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07/30/2010
Just really quickly but this cutie will be up for adoption tomorrow (along with many others!) through Rocket Dog Rescue (he’s not even listed on their site yet! He was JUST rescued from the Los Banos Shelter!) at the SF Vegan Bakesale. You know you want to hug him and love him and make him yours. Don’t even front.
Photo posted at 15:36 by mrpenguino 
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07/29/2010
SF Vegan Bakesale is THIS SATURDAY!! 11-4 in front of Mission Bicycle on Valencia! Are y’all ready for this!? You better be because we’re raising money for two amazing causes, Rocket Dog Rescue & The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco. So come eat your weight in vegan donuts, cupcakes, pie, cake pops (what are those!? you’re about to find out but it might involve cake on a stick YES PLEASE), raw treats, gluten-free goodies, and dog biscuits! Seriously, WE HAVE IT ALL.
See your hot asses on Saturday! OH ALSO: There will be adoptable dogs from Rocket Dog Rescue on the scene! Puppies + cake + bikes = UNBEATABLE COMBO.
Photo posted at 09:47 by mrpenguino
07/22/2010
The SF Vegan Bakesale flyer! Isn’t it beauuuutiful? Mad thanks to Megan of Say It’s Not Soy!
We still need bakers, SO HOLLER! And if not, we’ll see your hot asses there!
Photo posted at 12:58 by mrpenguino
07/13/2010
Bakers needed for next SF Vegan Bakesale! COME ON, GET FATTY!
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, including rent-control, public housing and Section 8, and Rocket Dog Rescue, an SF-based shelter dog rescue that’s saved thousands of death-row doggies (and other animals!) since its inception in 2001. Two amazing organizations that desperately need the money so let’s kick some bakesale butt for them!
If you can bake, let a Laura know! Thank you and I love you and GOOD NIGHT!
Posted at 13:28 by mrpenguino
05/12/2010
The SF Vegan Bakesale was this past weekend. We made over $3,000 for Wildcare and Gorilla CD. I am throughly exhausted from live and living and MOVING (anyone know of a place in SF that will take two awesome vegans, a pit bull (she’s a service dog) and provide w/d, parking, and preferably a dishwasher/dishwashing boy who wears only loin cloth and looks like jude law but better? HOLLER!) but anyway, read fabulous re-caps at Eats Well With Others, Vegan Junk Food, & I Love It SF. Plus, the photos my god the PHOTOS.
Photo posted at 12:53 by mrpenguino
05/05/2010
![That’s a picture of the oil spill from space. FUCKING SCARY, RIGHT??
As we all sit around, feeling helpless and hating greedy consumerism and oil (which we should be doing because it’s all THE DEVIL), let’s unite and doooo SOMETHIIIING. Since we’re all psycho vegans (and vegetarians and people who appreciate how hot and smart vegans and vegetarians are), we probably have pets. Some of us have a ridiculous amount of pets too because we’re crazy animal people and will probably be featured one day on Hoarders from under a pile of newspapers being all, “I swear, I just need ‘em for the crossword puzzles!”.
But I digress. The point is, we all have animals and they’re all sheddy mo-fo’s and we need their hair and fur to combat the oil spill. Yes, their hair and fur. We’re gonna send it to Matters of Trust and then they’re gonna use it to collect oil because that’s what hair does best (my head just typed that because I totally need to shower). In fact, watch their awesome YouTube video to see how it works.
OKAY SO, we’re going to be collecting hair and fur to soak up oil at this Saturday’s SF Vegan Bakesale in front of Herbivore on Valencia. We’ll be collecting it all and shipping it in one big box (or more if you got like 50 cats) so yeah, come by! Buy a cupcake! Bring some hair! Save animals like there’s no tomorrow! BECAUSE AT THIS RATE, THERE MIGHT NOT BE. Jesus H!
[Thanks to Susie for the idea!]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1ymsrlRRq1qzq14lo1_500.png)
That’s a picture of the oil spill from space. FUCKING SCARY, RIGHT??
As we all sit around, feeling helpless and hating greedy consumerism and oil (which we should be doing because it’s all THE DEVIL), let’s unite and doooo SOMETHIIIING. Since we’re all psycho vegans (and vegetarians and people who appreciate how hot and smart vegans and vegetarians are), we probably have pets. Some of us have a ridiculous amount of pets too because we’re crazy animal people and will probably be featured one day on Hoarders from under a pile of newspapers being all, “I swear, I just need ‘em for the crossword puzzles!”.
But I digress. The point is, we all have animals and they’re all sheddy mo-fo’s and we need their hair and fur to combat the oil spill. Yes, their hair and fur. We’re gonna send it to Matters of Trust and then they’re gonna use it to collect oil because that’s what hair does best (my head just typed that because I totally need to shower). In fact, watch their awesome YouTube video to see how it works.
OKAY SO, we’re going to be collecting hair and fur to soak up oil at this Saturday’s SF Vegan Bakesale in front of Herbivore on Valencia. We’ll be collecting it all and shipping it in one big box (or more if you got like 50 cats) so yeah, come by! Buy a cupcake! Bring some hair! Save animals like there’s no tomorrow! BECAUSE AT THIS RATE, THERE MIGHT NOT BE. Jesus H!
[Thanks to Susie for the idea!]
Photo posted at 11:46 by mrpenguino
04/30/2010
UPDATE: THE BAKESALE IS NOT AT IKE’S PLACE! THE NEW LOCATION WILL BE at Herbivore Restaurant at 938 Valencia Street @ 21st Street in the mission! Everything else is exactly the same!!!
Ow! The SF Vegan Bakesale is NEXT SATURDAY, May 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of Ike’s Place Herbivore Restaurant on Valencia! We need bakers! And eaters! So email me if you want to bake and just show up if you want to eat and oh also: tell everyone you know about it, okay!? PLEASE! We gotta make some money for Virunga National Park and WildCare! They are both the best charities on Earth—saving wild animals in the Bay Area, AND mountain gorillas!—and they NEED US!!
p.s. We need people to put these adorable posters by Megan of Say It’s Not Soy all over town and on your website and EVERYWHERE so please, please, please, can you help!? If so, email me and I’ll hook you up with some 4-ups and black-and-white versions because we classy. Oh and say you’re going on Facebook so we look popular and shit. Or not “and shit.” Just “popular.” SO TIRED.
Photo posted at 18:00 by mrpenguino
02/24/2010
It’s Vegansaurus Video, y’all! Here is the first installment, STARRING ME, and a bunch of nobodies. Screw ‘em.
I kid. There’s Robin! And Liz from VegNews! And Jen from Sugar Beat Sweets! And Karin from The Humane Society! And Christine and Doris the Chicken from Harvest Home Sanctuary! And Jerrard and William from Cycles of Change APC!
Vegansaurus video was produced, directed, edited, and pretty much everything else-d by genius Will Scovill. His beautiful wife Jen Oaks did the super-sweet titles. They are an adorable powerhouse couple of awesomeness, hire them to do everything!
Video posted at 08:01 by mrpenguino
02/15/2010
Another day, another great vegan bakesale!
Saturday morning, the day of the SF Vegan Bakesale, I ended up sleeping late because my new thing is not being awake, so I didn’t get over to the sale until the early afternoon. Boy, were things popping! There was of course a HUGE line outside the famous Ike’s Place but there was also quite a buzz around the bakesale tables. There was such a spread! I saw treats as exotic as peanut butter and jelly cinnamon rolls and red velvet whoopie pies, and as classic as chocolate chip cookies and banana bread. Being a true journalist, I took a wide sampling. It’s all in the name of science! The cinnamon rolls (from Cinnaholic!) were AMAZING. I also scored some nice and salty focaccia bread which was totally what I needed between sweets.
This vegan bakesale, I actually got off my lazy ass and contributed so there was also, ahem, some SUPERAWESOME coffee cake courtesy of moi (recipe to follow!). I can attest that it was good because I accidentally ate several pieces before I got to the bakesale. Pro tip!: make your goodies the day of if you want the maximum amount of product to actually make it to the sale. I made the coffee cake the night before. Silly me!
Of course, your Vegansaurus represented—Laura, Jonas, and Megan Allison! We did our Megan-power handshake! There was also some help from Doris, the first chicken I ever pet in my whole life! And some fine young folks from Cycles of Change APC even pitched in—special thanks to Jerrard and William!
All and all, I’d say it was quite successful. But I’ll let the numbers do the talking: this SF Vegan Bakesale profited $2,800! Holler!
Posted at 08:00 by youtalkfunny 
02/12/2010
Terrible humans, pandas and puppies, cat cafés, another SF Vegan Bakesale and MORE in today’s link-o-rama!
Who’s the cutest puppy in the White House? Is it Bo? Oh yes it is! Yes it is Bo! Bo is the cutest puppy in the whole White House! Yes he is!
First things first: Upcoming events!
The most important event of the weekend: Your SF Vegan Bakesale! Same time, same place as usual—that’s Saturday, Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of Ike’s, at 3506 16th St. at Sanchez Street. Follow the official Twitter for up-to-the-minute information, and BE THERE.
Veg Dr. Steve Blake is in the Bay Area, right now! On Saturday, Feb. 13 he’ll give a lecture on Choosing Supplements Wisely at the Institute on Aging in SF. There’ll be a veg potluck for $2 at 6:30 p.m., and the free (!) lecture will begin at 8 p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 18 he’ll speak on Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease at the Smart Life Forum in Palo Alto; he’ll lecture about Healing Medicine on Saturday, Feb. 20 in Pleasanton; and on Making the Journey to a Healthier Diet on Sunday, Feb. 21 in San Mateo. This final event will also include a veg potluck. Check out Dr. Blake’s schedule for specifics!
Meet the angriest vegan in the world! Ingrid Newkirk will make an in-store appearance at the Westfield Centre Aveda on Monday, Feb. 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. She will read from The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights, which you’ll be able to buy from Aveda right there!
The 2010 sf|noir Wine & Food Event begins Wednesday, Feb. 24 and continues through Sunday, Feb. 28. Participating chefs including Bryant Terry (author of Vegan Soul Kitchen), Michele Wilson of Gussie’s Chicken and Waffles, and Michael Law of the Front Porch. There will be vegan food!
And now, your weekend reading!
Good news: the Humane Society is making vegetarian dog food! Now if your dog has trouble with V-Dog, you have another choice. This food isn’t vegan, because it seems that three micronutrients “may come from animal-based sources,” according to our friends at Pawesome, but it seems like a responsible choice for people for don’t want to feed their dogs murdered, diseased horse. Hazel’s a vegan and she’s the happiest, healthiest dog in the city!
Moby and Miyun Park (of Global Animal Partnership) edited a collection of essays called Gristle! It is about “America’s industrial food system” and it sounds pretty interesting. Granted, contributors include Lauren “I’m a model AND related to those two presidents” Bush, and John “no fat chicks” Mackey, but also Wayne Pacelle, president of HSUS, and we love the hell out of him! We’ll have more on the speaking tour for this book as it develops.
Friend of Vegansaurus’ Paul Shapiro wrote a tidy little article about how the most shocking, obscenely fucked-up practices of the dairy industry aren’t unique incidents but total industry standards. Lay off the dairy, you are contributing to so much suffering.
On the Whole Foods beat, Wal-Mart’s organic, local (because of cost, SHUT UP CAPITALISTS) foods beat all of WF’s organic, local foods in a blind taste-test, except for the chicken, milk, and pomegranates. No problem for vegans! Unaddressed in this article: how Wal-Mart remains The Devil because of its sexism, racism, and exploitation of workers both domestically and internationally. Go fuck yourselves, all of you.
Your Vegansaurus Editor Maria is going to be published! Her essay about hooking up with a terrible “vegansexual” dude will be part of a collection of ladies writing about sex, called Coming and Crying. We are so proud of you, MD!
It is really hard to have animal companions in your apartment in Japan, so for the deprived, there are cat cafés! You can have tea and hang out with a bunch of non-fancy-breed, totally awesome cats and feel better about life for as long as you like (approximately $9 US per hour).
Ooh fancy! Emily Gould makes Alicia Silverstone’s vegan cupcakes with Marissa Meltzer. Also they talk about feminism and Riot Grrrl history, which is extra-awesome.
Remember those dudes on the Australian I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here who were sued by the Australian RSPCA after they killed and ate a rat on the show? Well! The Aussie RSPCA dropped the suit against the rat-killers, and instead sued ITV, the show’s producers, who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and paid a fine of $3,000 AU on Monday. See, the rat really suffered before it finally died, and the producers didn’t even know if letting the show’s participants murder it was legal.
Oh, PETA. The organization sent a get-well-soon basket to the premier of Newfoundland (abbreviated “N.L.” in the Canadian press, which is very confusing) after his heart surgery on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Apparently he takes Omega-3 supplements made from SEAL OIL, which officially makes him a disgusting human who doesn’t deserve the fancy vegan caviar PETA sent him.
Dear poachers, you are terrible. A baby gorilla caught in one of your traps died this week, despite having been treated by doctors, on a hillside, in the pouring rain.
But I guess life isn’t the absolute worst ever because that homeless gentleman who smush-faced cat was mistakenly “rescued” last week got Samantha back.
Supreme Master is opening another Loving Hut in San Francisco! This one will apparently be in Union Square. You know we have mixed feelings about the particularly wacky branch of the Supreme Master tree that is Loving Hut, but as long as they serve the fried “seafood” plate I’ll be happy.
Actually if you really want to be cheered up, you’ll check out these 15 pictures of pandas frolicking in the snow. Pandas love snow! And frolicking! And being best friends! Huuuugs!!
