Saturday, December 06, 2008

Butterfly Award and Yummy Asian Food!

So one of the memes that's been on my backlog has been accepting this Butterfly Award from the lovely Bethany of Spotted Devil Cat and His Vegan Assistant. Thank you, Bethany! I am so glad we have found each other (at least virtually) in this wonderland that is Seattle. We have to get together soon to plot our pantry stockings, discuss SF and break down the latest PCC Cooks Class. (BTW, I saw that the new catalog of classes comes out December 27!!! I can't WAIT!!!)

Anyway, Thank You Bethany!

(1) post about the award,
(2) link back to the person that nominated you
(3) place the award on your sidebar
(4) choose 10 blogs that you think are really cool, link to them, contact each person and talk about why you think their blogs are cool

Ok, since I'm kind of late in the game and my blogosphere tends to be a somewhat closed loop, I'm only going to nominate five bloggers. Without further ado:

Adventures in Vegetarianism - To my MDC buddy, Carrie. I think we started down the road to veganism around the same time and I loved seeing how your family transitioned to it! I love the kid-friendly recipes you provide and most especially your gorgeous CUPCAKES!!! :)

happyveganface - I think she's already been nominated, but I'm still saying Jessy is rad and hilarious and uber enthusiastic and ALWAYS puts me in a better mood! Thanks for the inspiration, Jessy!

One Green Generation - I don't often comment on this blog, but I am always learning amazing things from Melinda. She is also in Seattle, and she's compiled a wealth of information on eating locally here. Thanks so much for your words of wisdom, Melinda!

Vegan Food; More Than Tofu and Sprouts! - To Tofu Mom, another Seattle-ish (vegan!) blogger. I love reading about your delicious recipes and about your fabulous kids! Keep it coming! I'm so glad to have found your blog!

Vegetarian Adventure - Another fellow blogger that I found just as I (and I think she) was going vegan! I'm so happy to share your journey! Your food is always gorgeous and I can never thank you enough for that black bean quinoa salad! I miss your posts! But I completely understand the need to take a break.

That's all for this installation of meme-catch-up!!

Oh, I did want to mention that after picking up my parents from the Amtrak station we checked out this restaurant called Moonlight Cafe. I had read reviews of it (thank goodness - I never in a MILLION years would have tried it just by driving by) and it sounded awesome - separate vegan menu, but with a full meat-y menu for my crybaby dad! It couldn't have been more awesome. The food was delicious, the service was fast and the price was right. The sesame "beef" and vegan eggrolls were outrageous. I can't wait to go back and try a million other things! So local folks, take note: Try Moonlight Cafe!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats!

Chessa said...

Mihl: Thanks! :)

jessy said...

congrats on the butterfly award, Chessa! you deserve it! i absolutely love your blog - it's one of my favs! wahoooooooooo!

thank you soooo much for the award too - and for your kind words! you're too sweet!

man, i wish we had more veggie and vegan places in richmond. the moonlight cafe sounds awesome! sesame "beef" and vegan eggrolls - hells yeah! yummmmmmmmy!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Chessa! Thank you so much for your very kind words. I'm honored!

Bethany said...

plotting would be awesome! It's so funny that we're both seattle sci fi loving, disaster preparedness prepping vegans.

Thanks for the tip on the Moonlight Cafe. I haven't been there yet. Isn't it funny (in a good way) that there are so many places that are vegan or heavily vegan in Seattle that I can't keep count?

The meat whiner in my family is my sister in law. What makes her special is that she whines about being worried about not getting her meat to a bunch of meat eaters (my family). So lame. I'm sure your dad is not like her. She is one in a million.