Why is it so dead around here? The Burning Man Lull.

My calendar is typically chock full of events, meetings, lectures, art openings and the like. But I noticed a rather obvious hole in the calendar around the dates of August 27th through to around September 5th or so.

Was I not in the loop?! Did I miss some event announcements?

It only took a minute to realize what happened. Burning Man, the cultural art/music/love fest taking place in Black Rock, Nevada is about to begin. Started in 1986, BM now has an economic effect here in San Francisco: everyone seemingly vanishes for a couple of weeks.

This lull effect becomes more and more noticeable each year. For those of you who have never heard of it, well, you really must be under a rock! Even my parents have heard of it (the barometer for measuring the ubiquity of anything).

Be sure to take a look at their Environmental Statement and look at some great images here.

I even went back in 1997, but I do not like the heat (or the burning playa dust that gets everywhere.)
But I am not complaining: I love San Francisco when it is empty!

BURNING MAN GOES GREEN