Thanks for your replies! Those dollar tree ones look great for our budget, tattoogoddess, but I am a bit skeptical of the quality from the dollar tree. I've gotten stuff that works great from there, but also some things that break immediately upon arrival. But I definitely want to order a couple and...

Hey guys! I haven't posted in here in a while, but I'm having trouble trying to figure out the best way to light the stakes around my camp but also as affordable as possible (and not something that will break by Wednesday night out on the playa). My camp has a good sized bar that requires quite a fe...

I've always been fortunate enough to be camped close to Nacho Mamas the past few years - those nachos have damn near saved my life on many an afternoon on the playa!

For group meals last year, we only did dinner as well. The kitchen was open for personal use throughout the day/night when it wasn't dinner time. The way we did dinner last year worked really well. I assigned "meal teams" of about 4-6 people per day to cook dinner for the whole camp of around 35 peo...

Hello all, I was wondering if any of you have run/managed the kitchen for a semi-large camp in past years and had any advice to give? Last year I was part of a first year registered theme camp and was kitchen manager. There were about 35 people in total. Overall, it went well but there is (of course...

This is a good idea and I can see some hilarious things happening when burners are asked to confess their "sins." Audio would be cool, but you may also want to consider having pens and a guestbook of sorts to allow people to write down their stories for others to read as they just pass through. I th...

If executed well, this project could turn out very well. It seems complicated but if you have the funds and find the means to make it happen that would be awesome. I would be especially stoked about the slide part (the big slide out on the deep playa at bman '09 was sweet and seemed to be a huge suc...

Oh ya, one more. If you plan on bringing veggies (which you should, delicious and nutritious :D ), cut them up before you leave for the playa and put them in separate ziploc bags and in your cooler. Trust me, you do not want to be cutting an onion or slicing a bell pepper in the uncomfortable and mo...

Bring as little food as possible that needs to be cold at all times. Sure, some is good, but when it gets melty and packaging begins to leak, you're headed for a food disaster of epic disgusting proportions. Think beef jerky, canned tuna and beans, granola bars and top ramen. (on this note, a good t...

i found some what i hope to be cheap el wire online http://www.beatdropscloset.com/EL-Wire-s/342.htm I found some EL-wire a bit cheaper online, priced somewhere around $12.99 for 10ft (battery operated). I haven't ordered it yet so I can't vouch for its effectiveness yet, but it's the cheapest EL-w...

Thanks guys! I still have some time before I decide on my nighttime glowing purchases. I've never used EL-wire (always just stuck with glowsticks - but I'm totally sick of having to re-glow my bike every night with tons of glowsticks...) so I thought it wise to get some feedback from some people wh...

What are everybody's showering preferences while on the playa? Are you the type that needs 2 showers a day, or the type that uses 1 baby wipe the whole week?

AntiM wrote:We've had good luck mounting 12V gel cells on the bikes, under the bike rack or to the frames of the trikes.

Do you (or anyone else) have any good links to something like this?

Thanks guys! I still have some time before I decide on my nighttime glowing purchases. I've never used EL-wire (always just stuck with glowsticks - but I'm totally sick of having to re-glow my bike every night with tons of glowsticks...) so I thought it wise to get some feedback from some people who...

Wait, does your NA meeting leader know about you munching on that blotter a couple of months ago and thinking you saw "the gates of hell" at some crazy "art festival" in the desert? http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?p=605680&highlight=#605680 I was thinking the same thing when I read this!...

misfit wrote:found on playa,,,"no one cares you went to burning man".

along the same lines, but not seen on-playa - "nobody gives a shit what you did on the playa"
that one made me a laugh a little.

what's the idea for the car?

Hey guys, So I've been searching the web looking for reasonably priced EL-wire for next year and I've come across a few good ones. The cheapest one I found was at: http://www.bewild.com/newpoeleledl.html It's priced at $12.99 for 10', with battery pack. This seems a bit cheap compared to the other s...

Someone called me brushfire on the playa because my hair was dyed colors or pink, orange and yellow so I guess it was reminiscent of fire. When I was thinking of my screen name I thought it would be appropriate and kind of playa related. And I thought it was a funny image - a brushfire on the playa....

It makes me wonder how many other "big name" DJs do the same thing. Along the same lines, I've always wondered... the "big name" dj's that come to BM, whether it just the night like bassnectar, or the whole week like I'm sure many others do... Do they also have to buy a ticket? It would seem they w...

I always carry around a grocery bag or something like it in my backpack for MOOP collection while I'm out. That way, I won't be discouraged from picking up MOOP by the idea of that stale beer from a dusty can getting all over my non-stale-beer stuff. It makes it easy peasy to just take the filled ba...

yeah, you definitely want to save way more than you think you're gonna spend. I always spend FAR more than I intended on getting to the playa (plus all of the fun things you'll want while you're there). And it's always worth every penny!

I'm a caregiver for developmentally disabled adults. There's 6 guys who I take care of (cooking, cleaning, just hanging out with, etc), ranging between aged 40-62. I absolutely love my job - it's tough sometimes, like any other job, but definitely the most rewarding.

my top ones, other than burning man would probably be coachella and reggae rising (which was canceled this year :cry: ) coachella is pretty expensive, but if the lineup is good, it's worth the trek, the time and the money. reggae is fairly priced, you get to camp along the river (which is great in t...

I think the first time I heard about burning man was in 2004 when my boyfriend was going with his parents. his mom had been the year before with his older sister and decided the whole family should go the next year. I watched him each year go off for a week, I would watch his dogs and wish I was wit...

Q: What is a great way to keep my food and drink cool, as well as not have any funky cooler water to deal with? A: Use frozen water bottles instead of ice! I usually do a bunch of 1 or 1.5 liter bottles, that I have been saving over the year and refill. You need to start freezing them well in advan...

well i forgot to say no back pack but i guess if you wanna carry a lot of shit i guess its the only way i found a bad ass one with a camelbak already in it , also i have bought el wire to light me up real good , and to the person who asked in a dust storm at night if i could find my way back... yes...

this. is. beautiful.

it's really sad that so many bikes get stolen. in a community where giving, sharing, etc are so important it doesn't seem right that someone would steal someone else's bike. it's probably just the people all fucked up on drugs and such thinking "i NEED this bike more than the other person does. i HA...

I have dealt with many of these same fears. My boyfriend has gone to the burn for 3-4 years before I was finally able to make it myself. I was never really scared that he would cheat on me, as I have always been pretty secure in our relationship. I was mostly scared that he would go off and have all...