Boulder; What a beautiful town. Found out that the `mountains` I saw today are just the foothills; the higher mountains were not visible due to the moisture in the air.
I`m still here typing in the kitchen of a really cool hostel.The couch surfers are all busy I guess. I found a great Whole Foods place where I stocked up on good food finally- hummus and the like.
Guess where I spent a large part of my day --CELESTIAL SEASONINGS!
The manufacturing plant & Corp offices are here in Boulder...and it was so extreemly inspiring that I started to cry! I have to say if I got a job with them here...I`d want to move here-You`ve got to visit this place if you are ever out here: Why am I so enthralled...
- the place and the people have some kind of spirit that I liken to the Ben& Jerry`s Company that we visited in Vermont:
- the welcoming atmosphere - all the people working there said it was the best ever place to work
- a very empowering & socially conscious philosophy, - they`ve always been dealing with organic fair trade farms; they originated in `68 - you guessed it - some hippy folks started collecting herbs and plants from the side of the mountain behind Boulder and sewed their own muslin tea bags
- artistic ( all their images - the original paintings that were commissioned for their tea boxes are displayed everywhere)- the colors and cool paintings even extending into the manufacturing area.
- AND of course the smell; they cut the herbs and teas there ( except for the mints because they contain an oil and the smell is so powerful it would `pollute` all the other teas!)
- this week they processed lemon grass and it was so great to smell.
- and then there`s the gift shop; alot of the teas are not imported to Canada...so guess what I have a bag full of in the car
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