Traveling through Time

Last night was Asheville Music Hall's Time Travelers' Masquerade Ball, something I had been looking forward to all week. It was a party basically celebrating going back in time via daylight savings. They had two live bands, The Extraordinary Contraptions and Sirius B (We didn't stick around long enough to hear the latter, but the former was absolutely brilliant. Never heard a style quite like theirs). Check them out for some cool tunes.

The overall party was definitely worth it. Most people were drinking and hanging out at the bar, but there were some brave individuals on the dance floor having a wonderful time. Me, being klutsy and awkward, did not dance. I love that I found a little community that loves to dress up and act like weirdos all night--I didn't get a picture, but someone dressed up (DeLorean included) as Doc. Brown from Back to the Future. People really go all out for these things.

I sewed up a bustle and manufactured a Steampunk outfit complete with enormous beautiful hair and the time turner from Harry Potter, while Ethan threw together a man from the Dust Bowl Era. Classy guy (I personally thought he was super unique, there were approximately a million Dr. Who's). I love seeing the creativity some people put into their costumes--every event brings a different crowd with different interests. There were the usuals, girls dressed up in slutty skirts and Ninja Turtle masks (why..?), but there were flapper girls, military uniform girls from the 50's, older women in true 1900's attire--overall very impressive.