If you haven't visited here before you're wondering why in the world is the soap girl talking about rain in Chicago. Well, because the soap girl was IN Chicago, IN the rain with her soaps!
The Renegade Craft Fair was this past soggy & wet weekend. I was so stoked to head back to where it all started (Rinse was founded in Chicago & hasn't been back in almost 5 years,) show the company to my friends, eat my mom's home-cooked meals & be a part of a legendary event. That is until I was plastered to weather.com hoping & wishing that the rain would just go away.
Well, needless to say, it didn't. The rain came and came and came. Cats & Dogs at times. But I have to say, so did the people (considering the record rainfall and all.) I couldn't imagine the event on a sunny day.
There were times where both my friend Jess (who endured the wet weather with me ALL weekend long) & I were both helping visitors and had a couple more waiting for us. There was a great steady flow of people walking about most of the day. We did make note on Saturday that 90% of the women had on the funkiest galoshes we had ever seen and made a pact to have galoshes of our own to sport on Sunday seeing as though we did have a small puddle form in our booth.
Sunday proved to be a little bit nicer out, well in the afternoon that is. As promised, I ran to Target in the AM and provided galoshes (that was the least I could do.) Our feet were so happy & DRY! At about 2:00 the rain let up & the people flocked out. We were hoping from 3:00 til about 6:00. And by then our puddle was gone!
We have to give a HUGE shout out to the Renegade Girls. Even in the worst rain Chicago has ever had, the followers of Renegade came out. Great show, I can't wait to see how fantastic it is when it's dry!
And yes, I will apply for Brooklyn!
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