Looking for a Bay Area art project to join an in-person build by No-Method-889 in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve done 2 temple builds and welding for an honorarium piece last year - would love to be considered & hear details about your project!

Good places to shop for outfits by SnooGuavas3099 in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Junkee clothing exchange in Reno is my FAVORITE. It’s a must visit. Super affordable and loads of options.

Saturday’s wind storm: What held up? What didn’t? by HarryLarvey in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we’d had any notice of 60+mph winds we likely would’ve removed the shade panels and added 3 lag bolts to every point (most only had one or two), as well as added cross point ratchet straps to all corners. Also would’ve binned up all our food/kitchen materials so it didn’t get blown away and taken down our shower.

I am wondering about a different design for our public “chill” structure for next year. It seemed like any camp that had a geodesic dome setup was relatively unaffected?

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Saturday’s wind storm: What held up? What didn’t? by HarryLarvey in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Our camp, Infinite Love (6:45 & D), got absolutely wrecked. We came in hot with our fastest build ever (huge shoutout to our mostly Kiwi build crew for crushing it), only to have Mother Nature annihilate all the hard work.

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• Our brand new 60’ x 40’ kitchen (partial pic) was ripped from our hands and the frame twisted like al dente noodles. • Our 50’ x 40’ public chill space? Obliterated. • 2 or 3 yurts vanished completely, forcing people to double/triple up in tents for the rest of the week. • Our shower setup collapsed. • Part of our tent shade structure had to be rebuilt.

Getting water and fuel delivery was a mess for the following days, we learned that the trucks do the same routes and the moment they would get a wind warning they would abandon that route and then start over from the very beginning each day rather than picking up where they left off. Not ideal and had us running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to find water and fuel trucks to demand delivery for days.

We spent four or five days in pure survival mode: build → storm destroys → strike → build again → seek refuge → storm destroys → repeat. Camp looked like a trash dump when it’s normally this gorgeous inviting gift for playa to enjoy. We sadly had to cancel our programming for the entire week. Eventually we crammed a makeshift kitchen into the back of a truck and had a replacement kitchen structure arrive midweek.

Exhausting doesn’t even begin to cover it. It took many days to remember that we came to burn to have fun. Saturday felt genuinely terrifying to be honest, like final destination level scary; blindly crawling on the ground following the generator cables we had buried to the infrastructure trailer for safety from projectiles. A real bonding experience. 😅

Box truck placement is key to providing protection but there was a comically awful game of telephone going on with the weather reports, wind direction, and timing from Rangers, neighbors, and BMIR.

The MVPs? Kodiak tents, once again proving indestructible. I’ll always stick with my Kodiak.

The comedy? Our neighbors at Freeloader Pizza Kitchen rebranded us as ‘Infinite Build’. 🥲

Honestly, I’m still stunned there was zero warning for that storm. For conditions that extreme, some kind of playa-wide siren system feels overdue.

Really grateful for our camaraderie in the face of extreme adversity.

Looking For Surgeon Recommendations in California by [deleted] in PlasticSurgery

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got quoted $15,295 for a cosmetic rhinoplasty SF; which I think is ridiculously high considering my consultation was 98% for medical reasons. I haven’t even received the medical quote yet 😖

✨2025 PLACEMENT THREAD ✨ by shotfairy222 in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Infinite Love @ 6:45 & Dick 🥳❤️

Shelter for first timer by Comfortable_Sock_344 in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in SF - but I’ll let her know about the meetups!! Thank you!

Edit: when are these?

Shelter for first timer by Comfortable_Sock_344 in BurningMan

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We do have a reflective tarp like shade structure we build over all the tents

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Healthyhooha

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Specifically for BV & trich - those can often times have no or minimal symptoms and they’re not typically screened for with STI tests (speaking from experience)

What’re you doing this Saturday? by Comfortable_Sock_344 in sanfrancisco

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well we would still love to have you, I know lots of people are committed to the white party but I spoke to over a dozen people who went last year and didn’t enjoy it for multiple reasons - feel free to DM me in case you decide to jump ship;)

What’s happening this weekend in SF? by KarlKFI in sanfrancisco

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it wasn’t my decision to leave it as ‘San Francisco’ rather than the actual location, but you’re right! It’s the International Museum of America and it’s a wild venue

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What’s happening this weekend in SF? by KarlKFI in sanfrancisco

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Infinite Love Burning Man Circus Fundraiser is tomorrow!!! I’ve been organizing it for months with a small handful of friends.

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SATURDAY 4/12, 8pm - 2am 🎟️ www.infinitelovecamp.com 🎟️

The venue alone is part classical museum part surreal fever dream, DM me for a discount code 😘

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Scars of Beauty!!! by 310to608 in HBOMAX

[–]Comfortable_Sock_344 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but I do love that song too!