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Vegan wining, spiritual dining, the names of milk,...
Sweet Avenue presents: Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson cupcakes? Marilyn Manson I can live without, but I will take all the Gaga ones RIGHT NOW, PLEASE.
Have you entered our contest yet? You could WIN A SHIRT! Come on, son!
Vegan-style events for you! Remember, the Women Entrepreneurs Showcase happens on Sunday in Berkeley, with a vegan catered lunch for only $4! Be at the David Brower Center at...
April 2010
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Financial District foraging: Stone Korean Kitchen!
You’ve probably seen it on the Yelp or the Groupon, but Stone is a semi-new Korean place in Four Embarcadero (right on Justin Herman Plaza by the fountain, and with outside seating, too) with a young-ish, hip-ish vibe. At least as compared with the gross-ish Japanese place that used to occupy the space.
Anyway, I dig it. They have a great happy hour (two for one giant bottles of Korean...
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Interview: Livia Stone!
Livia Stone is THE BEST for tons of reasons. I’ll name a few because that’s what this whole “Interview a Veg*n*” thing is about and if I’m anything, it’s somewhat competent at my non-paying blogging job. Livia is a vegan who works in animal welfare and thus, spreading the veg love in a community that loves animals but doesn’t always know that the best way...
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Spill, baby, spill! →
Just your weekly reminder that offshore drilling fucking sucks, and the people who demand it the loudest are fucking assholes who deserve a kick in the face. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not only an economic disaster for fisheries, but it’s a hell-on-earth for the birds and marine life who live in the Gulf and on the coast of Louisiana.
Courtesy of the New York Times comes...
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Yes, you can love cheese too much →
Over 85 tons of cheese from the Lacteos Factory in Miami, Fla., which was imported from Nicaragua, turned out to be 1. worth $322,000; and 2. totally tainted with Staphylococcus aureus, a.k.a “golden staph,” a totally gross bacterium and the most common cause of staph infections. Whoops!
As it happens, the cheese was inspected and discovered to be full of staph, but instead of...
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Ubuntu's new chefs still creating "vegetable... →
Good news, everyone! Ubuntu is still open, and still making food without meat. Dairy, yes, but featuring vegetables, just like produce hero Jeremy Fox. No word on its quality as compared to the previous kitchen’s work, but chef Aaron London and pastry chef Carl Swanson trained under Jeremy and Deanie Fox, so the food should be in the same style. It sounds like the Napa Valley Register ate...
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SF Vegan Drinks is tomorrow night! Leave the...
Tear yourself away from Veronica Mars reruns on iTunes tomorrow night (and by “tear yourself away” I mean “Steve. FFS. Tear yourself away from Veronica Mars reruns for JUST ONE NIGHT what the hell is your problem.” And while we’re on the subject, why no Veronica Mars on Instant Netflix? And why no Buffy seasons 3 through 7 on iTunes? What’s up, internet?)...
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If god didn't want you to eat pangolin, why did he...
I don’t have a lot to say in response to this Huffington Post slide show of animals that are going extinct because people won’t stop eating them except this: what the fuck, meat eaters?
The striking thing about this list, really, is the diversity of the animals that are being threatened. Gorillas? Check. Giant salamanders? Check. Pangolins? Check. Mind boggled? Double-check.
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One day we could all shit Clorox courtesy of...
If you couldn’t tell by my disco PSA, I love the pigeons. They usually pretend to be aloof but I can tell they love me too. This is why I keep up on the pigeon news—always looking out for my pals! And let me tell you, there is some pigeon news! It’s kind of freaky news—frews, if you will. Not only do pigeons have to eat your trash, now people want them to poop bleach! Go...
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All your vegan comics are belong to Soy Fucker
… or something.
Anyway, Erika, friend of Vegansaur Jordan, is doing a cool thing and putting together a vegan comics zine. The goal is to get as many vegans as possible to contribute, and the deadline for submissions for the first issue is coming up! No need for mad comics skillz or fancy equipment—Soy Fucker is a labor of fun, so vegans of any and all skill levels are encouraged...
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Watch“Jockey Liam Hollins the Favorite to Brutually Whip Horse to Kentucky Derby Win!”
Ah, The Onion. It’s funny ‘cause it’s true! Also, it’s super fucking sad because it’s true!
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Wholesome Bakery is here! →
Thanks to Bernal Heights food blog Married…with Dinner for the info, because apparently we are too lazy to walk uphill anymore. In the same little shopping area, there’s a little deli called Paulie’s Pickling that, yes, specializes in pickled items—right now they have amazing-sounding green beans, asparagus, and artichoke hearts, though we are hoping later this year for...
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WatchFrom Cute Overload we get the story of Peeps the baby hummingbird, who fell out of his nest and broke his wing, and Peter Tommerup, who nursed him back to health—with the help of the Sulphur Creek Nature Center in Hayward. Hayward! Who knew anything ever happened there! Apparently, miracles do, as evidenced in this, the sweetest video basically ever.
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The Perfect Saturday in San Francisco! YES, TODAY.
Hi All. It has come to my attention that today could seriously be an amazing day in San Francisco and it’s not too late for you to enjoy it. So if don’t wanna sit around in your underwear watching instant netflix on your wii (I’m not hating because that shit is fresh), here is another alternative:
FIRST:
You get to Buffalo Exchange on Valencia Street (or any in the city if...
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Killing whales, saving sharks, chickens chickens...
Hello best friends! This deer comes to visit this cat every morning to cuddle and play! UGH interspecies love is the sweetest best. [Thanks to reader Dolly for the photo!]
Vegan-type events! Don’t forget about the vegan bakesale for bone marrow tomorrow! It’s scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. in Dolores Park; go be a good person and buy something. You’ll be outdoors anyway, the...
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The kid in the "Is Veganism Safe for Kids?" Scare?...
The Guardian posted a somewhat interesting article (nothing fully interests me anymore, le sigh) called “Is Veganism Safe for Kids?” It’s pretty mild and basically she’s like, give the kids supplements and vegan kids are probs healthier than non-vegan kids (I almost wrote “regular kids,” but then I was like, what the eff are you trying to say about vegans, Megan...
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When three big oil companies back your climate... →
I really don’t see the point of this bill, or how it could possibly do anything to fix climate change. The Senate is about to release its own version of the climate bill (remember, the House of Representatives already passed a not-great-but-not-terrible climate bill last year), and just in time for Earth Day, Senator John Kerry has released some key details about the bill. And it’s a...
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Calorie count cage match: KFC Double Down vs....
Everyone and their dog knows that the KFC Double Down is cardiac arrest in sandwich form, and our vegan version isn’t doing much better. But we at least would never lie to you. Kill you, quite possibly, but never lie.
Unlike KFC, who would do both. Their marketing materials had clocked their version in at a lean-and-mean 540 calories and 32 grams of fat (practically diet by fast food...
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Some Awesome Shit Involving Cats! You're WELCOME!
How is that for a post title? Don’t like it? Go fuck yourself! I didn’t come here to dance with you, anyways.
FIRST OFF:
CATS AND VOLCANO HUMOR:
CAT-LARIOUS! Seriously.
SECONDLY:
CATS ARE GAY! AND AWESOME! GAY-CAT-LARIOUS!
[Thanks to Laughing Squid & Pawesome for my mid-afternoon giggles. But most of all, I’d like to thank vodka.]
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Next stop on the "cute animals are what's for... →
Yesterday, we covered the ethics of “too cute to eat” regarding meat-eaters who shy away from eating rabbits but will happily dig into a dead cow or lamb. The arbitrary line between animals-we-pet and animals-we-eat is a common refrain among vegans, and when we can’t rely on cuteness to predict who will end up on the menu, we at least have the law. But thanks to the help of...
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The American Farm Bureau Federation hates you and... →
Some innocent intern at the Environmental Protection Agency wrote a little post on the Agency’s Greenversations blog on Tuesday about abstaining from meat because of “the negative environmental effects of meat production,” and the American Farm Bureau Federation lost its shit.
“The EPA should control its blog space,” said AFBF President (and massive bully) Bob...
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Soul Cocina vegan feast TONIGHT! →
It’s at La Victoria Bakery on 24th Street in the Mission, from 6 to 9 p.m. The menu looks fairly magical. See you heifers there!
UPDATE: nevermind, it’s next week! The chef has the flu! Stay tuned to their website for further details! I APOLOGIZE MY MISTAKE.
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Happy Earth Day! Now go buy stuff!
Over at Gilt, they’re having one of their famous ridiculous sales, and this time it’s on stuff you might actually want instead of their usual assortment of leather and luxury hotels. It’s Earth Day, and what better way to say “Thanks, Earth!” than to undo a year of trashing the place with a bit of green consumerism. Wait, this is a bad pitch, isn’t it. What I...
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More rabbit-eating, because life is a series of... →
The author here does make one good point, which is: why are some animals “too cute to eat,” while others aren’t? To us, that point is moot, but maybe the rest of the world, which eats meat, might want to consider it?
You know your Vegansaurus cares a whole fucking lot about not eating rabbits, not least because one of our (ir)regular columnists has a bunny sidekick. Also, not...
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Take a break, ogle some shoes
I know, you are up in arms about Monsanto and school lunches and my computer, and the weather is gloomy and nothing will ever be good again. I KNOW. It sounds like you could use some cheering up, my babies. So how about we look at some pretty, pretty shoes that are on super-duper sale?
Cri de Cœur is an all-vegan, eco-friendly company that makes pretty, pretty shoes, and Billion Dollar Babes is...
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Call Congress TODAY for Healthier School Lunches! →
This seriously takes 3 minutes and can make the difference between kids getting veg options at school, or dying at the hands of the lunch lady. Btw, the lunch lady these days is just a giant microwave. So comforting. Remember how when we were kids, we had no veg options and had to walk uphill both ways in the snow to simply get to a veggie dog? Don’t do that to our veg children. Be a pal,...
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Take the Veg Pledge 2010! (Or vegans, tell your...
Students for Animal Rights (StAR) is organizing their first annual Veg Pledge for 2010. Their goal is to get 25,000 people to cut down on meat, dairy and eggs for the month of May, and they need your help.
While it’s aimed at college students, anyone can do it. All you have to do is sign up on their website:
As a university student, I am a leader for my generation and an example for...
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Monsanto to acquire the U.S. Supreme Court →
Speaking of the Supreme Court, here’s a case we’ve already lost. Justice Clarence Thomas is refusing to recuse himself in Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, which will hit the Court next month. Thomas, one of the reliable right-wingers on our already conservative-leaning Court, was an employee of Satan Monsanto from 1976 to 1979. It’s an obvious conflict of interest.
The worst...
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the Supreme Court is totally into animal-torture... →
The decision in United States v. Stevens was 8-1 against the law banning “the interstate sale of depictions of torture and killing of animals” based on its violation of First Amendment rights, and get this—that one vote keeping the ban in place was Samuel goddamn Alito.
The world, you guys, is upside-down today.
(link via Wonkette)
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Shocking tasers, shorted-out circuits, and food...
How about that: a goat in a blue suit! According to Vice, who did the photoshoot, it’s Look 25 from Dunhill’s spring/summer 2010 collection. I’m not sure about that, honestly—I think it just as easily could be Look 27. Thoughts?
By the way, this is Steve filling in for Meave this week, who blames her absence on a shorted out MacBook keyboard following a coffee spill...
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Book review: Être the Cow
Vegansaurus was offered Être the Cow for review from publishers Health Communications, and being a now-famous book critic, I elected to do the work. Also because I’m in this for the free stuff.
Être the Cow was written by Sean Kenniff, whose name might be familiar to you, as he was a contestant on the first season of Survivor. According to his back-of-book bio, he is also a physician....
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Why cilantro can die in a car fire (for some) →
The New York Times tackles the cilantro divide, and why it inflames passions on either side. As a certified cilantro hater, comparing the flavor to soap doesn’t quite cover how it tastes to me. More like engine degreaser. But restaurants love garnishing food with handfuls of the stuff, even though, as it turns out, many of us from entirely European ancestry have a genetic aversion to the...
