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Live from the pool: it's your hot and bothered...
Events for your vegan weekend! This is Genie the pigeon, recently adopted from Mickaboo Bird Rescue! Help out Mickaboo this weekend by stopping by the Rummage Sale for the Birds on Sunday, August 1 at the Market Street Co-op (1884 Market St., at Laguna and Guerrero) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There’ll be clothes, books, furniture, unclassifiable treasures, and if nothing pleases you, Mickaboo...
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SF Vegan Drinks is tomorrow night!
It’s already the end of July, and you live in San Francisco, so bundle up in your best summer hats and scarves (and snow fog pants) because it’s time yet again for SF Vegan Drinks, sponsored as always by your Vegansaurus. (Are we really making small talk about the weather? Yes in fact we are. Because IT’S FUCKING FREEZING. AND IT’S JULY. FUCK YOU SAN FRANCISCO. I STILL...
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Dear world: vegan ≠ eating disorder
Hello friends, parents, strangers, graduates of the Columbia School of Journalism, etc.:
Thank you for caring about our well-being! Generally speaking, the thought that others concern themselves with our health is, if not thrilling, at least vaguely comforting. However, it’s time that you back off. Because frankly, accusing us of being secret anorexics, bulimics, binge-eaters,...
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Animal-free circuses don't blow!
I recently wrote a lil’ rant about how much I hate circuses and I damn near broke Vegansaur Steve’s heart! As he points out:
It really sucks that “circus” automatically makes people think of animals, because there’s a lot of really great circus performance here in SF (along with Circus Center if you want to become a circus freak yourself) and none of it has...
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Surprise! Another quest for "ethical eating" ends...
GQ’s food writer, Alan Richman, has an eight-page article in the July issue on his recent “ethical eating” odyssey, and is it ever illuminating and not at all like The Omnivore’s Dilemma rehashed!
Sorry, that was a lie. In reality, his conclusions are not very far from Michael Pollan’s, except Richman’s a lot snider getting to them. Underneath his Big Quest...
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Chelsea Clinton is vegan!? And serving vegan food... →
I think I knew she was vegetarian but had no clue about the veganism. Awesome, love it. I’ve had a special place in my heart for the littlest Clinton ever since David Spade played her on SNL. That was fucked, she was 12! I only remember because it was very funny TERRIBLE.
Anyway, go on, Chelsea Clinton! The Big Dog should be proud. Our only complaint? The whole wedding isn’t vegan. Of...
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Search for the WORST vegan product: make your...
We’ve taken great strides forward in recent years. Daiya vegan cheese and Gardein meat products have surpassed, by a long shot, much that came before them. But with all of these recent advances in vegan food science, it’s easy to forget the poor substitutions that came before, and how bad we used to have it. That would be fine and dandy if those products would just disappear....
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Awesome people save awesome dog!
See, sometimes people aren’t the worst! Some lovely person over at Reddit made a plea to help a sweet pup named Rambo who was on death row at the city of Claremore, Okla. Animal Control. I don’t really know how Reddit works because the web interface is too ugly for my sensitive eyes, but apparently the post went wild and people voted it up the chain to the top ad, and Rambo got...
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Millennium is hiring a host! →
For people who dream of quitting their unbearable corporate jobs and running off to hop train cars with nothing but a rucksack full of dreams, I’ve got a little something called HOPE for you! Instead of going full crazy (Or is it sane? Man. Life.), why not just quit that horrible, stifling, dream-crushing job and work at Millennium instead? They’re hiring.
And as if that weren’t...
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Your summertime Friday link-o-rama is high on...
SF Animal Care and Control rescued these barn swallows whose nest “in an area of a residential home” had been vandalized. They made them a new nest with this basket! [via Pawesome]
Events and happenings! Hello bunny-fans! Missed your chance for a rabbit at the previous Harvest Home Sanctuary event? That’s OK, because there’s another, even bigger one tomorrow! On Saturday,...
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Saturn Cafe!
Berkeley is no longer just a blight on the urban map of the Bay Area. For so long it was just a place for terrible students and terrible rich hippies (the worst kind of hippie!) and was only to be suffered if you really had to have delicious vegan brunch at Fellini. Well, it’s still all those things! But now it has taquitos! And cinnamon rolls! And Saturn Cafe!
Saturn Cafe is an import...
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The circus fucking blows. And how you can help!
Today is the first day of the Ringling Brothers performances on Coney Island this summer. THAT SUCKS! I HATE RINGLING BROTHERS! I HATE CIRCUSES!
All animal abuse is awful but many of us probably have our one issue that bothers us more than others and for me, it’s circuses with “performing” animals. ESPECIALLY the elephants. I love elephants! They are amazing! They are so...
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Thieving with a vengeance
I generally like people to get along. I think it’s nice, and me feeling that way makes it easier for me to believe I’m an OK person. However, every once in a while, something happens that really pisses me off, and I have to talk about it to everyone, and this is happening right now, so I have to tell you about Vegetarian With A Vengeance! ARRRRRG!
Anyway.
We all know the seminal...
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Pork is the new vegan so gang-rape must be the new... →
Listen up, “socially conscious” meat-eaters. I know you guys are trying your best to find common ground with the vegans. I can look past all the sneering and animosity every time we order food that isn’t on the menu. You secretly respect us. Some of you even want to be us. Or at least, your desire to be a conscious eater makes you long for a clean and consistent moral framework,...
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One more activity to add to your Thursday...
I know, I know, you’re already booked. Except maybe there are some of you who don’t care about any Mission Community Market or free movie night at the library—you want to have fun fun fun instead! Well guess what: you can enjoy any or ALL THREE of these super-duper-fun-time events tomorrow evening! It’s true!
This last event, called Battles Yet to Be Won, is a benefit for...
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newyorker:
This week in the magazine, Jonathan...
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Russian geniuses discover exciting new way to...
Holy crap. HOLY CRAP! On the advertising beat, a German Russian resort forced a donkey to go parasailing to promote the activity. I’m not fucking kidding. This is the sort of thing that makes me wish I was dead. He was in the air for half an hour, screaming, and then he crashed in the water and was dragged in the water for a while. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! This is straight-up...
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Non-weekend summertime super-fun activities!
It’s summer! Time to play while it’s still light at 8 p.m.! Or so the kids who live next door and have no school think, as they are up and at ‘em 12 hours a day, running in the sprinkler, riding bikes, playing “let’s wash the car” (not my car, not my game, I am honest with children about work)—they make the most of every second of their summer. And even...
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Inside insides! →
Check it out, you guys, it is animations of MRIs of produce! This one (an artichoke!) I found particularly hypnotic but you should definitely visit the blog and look at them all. For a long time.
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Cheap Eats: Beans, beans!!!
I know I’m behind the curve on this one, but it’s something that bears repeating: 90-Minute No-Soak Beans. You heard me. Beans. From drizzle to sizzle in 90 minutes, and you don’t have to do anything crazy like pressure-cook them or any of that kind of shit.
[Image courtesy ranchogordo.com]
Now, this method has been written up all over the damn place, but I found it on The...
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Vegansaurus NYC: S'nice!
After I reviewed the V Spot in Park Slope, all my commenting pals were like, “You got to go to S’nice!” Well pals, I’ve been there like 80 times now! And I’m a big fan. I do love a sandwich. Ohhhh and the banana chocolate chip muffins! S’great. S’wonderful. Let me s’top.
First I was all about the curried cauliflower and chickpea wrap. I don’t...
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How to help the other animals affected by the BP...
Get ready for a downer. A CNN corespondent visited the Louisiana SPCA to see the other side of the BP oil spill’s effect on animals. There’s been a huge surge of pets surrendered to Louisiana animal shelters because families who’ve been hit hard financially by the oil spill can no longer afford to care for them. One rescue, the St. Bernard Parish animal shelter, saw 17 dogs...
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WatchLaura posted about this concert a little while back and the dream is now a reality! A bunch of people and their pups showed up at the Sydney Opera House for Laurie Anderson’s Music for Dogs concert. It looks as crazy as we expected.
Really though, this is super-awesome! How come I never get to go to dog concerts?! Also, if you don’t already know, Anderson is married to Lou Reed. SO...
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Vegansaurus Double Features!
Welcome to the first biannual, I mean regular, installment of Vegansaurus Double Features, your ticket (ha, oh man am I off to a good start!) to vegan-interest cinema. “What?!” you might ask. “Here’s a handy FAQ,” I say.
Q: Why movies? A: Because I ran out of gardening things to talk about and I am a highly respected film critic.
Q: Why vegan? A: That’s a stupid question.
Q: Why double feature?...
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Paul muss frei!
I love octopuses and hate everybody! Nothing new about that but I have a renewed hatred for everybody. Why are they trying to fry up Paul?! Paul, the psychic octopus who is famous for predicting the outcome of the World Cup, received death threats from his German and Dutch brethren! Maybe you don’t have jerky friends like me but last week everyone on Facebook (ever heard of it?) was...
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Bakers needed for next SF Vegan Bakesale! COME ON,...
We’re in the planning stages of the next SF Vegan Bakesale that’s taking place on Saturday, July 31 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of Mission Bikes at 766 Valencia St. between 18th and 19th Streets.
Our charities this time around are Housing Committee of San Francisco, a tenants rights organization that offers free counseling for San Francisco tenants in all types of housing,...
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East Bay Vegan Drinks is TONIGHT!
If you live in the East Bay and never come to San Francisco because you’re lame (that’s me now too!), you might want to head to Berkeley for Vegan Drinks TONIGHT! It’s at the Beta Lounge in Berkeley and starts at 6:30 p.m. I’ve never been to the Beta Lounge so I can’t tell you if it’s the best or the worst but LIVE A LITTLE WHY DON’T YOU.
Oh also, join...
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San Francisco: Vegan chocolate cupcakes TODAY!...
We just got a tip that Cako Bakery on O’Farrell Street in SF is selling vegan chocolate cupcakes today! CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES! Did I stutter? Go get one! And mail it to me! With love notes!
[Ed.: This better start to be a normal thing or we’re not promoting their asses anymore. We’ve been lured over there before with the promise of vegan cupcakes only to be totally fucked with and there...
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Vegansaurus NYC: Willie's Dawgs!
Yeah, dawgs with a w. Deal with it. So welcome to my new obsession! The tofu hot dog from Willie’s Dawgs in Park Slope. They have meat hot dogs but they also have the “downward facing dog” (bitch, I don’t do yoga!) which is delicious and vegan! They even have two choices for vegan hot dog rolls: rye and multigrain. I get the multigrain with ketchup, mustard, relish and...
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AETA 4 charges dropped!
Have you ever grinned so hard you could hardly type? I wouldn’t have thought it possible either, but having just read the breaking news over on Green Is The New Red that the charges against the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) 4 have been dropped, that’s pretty much what’s going on over here.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, the AETA 4 are a group of...
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There is a show called Pit Boss and it's about... →
Also, the head of the team is named SHORTY ROSSI, who wears a fedora and smokes cigars. To quote Anna, “It’s like looking at a cow being rescued by a chicken.” What can I say, you guys? Sometimes God giveth.
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O, link-o-rama! O, link-o-rama! Animaux,...
We’re all ’60s-crazy over here, maybe you can tell? Mad Men is nigh (!!!) and we’ve got the silliest songs stuck in our heads, and here comes this amazing Airstream camper for your little dog to perfect our little fantasies. [Straight Line Designs via Pawesome]
Que faites-vous ce weekend? Tonight is Vegan Happy Hour and potluck, hosted by Mr. Vegansaur Jordan at the Hemlock...
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New vegan website: CrueltyFreeFace.com!
Friend of Vegansaurus Melisser just launched an awesome new site that’s set to be the be all and end all of all of (OMG WORST SENTENCE EVER) your vegan make-up needs! She’s looking for people to submit any info they have on vegan makeup lines or letters from companies verifying the veganness (veganity?) of their products! If you can help her out, email! Now, go forth and get beautiful,...
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Product review: Ro & Co. vegan bags!
Ro & Co. is a vegan handbag company based in Montreal (that’s totally in Canada!) that launched last year, and they’re pretty dope. First, I love Canada. All the best white comedians are from Canada and Canada produces the best teen dramas in THE WORLD! Seriously, we would be way better adjusted if we watched Canadian teen shows instead of 90210; they have episodes just about...
