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Summer Update – Arcata, CA

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Guisepi

Well, our West Coast Tour has been shaken up a bit. After receiving news of a family emergency, Edna and I cruised on up to Arcata to be with family. This means that we probably wont be making it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arcata, Arcata Plaza, Arts Alive!, Arts Arcata, back highways, bear, CA, community, dumpster, dumpster diving, Eureka, Fairy Festival, Foothills Fusion, Highway 395, Humboldt, Humboldt County, Lake Tahoe, Nevada City Grass Valley, Onus Art Projects, reclaimed, Redding, relationships, salvaged, South Lake Tahoe, spring water, transmission, waste vegetable oil, west coast tour, WVO | Leave a comment

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

10 Years of the Free Tea Bus – San Diego, CA

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Guisepi

Yes, you read right. 10 years ago on the first day of Spring, I purchased a little, empty, yellow short bus. As I drove out the driveway, I asked the woman whom I purchased her from what her name was. … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, News, On the Street | Tagged 10 years, community, Edna Lu, Mentors, News, North American Tour, Relationship-Based Economy, serving tea | 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

Front Street Grocers – Thomas, WV

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Guisepi

I warned y’all recently that I was going to start posting more having to do with the other kinds of sharing we practice as we travel. Although serving free tea is one of the main ways I like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged alternative energy, Bake Alley, community, food desert, Front Street Grocers, highly-calculated exchange, kombucha, less-calculated exchange, locally-milled wood, money, non-calculated exchange, salvage, salvage woodworking, salvaged, solar, solar power, Thomas, wood-fired oven, WV | 6 Comments

Transmission Mission – Mooresville, NC (NASCAR Country)

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Guisepi

Wow, I am stunned… About 2 weeks ago, as we were driving from Asheville to Hot Springs, NC Edna’s transmission gave out. She wouldn’t move forward nor backward… nothing. We were on the side of the road all day, at … Continue reading →

Posted in Mechanical, News | Tagged AAA, Asheville, breakdown, community, Efland, hot springs, money, Mooresville, NC, transmission | 4 Comments

Mother Earth News Fair and More! – Asheville, NC

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Guisepi

About 5 years ago Mother Earth News wrote an online article about the Free Tea Bus entitled “Free Tea Parties Build Strong Communities.” It was well received and I was happy to have caught the eyes of such a publication. … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged alternative economics, Asheville, Bee Charmer, biodiesel, biofuels, community, Efland, Food is Free, Food is Free Project, free tea, International Herb Symposium, Mother Earth News, Mother Earth News Fair, Mountain Rose Herbs, NC, Rosemary Gladstar, serving tea, sharing, solar, Tea is Free, Texas Tea Festival, tiny house, WVO | Leave a comment

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

Appalachian Trail – Stratton, ME

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Guisepi

Wow! What an amazing place to serve tea. My girlfriend in college hiked the Appalachian Trail before coming to school. She told me about the arduous 2,200 mile hike from Georgia to Maine, the highs and lows of trail life, … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, On the Street | Tagged Appalachian Trail, AT, community, genuine human interactions, Gift & Take, Gift and Take, independence, ME, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, police, Reciprocal Altruism, sharing, Stratton, Sugarloaf, Trail Angels, Trail Magic | 1 Comment

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