{"id":1215,"date":"2012-10-31T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2012-11-12T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T21:15:54","slug":"halloween-2012-friday-harbor-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/halloween-2012-friday-harbor-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 2012 &#8211; Friday Harbor, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got a little carried away and dressed up like an old man tea wizard, and along with a witch (Ally) and a lady bug (Amanda), we set up the tea bus in a neighborhood I used to Trick or Treat in when I was a kid. This neighborhood is so busy on Halloween that they block it off from car traffic for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>I was sure a concerned neighbor was going to come and question us, or perhaps call the cops (Think, &#8220;Yes, ummm, there&#8217;s a van with a old man trying to give away free tea to kids&#8230;&#8221;). And boy, was I wrong&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2pN3slJYJA\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"290\" height=\"550\"><\/iframe> The opposite happened. First, a woman drove up with her kids and asked if we were &#8220;the free tea people.&#8221; Evidently word has spread fast around the island about the tea bus. <em>&#8220;<\/em>Yes, that would be us,&#8221; we responded. &#8220;Well, I just found out I can&#8217;t drink tea. Would you guys like this bag of tea?&#8221; She had seen us, gone home, grabbed what she couldn&#8217;t drink, and brought it down for us to share with people.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor from across the street loved the tea bus so much that she kept coming back to sip tea, and even poured me a cup of her own home-brew lemon tea. Another fellow brought us a ton of candy to hand out to kids. We had realized that 99 out of 98 kids want candy more than tea, especially on Halloween&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I stayed in character for hours and hours. I had a big beard made from wool batting and a staff with a crystal tea cup on the end. With a funny old man\/Indian chai walla voice, I joked and laughed with many kids and parents. <em>Ah yes, hello, how are you? Good? Yes, good is better than bad, and bad is better than worse, but good isn&#8217;t as good as great. Yes, good is good. <\/em>Most of the kids thought I was weird, and I guess most of the adults did too. <em>Halloween? Oh, is that what day it is? I thought everyone looked a little strange today&#8230; I haven&#8217;t dressed up for Halloween in 87 years. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I give many thanks to Ally and Amanda for helping out. Their participation made it possible for me to play around and not worry about making tea. 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