As we move about the Burning Man Exodus from San Francisco, we experience those last few days where the city feels less dense and compacted. You notice a bit more elbow room in Cloud City. The coffee line at your favorite café is shorter, and shopping at Trader Joe’s is, well, not as unpleasant as usual. Public transportation, like bus rides and BART trips, feels more manageable.

However, just as we adjust to the 8,000 people from San Francisco who attend Burning Man each year, we can expect that big wave of desert-dwellers slowly making their way back to the city starting September 1. As Samuel L Jackson so eloquently put it, in the first Jurassic Park flick, “Hold on to your butts!“

Did I mention? We are still Under The Stars, a quasi-weekly column that stays on message with strong-ass

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