From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V6 #78 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Wednesday, May 7 2003 Volume 06 : Number 078 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: FRFF Camping And Food ["erika-renee lanier" ] Re: FRFF Camping And Food [Nicole the Wonder Nerd ] Re: FRFF Camping And Food ["katie stohlmann" ] Re: FRFF Camping And Food [Ellen Buckley ] Re: FRFF Camping And Food ["John Ryan" ] RE: FRFF Camping And Food ["Kate Leahy" ] Re: FRFF Camping And Food [Joy Elyse Greenwald ] Re: FRFF Camping And Food [Ellen Buckley ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:48:09 -0400 From: "erika-renee lanier" Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food Man, I look forward to one of those veggie burritos every year. We bring a camp grill and take turns being responsible for meals (bring enough food for everyone for 1-2 meals). Friends we camp with scramble up eggs & freeze it -- it thaws by the time you're ready to use them, and keeps the rest of your food cold, too! Yummy! There's a truck that comes around a few times a day selling IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICcccccceeeeeeeeeeeee at a really reasonable price. (You'll understand the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccce reference your first day at fr :-))... it's pretty easy to keep things cold the whole time. We bring a crate of non-perishables, too. Snack bars, fruit, etc. The vendors have really great food. We try to budget so we can each eat one meal a day from them -- it runs about $6-$8 /meal. It's really worth it -- especially if you're at the stages and don't want to lug stuff or trek all the way back to camp when the music's gettin' good. :-) We've never had a problem with alcohol -- and I think if you're discreet enough about using coolers, water bottles, plastic cups, etc -- you can probably get away with something at the stages, too. - -e - ----- Original Message ----- From: "rhiannon richard" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food > camp stoves and grills are excellent ideas. vendor food is very expensive, > though sometimes it's yummy. bring breakfast food, that way you can eat > before you get to the stages. > > I'm not sure about the rules at the stages, but in the campsites i've never > seen any problem with glass containers. Also, we drink plenty of alcohol > while there, and i'm not sure that there's an official policy. Just none > at the stages. When in doubt, keep any questionable anything confined the > campsites and you shouldn't have a problem. > > -rhi > > At 09:22 PM 5/6/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >My wife and I are going to do the Falcon Ridge gig this year. We were > >looking for advice from experienced Falcon Ridgers about best camping (or > >where Camp Edhead will be located if one will exist) and food and > >beverages. Apparently, no glass containers allowed. Are you allowed to > >bring alchoholic beverages? If no open fires, are campstoves allowed or > >are you better off buying food from the vendors? What about breakfast > >food, etc? Any ideas, tips, etc. would be appreciated. Also, when is the > >best time to arrive/leave? > > > >============== > >Stuart & Janice Jewell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 22:04:48 -0700 From: Nicole the Wonder Nerd Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food Up spake erika-renee lanier on Tue, May 06, 2003 at 09:48:09PM -0400: > Man, I look forward to one of those veggie burritos every year. > We bring a camp grill and take turns being responsible for meals (bring > enough food for everyone for 1-2 meals). Friends we camp with scramble up > eggs & freeze it -- it thaws by the time you're ready to use them, and keeps > the rest of your food cold, too! Yummy! I have a special problem at FRFF: namely, since I must fly in, I can't bring anything heavy or bulky with me. (It's like expedition camping vs. car camping.) It CAN be done; just takes a bit more thought. > There's a truck that comes around a few times a day selling > IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICcccccceeeeeeeeeeeee at a really reasonable price. > (You'll understand the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccce reference your first day at > fr :-))... it's pretty easy to keep things cold the whole time. We bring a > crate of non-perishables, too. Snack bars, fruit, etc. Word. I like to bring trail mix and munch all day--then I can eat a smaller meal for lunch/dinner and still be satisfied. Last time, as I recall, I bought a couple pieces of crumb cake (from a bakery) for breakfasts... augmented with a cup o' joe from the vendors, it worked out well. > > >food, etc? Any ideas, tips, etc. would be appreciated. Also, when is > the > > >best time to arrive/leave? To arrive, IMHO--the day before the festival starts. As many have noted, the fest is four days this year, which kinda throws many of our well-laid plans off. In years past, you'd show up on Thursday, grab a good spot, find all your friends, and have a nice mellow day before the music started (Friday at noon). This year it STARTS on Thursday, so we don't know what to tell you. Show up on Wednesday? All well and good for us grad students, but for the gainfully employed (whose ranks I hope to be joining soon), a heck of a lot of time off of work. It's up to you, I guess; we're all sort of in the dark. As far as leaving: 'most everyone tries to leave as soon as possible after the festival ends Sunday evening. People break camp within an hour or so after the last set, the better to get back to Boston/NYC/wherever at a reasonable hour. IIRC, you can camp at the farm during the week IFF you're also attending Winterhawk. HTH - --nicole twn *** "Today you'll be learning how to model your love lives as a series of second-order ordinary differential equations."--former math professor Visit www.nicolopolis.com ... digital drivel for a weary world. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 01:05:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "katie stohlmann" Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food we put wine in plastic water bottles at kate wolf festival and no one notices. you could probably do the same at FRFF. of course, that's kate wolf - where the town of laytonville is covered by a questionable haze and EFO will be playing for the first tiem this summer! I know i can't wait. we usually get the all access pass through the radio station which makes me a happy sound engineer. will EFO be on west coast live that morning? it'll be a fun trip. maybe the best yet. EFO, the waifs, tracy grammar, eliza gilkyson, greg brown, iris dement, and loads more cool folkies. i am very excited. kate ps - if you put wine in a water bottle, make sure you hvae the squirty top. it makes it that more fun. especially if it's expensive wine. you can be classy and trashy at the same time!!!! The most personalized portal on the Web! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 07:13:22 -0400 From: Ellen Buckley Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food Nicole the Wonder Nerd wrote: > IIRC, you can camp at the farm during the week IFF you're > also attending Winterhawk. NB: there is no Winterhawk this year. That said, you are always allowed to camp Sunday night (possibly longer; I always end up leaving Sunday so I don't know how long people stay). Most people do clear out Sunday night, but it's an option, at any rate. I second (or third, or 4th) the recommendation of budgeting for at least one meal per day from the food vendors. It is pricey for festival food, but it is so good, I make sure I've saved enough money to splurge on it every year. It's worth it, trust me. I usually bring my breakfasts and a few snacks, then buy everything else. There doesn't seem to be any problem with having some glass in the camping area, though most people use plastic anyway-- 361 days of the year, this place is a working farm and people seem to respect that. As regards the alcohol, people bring it, but I never bother. I can drink any time I want; FRFF is only 3 (this year, 4!) days a year, and if the owners of the farm prefer I not walk around their property looped, well, I can live without it for 3 days without suffering any hardship. ;) I will say that this *is* a very kid-friendly festival. peace, ellen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 09:26:01 -0400 From: "John Ryan" Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food My thoughts on this thread so far. About the Pirate's Patch? RRRRRRRRRRR! Sounds great to have Shelly organize the conversion of Lower Cmap Fruvous into Camp Edhead aka The Pirate's Patch! I think this will bring together all the Edheads of Falcon Ridge together, and perhaps Camp Edhead will get just as loud of a cheer as Camp Fruvous. Being that it is a 4-day festival, I just moved my schedule up a day. I'll be getting there either Wednesday afternoon or Wednesday evening. Also folks, keep in mind that Thursday is kinda like a half-day. The dance and family tent will be going on all day, but the workshop stage will only be hosting the "Music Business Workshops". These are non-musical workshops that teach the attendants the ins and outs of music business, marketing yourself as a musician, etc... The main stage will only start at 6:30 PM. So you've got really half of Thursday to also relax before the festival really kicks into gear. Last year, I brought enough food for about 2 days. After that, the food starts to taste bland, so I ended up not eating the rest. It was just simple stuff like sandwiches. I did however bring a LOT of Gatorade. I was doing 3 or 4 of these a day, and it really helps you out. It's essentially better than water in terms of rehydration, although the sugar crash can be nasty. :) For the rest of the food, I would buy from the vendors, who are very reasonably priced. I work in NYC, and I'll pay as much on a meal here as I do at the festival. They are not out there to gut people of money like some other festivals..... * cough * Woodstock * cough * But if you're planning on listening to after-hours music, or perhaps during hours music, then come on up to the Budgiedome. Lower camp is pretty much quiet, so we'll be the ones a rockin'. We'll pretty much be playing music up there whenever the main stage is quiet. Or on Saturday night, the "professionals" do their runs and the Budgiedome is a prime spot. We'll have a stage set up for them and everything. Also, Thursday night is tenatively planned as "open mic" night for all attendees. So come on up for that as well! Good luck down at the Pirate's Patch! RRRRRRRRR! P.S. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCE! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 09:44:02 -0400 From: "Kate Leahy" Subject: RE: FRFF Camping And Food I speak from experience when I say that both glass bottles and the alcohol in them are prohibited only in a "don't ask, don't tell, don't break it, don't get drunk and throw up, don't get drunk and wake people up" way :). - -- Kate ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 09:06:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Joy Elyse Greenwald Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food I have to recommend the pizza. As a Chicagoan, and a pizza snob, it means a lot when I recommend pizza. It's this think pan pizza, and one slice can feed more than one person if you combine it with some veggies. Best food at the festival! (And fairly cheep for vendor food.) Joy Elyse __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 12:14:46 -0400 From: Ellen Buckley Subject: Re: FRFF Camping And Food On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 12:06 PM, Joy Elyse Greenwald wrote: > I have to recommend the pizza. > Best food at the festival! oh, no way! the best by far is Nyota's Ting, where you can get fake chicken and goat curry, collard greens, black-eyed peas, etc. and then there's the Benevolent Burrito. and then there's the felafel. and then there's the colorado wrap. oh, why'd you have to get me thinking about this now? ;) peace, ellen ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V6 #78 ****************************