Tag: serving tea

  • Contention and Compassion at Arts Alive! – Eureka, CA

    I had just told someone that I have never been asked to leave anywhere for serving tea in the 3 and a half years that I have been serving tea (okay, just once by the police on Hollywood Blvd.). I guess I didn’t knock on wood, and I got the police called on me. I…

  • Teen Night at the Funhouse – Orcas Island, WA

    Wow, what a group of kids. An early afternoon of serving tea at the Orcas Island Farmers’ Market led to being asked to bring Edna to Teen Night at the Funhouse, a community center for kids that “fosters fun and learning…” We backed into the playground right out front and set up shop. It can…

  • Islands’ Village Faire and ‘On Peace’ – Friday Harbor, WA

    25 gallons of free tea!!! That means 500 cups of tea in one weekend! I think that’s a new record. I even got to try out my new parabolic solar water heater that I finished building there at the fair. It didn’t work quite as well as I had hoped, but it got my water…

  • Rideshare – Santa Rosa, CA to Friday Harbor, WA

    Oh boy, what a journey. Working hard on the bus and and a desire to connect with island roots brought my friend Ali (above center right) and I to the conclusion that we should head north for the Islands’ Village Faire on San Juan Island. We swiftly convinced her dear friend Mandana (above center left)…

  • The Free Farm Stand – San Francisco, CA

    With an invitation from Tree, the Free Farm Stand’s operator, my friend Sara and I headed over to Parque Niños Unidos. We couldn’t find parking at the park, which ended up great, as Tree had a spot for us to serve in the Park, right there amongst the people and next to the stand. The…

  • The Really Really Free Market/Dyke March – San Francisco, CA

    Several months ago at the Anarchist Book Fair a tea-sipper told me about the Really Really Free Market, which takes place the last Saturday of the month in Dolores Park. The concept is fairly simple. The RRFM is a participant driven free market place, with everything from goods to music. No barter. No Money. Just…

  • Now Presenting… – Healdsburg, CA

    Advertised as “a showcase of creativity and talents,” Now Presenting… brought people together to share their artwork, music, performance art, communal art, etc. On a solar-powered piece of property, we gathered for a day to learn, show, tell, perform, eat, drink, and be merry. There was a stage with live music, comedy, and more. Vendors…

  • Anarchist Book Fair – San Francisco, CA

    A crazy rideshare of anarchist, punk, and rainbow kids left my trip to the Bay Area for the Anarchist book fair a little out of balance. We left Arcata to a group of funny travelers and houseless folks singing “cause they’re leaving, on a short bus…” which made a funny start to a journey that…

  • Last Arcata Tuesday Tea Party

    A record breaking evening it was! 8 gallons of tea, which by all estimations is 150 cups. All the regulars showed up, and many newcomers, led by eager tea-sipping friends and the barrage of craigslist ads placed in the free section every month since the beginning of November. People were so happy and so sad.…

  • Food Not Bombs – Eureka, CA

    Food not Bombs is a world-wide group dedicated to providing free vegetarian food for anyone who is in need or want, while promoting the idea of peace. Each chapter is autonomous, as it is a non-hierarchical dis-organization. Usually, they serve food that would otherwise have gone to waste. With such an obvious similarity to the…