My wife and I are moving in the Fall to Bellingham, Washington for a job at WWU. Does anyone know of any Living History groups in the area? Seattle and Vancouver are both 90-100 minutes away from Bellingham.

We don't know anyone in the area (other than a few of my future colleagues at the university), and are hoping there are a couple of good groups in that neighborhood.

All the best & thanks for any help

Anne-Marie Rousseau, founder of La Maisnie, is located in Seattle.

They are 15th c. Burgundian. The household of Antoine of Burgundy. Contact her, I am sure she'd be delighted.

Jenn

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I remembered Anne-Marie about 5 minutes after my post and sent her a message. Is her group the only one in the area? Their website is impressive!

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Originally posted by David Meyer:
Thanks Jenn -

I remembered Anne-Marie about 5 minutes after my post and sent her a message. Is her group the only one in the area? Their website is impressive!

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thanks for the compliment, and we'll look forward to seeing you soon!

Bellingham is a great town. Good Greek food too

--Anne-Marie

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14th C. is ideal, as most of our garb is 1390s. Is Victoria really a 2 hr drive and a 2 hr ferry ride from Bellingham? Cudos to you too for PARMA's website.

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The July seminar may work, as we will need to come out west to arrange housing sometime this summer (though who knows when). When will it be held?

It's great to know there are two very good groups in the area! Perhaps John Vernier and Eleanor Rust, also 14th C. enthusiasts, will join in! They can get cheap flights from LA, and have promised to come up from time to time.

We're very excited about the move, and are already arranging to add a puppy to the family in October. He won't fit into the reenactor scene very well (he'll be a big fluffy polar dog), but will certainly add fun to our lives.

BTW Anne-Marie, what's the name of that wonderful Greek restaurant in Bellingham?

Take care all

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Bellingham restaurants:

greek food!
Mykonos. Dig the funky pink neon and wierd shaped building by the side of I5. Great service, and really good food. Its one of our standard post event "can we have food brought to us and not have to wash the dishes" places . http://whatcom.kulshan.com/Washington/Whatcom/Bellingham/Mykonos.htm

Calumet Restaurant, The
113 E. Magnolia
Bellingham, WA 98225
voice: (360) 733-3331
nice upscale chi chi PacNW cuisine. Great wine list, expect lots of black turtlenecks.

Colophon Cafe
1208 11th
Bellingham, WA 98225
voice: (360) 647-0092
fax: (360) 676-1742 http://www.colophoncafe.com
great soups! Love the mexican corn and bean. Cute website too .

The Black Cat
where locals go for special occasions. I'm told by bigger food snobs than me that the steak with pepercorn sauce is to die for.
http://whatcom.kulshan.com/Washington/Whatcom/Bellingham/Restaurants/Le_Chat_Noir.htm

its only a start...Bellingham is a great little town .

--Anne-Marie, who eats out ALOT . If you want restaurant reviews for seattle or portland or vancouver or Victoria or several other places dont hesitate to ask .

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Originally posted by Albrecht:
I don't know if the early period is of interest to you, or if the distance involved is too frustrating an issue, but the Pacific northwest has a growing Regia Anglorum presence. The group will probably be seeking a landgrant in the next year or so. Most of the membership at the present time is in the Portland area, but we do have a few members in the Seattle region.

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really? where? who? when?!!

--Anne-Marie, who does 15th century but thinks wrist clasps are the bomb

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There are two websites you may want to look over: the main Regia Anglorum site and the Regia Anglorum North America site.

There are also a few email lists available: the Regia NA mail list, and the Portland Regia mail list. The latter site includes a lot of information specific to the PacNW, including a list of local Regia members and discussions about meeting times and places, plans for events, etc. As I previously mentioned, the current group is kind of "centered" around Portland, but we do have members in the Seattle area. There are also some useful links and files on the site.

And by all means, feel free to drop me an email ( cnielsen@connect2.com )with any questions. Or you can email the main contact (and guy who got Regia started in the region), Dorian Butcher ( butchers@easystreet.com ) .

Albrecht (Knut, in some circles)

Anne-Marie, Mark, and/or any others in the area - Renee and I would love to come and meet your groups now that we are settled in the area. Are there any events upcoming?

Regards

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In a discussion with someone, it was suggested that La Maisnie is either in hiatus or no longer around. I am not 100% sure and I haven't seen AM on the board in an ice age. For clarification, you might try emailing her directly to see what's happening with that group.

Cheers,

Best

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