finally Friday

Work has been fairly low-key this week, of which I am thankful, but I am also thankful that a 3-day weekend is ahead as well. Burning Man is still on my mind, but I promise this will be the last post about it.


Photos cannot even begin to do justice the experience we had; I took around 700 pics but wish I had taken more. Sometimes, however, participation takes precedence over documentation. Next time (yes, we are going back), I think I will devote one whole day just to take photos of everything I can and then (maybe) put the camera away. We'll see about that!

I plan on taking the weekend to do life and blog catch-up; thanks for your kind comments! Have a wonderful weekend.
oxox

OOTY (Outfits of the year)

One of the Burning Man tenets is "radical self-expression," which can be translated in many ways via art, music, dance and dress. Anything (or nothing) goes as far as wardrobe attire, although extremes are popular, dressing like your biggest fantasy, or wearing the wardrobe you were born in and nothing else.   The place reminds me of a cross between Star Wars (the original on Tatooine) and Mad Max.


Our Friday night looks. Everything I am wearing was borrowed from R; everything on Joe was bought second hand,


Our Burn night looks. Everything I am wearing was borrowed from R (though now I think I want my own tutus and giant platform boots!); Joe has actually had those silver pants from when we first started dating!

We were probably "overdressed" compared to the majority of the crowd there (i.e. not showing as much skin) but having daily outfits that you would never normally wear was great nonetheless.

back to life, back to reality

Joe and I just spent the most amazing week in California and the middle of the desert of Nevada a.k.a. Black Rock City a.k.a. the Playa a.k.a. Burning Man. What we experienced at Burning Man was nothing like anything else and will be almost impossible to describe in words and even photos. Right now, however, we have to wrap our minds about getting back into our normal, oh-so mundane routine. Be back soon!

packing...

...a peek at some of the outfits we are putting together for Burning Man next week.