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here's what happens to the brothers of eggs

this is not why i'm vegan but if you eat eggs here's a part of the process you may not know about. (and this is all eggs, including organic and free-range) now that you've seen that, i have just a... [more]

Posted on March 23, 2008 @ 9:38 PM | Comments (1)

casa de tree

today we did some christmas shopping and then went to casa de tree, an organic vegan deli/bakery run by japanese. the result is exactly what i have been looking for and wonder where in japan could i possibly find such... [more]

Posted on December 22, 2007 @ 2:54 PM | Comments (0)

brown bag lunches

i haven't been bringing brown bags but i have been bringing a lunch every day since i started this job. today was my first day of buying lunch. that's a pretty good record for me because usually the numbers are... [more]

Posted on December 21, 2007 @ 4:32 PM | Comments (0)

they served me meat!

today i totally skipped out on going to take the japanese language proficiency test. i haven't studied for it at all so i knew i would fail so there's no point in going there to waste my time when i... [more]

Posted on December 2, 2007 @ 11:08 PM | Comments (0)

mother's

"did you get them at mother's?" "where?" "mother's market" and so a couple weeks ago we were informed that there's a health food store called mother's market and they have a couple locations in orange county. today we went to... [more]

Posted on September 30, 2007 @ 8:42 PM | Comments (0)

the no bagel lady

i didn't have time for breakfast today because just as i was about to grab something to eat, the exterminator showed up and setup in the kitchen to take of things. i just headed straight out to work and remembered... [more]

Posted on September 27, 2007 @ 10:17 PM | Comments (0)

mushy foods

twiddle thumbs had a root canal yesterday and even though they removed a dead nerve, her mouth is in pain and is very sensitive. i stayed home all day trying to think of various mushy foods i could make because... [more]

Posted on September 9, 2007 @ 11:26 PM | Comments (0)

craving vegan pancakes

i really didn't do much today. did a project at home for work. but i've had some serious cravings for pancakes. i don't want to go out all the way to a vegan restaurant to have them. it can't be... [more]

Posted on July 8, 2007 @ 9:01 PM | Comments (0)

brown bag lunches

i really need to start taking lunches to work more often. i spend too many days buying lunch when i could very well bring something. every morning it's the same though. before i go to work, i see what i... [more]

Posted on June 18, 2007 @ 1:43 PM | Comments (0)

vegetarian feast

twiddle thumbs and nopalita cooked up a vegetarian feast! they even made mexican food i have never ate before, let alone heard of. chilaquiles. where have i been and why has no one told me about this before? i couldn't... [more]

Posted on June 2, 2007 @ 10:33 PM | Comments (0)

awesome vegan pizza

tonight we had dinner at native foods and noticed they had updated the mneu. we tried the new margherita pizza and damn if it wasn't the best vegan pizza i've ever had! the crust was incredible! twiddle thumbs thought overall... [more]

Posted on June 1, 2007 @ 10:24 PM | Comments (0)

yummy vegan breakfast

today we went to eat breakfast at sidney's cafe in fullerton. wow. yum! i had read about this place a long time ago but never had a chance to stop by. i had been in contact for a brief while... [more]

Posted on May 19, 2007 @ 10:22 PM | Comments (0)

no posole for you

supposedly tonight i was going to try posole for the first time. twiddle thumbs's family was getting together for posole and her mom was going to make some without meat for twiddle thumbs. me going too meant that for sure... [more]

Posted on April 30, 2007 @ 10:23 PM | Comments (0)

another dinner at pf chang's

we went to another fucking dinner at pf chang's tonight. this time because it's twiddle thumbs's birthday. it was mostly her family but one of our friends was there too. we ordered the usuals but also tried the cucumbers and... [more]

Posted on April 27, 2007 @ 11:51 PM | Comments (0)

more vegan food for non-vegan people

tonight we had a little dinner party for twiddle thumbs's brother and his wife. it was a freak out day! we cannot host things on weeknights, especially when we don't have time to prepare for it ahead of time. both... [more]

Posted on April 24, 2007 @ 11:03 PM | Comments (0)

easter supper

we went to one world vegetarian restaurant for their easter feast because we have yet to eat there for a holiday meal. i'm not really into easter but i was very curious about the food so here it goes. it... [more]

Posted on April 8, 2007 @ 9:58 PM | Comments (0)

the best vegan pancakes in the world

last night we had dinner at native food and as i was try to sleep, the vegan chili i ate started talking back to me. i had heartburn. bad. it bothered me throughout today. i decided not to go to... [more]

Posted on March 27, 2007 @ 11:52 PM | Comments (0)

dead cow. dead pig. dead chicken.

i went to chipotle at lunch for my usual mexican favorite: burrito. the girls behind me were pointing to a meat and asking the worker what kind of meat it was. he replied, "that's dead cow." then they asked what... [more]

Posted on March 26, 2007 @ 3:01 PM | Comments (0)

my love of vitamin water

for as much as i consume vitamin water, there is a serious lack of mention of it on the blog (only casually in 2 entries) so here it goes. i tend to just drink water these days. whether it's been... [more]

Posted on March 20, 2007 @ 10:30 PM | Comments (0)

japanese cooking with mom

...or today my mother taught me how to be japanese. whenever my mother cooks and she tries to teach me something, it's like "watch what i'm doing" and no measurements. there isn't much instruction. nothing is precise. little is learned.... [more]

Posted on March 13, 2007 @ 10:26 PM | Comments (0)

chinese vegetarian food

we went to dinner with my mom and the guy she is renting the room to. a vegetarian chinese place in monterey park that we've been to before. i think it's called vegetarian wok but i don't know for sure... [more]

Posted on March 5, 2007 @ 10:07 PM | Comments (0)

islamic chinese food

my mom took us to have dinner at mas' islamic chinese restaurant in anaheim. she had recently eaten their with her friends and was so impressed by the bread there that she invited us over. the place looks islamic but... [more]

Posted on January 31, 2007 @ 9:50 PM | Comments (0)

bar culture

i think the vitamin fad of the 80s is over. what was the 90s? shakes! shakes and a lot of devices. i think the 2000s fad is bars. i've been noticing a lot of bar culture. whenever i go to... [more]

Posted on January 22, 2007 @ 9:21 PM | Comments (0)

my body shouts: what the hell are you doing woman?!

last week at the meeting at work, when i ordered food for everyone i ordered a little something for myself as well. this is acceptable. i have gotten lunches before. it's just that i usually bring something since it's hard... [more]

Posted on January 10, 2007 @ 6:52 PM | Comments (0)

our first proper thanksgiving alone

it doesn't look like much but i couldn't finish my plate! this year was our first proper thanksgiving alone. no friends/relatives. we ate alone. we made a proper thanksgiving meal, vegan style, except we had cheesecake instead of pumpkin pie.... [more]

Posted on November 23, 2006 @ 11:56 PM | Comments (0)

thanksgiving preparations are done

thank you to twiddle thumbs who prepared all the food this time and early. well, actually she did this because she was making extra food for her vegan co-worker. i think it's his first vegan thanksgiving and he's a boy... [more]

Posted on November 22, 2006 @ 7:21 PM | Comments (0)

friends don't let friends eat and drive

twiddle thumbs worked late and i was going to go to the new place and continue putting things away. i didn't feel like cooking and had some change on me so i went to del taco's drive through to get... [more]

Posted on November 2, 2006 @ 10:24 PM | Comments (0)

birthday, pool, bon voyage

a very busy day today. twiddle thumbs's dad is having a surprise birthday party at her older sister's who just had a pool built in the backyard. also, since we're about to leave, it's also like a little bon voyage... [more]

Posted on September 24, 2006 @ 7:02 PM | Comments (0)

quoting a food package

i'm not sure what to write about today so let me quote a food package from the alternative baking company of sacramento. did you know? "pesticide residue found in meat is 14 times greater than in plant foods, whereas dairy... [more]

Posted on September 22, 2006 @ 11:58 PM | Comments (0)

car on fire! car on fire! car on fire!

the other day, (which is LA speak for any day in the past!), i was driving and noticed a mediterranean restaurant. i've been searching for a place to get falafels in the neighborhood and i finally found it! today we... [more]

Posted on September 9, 2006 @ 11:46 PM | Comments (0)

the wheel of life

tonight we ate at the wheel of life, a vegan thai restaurant. we tried to eat there last night but it was closed. they are closed on tuesdays now, a new thing and the web site didn't mention it. the... [more]

Posted on August 30, 2006 @ 10:22 PM | Comments (0)

how spicy do you want your chang's sauce?

went to pf chang's with the girls. they went earlier this year and enjoyed it. the only thing i know about pf chang's is that it's fancy, has vegetarian/vegan options, and towelie from south park worked there as a waiter.... [more]

Posted on August 19, 2006 @ 11:52 PM | Comments (0)

japanese food, a movie, more japanese food

today was my day of hanging out with twiddle thumbs's friends at her work and their respective girlfriends. we went to eat lunch at maki maki at the irvine spectrum. i have never been to that mall before and i... [more]

Posted on August 5, 2006 @ 10:40 PM | Comments (0)

clean, yosc, clean, teashaker, clean

this was my day... 1. clean. i was tired of the mess that had accumulated in the room. the mess only accumulated because there is no place to put this stuff. it's been so freaking hot that on the floor... [more]

Posted on July 30, 2006 @ 11:23 PM | Comments (0)

ice cream madness

it's been hot enough to cause a longing for ice cream treats so we went to wild oats for an ice cream run! thanks to a list on listsofbests.com (i love that site), there are a lot more frozen desserts... [more]

Posted on July 28, 2006 @ 10:29 PM | Comments (0)

starving at the queen mary

today was not a good day food wise. damn those kangen water get-togethers! there was a big one at the queen mary in long beach that my mom invited me and twiddle thumbs to go to. my mom said they... [more]

Posted on July 1, 2006 @ 10:44 PM | Comments (0)

i was never a macaroni and cheese person

recently we bought some vegan pasta and cheese meals in a box things by road's end. i made the shells & chreese, cheddar style for twiddle thumbs and i a couple nights ago. she thought it was so horrible, she... [more]

Posted on June 29, 2006 @ 11:18 PM | Comments (0)

going to dinner in little saigon

it was kinda early but we were already hungry for dinner. we really just wanted to quickly grab something simple like burgers and fries and watch a movie at home. but there's really nowhere close by that makes good, cheap... [more]

Posted on June 3, 2006 @ 7:48 PM | Comments (0)

don't eat the fish

i was dragged to a kangen water gathering and ended up missing shamisen class. my mom said she had to go to the party and we'd only stay there for a little bit; i'd go to shamisen 1 hour late... [more]

Posted on March 20, 2006 @ 11:44 PM | Comments (0)

dinner and no movie: spring roll desserts

i came up with a use for the spring roll wraps: dessert rolls. just throw anything remotely sweet with some chocolate into a wrap and fry it up. my theory: chocolate + anything fried = yummy goodness. i made a... [more]

Posted on February 28, 2006 @ 9:36 PM | Comments (0)

dinner and a movie: spring rolls and little big man

today was a progression of yesterday--how's that for originality? yesterday my mom was watching "little big man" (dustin hoffman as a white boy raised by native americans who goes back and forth in life living as an indian or a... [more]

Posted on February 26, 2006 @ 11:20 PM | Comments (0)

hair in my food again? what gives!

we had band practice at the house. nopalita brought over dinner from teashaker in el monte. (i loves me some teashaker.) the only this is, i found hair in my food again! what gives? the last time i ate there,... [more]

Posted on February 24, 2006 @ 8:54 PM | Comments (0)

peanut butter + chocolate = pure evil

had a pig out fest with peanut butter cups. i feel terrible. and i was doing so well until now...no more chocolate!!!... [more]

Posted on January 23, 2006 @ 11:18 PM | Comments (2)

i want my (veggie) baby back ribs

"vegan" in veggies--yes, i play with my food went to dinner at chili's to try their black bean burger. had it dairy free with fries, threw on some catsup, and it was really good. some veggies are included and they... [more]

Posted on January 19, 2006 @ 9:38 PM | Comments (0)

i don't do so good with the spicy food cultures

yesterday my brother was sick enough that we didn't go to dinner, or so he says. hey, i'm not judging. we went tonight instead. korean restaurant, the kind where they (you) cook the meat at the table. as a vegan... [more]

Posted on December 27, 2005 @ 11:45 PM | Comments (0)

lousy waitresses and california history

i went down to eagle rock for a business meeting of sorts with hiroshi, the president of the yosc to show him the rough draft of the second layout idea i have for the web site plus to discuss web... [more]

Posted on December 3, 2005 @ 9:15 PM | Comments (0)

another vegan thanksgiving

last night twiddle thumbs went around shopping to get all then ingredients we needed then and another couple hours making some food so that we would not have to make all of the thanksgiving food on thanksgiving. we got up... [more]

Posted on November 24, 2005 @ 11:36 PM | Comments (0)

water magic

my mom came home all excited about how she bought something that was going to make the whole family healthy. (what, you bought some vegan or macrobiotic books?) she bought an alkaline ionizer water purifier. it is by enagic and... [more]

Posted on November 9, 2005 @ 10:18 PM | Comments (1)

international dinner night

what was supposed to be a quick dinner turned into an elaborate event merely due to its length. i'd say that the prep took about an hour, the eating took about an hour, and the cleanup took just under an... [more]

Posted on October 15, 2005 @ 10:36 PM | Comments (0)

she fed me meat!

i can't believe my mother fed me meat today. she asked in japanese, "if i make a vegetable stir fry, will you eat it?" it was getting late for dinner and i was too lazy to make anything so i... [more]

Posted on September 6, 2005 @ 10:09 PM | Comments (0)

a new indian vegetarian restaurant in the neighborhood

i cut and dyed twiddle thumbs's hair although i think mine needs attention much more than hers does. then we went to have dinner at the vegi wokery because it's damn good chinese vegan food but they are closed on... [more]

Posted on July 10, 2005 @ 11:06 PM | Comments (0)

questionable vegetarian food

we went to lunch with twiddle thumbs's cousin. he's living in glendale and the closest vegetarian place we could find by doing a search online was leonor's in studio city. we ate there once before with one of twiddle thumbs's... [more]

Posted on July 1, 2005 @ 6:39 PM | Comments (0)

warm your dogs and your buns

hot dog xpress for the terminally lazy months ago in auckland i saw at kmart a hot dog warmer by black and decker. it was so hilarious. why does anyone need such a thing? 1 minute in the microwave! fucking... [more]

Posted on June 7, 2005 @ 9:27 PM | Comments (1)

crappy espresso

we had a crappy dinner at midnight espresso, our formerly favorite place to get a vegan bite to eat. there were different workers. perhaps that was the difference. instead of the nice guys it was bitchy women. the music was... [more]

Posted on May 31, 2005 @ 11:05 PM | Comments (0)

golden kiwi fruit

not much to say so i will say this. i hate kiwi fruit. never liked it. the green stuff. yuck! but since i've been here i have learned that there is a yellow one called golden kiwi fruit. i've had... [more]

Posted on February 1, 2005 @ 7:32 PM | Comments (0)

tribute to the mighty soy bean

the flatmates made a japanese dinner for us tonight as a couple weeks back we made a mexican dinner and shared it with them so they could try something new. they made miso soup, tofu in soy sauce soupy sort... [more]

Posted on January 23, 2005 @ 9:41 PM | Comments (0)

our vegan dinner at verona

i read somewhere that verona on k' road has some vegan items or is vegan friendly or vegetarian friendly. i scribbled it in my notebook as one of the food places to check out. they were closed a long time... [more]

Posted on January 6, 2005 @ 8:57 PM | Comments (0)

british christmas food

we bought a traditional commonwealth christmas dessert thing. it's a cake that has brandy. it has vegan no-no's but we bent the rules to allow this one thing because it's so foreign to us as americans. we were very curious... [more]

Posted on January 1, 2005 @ 10:40 PM | Comments (0)

mexican food in new zealand

i know it's hard to believe but mexican food does exist in new zealand, and not just in the ethnic aisle of the supermarket. not too far from the apartment, in the central business district, is a place called mexican... [more]

Posted on December 28, 2004 @ 8:58 PM | Comments (0)

vegan japanese food

i had been really looking forward to eating at a vegan japanese restaurant that i read about online. it's called vegan tokyo teriyaki. we finally go to eat there and it's not what i thought it would be at all.... [more]

Posted on November 30, 2004 @ 11:04 PM | Comments (0)

my first vegan thanksgiving

it started at about 8:30am. i got up and cooked all morning. we were just going to make food so that twiddle thumbs and i would have something to eat at our relativves' thanksgiving celebrations. howevere, since twiddle thumbs is... [more]

Posted on November 25, 2004 @ 9:41 PM | Comments (0)

hep b and orean

went to pasadena again to try to get the hepatitis b shot. this time though, we finally got it! it was exactly as how it should be. we walked in, paid for it, got the shot, and walked out. no... [more]

Posted on November 15, 2004 @ 7:30 PM | Comments (0)

indian vegetarian food

i am extremely unfamiliar with indian food. there are a lot of indians in this area. i grew up around it but not involved with it. i never really got involved with other cultures. i was just friends with classmates... [more]

Posted on November 11, 2004 @ 2:16 PM | Comments (0)

world vegan day

we went to world vegan day LA in tarzana. it was a small event but that's because vegetarians are only 10% of the population and vegans comprise only 10% of vegetarians. as perry sang in jane's addiction, "that makes me... [more]

Posted on November 1, 2004 @ 8:41 PM | Comments (0)

at last, a mexican vegetarian restaurant

went with twiddle thumbs, a friend of her family's, and her friend to eat at a mexican vegetarian place in studio city called leonor's. the portions are huge for the price. perhaps a little too much cheese for my taste... [more]

Posted on October 22, 2004 @ 5:11 PM | Comments (0)

food, food, food

for lunch, twiddle thumbs and i went to a chinese vegetarian deli in artesia on the border of norwalk called veggie's delight. on the way back, we stopped to check out 99 ranch market, a pan-asian grocery store. in the... [more]

Posted on October 21, 2004 @ 10:09 PM | Comments (0)

son of aladdin

we swung over to pamona to have dinner with an old friend of twiddle thumbs's. we had been craving middle eastern food and luckily there was such a restaurant close by. we ate at aladdin jr. it was pretty good.... [more]

Posted on October 6, 2004 @ 10:45 PM | Comments (0)

cafe tacuba en tijuana, guey!

continuing the tale of last night... almost there we got to the border and parked the car at 6pm something, closer to 7pm. then we walked across. simple as pie. no questions asked. i didn't notice, but apparently we walked... [more]

Posted on October 3, 2004 @ 1:20 PM | Comments (0)

going down to tj again

the day's omen: nopalita locking her keys in the car. this moment foreshadowed how the rest of the day would go. today twiddle thumbs and nopalita and i are driving down to tijuana to see cafe tacuba in concert. nopalita... [more]

Posted on October 2, 2004 @ 7:19 PM | Comments (0)

real healthy organic food

just got back home. i had dinner with my high school friend and her boyfriend at real food daily in santa monica. i've never met her boyfriend before. must spend more time to get to know him. the evening was... [more]

Posted on September 25, 2004 @ 12:50 AM | Comments (0)

searching for veggie food in orange county

twiddle thumbs and i went to have lunch at native foods in costa mesa. damn the food was good! it was so good, i wanted to walk out of their with one of their t-shirts. i decided i should eat... [more]

Posted on September 19, 2004 @ 11:44 PM | Comments (0)

exorcist and more veggie restaurants

the workers were slower than sloths today we went to a at&t wireless store to buy tickets to the LA county fair--they have discounted tickets. i was getting frustrated pissy at the store because LA is so fucking ridiculous that... [more]

Posted on September 18, 2004 @ 10:42 PM | Comments (0)

here i am, seoul

i woke up later than usual this morning, at about 8 something, went back to bed, and finally got up around 9 something. we took turns taking showers then went back down to the same food court as yesterday. we... [more]

Posted on August 17, 2004 @ 11:54 PM | Comments (0)