a veg life

(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...

(posted by Emily) On Sunday, I met up with a few friends from work to go to a dance recital. Our friend and kinder teacher TonyAn and her daughter Jaya were performing, and we came out to support them. It made me very nostalgic to be at a recital during the first weekend in May, because that weekend was always ice show weekend growing up. So many great memories :) After the show, Edana (a kinder teacher and my fellow choir club director) and I decided to head over to Veggie Grill . Edana had never been before, and because she is a vegetarian/borderline vegan, I told her we had to check it out. We had fun during the recital checking out the menu and deciding what to order--probably because we were insanely hungry, having not had lunch that day. I love all of the food VG has to offer--everything from veg buffalo wings to fresh salads to hearty bowls, they have something for everyone. I think the highlight of the menu is the variety of sandwiches offered, and Rick has a coworker who...

(posted by Emily) When I was putting this list together, I decided I can't call it our favorites list--there are too many places in other cities where we love to eat, so here is a list of our most-frequented establishments in Los Angeles. I highly recommend you give them a try! Top Ten: Restaurants in LA 1) Sage Organic Vegan Bistro - Culver City and Echo Park via 2) Sushi Gone Wild - Torrance 3) Veggie Grill - multiple SoCal locations via 4) Native Foods - multiple SoCal locations via 5) Crossroads Kitchen - Los Angeles (West Hollywood) via 6) El Tarasco - multiple SoCal loactions via 7) Mendicino Farms - multiple SoCal locations via 8) Juliano's Planet Raw - West Hollywood via 9) Gracias Madre - West Hollywood via 10) Chipotle - I know, I know. This is a cheap number ten. But it's a great go-to vegan option in a hurry, and you can find them almost everywhere now! Hope you are having a great day! -...