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Colorado – First Trip off the West Coast
I think it’s safe to say the Edna’s first voyage off of the west coast was due to love. I fell in love with a woman 6 years ago, and re-fell in love with her over a year ago. She … Continue reading
Posted in Bus Building, Journeys, Mechanical, News, On the Street
Tagged biodiesel, Bishops Castle, Boulder, bus building, CA, Chadwick Stokes, CO, Denver, Elephant Revival, junkyard, KS, Lyons, mechanical, My-Tea Kind, Nevada City, North American Tea Tour, OK, OR, Pearl St., Salt Lake City, serving tea, Sub Terra, tea party, UT, WA, Wagon Circle, WVO
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Bay Area – Spring!
It had been way too long since Edna and I had spent much time in the Bay Area. Other than one day at Occupy Oakland, it had been over a year, and even then it was a short visit. So … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged Arcata, Bay Area, CA, Eureka, Hollywood, Ithaka, Lake Merritt, Oakland, Occupy, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Stanford, University Ave., West Coast Live
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25 Hours at Occupy Oakland
Bridget and I rolled around the block looking for a place to park Edna Lu and serve tea at Oscar Grant Plaza – the heart of Occupy Oakland. Only one side of the plaza is open to the street and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, On the Street
Tagged CA, crackhead, diversity, General Strike, kids, Lightfoot, Oakland, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, police, serving tea, tea blending, tea party
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On the Road to the Oregon Country Fair – CA, OR
I left Northern California with so much joy to give and tea to share with people. I arrived Ashland and served tea all afternoon in the park after getting some tea donations from Eco Teas and Adelante! Gallery and Tea … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, On the Street
Tagged Addelante, Ashland, bum, CA, Eco Teas, Elephant Revival, festival, hitch-hike, hobo, hobo code, nomads, Northern CA, OR, Oregon Country Fair, permit, serving tea, tramp
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Steeped Leaves and Elephants – Northern CA Coast
This past week, Edna Lu the tea bus caravaned with Ivan Dured, the late great space-shuttle/tour-bus of the Colorado-based band, Elephant Revival. For six days we traveled from show to show, down the coast, over hills, and over bridges. On … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Journeys, News, On the Street
Tagged Arcata, Bay Area, Berkeley, CA, CO, Common Vision, Edna, Elephant Revival, Free Peoples, Ivan Dured, Lavender Tea, Santa Cruz, Sebastopol, serving tea, tea party, Telluride, The Steeping Leaf
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Bus Tow Bus
I just refound this old video of when Edna broke down shortly after I first bought her. I hope you enjoy!
Posted in On the Street, Video
Tagged Brave New Bus, breakdown, CA, Edna, Los Angeles
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Five Years of Free Tea – Eureka, CA
Can it be that long already? Oh how (tea)time flies. As I sat in the bus while prepping to serve tea in Arcata on New Years Eve, I reflected on the past five years while writing in the 2010 guest … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, On the Street
Tagged Arcata, CA, Eureka, guest book, Hollywood, homeless, New Years, tea masters
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Traveling with Tea and Lightfoot – WA to CA
It was a hectic last couple weeks at the shop on Orcas. I was packing up all my tools, building materials, doing some repairs on my horse trailer, welding, cutting, grinding, drilling, and on top of that my good nomadic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Alive!, Bay Area, Bicycle, break in, Broadway, CA, Capitol Hill, Eugene, Florence, Gift and Take Jar, Hawthorne, homeless, horse trailer, letter writing, Lightfoot, Lightfoot Box, Lily, Mountain Rose Herbs, OR, Portland, San Francisco, San Juan Islands, Seattle, serving tea, Slow Movement, tea party, WA
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Sustainability Fair/Farmers’ Market – Orcas Island, WA
Our first day on Orcas Island brought much joy. The Sustainability Fair alongside the Farmers’ Market brought out a lot of people. I hadn’t seen many of my Orcas friends for months or years, and even folks I knew from … Continue reading
Posted in Events, On the Street
Tagged Farmers' Market, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, serving tea, solar, Stem, Sustainability Fair, tea party, WA, woodstove
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Sunken Park – Friday Harbor, WA
A quick stop on San Juan before heading to my new home on Orcas brought out a dozen people to come and drink tea. Josh came an jammed his accordion, Grisha rocked the guitar, Chris was beat-boxing, Tea was tap-dancing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands, serving tea, Sunken Park, tea party, WA
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