I'm Bobbie from fabulous Sin City (Las Vegas) and for six years I have organized the Party Naked Tiki Bar camp under the Sin City Village umbrella at Burning Man. I like to think of us as the little camp that could. We build a beautifully painted artistic bar in the middle of nowhere and serve cold Tiki punch to citizens of Black Rock age 21 and over (In 2012 we served more than 450 gallons). I personally make each batch of Tiki Punch to ensure you that it is a safe drink that has not been tampered with. We took off 2013 to rebuild our worn out bar. Our bar has been rebuilt and re-painted but our new larger bar has outgrown what's left of the walls that surround the bar. The walls help us create a safe and comfortable clothing optional environment on the playa. Sadly, our lights are also in need of replacement and upgrading.
With our walls, big beautiful bar and seating we are not your typical Burning Man bar. We are like your neighborhood bar on the playa. We play rock music and provide an alternative to the overwhelming techno presence there. This a refuge where you can sit and meet new people and carry on a conversation. Being clothing optional, you can feel free to drop your clothes and hang out in the buff. Over the years it has been incredibly rewarding to facilitate people having their first public nude experience in our cozy environment. Nude is not lewd and we uphold nudist principles at Party Naked. Each year we reward those that do get naked by presenting them with a hand painted medallion on a lei (we have over 1600 painted and ready to hand out).
If you have never visited the Party Naked Tiki Bar we welcome you to join us this year. We now have 60 linear feet of bar with stools that are all hand painted. Hang out in some shade and get naked or not. You do have to get naked to get lei'd though. After all isn't Burning Man all about pushing your personal boundaries and trying something new? This is the place where you will discover that we are all the same when our clothes come off. Your body is a beautiful thing and we will help you realize that in an environment where you don't have to worry about being groped just because you took your clothes off. Enjoy feeling comfortable in your own skin. It is about celebrating the beauty in all of us regardless of age or size.
Our brightly lit letters across the bar front could be seen from the other side of the playa until we tried to become energy efficient and changed from rope lights to El wire. We need to go back to a more visible lighting to help people navigate at night so we are looking to upgrade with your support.
This year we are also bringing an enclosed volleyball court so you can get your sports on right there on the Esplanade. Clothes or not if you prefer we will be having matches and scheduled games or just come by and hit the ball around.
Additional village features include Black Rock City Airbrush where you say it and we spray it. Our always open art center. A costume exchange on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and a day spa where you might even get a 50's retro hairdo.
We have done almost no fund raising in the past but we have already invested in a lot of improvements for this year so we are sincerely hoping that you will support our cause and donate what you can. Knowing that I would have to break our do-it-ourselves tradition and look to fund raise this year we created a wonderful gift for your $20.00 donation. I've never been fond of just asking for money so we created a limited edition 2014 "Sin City Village Girls" calendar to thank you. It is a beautiful 8.5 x 11" wall calendar featuring 13 lovely burner girls from our village in a classy playa pin-up style. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it. They are in hand and ready to send your way. Show us some love if you can, only you can determine how well we light up Party Naked this year. All funds will go toward as much of our improvements as the funds will stretch. Every dollar does count. Please, share this campaign with your friends.
Thank you for your support and come see us on the playa at Esplanade and 6:30.