Heh. I figured your gripe with Ren faires would be the historical inaccuracy. Mine is the moneymoneymoney atmosphere, which you alluded to. When I was little, I went to faires all the time with my mom because she did hair braiding (have you seen her photoset?). Maybe it was because those were in California, or maybe it was because I was too little for anyone to bother trying to get money out of me, but the KC faire seemed waaaay more about the money. Everywhere I turned, people were trying to get me to pay for stuff. Not my style.