Victorian Technological Exposition

[coraa]

I don't miss Food Network enough to actually order cable... but man, I could watch it all day when it happens to be available. (Which is probably another good reason not to get cable....) I am so hungry for baked fettuccini in asiago sauce now.

Anyway, the Victorian Technological Exposition, a.k.a. Steampunk Ball! It was a blast. I was glad that I got to go with a bunch of friends.

Funniest moment: we drive up, and are peering in the window going 'are we at the right place?' Then we realize that we can see triath... teaching the dancing. I was like, "She wasn't helping to organize this! ...was she?" jmpava pointed out that it figured; you can always find triath in the middle of the excitement. (Really, what happened was that the original dance teacher bailed, and since triath and istgut have experience, they volunteered, which was awesome.) I danced a little with donaithnen and then repaired upstairs to hang out and watch.

There were several games (I unsurprisingly sat out -- see above re: shy girl -- but had a lot of fun watching from the balcony), a technological pavilion with a Thinking Machine, an electricity device, a stereoscope, and a set of prints of clockwork insects, and snacklets and drinks including absinthe. (The absinthe was even served 'properly' -- ie, a little was poured in the glass, then a sugar cube was placed on a slotted spoon over the glass and then icewater is dripped over the spoon and sugar cube to dissolve the sugar into the drink. This brings some of the dissolved flavorings in the absinthe out of solution, giving the absinthe a milky appearance.) I quite enjoyed the absinthe, but it was met with a mixed reception from our group. ;)

Everyone was dressed brilliantly -- some more Victorian than others, some more steamy than others, but pretty much everyone got into it and looked awesome.



2gouda4u, thegreatgonz and donaithnen met up at my house beforehand to get into costume, so we took some preliminary pics:


I put the finishing touches on my hair ornament.


2gouta4u and thegreatgonz finish dressing, plus bonus Sephiroth.


donaithnen, Sky Pirate, enjoys some piratey fare while finishing his hair.


Lady Cordelia Peabody.


Now with more battle parasol!


Brie of the Finger clan, feared airship pirate.

(Geoff of the Finger clan, I have very few pics of you! Therefore, you must post your own so I can steal and admire.)


Sir Geoffrey, Gentleman Scholar.


Doctor Justinian Pavastone. (HA!)


The Finger Clan siblings. (Piracy is the family business, of course.)


istgut and madduckdes.


Steampunk halo!


Three Steamy women.


Closeup of Sir Geoffrey's spectacles.


Crowd shot!


Crowd shot! (istgut, even redeye correct couldn't keep you and the person next to you from looking like demons....)


Crowd shot!


The exposition pavilion. In the middle, you can see the Thinking Machine.


Crowd shot!


I love this guy's hat.


And he puts the 'punk' in 'Steampunk.'

Finally, the Steampunk Photo Album:

Comments

[maggiedacatt.livejournal.com]

OMG, you all look amazing!

Brie, Geoff, and Geoff's are my favorite costumes in entirety (OMG BRIE OMG), but your dress is pretty effing fantastic.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Brie's costume really stole the show, I think. The posed shot of her lounging in the chair with Geoff standing next to her is far and away my favorite.

[theinated.livejournal.com]

FWOAR
FWOAR
FWOOOOOOAAARRRRR

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Right? Right? :D

[zalena.livejournal.com]

What fun! I would absolutely have to go as an aviator. Perhaps a male one, I enjoy paste on mustaches.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Hee! An aviator paste-on mustache would have been smashing, and fit right in. :D

[theinated.livejournal.com]

works good on bicycles too, MUSTACHIO RIDAZZ

[http://users.livejournal.com/greensleeves_/]

Wow, your hair is so red! O.o When did that happen? Now you're the one with red hair and I'm the one with my natural colour, lol. Very pretty outfit, too, I love the sleeves!

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I've been henna-ing for... two years or so now? That's just my natural hair color with straight-up body art quality henna paste.

[http://users.livejournal.com/greensleeves_/]

Very nice. The next time I go for colour it's going to be body art henna too. I am through with evil chemicals for my hair. I like the idea that henna is just a bunch of plant goop, so even if I did something like passed out from intense fatigue while doing it and woke up three days later, it might be a little more difficult to get out of my hair, but it won't have done any damage.

I've experimented with amla and cassia obovata - the colourless treatment type plants people use when they don't want the colour of henna and I've been very pleased with the results, so I imagine pure henna must be much the same in terms of benefits. Everybody on the long hair lj seems to rave about it.

[thegreatgonz.livejournal.com]

Now we just need donaithnen to post his pictures. I think he's the only one who got a picture of the sword-stick in action.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I know. There were a bunch of things I was looking forward to posting, and then realized that I hadn't taken the picture -- he had (or I'd taken it with his camera, as in most of the pictures of him). donaithnen, are you listening? ;)

[archonsengine.livejournal.com]

Wow, those are some great pictures. Thanks for sharing! Looks like you guys had a fun night. =o]

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was so much fun.

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

Wow, you all look AMAZING. I love the sepia pix -- and the Three Steamy Women (I'm a sucker for three-women setups, triple goddess &c &c).

[istgut.livejournal.com]

2gouta4u and thegreatgonz finish dressing, plus bonus Sephiroth.

It looks like the figure just in frame on the left (GFinger) is reflecting in a mirror and is therefore Sephiroth.