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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Finally!  A new year!  2009 was a tough one for many of us, so I can’t say I’m that sorry to see it go.  I’m definitely looking forward to the many interesting projects we have brewing for 2010, but in the meantime, I’m enjoying some time with family and a break from non-stop baking.  Although [...]

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Back from Vacation!

Back from Vacation!

The end of Vegan MoFo just happened to coincide with a vacation that Ryan and I had been planning for a few months.  We went down to Venice, Florida, where my parents have a house in which they spend a good part of the winter.  (If you’ve ever been through a Chicago winter, you understand [...]

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Santa Barbara Wine Country

Santa Barbara Wine Country

On Sunday (the 23rd) Ryan and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary, and eleven years together.  Last year, for our tenth (dating) anniversary we took a trip to one of our favorite places in the whole world – Ireland.  We have many great friends there, and we’ve been thinking of them all week as we [...]

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More SunPower Natural Cafe

More SunPower Natural Cafe

Ryan and I had another chance to head over to SunPower Natural Cafe, and I guess I’m a fan of their drinks since this is the second one that I’m posting about! This is the Fresh Squeezed Lemonade with Agave, and I think I can say without exaggeration, that this is the best lemonade I’ve [...]

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SunPower Strawberry Shake

SunPower Strawberry Shake

Ryan and I stopped in at the new SunPower Natural Cafe last week, and we were so glad we did!  It’s in Studio City, which is very exciting because it’s so close to us, the people there are incredibly nice, and it has amazing food!  SunPower Natural Cafe serves mostly raw food, and we don’t [...]

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Snickerdoodles and Teeccino

Snickerdoodles and Teeccino

I’m still testing recipes for the new business and I can never leave well enough alone.  We had a great snickerdoodle at Leda’s that was really popular and always tricked non-vegans, but for some reason I feel like I still have to test other recipes to make sure that it really was the one I [...]

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