Updated October 2012 Long Beach is quickly becoming just as vegan-friendly as West Hollywood and Silver Lake. If there was ever a reason for me to love Long Beach more than I already do, this is it. Though I really don’t think I could love Long Beach any more… Here’s what’s up in the LBC [...]

Hey guys! Dear The Loving Hut. If I were a vegan restaurant, I would want to merge. Ya know what I’m sayin’? Merge. My boyfriend and I have always loved trying new foods and restaurants. One of our favorite dishes to enjoy when we first started dating was pho — a Vietnamese noodle soup where [...]

Hey guys! One of my best friends was visiting from San Francisco and staying in Los Angeles for a couple days. Naturally, we wanted to reconnect at a casual restaurant serving healthy food. So, I queried LA-based vegan blogger Quarry Girl for a recommendation and she came back with Interim Cafe in Santa Monica (530 [...]

Hey guys! Please welcome Nadia’s seventh guest post detailing her progress with her weight-loss mission to lose 25 pounds and take over the world!  Take a read and help Nia out – she’s trying to kick a diet soda habit and also asks your opinion on a seeming correlation between less-meat-consumption and weight-loss. ________________________________________________________________________________ “Look [...]

Hey guys! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I don’t know about the weather where you’re located, but it’s been flippin’ hot over here in CA lately. And while it’s made me sweat like a hog, I’m loving the sunshine! Last summer I was rollerblading a lot (see here) and this summer’s been no [...]

Hey guys! If you live in OC or LA county, CA, and are cravin’ something fresh and outside the clog-your-arteries norm, you’ve gotta give Veggie Grill a try. Ok, ok so it’s a vegan restaurant, but don’t let that deter you from trying it out if you’re an omnivore — this food was designed, like [...]

Updated 8/16/11 Any lifestyle change is going to, invariably, be met with intrigue…and sometimes criticism. Veganism is definitely one of those changes that might be met with concern (there’s a lot of myth that vegetarians and vegans are protein and nutrient deprived) and/or met with a scoff and the question, “well, what will you eat? [...]

Hey guys! When I first became vegetarian I felt like a lost puppy in sea of unknown (sometimes I still do lol), especially when it comes to eating out at restaurants. Now that I’m trying out eating vegan, you can imagine how harrowing it might seem to find food options when eating out. Obviously, you [...]