Topic: Travel

Chris Dornan had a great idea yesterday -- "I think you should take a road trip across the states and have people host you, where they can invite friends/family over and spend a day learning how to cook/eat/live the herbivore way!"

I'm really excited about Happy Herbivore Across America! Anyone interested in hosting us (Scott, me, pugs!) in June?

A few quick questions:

1. Are you okay being photographed or on camera? (We'd like to blog about the experience)

2. …

Three years in the making... for three years (3!) I've been trying to go to Eden a Vegan Cafe in Scranton, PA. My extended maternal family lives in Scranton, so Scott & I pass through to say hello from time to time. Ever since they opened, however, I've wanted to go, but I was always in Scranton visiting my family on days it wasn't open and the one time I was careful to arrive mid-week, they were closed for renovations! …

I left Austin and flew to Little Rock, Arkansas where I was reunited with Scott & the pugs. We drove from Little Rock to Nashville, where we had planned to spend the night. (We’ve been to Memphis before, but wanted to scope out Nashville on this trip).

We met up with my friend Ray and his daughter at Wild Cow Cafe which came recommended to us many times over.

We spit the tempeh buffalo strips as an appetizer, and for …

The last time I was in Austin we loved Kerby Lane so much that I wanted to go back there. I've been twice - first for breakfast and then for dinner. The vegan pancake of the day the first time was cherry, which I was skeptical about, but it was genius! Like having cherry pie with my pancake.

I also had their black bean tacos!

I also went back to Mellow Mushroom because my omni friends were so impressed with …

I was a floater in high school (I just made that term up), meaning I had friends in various social circles but I wasn't in any one group. (I've written about it here). I wasn't an outcast or anything, I was friendly with everyone, but didn't have a set group I ran with. Luckily, I found three others in the same situation and we formed our own little group. One of the members, as you might have guessed, …