Help.... Working the next several months in Atlanta (Alpharetta) far from home in San Francisco and am wondering if there are any Burners in the area. Let's grab munchies and exchange Burn stories and ideas - still looking to come up with my art idea for this year... Write me please... need that war...

7) All cameras and video cameras are to be registered at Media Mecca. This is not entirely accurate. Any camera capable of taking motion pictures (video camers and most digital cameras) need to be registered. If it will be for personal use only, then you can register with the Greeters as you come i...

I don't think that this post will ever return to the original topic of discussion, but it doesn't bother me any. It just goes from one strange topic to the next, its kind of interesting to see the transitions. Hey.. I think you hit the nail on the head !!! That's the essence of Burning Man right th...

How do people clean off the body paint? I'm wondering, if you paint your body, your whole body, by the next day it's going to be looking and feeling rough and you might be wanting to take it off. Since you pack your own water in and out, what do the body painted do? I know you can wash it off, I'm ...

I agree with the sentiment that you shouldn't bring anything to the Playa that it will kill you to lose. (well.. except maybe your car... I'm pretty attached to that, especially around the time to go home). Having said that, I going to be bringing a ton of camera equipment this year. I'll bring my d...

So.. Scotto... That's where you got that big main tent hum...
Very cool.

Goodvibe... Just go to Mehndi Camp and they will be happy to do you up.. and even happier if you bring supplies and participate. I know there was one right next to Center Camp in 2003. I have a feeling you'll find the crowd you want right there... happy hunting !!! Also... There are cheaper places t...

I think the question was... does anyone else have an illness that needs special attention on the playa. Yes. I have Diabetes (Type 2) :( . So I have to do a little planning ahead before I go. Camping in PolyParadise is great, but some of the communal food choices are out for me. Also, all those ener...

My wife came back from Costco the other day with these "Bleach Pens"... Apparently to be used to apply bleach to stains when doing laundry. Being a Burning I naturally transformed this into something else. Grabbed a red tee-shirt I had and used the pens to "write" flame patterns on them. Drop it in ...

Having played with liquid latex before the secret to using it on a hairy body is to put some kind of lotion on before applying the latex. Use any kind of commercial lotion that will leave a slick sheen on the hairy parts of your body. Then the latex does not actually "stick" to the hair. The latex w...

This post is mostly in answer to Djaded's question... to wit: "What could someone expect to see/experience when visiting a poly camp? (I already KNOW but was curious about personal good/bad experiences)" I've been to Burning Man twice. Both times I camped in Poly Paradise. The camp has two official ...

Hey Juju, I found your "Take a gift - Leave a gift" kiosk and thought it was a GREAT IDEA (Next to Bad Idea Theater!!!). Once I found it I stopped by every night to put a few of my necklaces into the slots, and grab one of something that I might gift again later. It was nice to think of someone comi...

Snow Angel.... Here the thing... A tiny bit of thinking outside the box and your canvas idea works great. I found that when people gift me things I like to hang them in places OTHER than where one might think. Braclets go on my camel-back. Small plastic toys go on my hat. Just cause something is a "...

This is one of the things I was talking about above.... <IMG SRC="http://www.billntom.com/bm2003/gifts/view3.jpg" ALT="Resin Pendant" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" width="200" height="300"> <br> And here's a table full of them "curing" <br> <IMG SRC="http://www.billntom.com/bm2003/gifts/view5.jpg" ALT="Res...

No.. as I said, I'm still learning how to do this. I have problems with the resin staying "tacky" for quite some time. I've tried various ratios of resin to catalyst and still it's always tacky. Yeah, the silicon is a little expensive, but it's so easy to work with and insanely flexible. My original...

Last year (2003) was my 2nd burn. I wanted to be more of a participant this year than my first (when I was pretty much a goggle eyed newbie observer) so, besides volunteering at PlayInfo I wanted to come up with something I could GIFT to people. I've always wanted to try my hand at molding something...