August 1, 2022
So I kind of love Reno, Nevada. I didn’t expect to, but sometimes a place hits you in all the right places. Firstly there is a lot of vegan food! Which is always indicative of people kinda in the know. This post will only focus on the food. I was Read more…
July 27, 2022
It was time to head to the desert again, for the third summer in a row. There is just so much to see in this region–and I like to catch up with my friend in Los Angeles annually. For financial reasons, flying in and out of Vegas is always the Read more…
July 6, 2021
The last day of the desert adventure… before I would spend hours in the air waiting for New York City storms to clear the atmosphere before landing in Buffalo to refuel and finally seeing my bed in Brooklyn at 2:00 am as opposed to 8:00 pm as originally scheduled. It Read more…
July 5, 2021
Fremont Street is where the Old strip used to be, where vintage neon harkens back to less grandiose times. Of course this was always my favorite part of Vegas to visit. But now The Fremont Experience embodies a whole different time of vibe… dot dot dot Let’s just say it Read more…
A reigning Favorite Thing, I go nuts for tiki bars. Vintage decor, kitsch, seediness, decorative and impactful cocktails,,, and in the case of the legendary Frankie’s Tiki Room in Las Vegas–gambling, smoking, and lots of couples making out. Ah, a fantastic energy that is so nostalgic to me.
June 28, 2021
Seven Magic Mountains, New York-based Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s public art display in Las Vegas’s desert, would be our gateway to a California desert adventure. Though very instagram-ed out, the vivid rocks are only permitted to remain in this location, 20 minutes from Las Vegas, until the end of 2021, Read more…
August 26, 2020
No Butcher has been high on my list as is any all-vegan eatery that makes its own vegan meats and cheeses–not just putting condiments on Beyond or Impossible Burgers. Plus, a drive thru! Perfect for a gal on the road. I got the Hawaiian Rib sammy which offered me hearty Read more…
August 24, 2020
Rhyolite was another Gold Rush Boomtown. It’s quick rise was short-lived, however–the Panic of 1907 rocked Rhyolite and it never recovered. Its mine closed in 1911 and the town officially died in 1916. Now it has some new life as the recipient of various art installations including Albert Szukalski’s Last Read more…
August 23, 2020
Though Tonopah, Nevada is not dark sky certified by the IDA, it was rated as the #1 stargazing destination in the United States by USA Today at one point. And it has an official stargazing park, The Clair Blackburn Memorial Stargazing Park that has concrete picnic tables set for you Read more…
The International Car Forest of the Last Church is actually an attraction in Goldfield, not Tonopah. But it is a quick 25 mile drive. The collection of automobiles strewn about the desert landscape is a striking visual thought up by artists Chad Sorg and Mark Rippie and has nothing to Read more…
I have to show you this clown motel, aptly named The Clown Motel. Tonoapah’s most popular attraction imparts a layer of color, terror and creepiness to the desert landscape, more so when you consider it sits right next to the Old Tonopah Cemetery. And both are rumored to be Read more…
I hope you don’t mind, but I am going to copy and paste the text from my Roswell, New Mexico post from February 2018 here, slightly edited, to start off. Because I’m outside Area 51, the mysterious military installment in the Nevada desert that allegedly received the Roswell, New Mexico Read more…
I didn’t know much about this abandoned mine in Rachel, Nevada when I meandered over from my accommodations across the street. But I thought it looked as if Tusken Raiders might inhabit the place. Had I had more time in the area I would have pulled into every abandoned hint Read more…
August 13, 2020
I will be seeing several ghost towns on my trip through Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Though most will be at the latter end when I am away from the tricky landscapes–within previous Gold Rush hot spots. But Grafton, established 1859 on order of Mormon bigwig Brigham Young, is right outside Read more…
Look at a topographical map of the United States and find the big mass of crinkled brown. That will be my home for the next 14 days. The extreme landforms of this part of the country are otherworldly, beautifully impractical. Lack of easy access to water and its canyons, cliffs, Read more…
August 12, 2020
Las Vegas is an ideal start/end for escapes to the desert’s surrounding natural beauty. But before I run to the red rocks of Utah, some of Vegas’s offerings, starting with an immediate drive to all-vegan VegeNation. I was shocked to learn that their head chef Donald Lemperle has major New Read more…
August 9, 2012
It was time, finally, to try Las Vegas’ famous Ronald’s Donuts. Finally. Vegas is known for many things. But vegan donuts? Yes. Ronald’s Donuts, located in the city’s Chinatown area, has the most fantastic claim to fame: really fargin’ good vegan donuts. I’ve had plenty of vegan donuts in my day. Read more…
August 8, 2012
Planning this trip, an extravagant foodie frenzy of all the west coast vegan eats I have craved and bookmarked through the years, was a bit overwhelming. Time is sometimes a cruel thing… time and the whole getting full thing. With so much to eat in so little time, planning our Read more…