Category Archives: Journeys

Announcing West Coast Tour – Spring Update – Alabama Hills, CA

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Guisepi

Yes, y’all, you hear correctly! Edna and I will be spending this year serving free tea from San Diego, CA to the San Juan Islands, WA. Our kick off was Edna’s 10-year anniversary in Ocean Beach on the first day … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street | Tagged AZ, Big Oak Canyon, Blythe, Buccaneer Beach Park, CA, community, Coos Bay, Double-Decker Bus, Dr. Bronner's, Earth Day, EarthRoots Field School, Eugene, Friday Night Festival, Harbor City, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd., Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Monrovia, Nevada City, New York Times, Oceanside, Olympia, OR, Orange County, Palos Verdes, Portland, Quartzsite, Relationship-Based Economy, relationships, Road Trip, Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, Salvation Mountain, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Islands, Santa Monica, Seattle, Seven, Seven Wanders the World, Silverado Canyon, Skooliepalooza, Slab City, solar, Sonoma, Sprinter Van, Standing Rock, Tea Bus Factory Service Manual, The Brewery, The Ecology Center, Truk, WA, West Coast, Windansea, WVO, Yoga on the Bluff | 1 Comment

Tour Through The South – Winter Update – Hot Springs, AR

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Guisepi

Whew, what a tour! Edna Lu (the Tea Bus) and I just spent the last 3 months touring The South from West Virginia to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and finally to Arkansas, where we are now. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News, On the Street | Tagged adventure therapy, AL, AR, Arts Council, Asheville, Athens, Auburn, Auburn University, Austin, barter, Bernie, bigotry, Black Mountain, Bolldy Sunday, Boone, Brevard, Camp Hill, Charlottesville, Christmas, civil rights, Columbus, Columbus Dispatch, Commercial Dispatch, community cafe, Confederacy, desegregation, DIY, dumpster diving, Edmund Pettus Bridge, F.A.R.M Cafe, Floyd, Foster Well, Front Street Grocers, GA, Greenville, guns, hitch-hike, hot springs, LA, Little Rock, Montana House, Montgomery, MS, nature, nature school, NC, New Orleans, New Years Eve, Newbern, Newspaper, non-calculated exchange, Oconee County, Opelika, Oxford, police, politics, Prattville, rednecks, Relationship-Based Economy, River Arts District, Rosa Parks, Rural Studio, SC, Selma, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, southern hospitality, southern hostility, springs, Standing Rock, Starkville, Starkville Dispatch, sustainanility, sweet tea, The Goat Farm, The Homestead Atlanta, The Orange Peel, The South, The Warhorse Coffee Joint, Thomas, tiny house, traditional human economy, Trails Carolina, Travelers Rest, Trump, Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, VA, waste vegetable oil, West Asheville, wilderness therapy, work-trade, WV, WVO | 1 Comment

Thankful in Floyd, VA

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Guisepi

Every now and then I stumble into a place that I know no one, but get absorbed rather quickly. What I find in there is more community, more sharing, and more genuine human connections than I could hope for. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News | Tagged Arcata, Blue Mountain School, Blue Ridge Parkway, CA, CO, Colorado Springs, community, deer, ecovillage, Farmers' Market, Ferris, Floyd, Floyd Country Store, food bank, Friday Night Jamboree, homestead, Kalispell, Left Bank, MT, Orcas Island, Plenty!, pressure canning, Sharing Economy, Spikenard Bee Sanctuary, Springhouse Community School, Thansgiving, The Honestary, VA, WA, waste vegetable oil, water, WVO | 3 Comments

Democratic National Convention – Philadelphia, PA

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Guisepi

Whew! This past week was a wild ride! Ally and I decided to bring Edna Lu the Free Tea Bus to the DNC both for personal reasons, as well as to make sure people stayed hydrated and cool, while performing … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys, On the Street | Tagged #BernieOrBust, #OccupyDNC, #UpToUs, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, BLM, climate change, Climate Revolution, cops, Cornell West, Democratic National Convention, DNC, FDR Park, iced tea, Immortal Technique, Jill Stein, Jon Watts, Josh Fox, low-income, march, Marconi Park, Medicine for the People, Mountain Rose Herbs, Nahko, New York Times, North Philly, NYTimes, Overgrow the System, PA, Philadelphia, Philly, Philly City Hall, police, protest, Racial Justice, Rainbow Family, rally, Rootstalk, serving tea, Shailene Woodley, tires, water | 2 Comments

10 Years of Free Tea – Durham, NC

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Guisepi

10 years ago, I was lonely. I was living in my pickup truck and working 50-60+ hours a week in front of a computer as a video editor in Hollywood. When we finished the rough cut of the documentary, my … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street | Tagged CA, community, diversity, Durham, genuine human interactions, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd., LA, loneliness, Los Angeles, NC, Seattle, WA | 17 Comments

Maine to Georgia (or Not!) – Winter Update – Efland, NC

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Guisepi

More than a month and a half ago, Ally, Edna Lu The Teabus and I left Maine on a long journey south to potentially spend the winter in Georgia. I had decided that after years of pushing off “wintrospection,” that … Continue reading →

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Austin to Boston – The Road, USA

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Guisepi

Traveling far fast is not part of my modus operandi. The longer I stuck around Austin, the less time I knew I had to travel the 2,000+ miles to the Boston area for the International Herb Symposium. Ally, Edna … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News, On the Street | Tagged AR, Austin, back highways, back roads, Bloomington, Bloomington Community Farmers' Market, business, community, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, East Otto, Farmers' Market, free, Hollywood Blvd., homeless, hot springs, Hot Springs National Park, IN, Indiana University, International Herb Symposium, Ithaca, Lake Erie, laws, legal, MA, Marshall, Missisippi River, National Park, Norton, NY, OH, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Peninsula, Ranger, Rochester, serving tea, Southborough, spring water, tea party, Tea Witch Tea, The Cosmic Shed, Trail Magic, TX, Unitarian, WVO | 1 Comment

The Cosmic Shed – Henderson, TX

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Guisepi

“Y’all are getting a real dose of East Texas, with a capital T,” said our host Cindy partway through our stay at the Cosmic shed. Since arriving at the Cosmic Shed, Ally and I had met backwoods rednecks, experienced a … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys | Tagged art, East Texas, Henderson, police, salvage, salvaged art, The Cosmic Shed, TX | 8 Comments

Spring Update – Austin, TX

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Guisepi

Hello, friends and family! Two years ago on March 20th, Edna Lu (the tea bus) and I started a 2+ year North American Tour. This tour was imagined as a journey around the continent with no itinerary, allowing us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys, News, Video | Tagged Alpine, Austin, AZ, CA, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Edna, La Loma del Chivo, Langtry, Marathon, NM, North American Tea Tour, North American Tour, NV, OR, TX, video, WA | 2 Comments

Back in the Big Bend – Terlingua, TX

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Guisepi

Our trip out west on the train was extended by about 5 days, so we arrived back in Alpine, TX just as an abnormally bad ice storm was easing up. There were downed branches and trees everywhere, power was out … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News, Radio | Tagged Alpine, Big Bend, Farmers' Market, Marfa Public Radio, natural building, plumbing, salvage, Terlingua, Terlingua Farmers' Market, TX, WVO | 3 Comments