So I just found out today that The Dead are playing at Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bay Area) on Saturday June 26th. This puts SF much higher on my list of priorities, and also adds a significant expense to that part of the trip...

It doesn't seem like a lot of people are interested in doing Portland?

Anyone wanna meet at the Dead show?

See? I knew you'd flake out on me :P

has anybody been to the vegan grocery store called foodfight? i havent shopped there yet but around st patricks day i peeked in the window and saw an ad for vegetarian haggis!? its in se portland.

I loooooove Food Fight. They're my local hook up for vegan marshmallows, Vegan Gourmet cheese, and Tings (although Wild Oats started carrying them too). I try to buy stuff there even if I can get it other places too, because I want to support them. The folks that run the store are so cool. I know they had planned to open a vegan clothing store in the space next door, but from what I can tell that has been put on hold.

My boy and I went to Calendula right after it opened. It's sooo yummy, but out of our normal price range. We're going to dress up nice and go again on our anniversary. I wasn't aware of the controversy, but, like you, I'm not all that concerned with the political views of the owner.

Another recent opening has been a vegan chinese place, Vegetarian House. The lunch buffet is cheap, and pretty tasty. When ordering of the menu, I recommend the chicken dishes over the beef. The shrimp fried rice is really good too.
http://www.vegetarianhouse.com/

I miss Oregon. Well, not the rain, but the mid-summer dry heat (midwest humidity is horrible!) and hiking in Silver Falls State Park (such a favorite of mine that I actually went up there when I was visiting in November--even though that was when the 'snow storm' was in full swing--waterfalls in winter are lovely).

thanks for the info on these veggie resturants. will definately check out calendula.

i have a good reccomendation for veg friendly chineese.

the golden jade on belmont! seems like they have a infinate amount of meat free choices. at least 20..? lunch entrees are about $4.50 i believe. they have all the nasty meat crap too in case your dining with your omni buddies.

also, the little lunch shack/trailer downtown on the bus mall called a taste of india. i think they have a few locations. open on or about m-f 11-4 only mainly for the businesses. large (((GOURMET)) 5 course veg specials for under $5! if you dont eat dairy just ask them to make the vegetarian special vegan. they will be happy to. their naan is fried in oil instead of butter BTW.

Another recent opening has been a vegan chinese place, Vegetarian House. The lunch buffet is cheap, and pretty tasty. When ordering of the menu, I recommend the chicken dishes over the beef. The shrimp fried rice is really good too.
http://www.vegetarianhouse.com/

I dunno, the twice-cooked beef is *delish*!! :lick:

I'm afraid it looks like a west coast trip isn't going to work out for me this year either. $$ :(

Wow, I just noticed I've been on 4 of the top 5 steel coasters on that list...

Magnum XL-200, Cedar Point 14.9%
Millennium Force, Cedar Point 56.4%
Raging Bull, Six Flags Great America 6.4%
Superman: Ride of Steel, Six Flags New England 9.9%
X, Six Flags Magic Mountain 12.4%

The Superman I went on was at Great America but it's probably the same.

Yet none of these rides are anywhere near Portland. :p

:doh:

No worries kpickell, it seems the Portland Gathering idea is pretty well dead.

I misread the name of this thread and I thought it said "POLAND Gathering Discussion." I was a little surprised that there would be a gathering in Poland, which seems like a pretty random place to hold a VB event... :doh:

I'm not sure where I should be posting this, but I wanted to let all Portland area folks know that Dennis Kucinich will be at Food Fight! Grocery TOMORROW the 1st from 1-1:30 pm. Here is the text of the email, at the bottom of which is the address.



Mon Apr 26 2004

Hi again.

Sorry to bug you kids so much lately, but bear with us.
Big fun news for next Saturday, May 1st.

From noon-8pm, we're having a party. A grand opening party, to be
exact, for OTSU (www.otsuportland.com) next door. We need everybody to come
hang out and make them feel welcome and appreciated. If you want to
print out a flyer and put it up somewhere, you can download it from:
www.fourteenlittlemen.com/downloads/flyer.pdf

And to bribe you into hanging out, we're gonna jump through some hoops
to try and make it fun for all involved.

______________________________

Here's a few things going on:

DENNIS KUCINICH (www.kucinich.us) will be here from 1-1:30. He will be
the celebrity judge in our vegan chocolate chip cookie contest. More on
that later in the email. Come give a cheer and a high five to the guy
who should be our next president.

HOT DOG EATING CONTEST, probably around 2 o'clock. Limited number of
space for contestants, email us telling why you feel you could win and
maybe you can earn a place in vegan history.

RAFFLE to benefit the Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary in Salem. Prizes
include dinners and whatever else we can scrap together this week.

SAMPLES of lots of stuff. Not sure what, but some of it will be
grilled. So there.

PIZZA BY THE SLICE will be available to purchase from Kalga Kafe.

And probably some music...probably.

______________________________

About the chocolate chip cookie contest. Again, numbers of contestants
is very limited, maybe like 5 cookies. So, if you want to enter, email
us soon, and let us know why you think your cookies are so much better
than everybody else. And remember, they have to be VEGAN, including non
bone-char sugar, please keep that in mind.

Ok, thanks again for reading and being our customers and hanging out
and keeping us TOTALLY RICH. You're nice, and we appreciate it.


xoxo
Chad and Emiko / Food Fight! Vegan Grocery
4179 SE Division
Portland, OR 97202
503.233.3910
www.foodfightgrocery.com

dude, I already posted that. Look in the veggie patch.

:doh:

you should post that picture of fattles in the sink. too cute.

news:jim spagg just died...

starbucks in 7 corners was bombed, and we have interesting candidates running for mayor.

also, heres a good independent news link.

theres several categories listed on the left which are probably of interest to lots of VB members in the portland area.

http://portland.indymedia.org/

anybody in the portland area ever order from http://www.organicstoyou.org ? the site is so ambigious i dont know what to expect...

people whom are in the portland area might find this site interesting.

FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN IS A REVOLUTIONARY, MENTORING PROGRAM THAT TRANSFORMS THE LIVES OF AT-RISK CHILDREN.

http://www.friendsofthechildren.com/

Hey, I'm a vegan exchange student in Taiwan, but I'm from Portland, Oregon. I go home in 52 days (after spending a whole year in Taiwan) and I'm sooooooo excited! I became vegan in Taiwan, so it should be interesting going back to Portland because now I have all of these new veggie places to explore! Just reading your replies makes me miss Portland even more. Can't wait to go back. YAA OREGON!! :hi:

I use to live in Ashland. it WAS a beautiful place, but after my mom(who is actually my grandmother but raised me) died of cancer, and ashland was "our" place, it just became horrid. it really has changed since i left. my favorite resturant is gone, my friends barely remember me, and life has become rather dull...oh well, i will say it was a grand place to me once.
~glamboy

bizarro, I don't have any experience with Organics To You, but I did get a bin for a while from Manic Organic (http://www.manic-organic.com/). They have wonderful customer service and the bin is a great bargin. I was forced to cancel my bin due to financial constraints, but I'm hoping to start up again, probably in the fall. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

Thanks Jess! I have reconsidered the organic delivery thing because I'm getting a lot of organic produce in my area right now. Somehow, magically I got this coupon postcard advertisement from Calendula in the mail for 10% off any entree. I think I'm going to try and persuade my omni DH to go there with me next week.

Poor little Oregon, ignored for all this time! :D hehe Is this part of the forums just not very popular?

Well, since I moved away, there isn't much to talk about in Oregon anymore. :D

kidding. I have been pretty homesick lately. Where in oregon are you, ML? I used to live in portland before moving overseas. I love it there (born & raised). Have you been to Food Fight yet?! :D