Tag: salvage

  • Two Years Off the Road – San Juan Island, WA

    Wow, has it really been that long? Ally says she’s surprised at how well I’ve adapted to a new life that has almost completely altered my identity. Although, it hasn’t been as smooth as she makes it out to be. When I hung my clothes in the closet of the apartment above my mom’s garage,…

  • Front Street Grocers – Thomas, WV

      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 share with people, I have taken to sharing in many of the other things I…

  • Summer Update – Thomas, WV

    Well folks, summer is here, and so are some changes! I’m writing to let you know to expect a few changes in some of the things you see here on freeteaparty.org, as well as on social media. The biggest change is that you will begin to see more from me in regards to many of…

  • The Cosmic Shed – Henderson, TX

    “Y’all are getting a real dose of East Texas, with a capital T,” said our host Cindy partway through our stay at the Cosmic shed. Since arriving at the Cosmic Shed, Ally and I had met backwoods rednecks, experienced a bunch of the culture, had a run-in with a local Constable, eaten deep fried catfish…

  • Austin Tea Parties – Austin, TX

    Ahhhh, a great little break for the tea bus. Edna (the tea bus) and I had been on the road, serving tea, and working pretty hard for the previous five month, and Austin offered us a place to decompress, do some bus projects, and serve a little tea. After an interesting first tea serving experience…

  • Back in the Big Bend – Terlingua, TX

    Our trip out west on the train was extended by about 5 days, so we arrived back in Alpine, TX just as an abnormally bad ice storm was easing up. There were downed branches and trees everywhere, power was out many places, and ice still covered many areas. Upon inspection, Edna seemed okay from the…

  • 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…

  • Garden! – Eureka, CA

    I’ve been lucky to again be using the shop space in Eureka where I built much of the interior of Edna the teabus. This time I was focused on getting my garden put in. For the past few months I’ve been telling folks about the garden I was planning on building on the inside of…

  • Steepless in Seattle – Seattle, WA

    No, not really, I guess. We weren’t steepless at all. More like steepfull. We pretty much served tea all weekend here. I contacted my friend Pepper Proud upon arrival and asked what was happening and where would there be people who might like tea. The first night, Friday, her and I went out to Ballard…

  • Vaudevillingham – Bellingham, WA

    What a great last event to do in Bellingham. Hosted monthly at the CirqueLab, this event brings out the best of variety entertainment from juggling to comedy to dance. There was such a fun group of performers and crowd alike. We set up right in front of the venue across from fellow tinkerer and vegetable…