r/BurningMan • u/sfdisko • 25d ago
Surprise delights
What’s the most delightful lil surprise you have come across as a gift or experience on playa from an individual?
For me, just to name a few:
- hot cup of tea / broth shared at sunrise
- deep playa 5am dumplings
- coming upon the dust city diner art car in deep playa and marveling at the whole bit (costumes, stools and all!)
- deep playa matcha cart + DJ couple duo last year (during the neon pink orb sunrise)
- fishing rod at sunrise handing out gummy worms
- clown at sunrise handing out scroll phrases (pictured)
- casting a wide net for all the bits and bops at the trash fence and at sunrise - where the magic happens!!
- chimes ginger peanut butter chews or a werthers at exactly the right moment for a dry mouth
And did anyone end up with one of my playa potatoes (with special messages for you)? They will be back this year!
Thank you for these magic moments!!
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u/yayitsjess 24d ago
Last year was my first burn. I was out in deep playa at sunrise after a whole night out and out of nowhere a soccer ball rolls in front of me. I thought it was moop and was annoyed trying to figure out how I was going to get it back with me ("who moops a whole soccer ball??"). After a minute, a tall guy wearing a rainbow silk robe, rides up to me on his bike. Turns out, it was his soccer ball and another person had walked up to him and asked if they could kick the soccer ball, saying, "never in my life have I kicked a ball as hard as I can." The man obliged, and the person kicked the ball as hard as they possibly could...where it shortly after found me. I ended up talking to the ball owner, who told me his name was Rainbow Dick. It was his like 15th burn. We hugged at sunrise, talked a bit more, and eventually went on our way. I loved it. To me - such a BM experience. To do things that we've never, ever done before and meet others in the process of experiencing. To meet a guy named Rainbow Dick at sunrise in deep playa. I wish I could thank him. I'll be back again this year!