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Ramona Mayhem's tips on playa diet, health and hygiene
August/21/2009 Filed in: getting ready
"So what do you eat out there? Do people sell food? Are there free showers?"
Ha Ha Ha. Er....Um...No.
Me? Fourth year. Using the same list since 2006 with minor changes each year to suit my whims and appetites.
For those who haven't had playafied grilled cheese sandwiches or dusty lemon drops, let me edumacate you with some tips on the finer points of the playa diet, health, and hygeine.
Tip #1: Radical Self Reliance. Read the Burningman.com site "cover to cover"--not only is it eye candy and a plethora of information, there are so many checklists on there you can essentially tailor any one of them to suit your own needs.
Tip #2: Bring more water than you think you need (average 2 gallons per day)--not only will someone thank you for providing them with much needed hydration in BRC, you might even enjoy a shower once or twice. Do NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT ever refuse H20 on playa. Piss Clear=no drear(y) moments in the medic tent with an IV drip. If you like bubbly water, buy it before Lakeview (Bend or Bigger) because it isn't a hot (cool?) commodity in Lakeview. I.E. you'll be lucky to find seltzer in a can in the "mixers" aisle next to the empty shelves that formerly held water by the individual gallons.
Tip #3: Trader Joe is your best friend. EVER. TJ's is focused largely on flavorful, ready to go meals. Not all of them are a hit. Not all of them are a miss. And trust me, some of them are just plain ole damn YUMMY! I consider myself a situational omnivore (after all, Bacon is a four legged fruit!) No lips, no hips for me, thanks. Though sometimes I eat turkey. A default wonder with having carnivorous children. Hell, last weekend I was at a Black Rock Ranger Silkscreening party and had two bites of bloody steak. It reminded me of my childhood. I didn't get even get a stomach ache. SO. Here is an incomplete list of recommendations for the Trader Joe fan:
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Camp dBM VIP registration #1
August/24/2009 Filed in: Camp Get Found
Registration for Camp dBM : VIP.001
re: Burning Man 2009 : EVOLUTION
Name, playa or otherwise: Ramona Mayhem
Default World Livelihood: Bohemian Mama of two (denali & the henster) & currently Gypsy. Soon: Natural Foods Industry in some shape or form, growing community gardens with little people, and/or some form of social work. Hopefully getting my TESL in Thailand this winter and teaching Engirisu. (heh)
Hobbies: Photography, Music, HOOPING!!!, Gardening, Nutrition, Organic FOOD!!!, Kayaking, Reading without falling asleep, Volkswagens, Sleeping in without missing the sunshine or being late, Kicking your ass at Quartto.....(lots more, and not necessarily in that order)
Side-projects: Bouldering without falling off, Freckles, Learning how to be a great Aromatherapist and Herbalist, Writing a Children's Book about House Elves, perfecting the grapefruit marguerita, volunteering at all kindz of festivals, camping in the North Cascades, shit, I have too many to list and need to be somewhere in an hour!
Favorite foods: (*Organic*) Tomatoes, Garlic, Basil, Salad Greens, Kale, Green Curry and Tom Kah Gai, Spices including but not limited to exotic sea salts & peppers, having a hot sauce collection. (I like Tapatio and El Pato better than Tobasco)
Favorite drinks:
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re: Burning Man 2009 : EVOLUTION
Name, playa or otherwise: Ramona Mayhem
Default World Livelihood: Bohemian Mama of two (denali & the henster) & currently Gypsy. Soon: Natural Foods Industry in some shape or form, growing community gardens with little people, and/or some form of social work. Hopefully getting my TESL in Thailand this winter and teaching Engirisu. (heh)
Hobbies: Photography, Music, HOOPING!!!, Gardening, Nutrition, Organic FOOD!!!, Kayaking, Reading without falling asleep, Volkswagens, Sleeping in without missing the sunshine or being late, Kicking your ass at Quartto.....(lots more, and not necessarily in that order)
Side-projects: Bouldering without falling off, Freckles, Learning how to be a great Aromatherapist and Herbalist, Writing a Children's Book about House Elves, perfecting the grapefruit marguerita, volunteering at all kindz of festivals, camping in the North Cascades, shit, I have too many to list and need to be somewhere in an hour!
Favorite foods: (*Organic*) Tomatoes, Garlic, Basil, Salad Greens, Kale, Green Curry and Tom Kah Gai, Spices including but not limited to exotic sea salts & peppers, having a hot sauce collection. (I like Tapatio and El Pato better than Tobasco)
Favorite drinks:
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Boogie Universal's Electric Mayhem
June/06/2008 Filed in: community | back in the default world
The Electric Mayhem, staying out way too late the night before the race
A bunch of his playa refugees from the Boogie Universal, along with partners and new friends, participated in the Ski to Sea race on Memorial Weekend. The race starts in the snow at Mount Baker east of Bellingham, Washington and traverses 85 miles over 7 legs before reaching the saltwater of Bellingham Bay 7+ hours later. None of us have run the race before, even though it is an annual ritual in this corner of the country, and we aren't the kinds of peeps that get really in to endurance racing of any kind (unless you count all-night bike riding on the playa at Burning Man!)
Here are some photos & video of the team, Boogie Universal's Electric Mayhem, in action:
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moontroll & ramona mayhem's 2007 reports now online
Check out the latest additions to the What is Burning Man page : Field reports from Burning Man 2007 as told by Ramona Mayhem and Moontroll. You can grok them right here...
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October/09/2007 Filed in: afterburn
Life's been a whirlwind for the Three Broke Dudes upon returning to the Default World. There was barely time to process our experiences in the desert before we got swooped up by the flow of our routines...
This blog is gonna be pretty quiet through the winter. This whole website is due for an overhaul to reflect the fact that we did indeed make it to Burning Man this year, along with Bellingham's kick-ass Boogie Universal crew and the ill-fated Boogie Pyramid. Did I mention that it collapsed in the first giant dust storm on Thursday? Turned out to be but a simple wrinkle in our plans: we rolled up the wreckage, set it to the side, dug some sand out of our ear holes and partied on. Took the Boogie out underneath the stars, and we're probably all the better for it.
Did I mention that the Three Broke Dudes became the Four? So many tales to tell...
While there might not be moment to moment updates and reports as during the months and weeks leading up to the Burn, we are working with the raw materials that we collected on the playa -- photos, audio field recordings, video, stories, sand, soulsauce reductions -- and plan on sharing what we craft with our friends, fellow Boogiers and Burners and random wanderers to this here website. In other words, Edubious, moontroll and Hekter will be writing stories, making movies and slideshows, mixing podcasts and the like over the dark nights of winter and posting them here and there across the digital spectrum at destinationburningman.com. This blog will make note as to when something is new, and tell you where to find it too (right now, there is a short docudrama film that moontroll made to give respects to the dust storms and double rainbow being hosted on YouTube right here; he's hard at work on another film following the rise and fall of the Boogie Pyramid and Edubious is halfway done mixing up his musical response to his first Burn in podcast form...stay tuned.)
We also invite you to share your creations, memories and tall tales from the Green Man on this website. Contact us at [email protected] with your ideas, links to your Burning stuff, hallucinations, music mixes, whatever...
Stay in touch!
Notes from the unfolding adventure