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Published date November 17, 2010
I haven’t been to Montreal in a few years, but I spent a month or so there in the summer of 2008 and remember it fondly. Had I not been in university at the time, I would have moved there. It had a vibrant nightlife and cultural community, the food...
READ MORE Montreal, Quebec – La Belle Province – Vegan Mofo: 30 days of vegan travel: Day 13
Published date November 12, 2010
Well I’ve been slacking on this whole MoFo thing, I’ve offered up enough excuses in my last post, so it’s time to just get on with it. 🙂 I’m hoping to get back my MoFo mojo. I’m jumping across the sea today. It’s just a short (well, okay, it’s short...
READ MORE Vegan MoFo: 30 Days of Vegan Travel – Day Ten – Warsaw, Poland – Wegańska Warszawa
Published date November 12, 2010
Whelp. I’ve slacked off on my posting lately. Somehow two jobs seemed like a good idea at the time. 🙂 What’s your favorite spice or spice blend? I like mixing my own blend of whatever, but I think if it was down to deciding on one, it would be cinnamon....
READ MORE Vegan MoFo: Biting off more than I can chew this week.
Published date November 7, 2010
Well. I said I wasn’t going anywhere this weekend, and I was serious. On the bright side, the weekends are a beautiful time to enjoy the city I do live in. So what happens in Toronto on a Saturday? One of my favourite things in the city, the St. Lawrence...
READ MORE Vegan MoFo: 30 Days of Vegan Travel – Day 6 – Staycation – in Toronto, Ontario
Published date November 5, 2010
Today I’m feeling like taking a vacation somewhere lowkey, warm and relaxing, but still with a rich history and decent arts community. So I decided on Charleston, South Carolina. It is a cloudy 3C (37F) in Toronto this morning and Charleston is much warmer. I want to be somewhere where...
READ MORE Vegan MoFo: 30 Days of Vegan Travel – Day 5 – Charleston, SC – The Holy City
Published date November 5, 2010
Well, the Space Shuttle Discovery Mission STS 133 was going to launch today from Kennedy Space Center, but was pushed back to Friday due to weather conditions. I’ve always wanted to see a shuttle launch, but I haven’t had the opportunity, so in fantasy internet vacation land I’m pretending to...
Published date November 4, 2010
First of all, I want to say that the majority of the pictures in this blog post were not taken by me (hence why they have names other than MeShell on them.) They are taken from the pool of creative commons license photos on flickr. If one of these is...
Published date November 2, 2010
Boy, I feel like I should have broken up my New York post into three parts or something. Phew. So, I’m living in Toronto now, it’s the biggest city in Canada, and all around a pretty swell location. First of all, Toronto has a well connected transit system (aka the...
READ MORE Vegan MoFo: 30 Days of Vegan Travel – Day Two – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Published date October 24, 2010
Yesterday was a great day to be near Cristie Pits park. The streets were full of Zombies, and if I had the wherewithal to have planned ahead, I would have dressed up in my best vegan zombie gear and shuffled along the street in search for “graaaaaains”. Unfortunately I didn’t...
Published date October 19, 2010
I’ve been trying to think of a theme for next month’s Vegan Month of Food (aka, VeganMoFo) and I’m having a hard time narrowing it down. But I think I’ve come up with something that I’m going to have a really fun time doing, and it fits in with one...
READ MORE Vegan MoFo: Coming soon! And Stuffed Collard Green Rolls with Black Rice mmmm.