Back in May, my friend Elizabeth and I attended the Greater Bay Area Costumers’ Guild picnic in honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday! Austen’s my favorite writer (my pinup name is an allusion to the heroine of Northanger Abbey), and I really like Regency historic fashions, so of course we had to go!
Like the Persuasion event our group sponsored three years ago in honor of Austen’s novel, this picnic took place at McNears Beach in San Rafael. The park at McNears is the former site of a 19th century bayside resort, so the views are lovely and there are a lot of weird old palms dotted picturesquely throughout the lawn areas.
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