One of the things that we’ve liked about being in Southern California is the proximity to the beach. Saturday and Sunday mornings, when it’s not angry rush hour, it takes only about 15 minutes to drive out to Santa Monica and stare out at the awesome Pacific. For…
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Sometimes when you’re hungry a place just sort of presents itself and you think what the heck, I’ll just try that. This was one of those times. Wandering around on Sunset Boulevard, I stumbled across this local Mexican chain that I think is on to something. The first…
When we got down here for the week, I was sure I was going to be looking to have salads and bowls and really simple meals all week. Somehow, we decided to venture up to Studio City for a meal and I am so glad we did. We…
This is actually my second time at this location, but since they’re doing such great stuff with Filipino food, I thought it was worth mentioning again for our friends in the Bay Area. We started the meal by sharing the appetizer trio sampler, a plate of all of…
Okay! I have to tell you how excited I was to realize there’s now a fast food restaurant devoted to plant based preparations, even if it’s a lot of fried junk food. What a joy! This all has to fall under the banner of weekend food, but when…
Of all the places that we tried on the road, I wished would have had a bit more time to spend at Laffa in Tulsa’s Brady Arts District just outside of the downtown core. First of all, their menu, which happily runs the gamut from all over the…
I’m not sure why, but when I woke up Sunday morning in bleak, dreary Gallup, NM, (sorry Gallup CoC) I wanted a donut. I didn’t say anything. It’s not helpful to want things you (think you) can’t have. Donuts are not very whole food plant based, since they…
It’s not always that easy to find quality eats when you’re on the road. You can only suck it up and choke down a veggie burger from BK just so many times. It’s also not easy to figure out when you’re going to get to eat, when it…
A journey to the Bay Area isn’t entirely complete without a trip to Wine Country if you can spare it. Windsor is a cute little town just north of Santa Rosa. They have nicely built “town green” with a great little cluster of restaurants and apartments. It feels…
Fancy Plant-Based Food Comes to Chicago