VegWorcester Blog

Two years ago Pamela Rice asked why haven’t vegetarians and vegans jumped on the pride parade  bandwagon and organized veggie pride parade and walks? Afterall, they’ve been doing it for seven years in Paris. So why not here in the USA?

Well, this Sunday Pamela’s wish will come true in New York City. They are having the first ever Veggie Pride Parade in New York City (and the US).

From SuperVegan:

The parade procession will begin at 12 Noon in the Old Meat District of Greenwich Village. The parade will then culminate in Washington Square Park, where a festival of rock music, speakers, and exhibitors will take place. The press release doesn’t mention anything about hook-ups, but if this is anything like Gay Pride, you can expect ample opportunity to spice up your love life.

For updates, check the Veggie Pride Parade Blog.

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My friend Cindy will be delivering homemade vegan cookies by bike this Saturday to anyone who contributes $5 or more to sponsor her in her super-long 60+ mile bike ride fundraiser for Bikes Not Bombs.

So if you want a pouch of yummy vegan cookies delivered to you this weekend, call 860-218-4276 and ask for Cindy.

(The picture on the right was from when Cindy, Nick, Jackie and I biked from Worcester to Boston to get some vegan pizza from TJ Scallywaggle’s, Boston’s vegan house of pizza and subs.)

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Still haven’t entered the VegWorcester poster design competition? If you’re in need of inspiration, check out this poster Paul K just sent in:

Download a PDF of his entry.

It is, of course, a take-off on the “Worcester is the Paris of the 80s” shirt sold at HBML.

Sweet entry! Thanks, Paul.

For the rest of you, there are still a week and a half left to enter the competition. There is a free t-shirt in the mix.

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Yesterday we sent out copies of the Spring 2008 Veg Dining Guide to the 20 or so businesses that were listed in the guide. Just making sure they know that people are noticing all their great veg options!

Thanks for all the help, Cody.

Comment below if you want to order copies of the guide to distribute.

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VegWorcester was mentioned in the recent issue of Worcester Magazine. They republished “Super 88 Asian Market a No-Go“. Sweet!

Thanks, Scott!

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Have you seen the SoyWallets link in the sidebar? If you have haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, do so right now! SoyWallets are recycled, handmade wallets made right here in Worcester. They’re really neat!

You can buy one for $7 including shipping or if you’re the crafty-type, you can follow the do-it-yourself guide and make your own. Proceeds even go towards animal protection organizations and veg advocacy groups.

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VegWorcester needs a poster. And you need a new t-shirt. Let’s help each other out.

Design a poster promoting VegWorcester.com and if you submit the sweetest design, you’ll get a free “Give Peas a Chance” Baseball Tee. Not to mention you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that your creative work will be hung up at college campuses and businesses all around Worcester.

So here are the rules:

All submissions must….

• …include “VegWorcester.com” somewhere in the design.
• …be gray scale (eg no colors besides black, white and all the gray in between).
• …be letter sized or smaller.
• …be emailed to contest@vegworcester.com by 11:59pm on April 30, 2008.
• PDF is preferred, but other formats will be accepted.
• By submitting your poster, you’re saying it’s cool for us to publish it and use it to promote VegWorcester. Duh.

So do it up! Email your entry to: contest@vegworcester.com.

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Sometimes it’s hard to think of things that would make Worcester better, but I’ve got something: a vegan diner.

I love diners. They are one of the few things that are uniquely American. Diners have everything you could ask for in a restaurant: a huge menu with breakfast all day long, food so greasy it makes your napkin go clear, unlimited soda, and waitresses that call you “hun”.

What better place for a vegan diner than Worcester? Worcester is, afterall, the home of diner. It’s my home too. And I’m vegan. Add those together and you have my dream of a vegan diner in Worcester. It’s really no more than a pipe-dream, but if a Scrooge McDuck out there decided pop up and invest a fat stack of money in this pipe-dream, I’d throw myself completely behind it.

But finding a rich investor doesn’t seem very likely. So I made this campaign on ThePoint. The idea is that anyone can pledge to give money on the condition that other people pledge to give money. So you can promise to give $20 only if the fund-raising campaign is successful in raising $20,000. If it never reaches 20 kilo-dollars, then you don’t have to part with your Andrew Jackson. Sounds like a neat idea.

I guess we’ll see where this goes. Looks like someone already pledged $50. If we keep going at this rate, we’ll have the twenty-grand startup capital in just 98 years! Sweet!

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Alright, this is super exciting. Here is the Spring 2008 Guide to Vegetarian Dining in Worcester (pdf). It’s a one-page guide to some of the best veg-friendly restaurants in the Worcester area.

By no means does this list cover every single place to get quality veg food in Worcester. In fact, you can get good veg food at nearly every restaurant in Worcester (even Burger King has a veggie burger). This mini-guide lists local places that are either all-vegetarian or who have a very good vegetarian selection. Leave a comment if you think I left out a really good one.

So print it out. And hang this baby on your fridge!

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This Sunday is April’s vegan meet-up and eat-up. It’ll be at the Moe’s Southwest Grill near Webster Square, where Main Street and Park Ave intersect.

From Steve on meetup.com:

Hi again, this next Meetup will be at Moe’s right near Webster Square (end of Main Street and Park Ave). They have lots of tasty vegan options at a good price and the frozen margaritas are good too.

CARPOOLING IS AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!

For help with directions or if you have questions, call Stephen at (508) 410-3172. Thanks!

When?

Sunday, Apr 6, 2008, 1:00 PM

Where?

Moe’s Southwest Grill
3 Stafford Street
Worcester, MA 01603
508-459-6060

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