We live on a small farm just 45 miles north of Houston. We are ice sculptors by trade, but we have a 106 year-old barn on the property that is quickly becoming an event facility! We fixed it up for our daughters when they were teenagers, but now we find ourselves hosting weddings, corporate events and every now and then some *special* craziness! This past month we had several ranch weddings, a fraternity formal dance, and the “craziness” was an event called Fuego…a “pre-burn” Burning Man gathering. 
These photos show the front of the barn and some of the flowers on display for one of our spring weddings. The barn is full of old tin signs, cowhides and haybales. If you’re dreaming of a real, rustic, Texas experience…this might just be the place! The twinkle lights add a touch of magic.
Of course, the Burning Man event was VERY different! They occupied the whole ranch and filled the place with music, color and dancing. It was a crazy, uninhibited weekend culminating in the performance by “Zor – the Fyregod”. He was an amazing specimen of a man with the most incredible hair and clothing I’ve ever seen. Zor and I became fast friends over the weekend although as human beings, we couldn’t be further apart in the spectrum of humanity! We discovered that our businesses were very similiar (if only because of their oddity and polarity…he being into fire and we being into ice). We traded marketing tips and war stories and spent hours talking. At one point my husband walked into the kitchen and…not meaning to be unkind later described the scene as the “farmwoman and the superhero sitting at the kitchen table talking…”.
Zor’s performance was incredible. He stood at the top of a 30 foot high tower and “spun” fire. His tools of the trade consisted of open steel balls suspended from 15 foot chains…filled with shredded steel wool which he set on fire and spun. The show was spectacular and so were the muscles that he has developed from performing this way over the years. If you look very closely, you may be able to see him at the center of the circle of sparks. You may have to squint to see him, but it’s worth it.. 😉 If squinting doesn’t do it, here’s a link to his website photos http://www.fyregod.com/image-gallery/firedancing-zor-images.htm
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