‘olympics’


Hal Johnson and Joanne McCleod: Unvegan Heroes

March 5th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

No ordinary heroes.

So the Olympics are over, but if they have taught us anything, we all know that Canada is a pretty sweet place.  I may be partial to the country since I grew up an hour from the border and took advantage of the 19+ drinking age in Ontario.  Or I may be partial to the country because I am half Canadian and am enamored by both curling and hockey.  Whatever the reason, I’ve now discovered a new reason to love Canada and it is called “Body Break.” Continue Reading»


Really, PETA?

June 9th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I try not to make my blog into an anti-PETA blog, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid the things that PETA does just to get attention.

unvegan peta 1Just recently, they tried to exploit the death of abortion doctor George Tiller as an excuse to promote going vegetarian.  They planned on putting up billboards unvegan peta 2catering to both pro-choice and pro-life people asking them to become vegetarians.  The murder was a tragedy and showed that PETA obviously has no regard for the loss of human life.

On top of that, they have now turned the Olympics into a protest event.  Continue Reading»


Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

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