Our great friend Chris Kleinberg was interviewed by the Philadelphia Metro newspaper this week about his communal home in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. I thought it would be appropriate to share this article with you because, not only did Chris tour the country in a veggie powered bus (like us) with his band MewithoutYou, but he and his wonderful wife live in this great communal home (again just like us). Their story and lives have been quite an inspiration to us. Read the article on the Metro’s website.
Posted in Bands, Cities, Co-op, Co-operative, Communities, Community, Farms, friends, Grease, intentional communities, People, Permaculture, Philadelphia, used vegetable oil
Tagged Cambria, Cambria House, Chris Kleinberg, Co-op, Communities, Community, community gardens, intentional communities, Kensington, Me Without You, Metro, mewithoutYou, newspaper, North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Metro, veggie bus
It’s been a mild winter so far here in VT- last week (mid January) we had temperatures in the upper 30’s. However, right before we left to visit Philly for Christmas, we had been having subzero temps. The Beast was feeling it especially on the cold mornings at 6 am when we had to start her up to get Amy into Montpelier for her babysitting gigs. For the most part, “Kali” cooperated, but not without putting up a fight, she was angry and hating it. Since the house on the property is solar powered, we are unable to plug the truck’s block heater in overnight; in fact we can’t even plug it into the house at all because it drains the house batteries too quick. So our solution was to wake up 2 hours before we had to leave and plug it directly into the generator and run it until go time. This seemed to get her warmed up, and we were able to get Amy to Montpelier. We didn’t bother trying to run her on the vegetable oil, our ride to the city was a bit too short, and we didn’t want to take chances. So we had to buy some diesel (VT has treated winterized diesel) and some diesel additive to aid the cold starts. Continue reading →
Posted in Auto, Automotive, Bands, Chevrolet Suburban Conversion, Chevy Suburban, Filtering, friends, Grease, greasecar, Green Mountains, Northeast Kingdom, Outdoors, People, road trip, snow, truck, used vegetable oil, Vermont, visiting, Winter, wvo
Tagged Brattleboro, Chevrolet Suburban, collecting, cubies, diesel, engine block heater, filter, freezing, Grease, greasecar, heating, January, Kali, Montpelier, Mose Giganticus, Northeast Kingdom, Philadelphia, pump, snow, truck, used vegetable oil, veggie oil, Vermont, walden, wood stove, wvo
Back to our wonderful homeland. It was Wintertime 2009 not so long ago. We left Walden and traveled through Montpelier (so Amy could get one more day of babysitting in) and headed southbound with a full car and a full tank of veggie oil. The plan was to make it back in time for Robert’s annual Grinch Party, and we did just that (sans a sleepy Amy). This is also where I begin my unintended journey to gain an upwards of 10 lbs… Continue reading →
Posted in Bands, Cafes, Chevy Suburban, Cities, events, Fairs, Family, Filtering, Food, friends, Grease, greasecar, Holidays, Indian Food, Northeast Kingdom, Parades, People, Philadelphia, Restaurants, road trip, Sights, snow, truck, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vermont, visiting, Winter, wvo
Tagged Boxing Day, Christmas, Fairmount, falafel, Family, Fishtown, friends, Govinda's, Holidays, Horizion's, Indian, Johnny Brenda's, Mama's Vegetarian, Me Without You, MewithourYou, Minar Palace, Mose Giganticus, Mummers, Mummers Parade, New Year Parade, New Years, Philadelphia, Philly, Suburban Station, travel, traveling, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vermont, visiting, wvo
It’s not just a place where the Liberty Bell resides, where Rocky ran up a whole lot of stairs, or where you can get soft pretzels fresh from the oven at 1 in the morning. It is also a place where gray concrete meets colorful community gardens and car fumes meet parades of many themes. Philadelphia is a place where we come home to see some of the most beautiful familiar faces and places in our world! Continue reading →
Posted in Bands, Cities, Family, Farms, Food, Music, Outdoors, People, Philadelphia, road trip, Roads, visiting
Tagged Bloco, Fairmount Park, halloween, Philadelphia, Philly, Philly Bloco
See you in Philly this week! It will be exactly 6 months since we left. Give us some “brotherly love.”
We have been in Montpelier for 2 weeks now. We are currently visiting our great friends Dorothy and Jay before they relocate back to Philly. In a couple of days we will be heading to Danville, VT to spend our next weeks volunteering to work on a farm. It is always a great pleasure to visit D&J in Vermont. We do awesome things like camping, canoeing, cooking, and lots of chilling man. So far we’ve covered all of the above four “C’s” as well as lent a hand with their successful yard sale and are lending hands with other moving chores. I’m sure they will be missed by all of their peers here in VT, they are easy people to love. We consider ourselves lucky to be able to see them whenever we make it back to Philadelphia. Continue reading →
Posted in Camp, Camping, Cities, Farming, Farms, Food, friends, Outdoors, People, road trip, Sights, Vermont, visiting
Tagged Camping, canoe, canoeing, cooking, friends, Montpelier, Philadelphia, Philly, road trip, Vermont, visiting, VT
