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Vromage: A Vegan Cheese Shop in LA!

Vromage: A Vegan Cheese Shop in LA!!!

By keepinitkind On January 12, 2015 · 15 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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Some of you may already know, but a former career of mine was as a cheesemonger. I spent my days selling cheese in a fancy cheese shop. I would give the customer a little taste of whatever cheese they were interested in and give them the backstory on that cheese: the type of animal milk [...]
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Gracias Madre West Hollywood

Dining in LA: Gracias Madre West Hollywood

By keepinitkind On July 30, 2014 · 6 Comments · In Dining-LA
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I have been desperately wanting to try the new Gracias Madre West Hollywood, the newest location of this 100% organic and vegan mexican food restaurant,  since a waitress at Cafe Gratitude Venice whispered to us that it was in the works almost a year ago. When it finally opened, like, 6 or 7 months ago, we didn’t [...]
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Dining in LA: Follow Your Heart Cafe

Dining in LA: Follow Your Heart Cafe

By keepinitkind On May 14, 2014 · 5 Comments · In Dining-LA
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For those of you not familiar with Los Angeles, I should tell you that it is very spread out. Plus, there’s traffic at pretty much all times of the day (When I first moved here, I got stuck in a traffic jam on the 10 at 2:30 am. True Story.). Because of this, I tend [...]
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Sage Vegan Bistro

Dining in LA: Sage Vegan Bistro in Culver City

By keepinitkind On October 14, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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In the months preceding our trip, I eagerly awaited the opening of the new Culver City location of Sage Vegan Bistro.  I’d never been to the Echo Park location but Chris had brought me home enough of his leftovers for me to know that I would love it.  I followed them on instagram where they [...]
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The Grain Cafe

Dining in LA: The Grain Cafe

By keepinitkind On September 16, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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Did you know that on Pico, right off of Crenshaw, there’s a great little hole-in-the-wall, organic, vegan restaurant called The Grain Cafe?  Chris was working downtown one day and I had the twins so we decided to meet halfway for linner (lunch/dinner).  A quick Yelp search showed that The Grain Cafe was right between us [...]
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Disneyland Pretzel

Vegan Travel: Vegan at Disneyland

By keepinitkind On July 10, 2013 · 36 Comments · In Travel-DL, Vegan Travel
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Last month, Chris and I surprised the twins with a day at Disneyland to celebrate their last day of school and their upcoming thirteenth birthday (Yes.  We have teenage twins on our hands.  How did this happen?).  We told them we were going to “another hippie vegan convention” at the Anaheim convention center so when [...]
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Mohawk Bend

Dining in LA: Mohawk Bend

By keepinitkind On May 30, 2013 · 7 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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For what seems like a lifetime, I’ve been wanting to eat at Mohawk Bend in Echo Park.  You know, the awesome bar built in a transformed vaudeville theater that has a great selection of beer, wine and cocktails and their entire menu is vegan, unless otherwise noted (rather than the other way around).  When I [...]
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Crossroads Kitchen

Dining in LA: Crossroads Kitchen

By keepinitkind On May 1, 2013 · 7 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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When Chris and I returned from New York City, we realized that what LA was missing was an upscale fine dining restaurant.  There was no place for a vegan to get all dressed up and have a fancy dinner on a special occasion.  Tal Ronnen has changed all of that with his new restaurant, Crossroads [...]
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Samosa House

Dining in LA: Samosa House

By keepinitkind On April 17, 2013 · 18 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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I love Indian food with a passion.  I’m not the best at cooking it myself, but I love having it prepared for me (i.e. Indian restaurants).  I also love ethnic markets.  Samosa House in Culver City is where these two wonderful worlds collide. Chris and I discovered Samosa House around three years ago.  It’s a [...]
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Shojin Culver City

Dining in LA: Shojin

By keepinitkind On March 20, 2013 · 14 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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Not too long ago, you had to go to the more eastern end of LA to have an array of vegan options.  Between Silverlake, downtown, and Hollywood, there is a plethora of vegan goodness to explore.  However, more recently, the west side’s vegan selection is growing pretty rapidly, especially in Culver City.  Most recently, Shojin, [...]
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Dining in LA: Matthew Kenney’s M.A.K.E.

By keepinitkind On January 9, 2013 · 23 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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Until a few months ago, the vegan fine dining scene in West LA was pretty limited.  There are plenty of casual dining choices, but if you wanted to get gussied up for a nice dinner out on the town, well, you would have get ready for a drive across town.  Then Matthew Kenney opened his [...]
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Dining in LA: Mendocino Farms

By keepinitkind On January 4, 2013 · 17 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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I have THE best readers of all time.  Yes, you.  You are simply the best. Last month, just before the holidays, I received an email from a reader of mine, Michelle, whose comments I always love and whose conversations always make me smile.  Michelle is also a Los Angeles resident and had 2 extra Mendocino [...]
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Dining in LA: Green Peas

By keepinitkind On November 28, 2012 · 13 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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There are three stages when it comes to my hunger: Blood sugar begins its decline.  I get quiet, begin to blink less and stare into space more.  Irritability is present, but I’m too busy staring off into space to demonstrate it. Very slight hunger pains begin to emerge, but I’m not starving.  I become incapable [...]
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Dining in LA: Rahel Ethiopian Vegan Cuisine

By keepinitkind On September 20, 2012 · 16 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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Recently, Chris and I had our 1st veganversary and to celebrate, we wanted to treat ourselves at a vegan restaurant.  We wanted to go somewhere we don’t often go, so we were headed across town in early evening LA traffic.  Halfway there, however, our stomachs were demanding that they be fed sooner rather than later. [...]
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Dining in Fresno (and almost everywhere): Pita Pit

By keepinitkind On September 6, 2012 · 18 Comments · In Dining-FR, Restaurants
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I am no stranger to Pita Pit.  I have spent many a late night munching on a falafel wrap from the San Jose Pita Pit after a long night of dancing.  Upon moving to LA, in order to explore the various parts of my new home, I visited Hermosa Beach and ended up stopping in [...]
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Dining in LA: Rejuice

By keepinitkind On August 28, 2012 · 19 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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One day, while out and about, running errands, Chris and I decided to drop into our old Trader Joe’s since we were in that neck of the woods.  As we drove up Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica, we made notes of things that had closed and new things that had opened since we used to [...]
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Dining in LA: Locali Conscious Convenience & The Beagle Freedom Project

By keepinitkind On August 14, 2012 · 27 Comments · In Awesome Vegan Things, Dining-LA, Restaurants
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Last November, I saw this video, showing a group of beagles, rescued from a lab, setting foot on grass for the first time in their lives. It was one of the most moving moments I have ever seen and I sobbed uncontrollably for about half an hour.  I then began to research ARME and their Beagle [...]
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Walk for Farm Animals

Why I Am Walking For Farm Animals

By keepinitkind On August 7, 2012 · 19 Comments · In Awesome Vegan Things, Walk for Farm Animals
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In the United States alone, over 58 billion animals are slaughtered for human consumption each year.  To put that into perspective, keep in mind the fact that there are just over 7 billion humans living on this planet right now.  Before these innocent animals are brutally murdered, they are mutilated, caged, drugged, mercilessly beaten, and [...]
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Dining in LA: Cafe Gratitude, Venice

By keepinitkind On July 31, 2012 · 15 Comments · In Dining-LA, Restaurants
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A couple months ago, I was cruising up Rose Ave. in Venice, on my way to Whole Foods, when I saw a sign that caught my eye, hanging from a newly built building.  The sign seemed to read “Cafe Gratitude.”  I kept driving, thinking that I must have misread it.  That would be just way [...]
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