Austin Cocktail Round-Up
booze / Buddha's Brew / cocktails / Come Scone with Me / Curra's / Daily Juice CAFE / drinks / field trip / Fiesta / friends / happy hour / kombucha / La Condesa / margarita / margarita salt / photo essay / photography / soda / Spiderhouse / SUNNY DAYS / Team VVC / tequila / Texas / travel / vegan / Vida Vegan HQ / VVC

Austin Cocktail Round-Up

Tales of the Texas VegFest (starring jaw-dropping vegan funnel cakes, tacos, Capital City goodies, Ethiopian stews and more) this past weekend are still rocking the vegan internet, so consider me crazy jealous – and in taco withdrawal. That’s certainly another long-delayed photo essay in the making for another long-delayed day, because I’m a little busy … Continue reading »

Portlanding: Vegan Options at Departure Restaurant + Lounge
booze / cocktails / Departure Restaurant + Lounge / friends / happy hour / Pan-Asian / portland / Portlandia / Portlanding / Portlanding on Get Sconed! / restaurants / sushi / VeganMoFo / VeganMoFo VI

Portlanding: Vegan Options at Departure Restaurant + Lounge

Early last month, I just may have used two almost-birthdays as an excuse to finally experience Departure’s new (to us) Pan-Asian, vegan-friendly happy hour offerings. The real kicker was their bao-sampling during IFBC’s opening night, local restaurant exhibiting the week before. For all of the vegans attending, it was our first actual meal of the day, … Continue reading »

coffee / Cornbread Cafe / Eugene / friends / Pizza Research Institute / restaurants / Sisters Legume / soylatte / Sweet Life Patisserie / travel / Wandering Goat

Eugene, Eugene with the Sisters Legume

It looks me nine years of dwelling in the Pacific Northwest, one quick train ride, and the encouragement of two sisters, but I finally made it to Eugene for the weekend recently. The break included sunshine, strolls, Lane County farmers market, vegan food, frolicking at the top of Skinner Butte, soy lattes, TMNT: The Secret … Continue reading »

Bleeding Heart Bakery / Chicago / Chicago Diner / coffee / coffeeshops / friends / Intelligentsia / Native Foods / Quesadilla La Reyna del Sur / Team VVC / travel / Upton's Naturals / vegan milkshakes / vegan pizza / VVC / Whole Foods

Three Days, Five Things, Chicago

Back in January, the busy month that was, I went with team VVC to scout Chicago as a potential location for Spring 2013’s conference. Did we want the conference to take a leap east to a bigger city? Or did we want one more year of celebrating the vegan grandeur of our own home turf? … Continue reading »

brunch / brunchos / friends / joni marie newman / party food / Sunny Days in Texas cookzine / tofu / tots

Brunchos & Joni’s Toffalo

From the people who brought you Totsgiving, the admirers of the dude pie, comes a new meal for those indulgent days you feel like a true liberal arts college gourmet: BRUNCHOS. We all learned that it’s the perfect fare for that slightly belated day you watch Groundhog Day on repeat. The trio of greens, cheesy sauce and … Continue reading »