Phoenixville VegFest 2017

Hi everyone! Today was Phoenixville's 2nd VegFest; I volunteered during the first shift, mostly helping vendors to unload and set up canopies before the event began. Then at noon I met Zach and my sister Alena; after we got our free bags from the Peace Advocacy Network table, we'd planned to get in line for Vegan Treats, but the line was so long that we decided to do lunch first. I ordered a mac & cheese from Soy Cafe, which ended up taking a while (they said they were heating it up), which I didn't mind waiting for but then it was still cold when I finally got it. It tasted good, but yeah, could have been better...

Alena got the BBQ seitan sandwich, which seemed like the better choice overall, haha...

Then we got in line for Vegan Treats, which was a long, long wait. I got an autumn old-fashioned glazed donut and the brownie chunk cheesecake...

Our last purchases of the day were t-shirts from Grape Cat...

mine

Alena's

And here's the contents of the free bag...

lots of treats...

...and info and coupons

Tomorrow's the first day of Vegan MoFo, so I'll be back soon! 

Here are all four kitties from tonight... (Leela was hunkered down under the bed and refused to come out for a better picture, haha!)

Cringer

Buttons

Daisy

Leela

Peace. :)

Bethlehem Vegfest 2016

Hi everyone! Today was the Bethlehem Vegfest, and it was lots of fun, though really hot! We had a nice group this year: me, Zach, Zach's brother Ben, my sister Alena, and Alena's boyfriend Alex. When we first got there, we did a loop through the vendors to scope everything out (it definitely seemed like there were fewer vendors compared to past years), and then decided it was time for food. At Freakin' Vegan, I got mac & cheese and a broccoli & cheddar empanada. The mac & cheese was the best (I'd gotten it last year, too!) and the empanada was good, though the broccoli was a bit overcooked/soft for my liking.

my view from where we sat under a tree to eat lunch :)

At the Grape Cat stall I bought this cute Herbivore shirt and got a free little button.

After that, we got free samples of veggie chips; this year they had a new sriracha variety. Next stop was the Franklin Hill Vineyards stall, where I tried a sample of the Crush (pomegranate peach) wine; it was really good, so Zach & I bought a bottle of that, as well as a bottle of the Fainting Goat wine (the one I liked last time). 

After that, we got in (the long, long!) line for Vegan Treats, where I eventually got a peanut butter cup brownie and a chocolate peanut butter drizzle donut to bring home.

Then I got a strawberry lemonade ice pop from Mompops, and we visited the pigs from the Pig Placement Network and the beagles from the Beagle Freedom Project one last time. On the way back to the car, someone from Beyond Juice mentioned that they were giving out free samples, and since the store was right across from where we'd parked, we stopped in. They made a fresh "yellow juice" (carrots, orange, pineapple, and apple) for us; I'm not big on juices, but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was!

happy little vegan, post-vegfest :)

For the cute cat pic of today's post, here's Blu, Alena's kitty. She just had surgery yesterday to remove a few teeth that were causing her pain, and she's already bounced back; she was chirping and rolling around on the floor like her silly little self when we stopped by after the vegfest!

This was the only picture I could get of her standing still, all the rest turned out super blurry, haha!

Peace. :)