I swear I wasn’t going to go. I wanted a break after all the wedding planning this year. The only reason I went is because I saw a rendering of this piece called Minaret by my all-time favorite artist Bryan Tedrick. I am in love with the guy. I was practically stalking him at the party celebrating the Honorarium artists.
The first night we got there, we walked over to this amazing art installation and there was the artist watching people climb his work. ”OMIGOD, Bryan Tedrick,” I screamed. ”You’re the reason I came to Burning Man! I wasn’t going to come, but I knew this was going to be so amazing! I had to be here!” I’m pretty sure I freaked him out.
I did scale up 50 feet to the domed top. The upward trek was very challenging and scary. I actually went 15 feet up, then made my way back down because the hooks where you should be placing your hands aren’t easily apparent. After I went back down and sulked, someone on the Burning Man staff promised to be my spotter. So, yes, I made it safely to the top!
Here I am posing absolutely star-struck with my favorite artist.
Here’s one of the most popular art installations that came out this year by Marco Cochrane. It had everyone buzzing. “Have you seen Bliss?” ”You gotta go checkout Bliss.” This is what makes Burning Man so special–at least for me. You’re not going to see such amazing work concentrated within a mile diameter.
We arrived Friday evening a few days before Burning Man officially starts. As you can see from this picture, there are a lot of trucks and heavy machinery for the installations surrounding the man. Artists are working hard to complete their work.
Back from the desert and now in the Hamptons.
I’m on vacation! I’ll be out for two weeks and when I come back, I’ll still have another three weeks of vacation left for the year. Let’s travel, people!
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but I stopped wearing my engagement ring. I just got annoyed by it. Even after they resized it and inserted bumps at the bottom, it would hang by the side of my finger. I took it off at work because it bothered me while I was typing. Sometimes I would accidentally leave it at work—not a good thing! So I just stopped wearing it.

