24 Oct Burning Man Decompression Party

One of the things I have learnt being in this wonderfully vibrant city is that everyone here wants to celebrate. I have been on the beach listening to music, and someone will join and dance; or I will make friends in Golden Gate Park with the employees who have escaped from work to drink cheap wine from a pumpkin. There is a fantastic sense community and compassion that I have never experienced before.

I went to the Burning Man Decompression party the other weekend, I have never been to the Burning man festival and I am dying to go. The party was fantastic, the air was full of fire and colours; there were stilts and feathers as well as musical instruments that shot flames into the sky. There was a slightly older crowd, consequently there was a real sense of community and compassion. Everyone mingled despite any differences. I never realised that the festival began originally at Baker Beach, my desire to embark upon the festival has been cemented. It feels good to be in a city that never sleeps.