Benjamin Wachs is frequently accused of being a fictional character.After living in a Buddhist monastery in India, he was employed as a nightlife reporter for Playboy.com and the b...view moreBenjamin Wachs is frequently accused of being a fictional character.After living in a Buddhist monastery in India, he was employed as a nightlife reporter for Playboy.com and the bar columnist for SF Weekly. He is now the Instructional Designer for Burning Man and a member of its Philosophical Center.He is the author of the short story collection A Guide to Bars and Nightlife in the Sacred City (Cary Tennis Books) and the forthcoming Lamenting Avalon: Fairy Tales for Adults (private publication). He edit-ed The Book of the IS: Fail to Win (Last Gasp Books). He lives in San Francisco, where he is the Chairman of the Board of the San Francisco Institute of Possibility, an arts production and education non-profit. His business cards say "Fascinating Stranger."view less