September 6, 2020
The worst part about the last days of summer is that you are farthest away from her return. But she is not quite gone yet. There is still time to worship, to lay under her—for hours as she roasts you good and well, imparting her powerful rays onto your surface Read more…
August 25, 2020
Local Juicery is the kind of place one craves on the road… fresh, vibrant and healthful. All which is difficult to find roadside. So my arrival in Flagstaff, Arizona, which had the temperature dropping like 30 degrees thankfully, was marked with the seizing of its offerings. I got the Avocado Read more…
April 8, 2020
Though I was first feeling like this about the drastic shift in my work duties… …I’m feeling better now. Routines have been created and there’s no dress code, though I rocked the tutu yet again to make some example pictures for my students who I was assigning a homebound version Read more…
February 19, 2020
A true indicator of a city’s vegan-friendliness is its breakfast options. In celebration of beautiful mornings in Los Angeles, here is the food that helped to shaped jam-packed days. In the interest of the backlog of posts I am experiencing, I’ll just say that LA might have the best vegan Read more…
October 22, 2019
Of course I ate all the best vegan eats in the Cleveland area. So here they are, chronologically. Breakfast at the Cleveland Vegan: this large inviting space with friendly service was first on my list. I went for their Breakfast Sandwich–house omelet, tempeh bacon, kale, tomato, chipotle mayo, and sprouts Read more…
August 22, 2019
Ah, a day of rest. Having settled into West Palm Beach, all that was on the itinerary was some food and some rest. We stayed local, sampling some of her new neighborhood’s eats. A light lunch at Celis Produce: Here is the TATA: tempeh, avocado, tomato, arugula with sunflower seeds Read more…
August 5, 2019
Summer eats are a celebration of color and freshness. After a long weekend of repeated trips to the shores of the Rockaways, here is what I ate. Above, avocado toast on a thick slice of housemade bread from La Fruteria at the bustling 97th Street concessions on Rockaway Beach. And Read more…
June 28, 2019
When I heard that the Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus Titanum) bloomed at New York Botanical Garden, I knew I would be there the next day. Besides the scent, which has been described as rotting meat, it is the largest unbranched flower in the Plant Kingdom! But first, an opportunity to highlight Read more…
April 25, 2019
When you drive all day, the path of your thoughts can be amusing. Like this morning–I took a picture of this stop sign in Marfa before I hit the road. I thought I could get it printed all nice and big for my classroom. But as the day progressed, the Read more…
April 8, 2019
I like to take the long way home… and find things to see, find things to eat. Like the vegan tofu “wings” from Bullfrog Brewery. Those were from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. On the see list, this Pink House in Wellsville, New York. The ornate Victorian home has had a bit of Read more…
October 19, 2018
As a kid, I loved that my birthday was near Halloween. It was my favorite holiday.. and still is. So with birthday/Halloween season upon me, I forced my teacher friends to join me for opening night of the new Halloween at Alamo Drafthouse. Because I will be calling the shots Read more…
November 26, 2017
It was kind of hard for me not to hum the intro to House of Cards during my visit. It is kind of the best part of the show. The Capital building peeks out. The White House. Whoopie. Washington’s phallic monument The National Mall, Lincoln’s Memorial in the far distance. My Read more…
March 12, 2016
The Sanctum has a fresh, vibrant vegan breakfast items that are the perfect start for a long day of sites. Any place with a mural like that is bound to deliver on plant-based goodies… equally important, kick-butt French press coffee equivalent to nine cups of hotel’s brown, hot water. Normally I Read more…
May 2, 2015
Frosty morning tulips in the backyard Later, sun-funned tulips in the afternoon The bulbs I planted in my parents’ backyard in September, all grown up Our lips are sealed. Spring means figs, one of my top 5 favorite fruits. Simpler Spring lunch: smashed avocado toast with this jimmy-rigged Hollandaise-ish sauce I concocted. It Read more…