jim
Baby Eating Ice Cream
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Post by jim on Jun 20, 2011 18:57:04 GMT -8
Avoiding that pizza was harder than the trek back to the campsite. And, usually, that pizza would make the night even better, so why avoid it?
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Post by davers on Jun 20, 2011 19:03:13 GMT -8
The pizza was awesome and totally worth the $6. But then, on the last night, I discovered the mexican food, which almost had me in tears it was so good. A huge burrito, a bunch of chips and some salsa for $9. The wait was amazingly long as they only had 3 guys making the food, but it was totally worth it.
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jim
Baby Eating Ice Cream
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Post by jim on Jun 20, 2011 19:14:21 GMT -8
There was Mexican food? WHAT???
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Post by wompwomp on Jun 20, 2011 19:16:41 GMT -8
Maybe he's french, they do it the other way. Seriously man, they will make money off of you. Its how the world works. You can go to sasquatch and not really buy anything if you want. Being your lunch in, bring a shit ton of ice ( I think its 5 bucks at sasquatch) and avoid the oh so tempting $6 pizza on the walk back from the festival every night and, ta da, you hardly spend anything. Just know that if you want to buy pretty much anything, they will charge you out the ass for it because they are the only game in town. With the exception of burning man which is more or less currency free from what I understand (you trade things) you will pay inflated prices for shit at music festivals. End of story. I spent under $100 cash all weekend at the fest (and to be honest most of that was on high droogz...so I really only spent closer to $40). I brought all my food in every day and snuck booze in. I didn't eat one meal from the vendors and I bought maybe three or four beers and a couple bottles of water inside the gates.
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Post by Fig on Jun 20, 2011 19:24:40 GMT -8
My buddy got some taquitos, from that Mexican joint and it was fucking awful. Sounds like either you lucked out Davers or my buddy just got an old and gross batch. They were seriously barely even edible; rock hard and everything.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jun 20, 2011 19:30:34 GMT -8
For something in 'merika, try Burning Man, for something not to far from the US of A, try Shambhala. There are festivals out there that don't pander to corporate sponsorship, they do however pale in comparison to Sasquatch. I hope you can look past the fact that there are giant Honda, XBOX, Esurance and Redbull banners everywhere because generally, next to those posters lies a great band that you may or may not have known you love. Go to Burning Man, but don't expect things like taxis, Modest Mouse, or any fucking pity from us if you're out-hippy'd by the hippies. With the exception of burning man which is more or less currency free from what I understand (you trade things) you will pay inflated prices for shit at music festivals. End of story. Burning man is not a music festival. I used to live with a bunch of hippies who never showered, got stoned all day, and banged on bongos late at night; that wasn't a music festival either.
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Post by davers on Jun 20, 2011 19:33:55 GMT -8
I dunno, they were real Mexicans and everything. Mexican people generally know how to make Mexican food. Perhaps there was more than 1 Mexican place? This was just a white tent across from the spicy pie pizza. The word Mexican just lost all meaning. Also, Mexicans. I spent under $100 cash all weekend at the fest (and to be honest most of that was on high droogz...so I really only spent closer to $40). I brought all my food in every day and snuck booze in. I didn't eat one meal from the vendors and I bought maybe three or four beers and a couple bottles of water inside the gates. Haha yeah I didnt include drugs in my numbers. Americans can just bring it from home. I bought a lunch in there 3 days (the squished warm sandwiches just didnt cut it for 10-12 hours worth of food), a few drinks for mixing my smuggled liquor and food 2 or 3 times on the walk back. I think it only came to $60. Amazingly enough we never bought ice, those huge ice blocks last forever, though they do take up a shit ton of room in the cooler, but we had 5 coolers.
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DrEwe
Yapping Skunk Ape
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Post by DrEwe on Jun 20, 2011 19:52:46 GMT -8
I never took in any food and never bought any inside for the whole festival - something about heat and music and dancing made me lose any appetite I had left after a HUGE breakfast in the campsite. The only money I spent was for $12 Red Hook beers, and not too many of those either. I was drinking so much water there wasn't room for anything else. I would have killed for a real burrito at the end of the night - I must have walked past it and not seen the place every time. Good info for next year though
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Post by Lump on Jun 20, 2011 23:06:14 GMT -8
cats that isn't capable of having a good time ANYWHERE
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Post by Fig on Jun 20, 2011 23:48:05 GMT -8
We're definitely thinking of the same place Davers. It was called "Tijuana" something if i recall correctly.
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Post by Fig on Jun 20, 2011 23:48:59 GMT -8
On the topic of that place though, on one of the nights walking back past it after the concert there was a big crowd right next to the tent and people were getting one of the guys working the grill for that place to shotgun beers with them. Fucking Sasquatch!
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Post by davers on Jun 21, 2011 5:46:11 GMT -8
Well I would say that I was just drunk and wrong then but my 2 friends got the same thing as me and agreed it was amazing. Perhaps just the taquitos were microwaved and sucked, but the burritos were good.
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Post by stamper on Jun 21, 2011 6:08:55 GMT -8
after festival fine dining, you say? For me, it's all about the General Store... they've got giant Hot Pockets for $3. 3$
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Post by Catherine Sun Chips on Jun 21, 2011 7:02:34 GMT -8
after festival fine dining, you say? For me, it's all about the General Store... they've got giant Hot Pockets for $3. 3$ Oh.God. They're the most amazing things (and cheapest) you'll put in your mouth all weekend. I usually HATE hotpockets (a-la Jim Gaffigan, anyone?) but it coated the booze better than anything. Some primordial part of me is craving a hotpocket right now!
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Post by bradberad12 on Jun 21, 2011 7:17:18 GMT -8
Oh.God. They're the most amazing things (and cheapest) you'll put in your mouth all weekend. I usually HATE hotpockets (a-la Jim Gaffigan, anyone?) but it coated the booze better than anything. Some primordial part of me is craving a hotpocket right now! Pardon me for my immature mind, but that quote definitely did not slip through the sexual innuedo in my head.
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Post by Pea on Jun 21, 2011 7:39:15 GMT -8
Huh??
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jun 21, 2011 7:45:27 GMT -8
Do they not have hot pockets in Canada? Or if they do, are they some kind of weird Canadian sex toy?
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Post by StormyPinkness on Jun 21, 2011 8:43:16 GMT -8
The pizza we had was the worst thing. The cheesesteak was made of miracles. And grease.
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Post by alex on Jun 21, 2011 8:48:39 GMT -8
The pizza we had was the worst thing. The cheesesteak was made of miracles. And grease. my cheesesteak at Sasquatch 2010 was also full of miracles.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Jun 21, 2011 8:50:48 GMT -8
Mine looked very different from that. Less onions and peppers, more ladle cheese.
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