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Green Things for St. Patrick’s Day
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It’s that time of year again! St. Patrick’s Day! To follow is a couple of seasonal green offerings Flapjack fever Now with strawberry A gorgeous smoothie bowl with my greens powder Another greens bowl The season specialty at Tree Town Cafe! This is the Lucky Charmaccino Frappe–A vanilla and green Read more…


Red, White, Blue and Boom 🧨

Let the red, white and blue festivities start! To begin, a blue spirulina smoothie bowl from SoBol, sans honey. Delicious and easy breakfast option… and they don’t use any frozen fruit. That’s pretty cool! Next up, the creation of some parfaits with vanilla cake, coconut cream and berries. All my Read more…


࿐ ࿔*:・゚Mermaid Parade 2023 🐠 🐚 🦐 🎐 🐡

Finally, Coney Island’s 41st Annual Mermaid Parade is here! A sign of impending summer, the parade is the gateway to the best time of the year. This year’s mermaid vision was set quite some time ago in my sketchbook. And through the months, it came to fruition. Now that the Read more…


JÜS Organic
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey

JÜS Organic was a breakfast dream come true for a couple of famished explorers. Vibrant and healthful options for the nutrient starved, our tastebuds rejoiced at each bite. We enjoyed our food so much that we made a point to return the next morning. First juice and a ginger shot Read more…


Some Vegan Eats in Montauk

A satiating breakfast was necessary after a grueling first evening of camping. I stumbled into Hampton Coffee Company in downtown Montauk in a daze and left with a greasy breakfast sandwich that was going to do the trick… though it wouldn’t be my usual choice. With Field Roast Chao Cheese Read more…


Blessed are the Intrepid, Day 7:
Shells and Stars in Sanibel

Real quick: I photographed the gosh darned Milky Way 🌌 last night. I needed to say that first as it would not have happened if the earlier parts of the day played out differently. So the 2-hour traffic delay on the I-75, the extended shelling expedition at Bowman’s Beach, losing track Read more…


Day 2 in the Land of Enchantment: “Beautiful.”

My second day in New Mexico was absolutely beautiful. With a bright blue sky behind all I did, I ended the day sun-drunk and in awe, again, of this country, her land. I realized that I can hike devotedly for hours for the reward of seeing a glimpse of her Read more…


In the Gray of Things

And just like that, 2018 is 1/12 done.  Here’s to the color in the gray. 1) Fire in the sky. 2.) A complicated vegetable sushi roll with greens and pickled things  3.) Summer-inspired vegan macarons from Confectionery! in the East Village: orange creamsicle, mango-lime, strawberry milk, toasted coconut, and jasmin 3.) Read more…


Bits of Winter Renewal

On the Winter Solstice our sun takes a nice long and potent look at the Tropic of Capricorn… and then turns around all poignant-like, tossing her golden rays–all resolved in beautiful definiteness.  Winter comes and she seems farther away… but really it’s just because you’re leaning in the other direction Read more…


Neon & Steel [And Some Food]

I woke up in Cincinnati, Ohio and went to bed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This means that, likely, I will spend tomorrow evening in my own bed. New York. Though I am squeezing in brief stops as I pass through, this excursion is winding down. But I still need sustenance and Read more…


Freshwater Life

Not too far from the New York-Pennsylvania border is a small vacation town of Hawley, on the Lackawaxen River and close to better-known Delaware river. Though this is a summer haven for campers and other nature enthusiasts (and hunters), a friend of mine had year-round residence here as a growing gal as Read more…


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X’s to O’s Vegan Bakery is the capitol area’s only all-vegan bakery.  Home to many-a delicious sweet treats, the ladies at X’s to O’s serve up cupcakes, donuts, Twinkie-like cakes, whoopie pies, as well as smoothies and now brunch… which means I will definitely will be back! I order a Read more…