Tag Archives: OR

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

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

Merry Xmas! Winter Update – Nevada City, CA

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Guisepi

Well, it seems as if the craziness of Spring and Summer caught up with us, and our focus over the course of fall has shifted from outward craziness (serving tea, events, traveling) to more inward craziness (many, many bus … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus Building, Mechanical, News | Tagged Bike Farm, CA, Catherine Moore, Eco Teas, Elephant Revival, Halloween, inverter, Last Thursday, mechanical, Mountain Rose Herbs, Nevada City, OR, Organic India, Portland, projects, Reed College, Shook Twins, solar, tea menu, tea staining, VBC, water filter, Wish Garden Herbs, wood stove, woodworking, WVO | Leave a comment

Weekend of Tea – Eugene, OR

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Guisepi

I knew I was going to be heading to Eugene on Sunday for the second Free Herbalism Project event (see blog entry from the first one here). As time drew nearer, I began to think I should head … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys, Mechanical, On the Street | Tagged Acro Yoga, Birds of Chicago, Columbine School for Botanical Studies, Eugene, Eugene Saturday Market, Fermentation on Wheels, Free Herbalism Project, Koha Yoga, Mountain Rose Herbs, OR | Leave a comment

Autumn Update – Arcata, CA

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Guisepi

When you have no strict itinerary, there’s a lot of wiggle room. And I like it! I left Portland and headed straight to my Wilderness First Responder course (see blog entry here) knowing only that I was going to see my … Continue reading →

Posted in Journeys, News, Photos | Tagged Arcata, Arts Alive!, Arts Arcata, Ashland, Bayside Park Farm, BBCRC, biodiesel, Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture, Blues Recess, Blues Recess Massive, CA, Camp Woolman, campout, Chico, Chilcoot, Coos Bay, Eco Teas, Elixart, Eugene, Free Herbalism Project, Islands' Village Faire, Medford, Mt. Shasta, Nevada City, nomads, North American Tea Tour, OR, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Roseville, Sacramento, San Juan Island, Shelter Cove, Sierra Mountains, spring water, Summer Nights, work-trade | 3 Comments

Free Herbalism Project – 20,000th Cuppa Free Tea – Eugene, OR

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Guisepi

After realizing that not having a plan was too rough on me (see this blog post), I decided that it would be a good idea to make some plans in advance, but allow myself a little freedom and flexibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged Eugene, Free Herbalism Project, Mountain Rose Herbs, OR, Rootstalk, Rose Madrone, Rosemary Gladstar | Leave a comment

Summer Update – 3 months of Tour – Arcata, CA

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Guisepi

It’s been an interesting one, folks. Three months ago Edna (the teabus) and I started a 2+ North American Tour with no itinerary. The plan has been to have no plans, allowing us to roam the country with no obligations and … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Arcata, Arts Alive!, Arts Arcata, CA, community, Eureka, Nature Joe, nomad, OR, WA, WFR, WVO | 3 Comments

Village Building Convergence – Portland, OR

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Guisepi

In 1996 – ten whole years before I started serving free tea out of my pickup truck on Hollywood Boulevard – Mark Lakeman and other folks at City Repair, were formulating and putting into action a mobile free teahouse called … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged City Repair, Common Vision, community, Dalai Lama, free tea, Fruit Tree Tour, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd., Last Thursday, Los Angeles, Mark Lakeman, OR, Planet Repair Institute, Portland, Portland Fire, Rootstalk Festival, Sh'Bang, Shook Twins, T-Horse, Village Building Convergence | 2 Comments

Back to School – Portland, OR

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Guisepi

After such success in Bellingham at Western Washington University, I decided that it would be fun to serve tea at more college campuses. College age people are eager to learn, eager to see what lies beyond the bounds that … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Video | Tagged Bellingham, college, community, garden, Lightfoot, National College of Natural Medicine, NCNM, OR, peace, permission, Portland, Reed College, Rootstalk, security, Western Washington University | Leave a comment

Portland Fire Department – Portland, OR

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Guisepi

My buddy Owen is a fresh-to-the-team firefighter here in Portland. I guess he’d been talking the bus up around the station quite a bit, so they invited me to come by and have dinner with them. It was great to … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged OR, Portland, Portland Fire | 1 Comment