Jul 24, 2015 | Bambu Batu
A new product here at Bambu Batu, our Prayer Bundles are hand crafted by our friend Renya in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Made in the tradition of Native American charms and totems, these aromatic spirit bundles contain locally collected sage, cedar, rosemary, lavender and...
Mar 29, 2015 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, San Luis Obispo
If you’ve walked or driven up Broad Street near the Mission in the last couple days, you can’t possibly have missed the new mural, now virtually completed, by the visual artist and bamboo aficionado known as Pacha. Thanks to her impeccable handiwork, the...
Feb 4, 2015 | Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu, Natural Fibers
When Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, opened nine years ago (yes, our birthday is coming up on February 20), we were the only shop anywhere to offer such a wide variety of bamboo clothing. In 2006, the bamboo clothing industry was still in its earliest stage of...
Dec 2, 2014 | Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu
You better not pout, you better not cry, but if you did I’d say that I understand why. For those of us who lack such time-saving devices as a team of uber-industrious elves or a jug of high-octane reindeer fuel, it can be a daunting if not insurmountable...
Sep 23, 2014 | Bambu Batu, Health & Nutrition
UPDATE: As of January, 2019, the Recycled Frisbee is out-of-stock and discontinued. Last week I waxed rhapsodic on the dignity and utility of the reusable bamboo spork, and some of our other travel-friendly utensils. But then I remembered one more essential item for...
Sep 15, 2014 | Alternative Lifestyle, Bambu Batu
Last night we took the kids down to the beach for an end-of-summer picnic, and picnics always remind me of how much I love my Reusable Bamboo Spork. So I figured, what better time than now to honor and reflect on one of our all-time coolest products. So simple, so...
