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Your Timeline will start with the day you were born and end, I guess, a few weeks after you die, when someone posts the last condolence message, uploads a picture of your tombstone and everyone sort of moves on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this way, Facebook Timeline will try to make us all important and all immortal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another crucial aspect of Timeline is the “social apps,” which will change how your activity appears on your Timelines and your friends’ News Feeds and will allow these hypothetical food graphs to exist. Currently, Pre-Timeline (I’m calling the beginning of history until the moment Timeline rolls out “Pre-Timeline”), with most apps, you individually approve everything that could be posted to your wall. For example, Pre-Timeline, if you play the Fantasy Bachelorette game on Facebook, not everyone has to know. 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We witnessed an early experiment in this type of full exposure when \u003ca href=\"http://www.spotify.com/us/start/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=start\">Spotify\u003c/a> — a legal online music sharing site you can’t use without a Facebook account — shared every song you listened to, directly on your Facebook wall. When users complained, Spotify announced \u003ca href=\"http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393808,00.asp#fbid=yIZZMfWJvod\">private listening\u003c/a>, which allows you to choose which songs you share. But, if you don’t find this privacy control, when you are dead and your great-great-grandchildren use the chip in their brains to log on to Facebook Mind, they can laugh at the quaint music their ancestors listened to on those funny, bulky computing machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, yes, there are privacy controls and yes, I am sure someone will figure out how to use them. However, even with those controls, all of this information will still be collected and used somehow. Clearly, it is already being used. How else did a “free service” get to be worth so much money? (\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584404576442950773361780.html#ixzz1aRVbWH\">According to the Wall Street Journal, “Some people believe that if Facebook goes public next year, it will trade at a $100 billion valuation…”\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should you worry? Probably. But we don’t have to get into that now. Now you are going to want to \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2011/09/22/how-to-facebook-timeline/\"> hack your way into Facebook Timeline\u003c/a> and lose the next two hours of your life answering the questions, “Did I really leave the house dressed like that in 2008?” and “Which Ryan Adams album will make me most attractive to the cute boy from the radio station in college?” It’s time to express who you really are. The future is here now. 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"content": "\u003cp>You know that super scared/totally excited feeling you used to get when someone was chasing you during an especially good game of tag, back when you were a kid? The feeling that you needed to run as fast as a human being could possibly run and make it to base or you might actually die? Isn’t it sort of tragic you don’t get to feel that feeling anymore? That your biggest adrenaline rush comes from illegally making cell phone calls in your car while you’re driving?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, people of the Bay Area, the \u003cb>Come Out & Play Festival\u003c/b> is here to fill that void. Starting last Saturday and going on throughout the city until November 6, the all-volunteer- all-donation-funded group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.comeoutandplay.org/\">Come Out & Play\u003c/a>, will “turn San Francisco into a giant playground” by staging “city-sized” games for adults (and teenagers), showcasing local game designers and letting everyone play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday I enlisted the help of my friend and frequent art project partner, Pete Hickok, to document our experience of \u003ca href=\"http://totheendofthenight.com/\">\u003ci>Journey to the End of the Night\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, a city-wide game of tag (with costumes) that kicked off the festival. (Side note: \u003ca href=\"http://petehickok.com/home.html\">Pete’s a sweet artist\u003c/a> and he took a bunch of these pictures.) Journey is simple: everyone receives a red ribbon and a blue ribbon and a manifest with a map of six checkpoints. You tie the blue ribbon around your arm and once the airhorn sounds, you run off into the city, trying to reach all the checkpoints before you get tagged by a “chaser” wearing a red ribbon. If you do get tagged, you give them your blue ribbon and tie on your red ribbon and turn into a chaser yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/leviplaza1.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003cbr>Pete Hickok and Lizzy Acker before their Journey to the End of Night\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was our second \u003ci>Journey\u003c/i>, our first being the first in the city, which happened on Halloween two years ago. Last time we were dressed as fuzzy animal zombies. This year, we decided to go more aerodynamic. I was a zombie tadpole and Pete was just…terrifying (see above).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/lineup.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game was set to start at 7pm and the first time we played, I remembered that the organizers limited the number of players and a lot of people behind us in line were turned away. We were a little worried, then, when our cab pulled up to Rincon Park at 6:50, but it became clear they have increased the capacity of the game. According to their website, last year there were over 1,300 participants and this year there were probably at least that many, or at least more people than expected because they announced at one point that they had run out of blue ribbons and were now using duct tape to identify players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/waivers.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, we signed up in advance. We still had to wait in line, but it seemed like we had accomplished something adult by planning ahead. Even if it was planning ahead to play tag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/baybridge.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a nice sort of symmetry, the game started under the Bay Bridge and ended in full view of the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s game had a slight twist; you could go to the checkpoints in any order. This meant a lot of pre-game route planning at Rincon Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/manifest1.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our planning mainly consisted of looking at the manifest and asking each other “wait, is that THE PRESIDIO?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our first stop was Pagoda Place in China Town, where we had to complete the phrase “If I die tonight…” on yellow cards and hang them up on the fence. Pete promised me his truck if he died and I promised him my prized stuffed animal gorilla, Koko. True friendship. We got our manifests stamped and moved on to the next checkpoint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/occupy.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next checkpoint was set up at the Broad Tunnel West Minipark as “Occupy Journey.” There was an interesting Occupy undercurrent to the night. The original start spot was supposed to be Justin Herman Plaza, but had to be moved due to the protest. However, there didn’t seem to be any hard feelings, and the man who announced the rules of the game before he sounded the airhorn employed \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Human%20Microphone&defid=6130688\">the human microphone\u003c/a>, even though he also had a bullhorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/stamps.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this point, we felt pretty sneaky, as we had successfully avoided chasers by going in the opposite direction as most people. Two stamps doesn’t seem like a lot but our first year we only made it to three before turning into chasers. Also, we had just run up a huge hill. So, we felt a good amount of pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/bus.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After making it to the top of the hill, we had to go back down to Fisherman’s Wharf. Once again, we managed to make it into the safe zone (every checkpoint is surrounded by a few blocks of safe zone, where chasers can’t tag you) without catching the eye of any chasers. Then we decided to utilize the other safe zone: the bus. For some reason, we were still going a pretty drastically different route than anyone else, so we were the only people in costume on the bus. It was a crowded bus. A few people became concerned when they saw Pete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> The next checkpoint was Levi’s Plaza and that’s when things got real. Suddenly there were a lot more people and reports of chasers everywhere. We decided to play it safe and take the bus back through Fisherman’s Wharf and then run for our lives from there to the final checkpoint before the end, Fort Mason Green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/sadface.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am sad to report that team Zombie Frog and Princess (which someone suggested we were dressed up as, after I lost my tail running to Levi’s Plaza) did not make it to Fort Mason. There was a communication breakdown (okay, my fault) and Pete was caught, anti-climactically, by a group of teenage girls just outside of Ghirardelli Square. It was a hard moment for team morale, since we had such high hopes and had played so valiantly. Also, let’s be honest, we were hoping for a dramatic chase-down, like the one that happened outside of the San Francisco Opera on our first \u003ci>Journey\u003c/i>. I still can’t walk by that spot without reliving the terror of having a gang of boys bear down on me. As per our starting agreement, I let Pete tag me and we turned into chasers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to be a chaser. We suddenly realized our knees and feet hurt and that we were cold. We had one good chase-down, right by the square, but he got away and then we couldn’t find anyone to tag. Mostly, everyone we saw was wearing red ribbons. We came across this group of teenagers (this seems like an awesome event for teenagers, by the way) but they were in a safe zone. I tried to trick them into walking out of it, but teenagers these days are so wiley and they could see right through me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg>\u003cbr>Our final manifests. 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Every year it gets worse, with more and more of my friends going and more and more of me having a job, no car and no discretionary spending money. I always wonder what is so great that is happening over there in the hot sun? Is it really a perfect spiritual/artistic utopia? Will I ever get to join that elite group of 50,000 having SUCH A MAGICAL TIME in the desert? This year though, I only let my jealousy consume me for a minute. Then everyone left town and I realized the only thing I could possibly do was have the best week ever: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128547\" alt=\"cubicle\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> For one thing, most of the office started emptying out early in the week. No one was there to tell me that Hammer pants don’t count as “dressing for success.” I just put on my headphones, drank some tea and turned my cubicle into my own private Burning Man dance party! Except I got paid and I didn’t have to die of heat stroke! \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128548\" alt=\"skatepark\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> This was also a great time to practice all the skills that I am usually too embarrassed to practice in front of other people. Burning Man is a family event so that means the 200 pre-teen boys usually at the skate park were laughing at idiotic grown-ups a whole state away from me and I could practice “dropping in” (by which I mean sliding down to the bottom of the bowl on my bum) without any judgment, all day long. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128549\" alt=\"yogastudio\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Whole yoga classes were raptured during the week, which meant your pick of spots by the windows or a wall and all the personal attention during poses you could ever want. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128550\" alt=\"philz\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> In terms of getting coffee, this was the week for it. Who knew it was even possible to sit on one of the benches in front of \u003ca href=\"http://www.philzcoffee.com\">Philz\u003c/a>? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128551\" alt=\"ritual\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Or to get a table at \u003ca href=\"http://ritualroasters.com/\">Ritual\u003c/a>? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128552\" alt=\"4barrel\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Or to sit at the parklet in front of \u003ca href=\"http://fourbarrelcoffee.com/\">Four Barrel\u003c/a>? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128553\" alt=\"universal\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Oh, you wanted brunch? \u003ca href=\"http://www.universalcafe.net/\">Universal\u003c/a> was open for business without its trademark 2 hour wait on Sunday morning. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128554\" alt=\"bugaloos\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And there were so many open tables, you could have had your family reunion at \u003ca href=\"http://www.boogaloossf.com/\">Bugaloos\u003c/a> if you wanted. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128555\" alt=\"ikes\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> If you want a sandwich at \u003ca href=\"http://ilikeikesplace.com/\">Ike’s\u003c/a>, this was the only weekend of the year I think you would have been able to get one without standing in line for the entire day. Sorry. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128556\" alt=\"civiccenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> It wasn’t just eating establishments: the whole city was quiet. A deserted Civic Center made me wonder if they have a special bus for the homeless so they can attend Burning Man too. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128557\" alt=\"cablecar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And tourists? Do they also go to Black Rock City? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128558\" alt=\"ferrybuilding\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Apparently they do. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128559\" alt=\"rainbow\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> This is also the perfect weekend to get all your \u003ca href=\"http://www.rainbow.coop/\">organic, cooperative grocery shopping\u003c/a> done. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128560\" alt=\"parkingspots\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And if you’ve ever wanted to park your car on Valenica or Mission, that time has come and gone. The streets were empty and if you wanted, you could pretend you were riding your art bike on the playa (honestly, I don’t really know what that means) (but here are my friends Courtney and Heather, making it happen). \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128563\" alt=\"zeitgeist1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> For the first time ever, we had our pick of tables at \u003ca href=\"http://zeitgeistsf.com/\">Zeitgeist\u003c/a>. And enough space to hula hoop. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128564\" alt=\"zeitgeist3\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> The low number of people out also made it easier to make friends with people who usually wouldn’t talk to you (especially if you are, for some reason, wearing Lycra ski racing suits) (pictured: Heather, Marissa, tough motorcycle club prospect, me, Courtney). \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128565\" alt=\"dp1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> We basically had Dolores Park to ourselves. Again, for all the hula-hooping we could handle. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128566\" alt=\"sfmime\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And front row seats (only row seats) to free shows in the park. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128567\" alt=\"lounging\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> The weather was so beautiful and we had so much space/time in the park, that I even got a sunburn. Maybe next year I will finally go to Burning Man. But as people start straggling back into the city and I think about all the driving I didn’t have to do and all the showers I got to take, I realize I am already starting to miss those last glorious days of summer, and I don’t feel so bad that I was left behind to fend for myself in the Burning Man Rapture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The week/weekend before Labor Day is a special time in San Francisco. It begins with a large number of citizens packing up vans and trucks with all the water, art bikes and sand goggles they can carry and then leaving for the desert in Nevada, creating what is sometimes referred to as \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/vicwomg/status/107949942034804736\"> #burningmanrapture\u003c/a> (“Burning Man Rapture” if you don’t read hashtag). This blissful week is characterized in the city by an availability of parking spots, tables at popular brunch locations and hands-on assists in yoga classes. For me, it is also tinged with sorrow. \u003ca href=\"http://sfbeats.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/the-original-burning-man-takes-a-look-at-the-new/\">My uncle was one of the original Burning Man dudes\u003c/a> and I have always secretly wanted to go. Every year it gets worse, with more and more of my friends going and more and more of me having a job, no car and no discretionary spending money. I always wonder what is so great that is happening over there in the hot sun? Is it really a perfect spiritual/artistic utopia? Will I ever get to join that elite group of 50,000 having SUCH A MAGICAL TIME in the desert? This year though, I only let my jealousy consume me for a minute. Then everyone left town and I realized the only thing I could possibly do was have the best week ever: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128547\" alt=\"cubicle\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cubicle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> For one thing, most of the office started emptying out early in the week. No one was there to tell me that Hammer pants don’t count as “dressing for success.” I just put on my headphones, drank some tea and turned my cubicle into my own private Burning Man dance party! Except I got paid and I didn’t have to die of heat stroke! \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128548\" alt=\"skatepark\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/skatepark-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> This was also a great time to practice all the skills that I am usually too embarrassed to practice in front of other people. Burning Man is a family event so that means the 200 pre-teen boys usually at the skate park were laughing at idiotic grown-ups a whole state away from me and I could practice “dropping in” (by which I mean sliding down to the bottom of the bowl on my bum) without any judgment, all day long. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128549\" alt=\"yogastudio\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/yogastudio-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Whole yoga classes were raptured during the week, which meant your pick of spots by the windows or a wall and all the personal attention during poses you could ever want. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128550\" alt=\"philz\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/philz-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> In terms of getting coffee, this was the week for it. Who knew it was even possible to sit on one of the benches in front of \u003ca href=\"http://www.philzcoffee.com\">Philz\u003c/a>? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128551\" alt=\"ritual\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ritual-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Or to get a table at \u003ca href=\"http://ritualroasters.com/\">Ritual\u003c/a>? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128552\" alt=\"4barrel\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/4barrel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Or to sit at the parklet in front of \u003ca href=\"http://fourbarrelcoffee.com/\">Four Barrel\u003c/a>? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128553\" alt=\"universal\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/universal-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Oh, you wanted brunch? \u003ca href=\"http://www.universalcafe.net/\">Universal\u003c/a> was open for business without its trademark 2 hour wait on Sunday morning. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128554\" alt=\"bugaloos\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/bugaloos-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And there were so many open tables, you could have had your family reunion at \u003ca href=\"http://www.boogaloossf.com/\">Bugaloos\u003c/a> if you wanted. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128555\" alt=\"ikes\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ikes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> If you want a sandwich at \u003ca href=\"http://ilikeikesplace.com/\">Ike’s\u003c/a>, this was the only weekend of the year I think you would have been able to get one without standing in line for the entire day. Sorry. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128556\" alt=\"civiccenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/civiccenter-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> It wasn’t just eating establishments: the whole city was quiet. A deserted Civic Center made me wonder if they have a special bus for the homeless so they can attend Burning Man too. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128557\" alt=\"cablecar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/cablecar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And tourists? Do they also go to Black Rock City? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128558\" alt=\"ferrybuilding\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/ferrybuilding-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> Apparently they do. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128559\" alt=\"rainbow\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/rainbow-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> This is also the perfect weekend to get all your \u003ca href=\"http://www.rainbow.coop/\">organic, cooperative grocery shopping\u003c/a> done. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128560\" alt=\"parkingspots\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/parkingspots-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And if you’ve ever wanted to park your car on Valenica or Mission, that time has come and gone. The streets were empty and if you wanted, you could pretend you were riding your art bike on the playa (honestly, I don’t really know what that means) (but here are my friends Courtney and Heather, making it happen). \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128563\" alt=\"zeitgeist1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> For the first time ever, we had our pick of tables at \u003ca href=\"http://zeitgeistsf.com/\">Zeitgeist\u003c/a>. And enough space to hula hoop. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128564\" alt=\"zeitgeist3\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/zeitgeist3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> The low number of people out also made it easier to make friends with people who usually wouldn’t talk to you (especially if you are, for some reason, wearing Lycra ski racing suits) (pictured: Heather, Marissa, tough motorcycle club prospect, me, Courtney). \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128565\" alt=\"dp1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/dp1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> We basically had Dolores Park to ourselves. Again, for all the hula-hooping we could handle. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128566\" alt=\"sfmime\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/sfmime-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> And front row seats (only row seats) to free shows in the park. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128567\" alt=\"lounging\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/lounging-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a> The weather was so beautiful and we had so much space/time in the park, that I even got a sunburn. Maybe next year I will finally go to Burning Man. But as people start straggling back into the city and I think about all the driving I didn’t have to do and all the showers I got to take, I realize I am already starting to miss those last glorious days of summer, and I don’t feel so bad that I was left behind to fend for myself in the Burning Man Rapture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Recently, at a party, I watched open-mouthed as a stranger started to moonwalk. Conversations around the room fell silent while everyone paused to appreciate the dancer’s skill. The moonwalk, as pop culture knows it, has been around since Michael Jackson debuted it in 1983. Turns out, the moonwalk is far older than MJ yet its appeal is as strong as ever. It’s the ultimate parlor trick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it about this illusion that is so captivating? Video artist Hannah Ireland has this to say about it: “The illusion of effortlessly gliding backwards over the surface of the floor while walking in a forward motion contradicts the experience of trudging around carrying our body weight through the world everyday.” Hannah has seen her share of moonwalks; her video \u003cb>In Orbit\u003c/b> explores YouTube users’ homemade videos of the dance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[vimeo 8831939 w=400 h=265]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moonwalking is a classic mime manoveur. Here is an example of ‘walking into the wind:’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EljzRNbEgY&w=420&h=345]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has had various names including ‘the buzz’ and ‘the wind,’ but technically as long as the illusion of walking is created, then you have yourself a moonwalk. Moonwalking’s history lies not only in miming, but in jazz and tap as well, and can vary greatly from the ‘backwards pull’ that Michael Jackson was known for. Fred Astaire, the Nicholas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., all have their own versions of the step. In this video, we can see the great \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWtHeJPgbXo&playnext=1&list=PL7891A814FC%200D9FDA\">Cab Calloway moonwalking forwards to his classic “Minnie the Moocher.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Bailey exiting the stage at the Apollo Theatre in 1955 is alleged to be the first Michael Jackson-style moonwalk ever recorded:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71njpDH3co&w=420&h=345]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even David Bowie got in on the action. For the uber-theatricial \u003cb>Diamond Dogs\u003c/b> tour, Bowie studied with the famed mime Étienne Decroux. You can see Decroux’s influence throughout the tour. In the intro to this version of “Aladdin Sane” we can see Bowie doing a kabuki-esque in-place moonwalk:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LWiqTEwIJM&w=420&h=345]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sparkly-socked moonwalk debuted in 1983 during “Billie Jean” at the \u003cb>Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever\u003c/b> concert. Michael Jackson may not have invented the step but he certainly made it his own. Here is the classic moonwalk that we all know and love:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qi43G3AoXc&w=420&h=345]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Cab Calloway, street mimes, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, and about fifty thousand Youtube uploaders can master the moonwalk then surely you can too:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py82bWcPa0Q&w=420&h=345]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He was a sell-out, he wasn’t cool anymore, his \u003ca href=\"http://www.826valencia.org/store/index.html\">whole pirate thing\u003c/a> was a publicity stunt, he only published super famous people, whatever. In the same way, it’s easy to get angry with James Franco dominating popular media’s talk about art while not seeming to care at all about the actual “art world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, when James Franco reportedly \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/22/138513048/woman-pays-10-000-for-non-visible-work-of-art\">sold a piece of “non-visible art”\u003c/a> (that’s exactly what it sounds like, by the way) to a woman for $10,000, I and every other sort-of-artist-who-doesn’t-get-paid was scandalized. 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