West Coast Love & Canada New Years part 1

So this is what happend around New Years. It was quite an adventure!

I hoped on a 24 hour train ride from Paso Robles, California to Eugene, Oregon to visit my best friend, Shauna!
The next morning I woke up to snow outside the window. It was so lovely.


Though we had so many stops due to the snow storm! It got narley!

































Finally got to Eugene and ventured around for a bit then headed to Lebanon, Or where my friend, Shauna, is originally from.
that town is the smallest town I have ever laid eyes on. Spent the night there, then the day after to Portland!

this was the drive in Oregon after Lebanon














Portland for a shopping spree!



After Portland we headed to Washington, met up with another friend, and headed to Seattle for Pizza!
I had looked up this vegan pizzaria called, Pizza Pi.
Its located in the university area so it was a very chill kind atmosphere.!
We didn't know what to get! Everything looked absolutely delicious!!!
So we ordered the Field Roast Pizza, which had veggies and vegan roast beef.
We all never had vegan roast beef before so we were curious!
It was my friends first time having vegan pizza!
And after having it they said it had to be the tastiest pizza they have ever had! It was better than a lot of the non-vegan pizzas they've had before. They went on about how good it was! :D











After pizza we decided to walk around downtown. Near the Pizza Pi was a vegan store! It was called Sidecar for Pigs Peace!
It had vegan EVERYTHING! including vegan condoms and floss! Whaaaat?! haha!














































Seattle is so amazingly beautiful at night! I love the scenery, the lights, the energy!

















Spent the night in Olympia where one of our friends live.

The next day we all went in one car up to Canada.

Winter break so far 12/27/10

Hello! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!!




San Luis Obispo is known also for its self serve yogurt shops. One of them, Yogurt Creations , I used to work for (they have a location in Atascadero, the one i used to work at, and in SLO). Before they went Dippin Dots themed they used to be known for their black and white cow print colors.
Anyhow, i remembered that they would at least have one flavor a day that would be non-dairy.
I havn't been in there since I became a vegan and I was curious about what the flavor of the day was!
I was excited to see they still had non-dairy flavor of the day, which was Watermelon Sorbet!
I checked in the freezer for their other non-dairy flavors and saw an Acai sorbet! I'm so excited. Totally going to check in every so often now!







Atascadero park
















Cozy home with fire in the fireplace















Christmas tree!

















Raw Mac & Chreeze, Raw Chili

















Raw Cucumber Hummus, Raw Chreeze Dip

















Kale Chips!

















Raw Tomato Basil Salad
















Spinach Balls













Potatoes









Dessert! Truffles!









I'm kinda stoked. Tomorrow I'll be hoping on a train for Eugene, Or!
Going to meet up with friends who live there and scout out the area! I've heard so much about it so I've been kinda stoked to try and check it out!
Hopefully I get the chance to update tomorrow!
And P.S., if there is a recipe you and to learn to make, make sure you message me about it and I'll post the ingredients!

WithLove,
SuzanneMarie

Winter break so far 12/23/10

Hi hello!
Seriously, every single day I have been bumping into people I know in the SLO area! Its crazy!
I remember when I first moved here I was like, "i can't wait til I get a reputation here!" because I really wanted to meet a lot of people!
I think I know the whole town now. Its quite official. I don't even live here anymore! Haha!


This was the special of the day at Natural Cafe! It was a Grilled Veggie Pita! Sooo delicious!










So, it had been raining for a week. It was super narly! As you can see here, the creek in front of the SLO mission became flooded!

















































That is SLO in the rain. That is my mother in the green jacket :)
It was kinda lovely how it was raining though. Cozying up by the fire, drinking mint chocolate milk with peppermint schnapps and watching movies. It had been super nice!
:)










San Luis Obispo at night

The weather has cleared up now and I have to run a few errends today. Not doing Los Angeles. But will have to be back in Santa Barbara for a few hours and then back to SLO for farmers.





Tonight some bands are playing at the Clubhouse in San Luis Obispo around 8pm.
Who's playing?
Sea Birds, December Valentines and Contraband
740 West Foothill Blvd, San Luis Obispo, Ca 93405

So if you are in the SLO area! Check this event out after going to the farmers market downtown tonight!

With Love,
SuzanneMarie
<3

Winter break so far 12/22/10

Hello again! I'm in a coffee shop called Kruezberg! In San Luis Obispo! I am having a gigantic almond hazelnut latte! this coffee shop is fairly new, its only been open for a month! Its so beautiful and spacious inside! And options in milk are varied! Instead of having regular milk, you can choose between: soy, almond, hazelnut, hemp, or coconut milk!
Totallyyyy cooool!

A friend's artwork, Jeff Claassen, has his pictures everywhere inside too!


























My 16oz Hazelnut Latte with Almond Milk!


















This is my baby girl, Roxy! :D Isn't she beautiful <3














Atascadero at night.






















My "soy philly cheeze steak" !
inspiration from Peta Vegan College Cookbook!













what you do

-hot dog bun (used Ezekiel sprouted grain hot dog bun)
-one side spread out veganaise (used Follow Your Heart)
-place a couple strips of soy steak inside hot dog bun
-used daiya cheese (both the mozzarella & chedder) on top of soy steak strips
-microwave for a minute (if you want the soy steak darker, then place it independently in the microwave for a minute or so beforehand)
-afterwards just sprinkle the inside with pepper!

its yummyyy

Will update more tomorrow :)

WithLove,
SuzanneMarie

Winter break so far 12/21/10

my goodness. so i'm in my parents town of Atascadero (San Luis Obispo County). I'm at a lovely coffee shop called Malibu Brew. This has to be the best coffee shop in town. Well. Actually. It is the only coffee shop in town besides Starbucks. But. Its really good coffee! My favorites here are the Polar Express blended coffees! They come in Espresso, Oreo, and Java Chip. And they can make it vegan. yeee!





this is the cookies in cream with soy! basically its just blended oreos, coffee, and soy milk. <3











Found this awesome organic chocolate shop along Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo! Its called Good Earth! anything with the green leaf circle label is considered vegan! whoop whoop!















































i got the Espresso truffle! yummmm! it was delish!














and happy late Channukkah! i finally perfected my Chocolate Halvah Cookies!

what you doooo

4 tablespoons raw tahini
2 tablespoons raw honey or agave nectar
1 tablespoon cacao powder
1 tablespoon carob powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Blend all the above in a food processor and make small balls with your
hands. Then put in the freezer for an hour! and boom! its done. And its delicious!



will update more tomorrow!

With Love,
SuzanneMarie
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