Burning Man Shopping List - a list by MeganInMunich

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For my first year at Burning Man I wore jean cut-offs and tank tops and ended up under a shelter made of plastic garbage bags. Why suffer such a learning curve? Steal my ideas, gain from my experience. Countdown to burn time. Time to start shopping! (2009: still updating three years later!)

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Eleven years of expertise in partying in the desert

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IKEA QUILT MYSA VATTEN

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Even if you're not sleeping much on the playa, you'll feel much more rested under this. Ditch the sleeping bag kid. If you want to invite someone to snuggle up with you, they're more likely to say yes if you're not trying to zip them up into a mummy bag

Updated Aug 10, 2007

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Black Box Wines - Premium Boxed Wine

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This isn't your grandpa's boxed wine. Take a step up from Franzia Rose and try this. The less waste glass on the playa, the better!

Updated Aug 20, 2007

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Killer Juice: The Box that Beats the Barrel

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Everyone liked that boxed wine you brought last year but someone still makes noises about Franzia? Well with this new box on the block you can have yourself a bonafide taste test. Showdown on the playa!

Updated Apr 12, 2008

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Trader Vic's World Famous Mai Tai Mix

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Not sure how to mix a decent drink? Who cares? Why are you trying so hard? Let the pros do it for you and offer your friends a decent cocktail to cut the dust. Try a Trader Vic's Mai Tai - the perfect balance of sour, sweet and strong.

Burning Man comes but once a year, leave the cheap mixers for your kid brother's frat party.

Updated Aug 18, 2008

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Hendrick's Gin

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When planning your playa bar list, select a few extraordinary cocktails that work well in the heat and bring plenty of supplies for when the word spreads. Hendricks Gin, with its cucumber flavor, puts an interesting twist on your run of the mill martini.

Updated Jun 8, 2008

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Kumo Maru Paper Lanterns

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Use 'em once and burn them before you leave.

Updated Aug 9, 2007

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Hanging Battery Terminal For Lanterns

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Glow sticks are so five years ago. Make anything light up and decorate the hell out of your home in desert.

Updated Aug 9, 2007

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Huggies Natural Care Baby Wipes

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Washing with water takes so much effort. Baby wipes are a quick and acceptable substitute. Go for fragrance free to spare yourself comments like "you smell like butt".

Updated Aug 9, 2007

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Canvas Drop Cloths

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So you've decided to make your own shelter and you don't want a parachute because army surplus only comes in green. Canvas drop cloths are cheap and surprisingly cool alternatives to parachutes. They breathe better and, being heavier, don't fly away quite so fast in a wind storm. Buy a few, sew them together (I managed to do it in the passenger seat on the way to Burning Man in '99), and if you're really handy put in some grommets for extra security. All you need now is a sturdy frame to secure it to and some spray paint to make is snazzy.

(You can get these at your local Home Depot if you want to skip shipping costs.)

Updated Aug 20, 2007

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Carpet Mask

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At Burning Man, become one with the playa dust, but don't let the dust become one with everything you own, in particular your rented RV, car or tent. With carpet mask you can cover rugs and car interiors as well as those pesky net openings in your new tent that don't zip shut.

Tip: pitch your tent before going to the playa and cover the mesh vents in a relatively dust-free environment. Put carpet mask on both sides, both inside and out and seal the edges with Gorilla tape.

Voila! Clean up is a snap and you'll reduce the piles of dust in your tent to only one or two layers.

Now go play.

Updated Jun 8, 2008

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