My dear husband died on Saturday after a one month battle with T cell lymphoma. Our last burn was 2012, but we planned to try to go this year. Not having anyone to make the trip with me, I doubt if I will be back. Anyway, he made a nice video of our last trip to share with our Midwestern friends, an...

I read the Blog, it was too little too late for me for this year. Hoping to read good reports next year and make it back again one day. Thanks for the hug and nice words!

It has just been decided, and sadly we aren't going. We planned to try, but this whole mess, (which I believe caused our inability to score tickets the last 2 burns) has made it seem like an ugly elitist douche fest. I was really hoping that there would be some kind of a welcoming statement from the...

If they're not placed, the Org has very minimal power of them (other than throwing people out - and if no money is changing hands on-playa that could be a huge legal issue). By placing them the Org (1)knows where they are, and can see if they're contributing (2)knows how they did on LNT (3)can rewa...

I wouldn't mind them being placed if placement were based on participation just like any other camp. With the money those camps have, it could actually add to the event if done properly and was open for all to enjoy just lake every other camp. How great can their gift be if the motive is really abo...

I just don't understand why there should be placed commerce camps at all. There is no justification that will make it feel right to me.

IMHO, green Tortoise served a purpose before the Burner Bus existed. Now I don't think they should be allowed to operate as they have been either, really ever since the tickets sold out, they shouldn't be allocated a block at all. They're part of the slippery slope that ends with things like Carava...

We couldn't find a ticket in 2014 even after trying every avenue. Well that simply cannot be true, now can it? You never asked the fine denizens of Barbie Death Camp if they could secure you a ticket somehow, now did you? No you did not. So no, you didn't try "every avenue". I submit that you didn'...

These conversations, here and at other forums, may well be solving the problem of ticket scarcity. After trying to find my way there for years, I bought my first ticket in 2011, well before they sold out. Won in the lottery in 2012 and came again. BRC is a three day drive for us, so there are very f...

Especially if there was one single person who stood at the gate, unable to buy a ticket to a sold out event.

I will never forget when, on the first day of my first burn, my hands were cracked and stinging from setting up camp. I poured lemon juice on them (over a bowl) and was amazed that it felt soothing like it was milk. Smelled way better than vinegar too.

I just want to get tickets again. We haven't been able to for the last two burns. Hard to plan a project before you can count on getting in.

My prediction is that the only people able to get in will be those willing to pay a lot more than face value. We were planning to go again this year, have the time off and were ready but couldn't find any face value tickets. Our plan is to try to go next year, but it looks near impossible. Certainly...

I see an business opportunity for folks in Gerlach, who have some land along the way, to offer parking spaces for the week and a shuttle to the event.

Hi RahRah, We drove to Burning Man twice from northern Illinois towing our old trailer behind us. Aside from the rent or buy question, bringing it from where you are is a lot of fun. The drive is an epic one, just gorgeous, and having our bed and bathroom with us really made it a fun adventure. It w...

Is there any way to get word to them that it isn't working?

It's beautiful, thank you Fiver!

My Verizon iphone worked one morning WAY out by the trash fence. I was taking a picture of the little theater when I received a bunch of texts all at once. Stopped right there and made a phone call to my daughter who was on her way to college. It only worked that one time, and it was a lot of fun to...

Bravo. If people aren't willing to follow through on prosecution, at least maybe the creeps will be prevented from going back and hurting more people in our community. They can just go on to hurt people in their own community, and someone there might be willing to press charges. So, hopefully, "onl...

This just makes me sick.. Did the police actually tell her that they had to take her all the way to Reno where they would leave her with no clothes and no way back if she wanted to pursue it?

If it had been anyone else who saw it, I would have thought they were seeing things. I couldn't imagine that they were native.

Rick is sure that he saw a pelican fly over us. Is that even possible? I dunno, but maybe: http://ebirdr.com/uploads/images/American_White_Pelican-1.jpg They are pretty big birds, so they might be able to fly from feeding waters (and the white pelicans feed inland) to Nevada. Thanks, I guess it is ...

Rick is sure that he saw a pelican fly over us. Is that even possible?

I had a taco last year after the burn (beef, I think). I recall it being decent, but nothing amazing (put a good amount of tobasco on it to get some more flavor). I do like supporting the locals, though, and I'm hoping to prove my taste buds from last year wrong by trying another one on the way out...

Mine took only 2 1/2 days from email notification to having them in my hand just now near Chicago. With delicious fireball, not a lemon head.

We tried one and that didn't work either - apparently the ink has soaked into the plastic of the seat. It's faint but visible. I'm kinda liking it anyway - reminds me to ask if she has any new butt tattoos every time I see her. The only thing that I have ever found to remove permanent marker is sun...

Mojojita wrote:Anybody still waiting for tickets from main lottery sale? Am worried! Kids' tickets no sign of email.

I am also still waiting for an email about my main lottery tickets.

Oops. Sender was turned into buyer somewhere on the way to my brain. Sorry for the confusion(mine) - carry on.

Could someone please post the amount required so I can make sure to have it available. Edited to say that this one last bit of ticketing bullshit feels like a giant fuck you. I mean BORG, you have had my 805 dollars since January, and here it is the end of June and you have not mailed my tickets. Yo...

OH! This is important information, how much more cash will it require? It would stink to watch the postman walk away if I didn't know to have money available.