Hey, Elena! Watcha doing in College Park? University?

I will be eventually, but right now I'm just living here with my fiance. He's from Westminster, but we decided to move here since I'm thinking of going to University here.

Ah! Well, they'll rob you blind at UM. :) Anyway, let me know if you're looking for a place to eat, or what have you! I'm a student here.

I'm in MD now, College Park specifically :-) Hi MD people.

Hi Elena;

I went to school and lived in College Park for a zillion years.

Be sure to try out the Maryland Food Co-op in the Student Union.

Also be sure to try the China Cafe out. It is down by Vertigo books, next tot he 7/11.

I still eat there :)

Here are some links for veg*n resources in your area:



Vegetarian Society Of The District Of Columbia (VSDC)
http://www.vsdc.org

North America's oldest vegetarian organization started in 1927.
It hosts a variety of free social clubs for vegans and vegetarians.
It has a monthly restaurant visit, a book club, a singles club,
a raw food club, an African American networking club, yearly
Thanksgiving dinners that include hundreds of veg*ns, and a one
day VegFest convention with speakers, food, and fun in October.

It also has a very complete events calendar for all veg*n related
events in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. You can use it to
find something fun to do every weekend.

Events are held in Washington D.C., suburban Maryland, and
Northern Virginia

http://www.vsdc.org/nonvsdc_calendar.html
http://www.vsdc.org/calendar.html


Vegdc.com
http://www.vegdc.com
A very complete FREE online guide to veg friendly restaurants, bakeries,
and other veggie resources in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area.


Veg-dc Email list:
http://www.waste.org/mai l/?list=veg-dc&doneurl=/regveg/& donename=RegionalVeg
A free mailing list for vegetarians and vegans living in the
Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. It is not affilated with
any group. Is great for networking with other local veg*ns,
finding out what is hot-n-veg*n in the area, and much more


Pangea
Vegan speciality goods open on Saturdays and Sundays
http://www.pangeaveg.com /

Meetup.com
http://www.meetup.com
Several vegan and vegetarian monthly restaurant visits are held in
Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia by meetup.com To find
one near you go to their site and search on "vegan" or "vegetarian".

Hiya fellow Marylanders!

I so love Mandalay. I hadn't been there in ages and decided to go a few weeks ago only to be crushed that they moved. I'll have to head to the new location sometime soon.

-----Original Message-----
*From:* Lisa Greig AMM (B0045) [mailto:lgreig@bordersstores.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:16 PM
*Subject:* PETA President Ingrid Newkirk Appearance at Borders

Hello,

I'm Lisa Greig, District Marketing Manager for Events with Borders Books
and Music. On January 24, the Borders store at 18th and L downtown will
be hosting a book signing and discussion with PETA president Ingrid
Newkirk, who has just released a new book entitled/ Making Kind
Choices

Thanks beforewisdom :-)

-------- Original Message --------
From: Vegetarian Society of DC <vsdc@vsdc.org>

VSDC Vegetarian event:
http://www.vsdc.org/calendar.html

Non-VSDC Vegetarian Events:
http://www.vsdc.org/nonvsdc_calendar.html


Here are the activities in brief and please read the more detailed
info further below:

- Restaurant Visit to Ella's Wood-Fired Pizza <http://ellaspizza.com/>
January 22 Saturday, 2pm

- AANG Salsa Night at Zanzibar
January 26 Wednesday, 6:30pm-10pm

- Book Club <http://www.vsdc.org/book.html>: The Awakening
<http://www.loyno.edu/~tlkinnon/Index.htm>, by Kate Chopin
<http://www.pbs.org/katechopin>
January 26 Wednesday, 7:30pm

- NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo tabling
29-30 Saturday/Sunday January , 9am to 5pm

- GLBT Veg "Out" Group: Yuan Fu dinner and planning meeting
Sat 5 February, 4pm

- Raw Vegan Potluck
Sun 6 Feb, 4-7pm

http://vegan.meetup.com/28/events/4039229/

What: Washington Vegan February Meetup

When: Saturday, February 5 at 7:00PM
Where: Pizzeria Paradiso
2029 P St., N.W.
Washington DC 20001
202-223-1245

I'm in MD now, College Park specifically :-) Hi MD people.

Hey! I work at UM. Don't know too much about the area--I live in Baltimore, so most of my time in CP is in my office--but I'd be glad to share what I do know.

Maybe we should have a little CP meetup for lunch or something. Maybe make the trip to Mandalay :drool:

We don't have a car yet (or jobs, eek. I'm still going through adjustment, and my husband's still looking) but when we're settled in, that would be nice. :-) I haven't been to Mandalay, but a friend took us to Noodlez, which is veg*an friendly.

Hey! I work at UM. Don't know too much about the area--I live in Baltimore, so most of my time in CP is in my office--but I'd be glad to share what I do know.

Maybe we should have a little CP meetup for lunch or something. Maybe make the trip to Mandalay :drool:

I lived in College Park for a zillion years. I know live in Takoma Park. I have been to Mandaly's a few times.

If you want to do lunch in College Park some weekend I wouldn't mind meeting all of you at The China Cafe, by College Park Bicycles. It doesn't look like much but they have about 10 vegetarian dishes. I have been eating there for a zillion years. It is also cheap. You can get a good meal for about $5.

You need to go to Liquid Earth in Fells Point. Everything is vegetarian, and everything can easily be made vegan...the owners are great and never mess anything up. Try the vegan ruben, and meatless muffelatta...those are my favorites, but the worst thing they have there is really good too.
You'll be happy to eat there every day. There is also an egyptian pizza place there(fells point) that is good but you have to tell them your vegan. You can trust them they are a vegan hot spot and used to getting vegans in.
ALF 4life


where can you get good vegan food in baltimore?
i dont mean a place where i can get a salad or some weird expensive miso soup crap

i got that VRG list of places to eat there but it turned out to be crap... i went to holy frijoles and as i was eating the chips i found out they werent vegan and the only things i could have were rice and guac

then i tried some chinese place... mr something or other... they didnt speak english and couldnt really tell me what was vegan or not. i ended up getting something they said had no eggs or dairy from the vegetarian page and got really sick

baltimore has got to have some good places...
i hate having to drive to annapolis, DC, and rockville just to eat really yummy vegan food

Caroline

i live in around bel air maryland!

youngvegetarian...my cat Tigger looks just like yours! (or the one that is your avatar..)

Hello, kidies!

I need to try out Liquid Earth... I've been meaning to go there forever.

Hi Everyone! I am going to be organizing an anti-KFC demo in Towson on Sunday May 1st. I think it will be from 1:00 till 2:00ish. Let me know if you can come!

Hi Everyone! I am going to be organizing an anti-KFC demo in Towson on Sunday May 1st. I think it will be from 1:00 till 2:00ish. Let me know if you can come!

You might find a few more people to go by posting on this list local to the dc metro area:
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=veg-dc

Free Talk: Vegetarian Nutrition:
"Stopping Cancer Before It Starts" by Dr. Michael Greger M.D.



Event: "Stopping Cancer Before It Starts"
A free lecture given by Dr. Michael Greger M.D.
(http://www.veganmd.com) on using common plant foods and
an optimized vegetarian diet to prevent cancer.


Where: The Silver Spring Library
8901 Colesville Road, Silver Spring Maryland

- within walking distance of the Silver Spring metro rail

- convenient to 495 with free parking on the site and
in other locations close by.


When: Sunday, 2005 May 8th at 2:00 pm


Cost: Free of charge


Sponsor: The Vegetarian Society Of The District Of Columbia
202-362-VEGY (8349)
http://www.vsdc.org/

I'll be out of town that day so won't be able to attend unfortunately. I hope it gets a good turnout. Seems like it'll be a very interesting talk.

Historian Dr. Howard Zinn( http://howardzinn.org/ ), author of "The People's History Of The United States" and many other books
will be appearing at the AFI Silver Theater ( http://www.afi.com/silver/new/ ) in downtown Silver Spring.

The movie, "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" will be shown at the AFI Theater in Silver Spring at 4 pm on Sunday, May 1st. After the showing, Dr. Zinn will be there to do a Q&A session.

The movie is based on his autobiography and was nominated as one of the best documentaries of 2004 by the Academy of Motion Pictures.

Tickets are $30.00 for general admission and $15.00 for students.

To obtain tickets and more information email
WHISENTON@aol.com

or call

301-384-1712

Subject: VSDC and other vegetarian events in May 2005

Hello VSDC community.

Here is a summary of the upcoming VSDC events in May and the first
week in June. Below that are the details, followed by information on
four vegetarian events by others.

Sunday 1 May, 4:00 pm: Raw Vegan Potluck
Saturday 7 May 6:00pm: GLBT Veg "Out" Group: Potluck and Movie
Sunday 8 May, 2:00 pm: Dr. Michael Greger on "Stopping Cancer"
Saturday 14 May, 2 pm: Singles: Lunch and Afterwards
Sunday 15 May 4:00pm: Potluck Picnic in Rock Creek Park
Saturday 21 May, 2:00p: Restaurant Visits: Soul Vegetarian
Wed., 25 May, 7:30 pm: Book Club: Nathan Coulter
Saturday 28 May, 6 pm: AANG: "Peaceable Kingdom" Film
Saturday 4 June, 5:00p: GLBT Veg "Out" Group: Restaurant Visit
Sunday 5 June, 4:00pm: Raw Vegan Potluck

VSDC Event Details:
http://www.vsdc.org/calendar.html

Free Talk: Vegetarian Nutrition:
"Stopping Cancer Before It Starts" by Dr. Michael Greger M.D.



Event: "Stopping Cancer Before It Starts"
A free lecture given by Dr. Michael Greger M.D.
(http://www.veganmd.com) on using common plant foods and
an optimized vegetarian diet to prevent cancer.


Where: The Silver Spring Library
8901 Colesville Road, Silver Spring Maryland

- within walking distance of the Silver Spring metro rail

- convenient to 495 with free parking on the site and
in other locations close by.


When: Sunday, 2005 May 8th at 2:00 pm


Cost: Free of charge


Sponsor: The Vegetarian Society Of The District Of Columbia
202-362-VEGY (8349)
http://www.vsdc.org/

I'm no longer as close to DC as I used to be, or else I'd consider going to some of these events you keep posting, Steve.

On another note, we've had to move (temporarily) to Westminster, MD. Does anyone know of a good health food store, maybe something like My Organic Market, that's in this area? I love that place, but it's now an hour away.

Taking Action for Animals promises to be a great conference, and it's right here in DC, from July 16-18. On Saturday, panels and keynoters will showcase successful campaigns and set an agenda for the future of animal protection. Sunday will build on the lessons of the first day with specific skills training.

The cost is $120 including two lunches and the Saturday evening banquet. Registration is now open. More information:

http://www.takingactionforanimals.org/