Lightning In a Bottle (LIB) 2010

Some people say that the phrase "Lightning In a Bottle" comes from Fireflys, other say from Moonshine.

Either way, what it is to us is a festival of music, art, and eco-centric gathering.  There was a one year hiatus last year, as they had to figure a new space.  The new space is in Irvine - who knew that Irvine included rolling hills, a lake, and, yes, dust storms!  It actually has feelings of Central Coast and bits of Burning Man.

It's its own thing though - everything is for sale (unlike burning man, where everything is gift based), lots of good organic, mostly vegitarian, often vegan food offerings (also expensive), and especially into the night, lots of live art (artists painting works right there), and really loud music.  Really loud.  Like several hundred yards from the nearest stage, and still too loud to sleep, thumping, making your chest rattle, and your teeth chatter, until way later than it seemed like they were supposed to. 

There were lots of good workshops on yoga, environmental stuff including raising chickens, composting, grey  water reuse, etc.  There was a kid area, and a trampoline, which became the default kids area.

Nicki went up with us, and slept in her little tent.  We flew Delilah's kite, collected litter,  Delilah found a horde of pincher bugs in her chair tube, which made her freak out, and we somehow managed to run out of both water and batteries in one weekend!

Still, all said, a fun event.  We'll probabl skip next year, to recover some sleep, but probably return again "some day".

We also bought our Burning Man Tickets, and this week took the RV in to get it ready for the trip - only about 70 days before we depart! :)