Hippie chick on cell: … So then I realized that’s just how she is and I need to honor that.
Guy passerby: Just get it over with and call her a bitch already!
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: melissa
Hippie chick on cell: … So then I realized that’s just how she is and I need to honor that.
Guy passerby: Just get it over with and call her a bitch already!
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: melissa
Crunchy hippie: We were on the way to the bee colony to harvest some honey, but then I thought, Dude! It’s time for a drum circle.
House of Musical Traditions
Takoma Park, Maryland
White dreadlocked hippie: … And I was totally like, [punches fist into air] ‘Thank you, Grandfather Salmon! That was awesome!’
St. Lawrence Market
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Hippie guy: Did you know he built a whole, like, bum encampment out of logs? Two houses, a refrigerator… Well, there was no electricity but he had a refrigerator out there… He even had a guest bed. And it was all clean, with a bible laying on the bed… He took being a bum to a whole new level.
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California
Overheard by: Jenn
Working-class hippie: Oh, I have another porn story!
Foreign hippie: The one about your mom?
Working-class hippie: No, no, this one's about Matt*–my surrogate father.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Hippie wannabe: Mmm, this tastes so much better than a non-solar-powered smoothie.
Dickinson College Earthfest
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Future Unemployed
Granola guy: Yeah man, Ron Paul is awesome! He, like, votes no on everything.
Bonnaroo Festival
Manchester, Tennessee
Hippie chick: I am the proud owner of an American vagina, thank you very much.
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington
Overheard by: Rachel
20-something hippie blonde: What can I say? I love humping people!
Tenley Town
Washington, DC