Every year during the second weekend of July, around 45,000 of the West Coast’s crunchiest, eco-friendliest, peace crazed Deadheads and Phish Phreaks descend upon the tiny town of Veneta, Oregon for the Oregon Country Fair, a three day celebration of… Read More ›
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Days 12 & 13: Of Hippies and Hipsters in Oregon
Yesterday I found myself at The Oregon Country Fair, a patchouli-soaked cabal of hackneyed licentiousness that seemed especially idiotic given the circumstances. I am normally not too fond of the Nouveau-Deadhead set or the Boomer Weekend Warriors who insist on… Read More ›
Day 7: Rocky Mountain High
You know you’re in the hippie capital of the Mountain West when you witness a be-dreaded white woman chastising her young son Akhenaten for throwing an organic apple juice pouch at a copy of Outside magazine. Well played, Boulder…well played…. Read More ›