Loving this story so much. A little girl in Seattle started feeding the crows in her neighborhood, and they responded by bringing her presents!
The crows would clear the feeder of peanuts, and leave shiny trinkets on the empty tray; an earring, a hinge, a polished rock. There wasn’t a
pattern. Gifts showed up sporadically – anything shiny and small enough
to fit in a crow’s mouth.
They even brought her a “best” necklace, probably keeping the “friend” half in their nest to wear on special occasions.
Crows are only just about the coolest bird. They are SO SMART. I want my own crow posse!
Hooray for me! I made it to Little Choc Apothecary, the brand new, all-vegan creperie in Williamsburg! This was v difficult as I do not like to leave my house. Luckily, no one told me it’d be snowing by the time I was done brunch. But you know what? I woulda gone even if I knew about the snow! Well, prob not. But in hindsight, totes worth the frozen toes.
The place is adorable. And it was half-empty, much to my surprise (maybe those jerks in wburg watch the Weather Channel). So I didn’t have to wait for a table. The seating area is upstairs; you order at the counter downstairs and they’ll bring it up. It’s not formal table service but everyone who worked there was SUPER nice. Like, so pleasant.
The menu is not huge—except the tea section. They take tea v seriously! They also have lattes and all that, with choice of soy, almond, or coconut milk. For crepes you have a handful of savory options and then for sweet crepes, you can design your own from a list of fillings.
I got the Room for Mushroom savory crepe to start. It was a crispy crepe filled with herb roasted mushrooms, spinach, walnuts, and tahini basil sauce. OF COURSE I added the Treeline Cheese for an extra dollar.
Here’s your interior shot:
How to describe this crepe… HAVE MERCY! It was delicious.
I followed the mushroom number with a classic “newtella” (homemade hazelnut spread…i.e. vegan nutella), banana, and strawberry crepe for dessert.
SO GOOD. One thing I really liked about both crepes is they were so crispy on the outside!
This is the dessert crepe my friend got—filled with homemade raw berry chia jam. I didn’t try it because I was full of Newtella BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE. But she enjoyed it.
That’s all the food we ate but I really want to go back to try this afternoon tea bit they do! Looks SO FUN. I wonder if my dad would go with me…he loves tea…but is the biggest baby when he can’t get dairy products. Oy vey, parents! Regardless, I at least will definitely be going back soon for vegan afternoon tea!
Has anyone else been yet? Were the other savory crepes good? The mushroom one was so good but the other options didn’t sound nearly as appealing.
The Amalfi Coast! How’d you like to spend July here?
Did you ever want to go on one of those pre-packaged vacations but…like…as a vegan, wtf would you eat? Well this July, Tierno Tours and Green Earth Travel are bringing you four one-week ALL-VEGAN travel tours of Italy’s Almafi Coast region!
And it sounds AMAZEPANTS. To top off the awesome, a different
vegenlebrity will attend each tour! YOU could live it up in Italy with
the likes of Fran Costigan or Miyoko Schinner!
Each
tour has the same 7-day itinerary, it’s just up to you to pick which
week you can go or what veleb (hahaha I just made that up) you want to
go with. The price of each tour starts at $2,595 and includes:
• 7 Breakfasts continental • 4 Lunches, including wine • 7 Dinners, including wine • 7 Nights in four-star Villa/B&B • Transfers to and from Naples Airport • Admission to sites on tour • English speaking guide the entire stay • First class motor coach • Tips for baggage handling, taxes and hotel gratuity, except Tour Director
The
accommodations are all in the National Park of Cilento—this park
sounds incredible! It’s not like our National Parks, it’s full of
villages. And it’s all hills I think. PLUS, historically, the diet of
Southern Italy is 80{ae720e0b436026f867bfa0c31185c2252a138f27e85f5f152ec5acc1c10a8cc9} plant-based! It’s been declared one of the
healthiest diets in the world—DUH BECAUSE PLANT-BASED EATERS RULE!
And
at the end of every day, there’s a big vegan dinner party, al fresco of
course! I went to an event giving information about the tours and the
food sounds incredible. This is the home of the chickpea frittata after all! Here’s a few pics of food from past tours:
And
if you’re gluten-free, apparently this is the place for you too!
Besides the chickpea flour dishes, they also make cakes and all kinds of
things with chestnut flour! Chestnuts are one of the region’s staple products, along with wine and olive oil! Those are like my three favorite things.
If this is something you’re into, the Tierno Tours site has all the info. The deadlines to book are in April. Tell me if you’re going!!!! It’s so exciting! VEGANS TAKING OVER THE WORLD!
Hey everybody! It’s FINALLY time for Vegan Drinks again! THANK GOODNESS.
This Thursday, Feb 26th, 7-10pm, at Fontanas on 151 Eldridge street.
Yeah Dawg! is the food vendor this month so that means vegan hotdogs with crazypants toppings like bbq chips!!! (btw did you contribute to their kickstarter? It’s almost over!)
Evolve For Animals works to inspire and empower individuals to embrace a vegan way of living through education, advocacy, and social action. We aim to achieve our
vision of a world that evolves beyond traditions of exploitation in
exchange for the emancipation of all sentient beings.
You can make donations or just do what I do, buy a million raffle tickets! I LOVE PRIZES! And this month’s include $100 gift certificate to Franchia and another $100 to Hangawi! OH DANG!
Did you catch that last one? If you haven’t heard the news, our beloved Cinnamon Snail was unable to renew their food truck license so they will be closing for the foreseeable future. The Seed is your LAST CHANCE to get their amazing food! My favorite thing is their amazepants donuts! AND GUESS WHAT. Pas of the Seed has told me there will be a special donut JUST for this farewell event! I will let you know as soon as I hear the flavor, but no doubt it will be the bomb.
There is also a cool program throughout the day!:
February 28th Program:
11:30am Yoga by Sarah Eve Cardell
1pm Cooking demo by Charles Chen
2:30pm Presentation by Robert Ostfeld, MD, MSc – Your Heart on Plants
3:15 pm Cooking Demo by Tatiana Ridley
4:14pm Shot film screening An Uninvited Guest (A Short Film by Drew Buonaiuto)
The Seed market has free admission with RSVP so get on that!
