finding safety on an island of misfit toys
the fever dream that was Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend 5
I never went to summer camp as a kid, but last week, my 48-year-old self had her first ever summer camp (er, Cancun in January) experience at Brandi Carlile’s 5th annual Girls Just Wanna Weekend music festival. It was my first time at GJWW, but it cannot be my last — it’s the happiest freaking place on Earth! It was so much more than the four nights of mind-blowing concerts at an all-inclusive resort that my girlfriend, Diana, and I thought we’d signed up for. It was nothing short of a community healing experience. (If you don’t read this whole post, at least scroll down to the section called “the community” below because that’s what I’m carrying with me most.) This synopsis can’t possibly relay the full afterglow now radiating from my heart, but I want to capture and share some highlights.
One headlining moment for me was having the opportunit…