Tag: CA

  • Spring Update – Trabuco Canyon, CA

    Today is a big day! Not only is it the first day of Spring, but it marks 6 years since the day I bought Edna and the one year mark of our Two+ Year North American Tour. According to plan, we’ve been traveling at a comfortable pace – sometimes fast, sometimes slow; visiting many new…

  • Terra Vita Herbal Symposium

    My friend Mason, who is the event coordinator for Mountain Rose Herbs, mentioned last November that he was helping organize an herbalism event in February in Laguna Beach. He suggested I attend to make tea, and asked if I was going to be in So Cal. Most offers and suggestions like this are usually too…

  • Back on the Boulevard – Hollywood, CA

    Wow folks, this is where it all began! Eight years ago this month I was lonely. Working more than full time for little pay, I was craving genuine human interaction without having to spend money. In fact, I was finding that when money was involved, the interaction was almost always less than genuine. So, there…

  • OJAI! Would you like to go on an adVENTURA? – Ventura County, CA

    Well yes, I would! Kidnapping my friend Ally, we left Nevada City bound for Ojai. Taking a couple days to get there, we stopped at junkyards to look for another injection pump for Edna along the way. Old highway 99 has all the junkyards coming down through Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, Bakersfield. Not knowing any better,…

  • Disc Golf and Curtains – Nevada City, CA

    I just wanted to give a quick little update from the journeys of Edna Lu the teabus and myself, Guisepi. I’m sitting in a cute little tea shop in Fresno, where I spent way too much money on a pot of tea (ironic, isn’t it). I spent the day driving and in junkyards looking for…

  • New Years Eve – Nevada City, CA

    Every year I celebrate the New Year as an anniversary of serving free tea. It was eight years ago this January that I first started serving tea on Hollywood Blvd to strangers. I learned in those early days that included in the genuine interaction I was seeking with people, I would have to be a…

  • Merry Xmas! Winter Update – Nevada City, CA

      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 projects). We arrived in Portland in early October on my birthday, where we’ve been for…

  • Autumn Update – Arcata, CA

    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 new nephew in Arcata afterwards (see Summer Update). I thought I might come right back…

  • Pacific Crest Trail – Packer Saddle, CA

    My college girlfriend had hiked the Appalachian Trail before coming to college, and inspired me with stories from the trail. Over the years, I had heard stories of “Trail Angels” – people who help out hikers in some way or another, perhaps with a ride to a town, food, or a cold beer. A couple…

  • Blues Recess Massive – Placerville, CA

    Over the past several years I have been helped at times by many people to create spaces, serve tea, and more. One of those people has become a dear friend. Ally helped create our first large tea zone at Rootstalk Festival in Salem, OR in 2011, and has brought many baked goods to tea parties…