We put our Burning Man tickets on the market last night. They were almost instantly snatched up, which didn't surprise me at all. But it made me sad ( Read more... )

1. On Saturday, my husband djed the wedding reception of a friend of ours.  She and her husband eloped in December a few months after meeting each other online, and they decided to get weddinged at a nice club downtown.  My husband had a bit of difficulty in figuring out the music, because the playlist he was given* was so divergent. Half modern ( Read more... )

Graham and I went to Flipside last weekend, which is a Texas regional Burn event. I think it's one of the larger regional events outside of California in the country. 2500 people in the middle of central Texas for a long weekend of fun and friends ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my one-month wedding anniversary ( Read more... )

Burning Man starts next week, and for the third time, we won't be there. We're sort of bummed hearing about the exploits of our friends getting ready for the Burn, but I don't think we're all that upset that we're not going. We knew quite some time ago that it wasn't in the cards for us this year. It'd be another stress to get ready this year, ( Read more... )

Inspired by the The Hairpin's "have you ever sworn at anyone" meme ( Read more... )

My pooches have been getting a lot of attention since Holden died. I've been rubbing tummies, telling them I love them, and otherwise spoiling them in a manner to which they will be accustomed ( Read more... )

Graham and I went to the ranch this weekend.

Since Saturday was Burn night at Burning Man, I decided to make my own man, and we threw it into the outdoor fireplace at the ranch.


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This is for my non-burner friends, mainly. I didn't realize that Mark Morford is a burner, though I don't really think I should be so surprised. He wrote a piece on Burning Man in his column this week, and I imagine he'll have something up about his experience next week. It's probably well worth the read if you've ever thought it was something ( Read more... )

No One Makes It To Burning Man Festival GERLACH, NV-The Burning Man festival, a prominent artistic and countercultural event that draws tens of thousands of people to the Nevada desert annually, is in danger of cancellation this week because "no one had their shit together enough to even make it," organizers said Tuesday ( Read more... )