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Archive for July, 2009

welcome to the future

Posted in general on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This is it for Vegtastic Voyage. No, I’m not quitting; I’m saying what you see here is all of Vegtastic Voyage. I’m not on Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter. Well, I am, but Vegtastic isn’t. I only have a Facebook account so I can rip on my friends, and Tom and I share a Twitter account that [...]

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cooling center allowing pets

Posted in general on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a quick one. If you’re in Portland and need to go to a cooling center (or know someone who does) and would like to have your pets accompany you, the Humane Society’s here for you. No drop-offs. More details here. And here’s a list from KATU of area cooling centers.

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my brain’s boiling

Posted in general on July 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’m working on a big ol’ list of a post. But it’s too hot to deal with that right now…so watch this cute bunny and check back tomorrow.

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travelin’

Posted in general on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Since I bought my train ticket, Tom and I can’t get this song out of our heads. Nobody’s complaining, mind. ((Youtube or WordPress keeps puttin’ the kaibash on my embedded video. Click here for Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds performing Train Kept A Rollin’.)) Why a train? Traveling by myself for 45 hours, from Portland to Chicago, trying [...]

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ugh, so hot

Posted in recipes, tagged on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We’re on our third stretch of 90-plus-degrees in Portland (this month!), and there’s a fourth one due next week. As anti-AC people, we have some fans, control sunlight through the blinds, and dress down. And, of course, the oven does not get turned on. I don’t even like having the stove on for very long—who [...]

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mex-spiration

Posted in recipes on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve never been an “Oh, I had Chinese for lunch” person, you know, like if someone suggests a dinner idea and it’s too similar to what you’ve eaten recently. I can eat pizza until the proverbial cows come home. And Mexican (or Tex-Mex or Ore-Mex or Michele-Mex) is what this week’s turning into. This week marked [...]

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birthday tacos

Posted in general on July 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Well, it happened again. I had to update my “relevant background” page to reflect my new age. I am now three dozen years old. The kitten has it much easier, at a paltry 13. But that means she’s a teenager, so as tough as the preteen years were, I guess she’ll be getting into a [...]

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chicago

Posted in eatin' out/in, tagged , , on July 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I don’t get back to Chicago as much as I like, and we’re usually so tied up with family obligations that we only get a day to sneak off by ourselves to revisit old haunts, meet up with old friends…and explore a city way more veg-friendly than it ever was when we lived there. Our [...]

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