We're Tsunami, and we'll be in the 4:30 portal, between Esplanade and Alyssum! Stop in for body painting, playa fashion makeovers, and Wordsmithing. You can be a member of the Lake Lahontan Synchronized Ice Hockey Team, if you so desire. We also will have a performance space for musicians to jam. St...

Not awarded. One of my campmates posted that over 30 members of the camp--including the camp founder, who's been attending since 1996--are in the "Not Awarded" category. So, in effect, there isn't a camp this year. And this is Tsunami, a well-established theme camp. I can't help but feel that the Bo...

Why haven't they posted the 2012 theme yet???!?!?!

Marck: I tried to always be conscious about the batteries, but no, I never needed more than two on an outing, although I regularly ran out the one already in the camera. As I said, three batteries worked very well for me.

If you're headed out to the playa this year and you're in the market for a new camera, I have a suggestion: Pentax W90 It retails for about $350 It's waterproof to 50 ft. It's shockproof More importantly: It's heatproof And most importantly: It's dustproof!!! It has a vast array of features, includi...

Where is it? They said it would be available in early June, and now June is nearly over and still no Guide. As a virgin this year, I practically have the 2007 Guide committed to memory, but I need this year's, too. I'm not bitching. Just curious. And needing information.

Dreamcatcher, if you have a regional gathering, then you must have a regional group. You can find them on the main Burning Man site, or just Google "burning man arkansas", and you'll get results. I'm going to my virgin Burn this year, and my local group has invited me to travel and camp with them. C...

Thank you all for the input. My general plan is to take in as much as possible, meet as many people as possible, and stay up till dawn as much as possible. If I see something in the daily events list that seems irresistibly fascinating to me, I'll probably try to plan to go to it, but otherwise I ju...

2008 will be my virgin Burn (as I've already explained elsewhere), and as my stay on the Playa nears, I find that My excitement is mixed with trepidation. I know several Burners - people who have gone only once, and some who have attended many times. Of the one-timers, some had a marvelous time, and...

I was pretty sure it was an April Fool after reading into the second paragraph, after which I just giggled a lot. And just to be sure that there would be no doubt confusion, they included that over-the-top touch with the "Heightened Security Measures" posting. I have to admit, though, that a part of...

Thank all of you very much. I think I have a lot better handle on, and feel a WHOLE lot less anxious, about the food thing. I'll take all of your suggestions and wisdom, and make some much more informed decisions.

Thanks hugely, L of R. That's the sort of practical, no-nonsense advice I was hoping for. Like you and Dork and Dato, I have a feeling that my tendency is going to be for the sorts of things you mentioned. Quick, easy, little prep time and cleanup. I hadn't thought about jerky, but now that you ment...

Sorry, folks. This was supposed to have been posted in the "HI...who are you...tell me your name" forum.

Thanks, Dork. I'll check them out. By the way, I'm planning on eating at least [i]SOME[/i] junk. I wouldn't be me if I didn't.

Hi. I've chosen to call myself Beef_Pies, because I'm known as that on lots of different locations on the Web, so it seemed like, if only for the sake of consistency, I'd stick with it here. Yes, 2008 wil be my virgin Burn. Yes, I'm extremely excited about it. I first heard about Burning Man in (of ...

Hi. I'm new to the E-Playa. 2008 will be my virgin burn, and I'm awfully excited about it. I'm fortunate. I've been invited to travel out in a caravan with other Burners from Southwest Ohio, and be included in their camp, so that's one major hurdle out of the way. I think I'm going into this with my...