• Astor Camp discussion

  • Podliness is close to godliness

    from "Alice Shay" on Jul 14, 2008 01:39 PM 
    Hello Friends!

I've just gotten in touch with Silicon Village about our pod
(off-shoot camp). I need to send them firm details quite soon. So this
is my list of people (if you want to include your BM name, please do):

Yasser
Gilby
Asia
Adam
Fran
Alexis
Guy
Paul
Bone
Lily
Rollie
Sean
Jesse
Samantha Gorman
Danny
Krista
Sascha
Alice
(18)

There will be a per-head fee. I think it is $80. Will let you know for
sure asap.
~~~~

We must name our pod! Suggestions? This can be thematic to any
activities we want to organize...

My name suggestions: Nook & Cranny Pod, Nook My Cranny Pod, Le Pouf
Pod, Pinky Le Pouf Pod, Lil' Pinky Pod, DangDrats Pod

(no obligations to like any of them! Send yours along!)
~~~~

Also if someone doesn't yet have their ticket, this person posted they
are selling one:
    Burning Man Ticket available
    Posted by: "pegscnfuzd@..." pegscnfuzd@...   inotbnormal
    Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:27 pm (PDT)
    Things have changed in my world and I won't be making it this year. :(
    I have a ticket available at my cost: $265.00.
Get on it quick!
~~~~

<3s,Alice
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  • Re: Podliness is close to godliness

    from rollie on Jul 14, 2008 01:46 PM 
    Our theme camp last year was called Astor Playa—it was on the Esplanade at
8:15 and featured a recreation of Astor Place: from the cube to the subway
stop to some brownstone stoops.  The rest of the camp is not coming this
year, so we can use the name if we want to rest on the laurels of my project
from last year. The camp was 90% a tech company from NYC, so I suppose it'd
be an appropriate addition to the Silicon Village. Plus, it has a logo:
http://www.openplans.org/projects/astor-camp/project-home/astor.png

—R

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Alice Shay <alice.shay@...> wrote:

> Hello Friends!
>
> I've just gotten in touch with Silicon Village about our pod
> (off-shoot camp). I need to send them firm details quite soon. So this
> is my list of people (if you want to include your BM name, please do):
>
> Yasser
> Gilby
> Asia
> Adam
> Fran
> Alexis
> Guy
> Paul
> Bone
> Lily
> Rollie
> Sean
> Jesse
> Samantha Gorman
> Danny
> Krista
> Sascha
> Alice
> (18)
>
> There will be a per-head fee. I think it is $80. Will let you know for
> sure asap.
> ~~~~
>
> We must name our pod! Suggestions? This can be thematic to any
> activities we want to organize...
>
> My name suggestions: Nook & Cranny Pod, Nook My Cranny Pod, Le Pouf
> Pod, Pinky Le Pouf Pod, Lil' Pinky Pod, DangDrats Pod
>
> (no obligations to like any of them! Send yours along!)
> ~~~~
>
> Also if someone doesn't yet have their ticket, this person posted they
> are selling one:
>    Burning Man Ticket available
>    Posted by: "pegscnfuzd@..." pegscnfuzd@...
> inotbnormal
>    Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:27 pm (PDT)
>    Things have changed in my world and I won't be making it this year. :(
>    I have a ticket available at my cost: $265.00.
> Get on it quick!
> ~~~~
>
> <3s,Alice
>

  • Re: Podliness is close to godliness

    from "Alice Shay" on Jul 14, 2008 01:47 PM 
    Here is the full info on Silicon village.

<3A

    • Re: Re: Podliness is close to godliness

      from seanBROWN on Jul 14, 2008 01:58 PM 
      hey fellow burners,

i have bad news for you all, but if it's any consolation, it's good 
news for me! i have to bail this year. i've signed up for an LSAT 
course, and then will be taking the LSAT immediately thereafter. the 
course starts on the 28th, so...

anyway, i have one $250 burning man ticket for sale, if anyone knows 
anyone else who'd like to go.



seanBROWN
212.375.0726 (p)
212.375.9276 (f)
sbrown@...



On Jul 14, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Alice Shay wrote:

> Here is the full info on Silicon village.
>
> <3A
> <20050719_Camp Desc_printout.doc>

  • Re: Podliness is close to godliness

    from "Alice Shay" on Jul 24, 2008 01:35 PM 
    Alright, Darling Friends,

The camp is all settled!

Now that we're in, we need to get payment to them ASAP.
- The camp fee is only $50 per person for basic tents.
- If you have a Supertent with high-power usage (like an airconditioner),
the fee is $70 in addition to the per person fee. I don't think this applies
to any of us.
- For those in the Winny, there is an additional fee for the RV, $140 on top
of the per person fee.

I'm going to advise 3 bundled checks based on tranport groups:
- Alice, Yasser, Adam, Asia, Gilby, Fran, Krista, Sascha
- Alexis, Guy, Paul, Monty, Bone,
- Lily, Rollie, Jesse, Zoe

Can one person from each group send a check and work out money later.
My group, I'll write the check and we'll work out money when we deal with
the rental cars.

The checks go to:
Sandi Bacon
7675 Shadowhill Lane
Cupertino, CA  95014

Include a note saying you are with Le Pouf Troupe, names, emails, tent
number and space requirements.

Last bit, I'd advise all of you to get on the Silicon Village email list,
especially if you still need tickets. Most of the ones they are selling are
discounted too!
 This Yahoo site is where we have Silicon Village information:
 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Silicon Village/>


Lovely!
xAlice

    • Re: Podliness is close to godliness

      from "Alice Shay" on Aug 18, 2008 09:05 PM 
      Dear Everyone,

Attached is the newly released camp map. We are to the top middle, Le Pouf
Troupe, with the Hair of the Dog pod and bar.

Also, I had to write little bios, with help from Alexis, to introduce our
group to the leaders of Silicon Village when I was organizing with them.
Since many of you don't know each other, I thought I'd send them along as a
small introduction. Of course, these are fragments of the tall tales that
could be told about each person, little nuggets of the delectable wholes.
And, if you are inclined towards surprises, don't even dabble.

See you all so soon on the playa!
Much much love,
Alice
703.517.2666


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Le Pouf Troupe:

Yasser (30, West Londona', partner of Alice) is an architect and aspiring
set designer by day and a music fiend and dj by evening. He's been known to
spin a yarn a mile long, don't be afraid to get lost in the threads. He came
to Burning Man last year for the first time and hung out with Tomkat and
bartended at the Hair of the Dog bar with Silicon Village.



Alice (24 from New York via Oakland and Virginia) is an urban planner, runs
artist salons and loves to dance. She has been known to mimic the
biomechanics of penguins and gibbons in her choreography.



Asia (26 from London and originally Poland) is an architect and designer who
sells her paintings in the London streetmarkets. She is a diva with a
particular fondness for dubstep.



Adam (26 from London and origin. Poland), also an architect, dresses
predominantly in polkadots and candystripes. He is a maestro of the Polish
funk variety.



Gilby (29 from London) edits tv shows for British channelsurfers. He is an
encyclopedia of Japanese anime and radical hip hop. He's the spiritual
leader for the group… in the George Clinton funk-ology.



Fran (25 from London) teaches children to sing and dance (music and theatre
teacher). She grew up in a hamlet, the smallest town-type in the UK, and
brings a wide smile to the big city. Fran's energy is infectious.



Sascha (27 from London and Germany) is an interaction design student and
digital art blogger. His current interests run very small—nanotechnology art
and micro-music.



Alexis/ aka Lexicon (24 from New York and San Francisco originally)
organizes parties and publicity events. She has recently proven her
maven-hood on the burlesque stage and hopes to have a showing with Alice at
BM. Alexis went to Burning Man with the Porn and Eggs camp three years ago.



Guy (29 from London, Alexis' partner) is an entrepreneur of a little company
called Nice Group. Guy, the quintessential Nice Guy, likes to build jalopies
and cruise them across the Spanish landscape.



Bone (25 from New York) is an off-broadway actor—about to break through.
He's a beacon with his blazing red hair and tresses. Bone enjoys modern
literature and writing.



Krista (24 from the greater Bay area) is a playwright. Her plays inspect the
human condition through scientific surrealism. Anaerobic respiration as a
lens for the emotional and fantastical.



Lily (24 from Berkeley) works with an urban planning non-profit. She's the
coordinator for a film program on alternative transportation. Lily also
specializes in face-painting and puppetry.



Rollie (24 from New York and Miami originally) is a graphic designer and
urban advocate at the same organization as Lily. He is known to bust a
formidable move with his Latin hips. Last year, Rollie was the main
organizer for the Astor Playa camp at BM. They constructed a replica of the
Astor Place cube.



Paul (33 from London) is another Nice Guy and business partner with Guy. He
likes funny hats—sombreros, berets, tophats, you name it! He's also a
bike-o-phile.

Jesse and Zoe are also in our group... indescribable! invincible! infamous!
(also new to Alexis and I)
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