Advice from Your Mother about Coachella
Woman in the Middle | January 20, 2016The Coachella Music Festival has become a very big deal. Amazingly enough, that big deal happens right here in the very county where I live. I admit right up front, that while I have been to many concerts, including Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Supertramp, Styx, Bruce Springsteen, and on and on, I have never been to the mother of all modern music festivals, Coachella. However, to those seeking advice, I do live less than two hours away and my local newspaper is filled, and I mean FILLED, with news about Coachella before, during, and after the event.
I read so much about Coachella every year I feel like I have been to it. I want to give a little motherly advice to anyone going to Coachella, because every year we get to read about people who didn’t check the weather, who know nothing about the desert, and who regret this in a very big way when they attend.
Number 1: It gets very warm during the day. You will need lots of sunscreen and lots of water. Yes, it is spring, but it is spring IN THE DESERT. Those girls wearing nothing but bikinis look like a case of skin cancer waiting to happen.
Number 2: The desert can get really cold at night. It can cool down an impressive amount after the sun goes down. Remember, this isn’t August. It is still spring. Again, those girls in bikinis are very unhappy that they didn’t bring a jacket.
So, in case you aren’t getting my motherly drift – Do not wear a bikini! Wear a hat! Plan on hot days and cool or cold nights! Read the website and figure out what you can bring to deal with the temperature extremes! Do not give the residents of Riverside County something to laugh about when that bikini girl is interviewed about her sunburn or how she froze her bikini clad you know what off after the sun went down. Because we will laugh. And shake our heads. And wonder why you didn’t listen to your mother!
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