Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture will be out next month on November 19!  The lush and gorgeous cover photograph was taken at the very first faire, the 1963 Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Southern California. Founders Phyllis Patterson (left) and Ron Patterson (center) pose with cast member Judy Kory on the original Commedia wagon. (Photo credit Marvin Lyons, all rights reserved, Red Barn Productions 2012)