February 15, 2009
Must-eat Day Trip series, Number 1 A blog series featuring the country’s best upscale vegan restaurants. Garden Cafe in Woodstock, New York is one of my favorite restaurants. I’ve never left any less than thrilled with a meal in the cozy alcove in the historical upstate town. Their food is Read more…
January 21, 2009
January 19, 2009, 11:15 p.m. (LaGuardia, picking up the car rental) January 20, 2009, 2:00 a.m. (Maryland rest stop) January 20, 2009, 3:40 a.m. (Greenbelt, MD Metro station) January 20, 2009, 7:15 a.m. (The sun comes out finally!) January 20, 2009, 7:35 a.m. (Walking through a tunnel underneath the National Read more…
December 31, 2008
Joining Wok Man for a post-Christmas extended family dinner, the Wok-mother strove to satiate my cheese-free appetite. For protein, lentil patties drenched in portobello gravy alongside a vegan version of her “party time potatoes” made with Follow Your Heart cheddar. Yummy. Once again, food accommodation is a high compliment!For dessert, Read more…
October 27, 2008
After weeks of planning a surprise birthday get-away, Wok Man only revealed the above hints. “Section 6”, which I thought maybe be a seat location at a concert, was the segment of the Metacomet-Monadnock trail we were to hike. This 114 mile trail that spans Connecticut to New Hampshire and Read more…
October 26, 2008
The East Village’s Organic Grill serves a mean tofu omelet. In my previous visits, spanning a few years now, they’ve always used a proprietary blend of vegan cheddar cheese. I was a bit disappointed to learn they have now converted over to Follow Your Heart‘s cheese. The omelet is still the Read more…
September 1, 2008
11. Be a Great Lake Swimmer. South Milwaukee’s Grant Park has beach access to the surprisingly crystal clear and deliciously refreshing waters of the great Lake Michigan. The waters also cure compounded alcohol hangovers of liquor+beer+wine. Check that off my bucket list! 12. Bike the Oak Leaf Trail. Milwaukee’s Oak Read more…
August 31, 2008
1. Go to Bay View‘s South Shore Farmers Market. Bay View is a thriving area of Milwaukee and its South Shore Park is home to a wonderful farmers market. The small stretch of vendors situated on Lake Michigan has a real communal feel and plenty of the yum factor, including Read more…
August 30, 2008
———————– Public Service Announcement: Like Alaska tries to reel in the ladies for its many eligible bachelors, New York City needs men. Not gay men (In Jerry‘s voice: not that there’s anything wrong with that). Not effeminate men. Men who worry about accessorizing, hair care products and ironic facial hair Read more…
August 28, 2008
It’s pantry turnover time once again! Spending the upcoming Labor day weekend with Wok Man in his hometown of Milwaukee, it was time to use it or lose it. Stuffed peppers: A very simple way to use up veggies, leftover tofu scraps, grains and herbs. I start to panic if Read more…
July 22, 2008
I spent this past weekend in Chicago, Illinois for the annual Pitchfork festival, the nation’s best summer music festival. Besides the great line-up of artists, Pitchfork covers all the bases of the top-notch outdoor festival, satisfying a finicky gal concerned with sustainability and quality: a spacious location close to the Read more…
July 20, 2008
I had been to the famous Chicago Diner years ago, back when my taste buds were less sophisticated and my veganism less creative. But this time around I was able to appreciate its broad selection of eats and amazing sweet treats more thoroughly. The Buffalo wings (below) were amazing, right Read more…
July 13, 2008
Sub Pop festival (Redmond) The best night you can spend with a bunch of teenagers (Seattle Center) “Your countenance shines brighter than the midday sun.” (Downtown) Extreme thrills. Seattle Center-style. The Space Needle. Just a thing to put on post cards. (Seattle Center) The octopus’s Karmann Gia (10th Avenue E) Read more…
July 12, 2008
Nutshell in Portland is absolutely delicious. For starters, the menu of fresh breads, upscale olive oils and salts (top left and right): mmmmm. My entree (bottom left, crispy risotto cakes: local asparagus, saffron onions, lemon aioli & arugula) was so flavorful I lost a few taste buds in tragic romantic Read more…
July 11, 2008
My love don’t come easy. But Mighty O had me at “hello, what can I get for you?”… Knocking my socks off was their simple perfection- that they’re actually donuts: not just circular. New York has no answer to Mighty O. In a rare feat, coniferous trumps deciduous. Just how Read more…
June 15, 2008
What would possess one to visit a city during a heat wave that shot temps to 110 degrees? The largest thrift store in North America would! Braving the underestimated “dry heat” of Arizona, I browsed the majority of Goodwill-Peoria’s 92,000 square feet of thrift delights and captured the closure of Read more…
June 14, 2008
Green 2240 N Scottsdale Rd # 8 Tempe, AZ 85281 (480) 941-9003 This adorable 100% vegan cafe seemed to congregate hipsters from Arizona’s woodwork (different hipsters, ones that smile at you) and rightfully so! Their “new American vegetarian” menu was jam-packed with options ranging from soup/sandwich-y to Asian-infused bowls to Read more…
June 4, 2008
Remember that kooky 7th-Day-Adventist eatery in downtown Manhattan with the $4 vegan lunch buffet? Well, in a gluttonous decision to spend my day off jetting up the Eastern seaboard, I visited Portland, Maine. And within the city’s small downtown area lies the smaller version of said eatery, Little Lad’s-Portland. The Read more…
June 2, 2008
Being the significant other of a JetBlue employee, I am awarded his flight benefits. Without the variable of being able to afford airfare, spontaneous excursions will be a-plenty this summer as I continue to struggle with settling into normal life here, otherwise know as work. For our first air venture Read more…
May 18, 2008
Although I have long held the position of official family weirdo, there are some genes one cannot escape. My mother gave me defined eye brows, long slender fingers and a love for the New York Mets. This dominant trait, passed to her from her own mother, an avid baseball fan, Read more…
April 16, 2008
This is Thai money. Color and size differentiating the denominations. “Well known”? That must mean something more derogatory in Thai? The drunkard at Western Bar in Ubon Ratchathani who was asked by the owner to stop talking to me. Black sticky rice, mango and banana in sweet coconut milk from Read more…
April 15, 2008
Today was my last day in Thailand. After 2 months exactly, my journey here is over. There is a lot I will miss about the daily life I have embraced here but I am happy to return home to Brooklyn. Below are some of my final pictures while traveling around Read more…
April 14, 2008
On deciding I wanted to ride a roller coaster I headed an hour or so outside Bangkok to Siam Park City, escaping the streets of Bangkok and their non-stop ambushes of clay and water. I would be that weirdo you see at the amusement park riding alone with an undirected Read more…
April 12, 2008
Today marks the official start of the Songkran Festival (which I found out has an official website). Buckets, hoses, bottles of water sold by the gross line the curbs along with bright orange and green arms dealers. Walking the few blocks to catch my bus I was within the battleground Read more…
April 11, 2008
After some deliberation, I decided I’d hit Bangkok’s Patong area and take in some of its vibrant nightlife options. Being settled on Khaosan and quite bored with its offerings, it makes no sense that be stricken to its boundaries in the evening. But a venture into Patong, the city’s red Read more…
I’m Back in Bangkok… but this time for an unprecedented 5-night stay. My flight leaves early morning Wednesday and here, in this bustling maze of tuk-tuk exhaust and street vendors, I will stay til then. I have some goals for this last hurrah, mainly to combat my fear of straying Read more…
April 10, 2008
Elephant Krall Pavillion in Ayutthaya Evening Wat tour