Archive for the 'travel' Category
More than Salad
Published July 15th, 2008 in travel and veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: Guide, happycow, international, morethansalad, Restaurant, travel, vegan, vegetarian, VegGuide.A new entry in the “global vegan restaurant directory” category came to my attention late last week: More than Salad.
While I appreciate the humor in the Terms of Service:
I’m not sure I’d spend a ton of time entering reviews here over my favorite VegGuide, which clearly licenses its content for others to use under a [...]
Vegan Chicago - Karyn’s Cooked
Published June 21st, 2008 in travel and veg'nism. 1 Comment Tags: Chicago, Karyn Calabrese, Karyn's, Karyn's Cooked, vegan, vegetarian.While in Chicago for a conference, I had dinner at a new (to me) place in the North River neighborhood, not far from the Hilton Garden Inn: Karyn’s Cooked. It’s part of the broader Karyn’s set of restaurants, cafes, and spa, run by Karyn Calabrese.
(Photo by PJ Chmiel, from his fantastic Vegan in Chicago site).
I [...]
Starbucks, Soy, and Wifi (Rewards)
Published June 8th, 2008 in travel and veg'nism. 1 Comment Tags: loyalty, rewards, Soy, soy latte, soy milk, starbucks, travel, wifi.I have something of a love-hate relationship with mega-chain Starbucks. On the one hand, they consistently offer soy milk in (almost) every store, which I appreciated as a vegan. On the other hand, they are a mega chain, and I prefer to patronize local independent coffeehouses when possible, and they charge $0.40 extra for drinks [...]
Rancho Foods, San Diego
Published May 21st, 2008 in travel and veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: mexican, ranchos natural foods, san diego, vegan.I’m in San Diego (Mission Bay) for a conference this week. Based on the sad state of the menu at lunch (stumped at the notion of someone not eating chicken, they struggled to find an alternative and ended up serving the spaghetti from the kids menu, I think), I ventured down to Ocean Beach and [...]
VegSXSW, Retweeter
Published March 6th, 2008 in blog, travel and veg'nism. 1 Comment Tags: #vegsxsw, API, group, hashtag, Open Source, retweeter, SXSW, sxsw08, twitter.I’m at the airport getting ready to board for SXSW.
If you’re going to be at SXSW (interactive), or in Austin March 6th-12th, check out VegSXSW on Twitter or at VegSXSW.org.
I’ve set up VegSXSW on twitter so that it scans the tweets for those it follows and retweets anything containing #vegsxsw hashtag. I’ve also released the [...]
