im jealous of everybodys Kombucha. I LOVE the stuff, but live in a teeny tiny town and cant find a ‘mother’ anywhere. (and cant afford to buy the drink everyday) Does anyone have a starter/mother that I can buy??

Foodie highlight- going out to brunch with my grandparents and realizing that in the last year or so, I haven’t ordered anything in a restaurant that has tasted better/made me feel better than ANYTHING I’ve made at home. Seriously- gram and gramps love to go to fancy-pants places (fancy-pants, yet still chain-style omni places) and even my simple salads taste better, I think. Perhaps it’s partly psychological, since I know what I’m putting in my body when I cook at home? Also, I love cooking and making the food I’m eating just makes it taste better :) Tonight I made a mixed greens salad with toasted walnuts and homemade raspberry vinaigrette and roasted sweet potatoes and onions… mmmmmmmmmmmmm :)

That goat picture is too precious! And everything at that restaurant looks delicious. Nice photography work :)

1) This post made me really hungry.
2) I am jealous of vegan restaurants, fancy or not.
3) I love the term pre-gan that you use about your boots! I just went vegan a few months ago and have been struggling with my wardrobe. I do not have the means to replace my leather shoes and was fearful that it made me a hypocrite. Pre-gan though, I can get behind that. No use throwing out something I already own and that is still functional.

Sounds delicious! And yay for kombucha-drinking wee ones. =)

I still forget this sometimes, but it is so true! =D

It was too sweet not to share. =)

Pre-gan is an idea that is sort of up for debate among vegans. I definitely know how you feel. Sometimes I feel like a hypocrite wearing my old leather shoes (I’ve replaced my belts, that was easy enough), and I definitely try to be aware and not wear them into vegan establishments. However, like you said – the unfortunate truth is that I just cannot afford to replace everything at once. I’m working on collecting an entire new set of shoes, all vegan, but since a) I’m pretty broke as far as clothing money goes, and b) I buy everything secondhand which means finding the right stuff takes 10 times as long, for now I’m still doing “pre-gan” for some things.

I think you’ve gotta do what works for you and what will make you comfortable. As long as I’m not actively adding animals to my wardrobe, I’m comfortable for now. But that’s just *my* line, and others may feel differently, ya know? =)

wow, great pics and inspiration as usual! I love the dress you were wearing at the apple tasting! My food-highlight of the week was raw vegan sushi.

Foodie highlight: This ridiculously good roasted butternut squash pasta with brown butter sage sauce. Holy, holy, holy. http://www.simplyscratch.com/2011/10/roasted-butternut-squash-sausage-and.html

I bet it can be veganized pretty easily, too — the sage is what brought it home.

The food at Portobello looks delicious! If I came to Portland and passed you on the street, I would know you by your outfits! Wish I was brave enough to dress my inner spirit as you do!

awesome! thank you:)

So after going through a million of your posts I ended up buying two super long pairs of socks from Sock Dreams that I looooooove, I’m wearing the Harvest Rainbow ones right now. I also mentioned to them that I found them through you, :D

Rock on!

I love the idea of personal cakes…even though this one may not have turned exactly as planned.

I think that the cute tiny cake looks like a yellow candle, that smells like coconut-curry (one of my favorite food smells) and you have burned it for a couple of hours, that’s why it’s a bit melted but the room smells great now and the warm light is calming and you feel totally relaxed.
Oh dessert stories, how I love to make them up.