Author: Ben Starr
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Burning Man: The Temple
Today I wanted to share with you an aspect of Burning Man that, to me, is the most significant feature of the event. Each year since 2000, a “temple” has been built, generally from recycled materials and found objects. The temple isn’t dedicated to any specific religion. Its goal is to be a sacred space…
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Meet Maggie!
This is Maggie. Maggie’s mom emailed me during the run of MasterChef and said to me, “You have stolen my child’s heart” and proceeded to explain that her daughter started taking cooking classes at age 3 and was an aspiring chef. I emailed them back, and Maggie herself responded thusly: “I did my science fair…
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Burning Man: Initial Thoughts
I am back in Los Angeles from the Burning Man festival. As usual, I return from Burning Man (which we “burners” refer to as the “real world”) to the “default world” (the world we all live in on a dailcamp potluck at Burning Many basis) and have trouble assimilating back into said “default world” because…
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Los Angeles and Burning Man
So I am so sorry that it has been so long that I have posted a blog. At the moment I’m in my car heading north on I-15 towards THE BURNING MAN Festival. My bestie Chris AKA Doug Jacobson is typing this as a dictate. But first things first… Los Angeles! I arrived on L.A.…
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The MasterChef Finale!
I CONFESS!!! I haven’t yet watched the 2 hours of the MasterChef finale. Sue me. I hosted a finale watch party at my favorite local restaurant last night, and more than 500 fans showed up who wanted to meet me, ask questions about the show, taste my pumpkin carrot cake, and while MasterChef was airing…
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MasterChef: And Then There Were 4
Well…that was weird. Up to this point, watching MasterChef was unusual because I had LIVED every moment they showed on camera. Now I’m just watching my friends on TV, and have no idea what to expect. It’s kinda weird. My first impression is…Christian seems different in this episode. And I am wondering if it’s just…