang out with.  I was probably too shy/too loopy from being newly engaged to properly introduce myself to everyone at the time.  I know I met Gloria - who had organized the event - and Taylor - from whom I had just bought a necklace and earrings set - at the picnic.  I knew Maggie already, as she and I had been in the same costume masquerade skit at Star Wars Celebration III back in 2005!  Man, time flies.