a veg life

(posted by Emily) Since our trips to the Pacific Northwest, we've spent a lot of time thinking about which destination--Portland or Seattle--was our favorite. Because everyone loves a good infographic, I turned to Piktochart to turn our thoughts into a visual comparison. Enjoy! You can visit our Portland and Seattle trip pages for more information about our adventures! --E&R

(posted by Emily)  Sunday 28 September On Sunday, our main priority was getting some veggie ramen for lunch and some more tempeh ribs--I know, I know, silly priorities, but fun ones! Luckily, I convinced Rick to hit another Portland landmark before heading over to Mississippi Ave.... The last time we were at Voodoo Doughnuts, in the summer of 2012, I didn't get to go inside the shop since I was finding the nearest Chase bank. Rick is a good sport, and agreed to get in the line for some "pre-lunch." We didn't have to wait for too long, maybe 15 minutes. This fellow was emceeing the line, giving everyone the lay of the land, taking photos, and directing newcomers to the line.  Inside, it was fun to see all of the decor and the list of crazy doughnuts. On the ceiling is the giant foam doughnut, which I had heard about on one of my favorite podcasts, The Story .  We picked up two doughnuts, chocolate varieties ...

(posted by Emily)  Saturday 27 September  After lunch, we decided to check out the Portland Art Museum , as a part of Free Museum Day .  a Keith Haring in the basement The museum has one Monet--probably the highlight of the museum for us a Degas ballerina some modern art--I like the colors Rick walking through the modern art  this reminded me of an ink blot test modern art is weird This is something I could see in my house this was a vase, sitting on top of a tv screen, that was playing a video loop. It was a very cool effect things like this always make me think I could be a modern artist.  Usually, we are both fans of Impressionism and modern art, but to be honest, we weren't all that impressed with the museum's collection. The modern art was just strange and unimpressive, and other than the Monet, there wasn't much art of note.  We had dinner reservations on Saturday ev...

(posted by Emily) Saturday 27 September We knew our Saturday in Portland would be a busy day--with great events like VegFest and free museum day , we had a lot of things we wanted to do. We started out morning by wandering through the Portland Saturday Market  (no pictures, sorry!), which was on our way to the Oregon Convention Center, where VegFest was located.  When we got to the convention center, we were glad to get in the ticket line early. It literally doubled in length by the time we had our tickets in hand! We were most excited to get into the exhibit hall, where all of the samples, vendors, and products were located.  inside the exhibit hall lots of people already here! In addition to business showing off their new products, there was a mini food court. We spotted Veggie Grill , and even Homegrown Smoker! It was so much fun to wander the booths and try all of the food samples and see the variety of offerings. One of our...