From Polar Bears to Penguins – Driving North to South across the Americas
Posted in Before the Drive, Lifestyle on Sep 6th, 2007
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There goes the car port! |
The weather is a major participant in this year’s Burningman. It is NOT a fog that creeps on little cat feet; it is a lion that roars with elemental intensity.
Of the four Burning man’s we have been to this was by far the worst weather year. It started out mildly enough – the first day we enjoyed a candle lit dinner and excellent wines from Weimax […]
Posted in Before the Drive, Lifestyle on Sep 5th, 2007
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Temple of Forgiveness |
The first in a series of Burning Man reports discusses the art. This is only one facet of Burning Man but the most important. This is why we go.
Every year a city rises from the flat expanse of the Black Rock desert. It is a city of art, exuberance, and wonder. The starkness of the playa provides a perfect canvas and a perfect stage for that which unfolds and unfold it does for the playa is a chrysalis. Sculptures of gigantic proportions, heart thumping raves, mutant vehicles, and performance art all vie for the attention of the sleep deprived […]