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The results are in!

Posted by: Ross on 2012/01/05 10:46am. | add comment

The results are in for our Vegan Best of Austin 2011 poll! Check out the winners here!

The results are in!

Posted by: Ross on 2012/01/05 10:46am. | add comment

The results are in for our Vegan Best of Austin 2011 poll! Check out the winners here!  

The results are in!

Posted by: Ross on 2012/01/05 10:46am. | add comment

The results are in for our Vegan Best of Austin 2011 poll! Check out the winners here!

The results are in!

Posted by: Ross on 2012/01/05 10:46am. | add comment

<a href=" http://veganaustin.org/vegan-best-of-Austin-2011.php"><img src="http://veganaustin.org/images/bestof-2011-logo.jpg" /></a>     The results are in for our Vegan Best of Austin 2011 poll! Check out the winners here!

VRA "Vegan Best of Austin" 2011 poll!

Posted by: Ross on 2011/12/21 8:17am. | add comment

It's the first annual VRA "Vegan Best of Austin" poll for 2011! Let us know what you guys pick as the pinnacle of vegan selection in Austin. The poll will be closed after Wednesday, December 28th, so go ahead and submit your choices! Survey link here: http://vgn.me/hd

Taco potluck and Halloween success

Posted by: Ross on 2011/11/01 8:10pm. | add comment

The Halloween Night of Indulgence party thrown by Chris and Crystal was absolutely fantastic. Many thanks to them for being such great hosts, to Upton's Naturals and Chicago Soydairy for sponsoring, and to Madeleine Bistro and Sugar Skull for the amazing catering! Check out the scrumptious "Bigger Macs!" On Sunday is the Taco Potluck! So bring some fixins and we'll see you there!

Ecorazzi Eats week

Posted by: Ross on 2011/10/12 8:09am. | add comment

It's the Ecorazzi Eats Restaurant Week this week! We've partnered with Ecorazzi to help promote the event which includes deals you can get at Conscious Cravings and Counter Culture! Check it out: http://www.ecorazzi.com/restaurantweek2011/

What a success!

Posted by: Ross on 2011/08/27 9:46pm. | add comment

Our amazing community raised $1,671.30 today for Sunny Day Farms! We couldn't be more thrilled at such generous support for the SDF crew and our furry friends. Many thanks to Peter Wilson for organizing and the support of Monkeywrench Books as well as Sue at Counter Culture! You guys are incredible.

Last chance to join the Party Barge!

Posted by: Ross on 2011/08/03 5:22pm. | add comment

The Vegan Party Barge approacheth! Less than 10 spots remain, so click the link over to the right and get registered ASAP! You'll be graced by a buffet of vegan delicacies courtesy of Green Island Catering and not to mention lots of awesome vegans to hang out with on the lake (water slide included!) See you on the Barrrrrrrrge. P.S. Our "Welcome to Austin Brunch" is coming up on the 14th, so RSVP for that too. Brunch is the best time of day, of course.

Last chance to join the Party Barge!

Posted by: Ross on 2011/08/03 5:21pm. | add comment

The Vegan Party Barge approacheth! Less than 10 spots remain, so click the link over to the right and get registered ASAP! You'll be graced by a buffet of vegan delicacies courtesy of Green Island Catering and not to mention lots of awesome vegans to hang out with on the lake (water slide included!) See you on the Barrrrrrrrge. P.S. Our "Welcome to Austin Brunch" is coming up on the 14th, so RSVP for that too. Brunch is the best time of day, of course.

Freebirds + VRA Challenge Report!

Posted by: Ross on 2011/05/18 7:19pm. | 1 comments | add comment

So last Saturday, a few of us went to visit Freebirds and talked with Annette @ Freebirds World Works about what vegans want in a burrito! The meeting was absolutely awesome, and the folks at Freebirds were incredibly welcoming to us. We relayed everyone's feedback from the site and our facebook(which Annette had been following as well and passing on to the relevant parties) and discussed the plausibility and priority we placed upon certain items over others. I brought an assortment of vegan products to show them(like veggie chorizo, daiya cheese, Food For Lovers queso, and Upton's ground seitan) and we sampled out some tasty food offerings courtesy of FB. Annette asked our opinions on their preparation methods(like cooking surfaces and how they cleaned the grills, etc.) and we were thrilled to hear a restaurant showing concern over such issues! One of the things we suggested was clear labeling of what options are vegan, such as simply having a little "V" icon next to items that were vegan, and they were all for it! They also let us know that they are aiming to have all of the tortillas be vegan in the future(right now all are except the wheat), and we also clarified potential ingredients that may clash with what vegans eat. The Freebirds crew was very receptive to our suggestions and are at the very least committed to checking into getting a mock meat option, mushrooms, and a vegan dessert. How cool is that?! Daiya cheese melted on top of our burrito would be awesome, too, but let's see what they come up with. We were thrilled just to see them taking the initiative to reach out and aim for making their menu even more awesome for us. (p.s. Jeff suggested that if they have a mock-meat burrito, they could call it the "Free-the-birds" burrito, haha!) Click here to read more!

VRA + Freebirds Vegan Challenge!

Posted by: Ross on 2011/05/02 7:27pm. | add comment

Vegans Rock Austin! and Freebirds World Burrito are teaming up for the “Vegan Challenge,” where we'll be working with the folks at Freebirds to make sure they know what vegans love and the things we'd like to see in the future from this great burrito shop. A couple of us will be visiting Freebirds on May 14th to provide feedback and relay the community's suggestions. So what would you like to see at Freebirds? Let us know in the forum: http://new2.veganaustin.org/topic.php?id=4481 Facebook chat link: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=183293341723347&set=a.132771673442181.42060.125548527497829&type=1&theater

Lazy Smurf's 2011 SXSW Vegan guide

Posted by: Ross on 2011/03/14 7:35pm. | add comment

Hey Everyone! There're some great vegan events coming up at Counter Culture & Cheer Up Charlie's this week. Get more info as well as check out Lazy Smurf's 2011 SXSW Vegan Guide to Austin here: http://lazysmurf.wordpress.com/

Iggi's Texatarian meetup next Friday!

Posted by: Ross on 2010/12/04 10:54am. | add comment

Howdy all! We're meeting up at Iggi's Texatarian for our last trailer tour stop! Word is there may be a special for us for the meetup, so try to make it out! I hear there's a firepit now there for folks to keep warm if it happens to be chilly that night. Come get awesome stuff such as vegan mac 'n cheese, chili dogs, nachos, bbq seitan sandwiches, and more! Please RSVP here so we know how many people to expect: http://veganaustin.org/event.php?id=361 Also, Yo Ho's Pirate-themed vegan food cart is still looking for pledges at their kickstarter page so they can raise the funds needed to get started: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/514530431/yohos-a-pirate-themed-vegan-seafood-cart Thanks, and see you at the next meetup! Ross

Veggieween and Vegan Yacht meetup!

Posted by: Ross on 2010/10/23 9:30pm. | add comment

Two great events coming up this week, Vegan Yacht meetup on Thursday and then our VRA Veggieween Halloween party/potluck on Saturday 10/30! Click the flyer for more info. We continue our Tour d' Trailers this week at Vegan Yacht! We'll meet up on Thursday, 10/28 @ 7pm. Come grab a tasty TLT, Mock Chicken Salad sandwich, or savory Seitan Quesadilla among many other options at this awesome little cart! Please RSVP over in the upcoming meetups box. It's very important that we get an accurate count of how many people are coming as we absolutely bombarded Conscious Cravings with a surprise number of people last week, so let's make sure to give them some warning happy Please bring cash! We'll see you there! Thanks to Lazy Smurf for the awesome photo! http://lazysmurf.wordpress.com/

Tour d' Trailers @ Vegan Yacht 10/28 7pm

Posted by: Ross on 2010/10/19 10:21pm. | add comment

Due to Art Outside being the same day as we previously had scheduled, we're going to have to move this date out a bit to Thursday 10/28. --------------------------- We continue our Tour d' Trailers next week at Vegan Yacht! We'll meet up on Thursday, 10/28 @ 7pm. Come grab a tasty TLT, Mock Chicken Salad sandwich, or savory Seitan Quesadilla among many other options at this awesome little cart! Please RSVP over in the upcoming meetups box. It's very important that we get an accurate count of how many people are coming as we absolutely bombarded Conscious Cravings with a surprise number of people last week, so let's make sure to give them some warning happy Please bring cash! We'll see you there! Thanks to Lazy Smurf for the awesome photo! http://lazysmurf.wordpress.com/

Conscious Cravings meetup this Friday!

Posted by: Ross on 2010/10/11 8:28am. | add comment

The Conscious Cravings meetup in our Tour d' Trailers is this Friday, 10/15 @ 7pm. Come out and chow on a chimichurri seitan, black bean slider, eggless tofu salad sandwich, bbq seitan wrap, or any of the other fantastic food items available at this awesome new veggie cart. We'll be converging with Brendan from VNA's Vegan Trailer Tour for this meetup, so let's have a good time! Please RSVP in the event listing to the right. Conscious Cravings is at MLK and Rio Grande.

Gathering of the Tribes potluck Saturday

Posted by: Ross on 2010/10/01 2:27pm. | add comment

Everybody come out to the Gathering of the Tribes vegan mega-potluck tomorrow, at our first gathering of all the veggie groups/businesses in town on Saturday, 10/2 @ 5pm! See you there.

Tour d' Trailers at Counter Culture!

Posted by: Ross on 2010/09/21 8:59am. | add comment

Hi all! We're kicking off our Tour d' Trailers this Thursday at Counter Culture @ 7pm! Sue has graciously offered to make a salisbury seitan and gravy special for us, so get down there and chow it up. RSVP in the upcoming meetups box to the right, and please bring cash.

New VRA Site is Unveiled!

Posted by: Ross on 2010/09/14 7:16pm. | add comment

Well we've officially launched the new design of the VRA site, along with our new Facebook page and official Twitter account! We hope you like the new look and feel, and please bear with us as we work out the inevitable kinks of revamping a site of this size. Please let us know if you have any issues for the time being at webmaster@veganaustin.org. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vegans-Rock-Austin/125548527497829 Twitter: http://twitter.com/VegansRockATX

Updates!

Posted by: Ross on 2010/09/06 7:10pm. | add comment

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, dudes and dudettes! We'll be adding another restaurant meetup soon, and the Post-Patriot potluck is next weekend, so get your ass in gear! Keep your eyes peeled as we'll be unveiling some big changes that we're working on, hopefully we'll start to have a bit more user-friendly site for you to enjoy. Take care, Ross

Veggie Hot Dog Contest July 4th!

Posted by: Jacob on 2010/07/02 9:35am. | add comment

Worldwide Vegan Bakesale & VRA Barbecue!

Posted by: peter on 2010/04/21 1:43am. | add comment

Karibu Meet-up

Posted by: bpmojo on 2010/02/21 2:34pm. | add comment

Tour D' Vegan!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2010/02/18 10:40am. | add comment

Southern Fried Potluck - 1/24

Posted by: bpmojo on 2010/01/09 5:53pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Borboleta Meet-up

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/12/16 1:59pm. | add comment

Save A Turkey Trot - run/walk

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/11/15 7:54pm. | add comment

Gluten free Potluck!!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/11/01 8:53pm. | add comment

Tarka Meet-up

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/10/27 9:32pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Gluten-Free Potluck -11/1

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/10/20 8:43am. | add comment

Vegans Rawk Austin Potluck

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/10/02 2:50pm. | add comment

Pan-Asian Potluck

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/09/12 9:17pm. | add comment

PreLabor IceCream Challenge!

Posted by: Jacob on 2009/09/03 12:38pm. | add comment

Beets Cafe Meet-up- 9/1

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/08/29 2:01pm. | add comment

Whole Foods Meetup--Great Success!

Posted by: jeff on 2009/08/11 9:34pm. | add comment

We had a boffo turnout of 30 people at tonight's Whole Foods meet-up!  We should do more of those there for sure since there's tons of seating and food choices.  Thanks to the tons of new folks like Sam and Mary (welcome NJ transplants!), Mark from Seattle, and Dustin (recent NYC transplant) for joining us. We brainstormed a new potluck idea--a take out contest between the two new Daiya cheese pizzerias Promise Pizza and Z Pizza (Daiya coming in the next week or two).  Since it will feature pizzerias serving Daiya--I suggest we call it the Daiya-ria!!  Look out for it soon! In other exciting vegan emporium news, I've heard Beets raw vegan restaurant is set to open soon.  We'll have to schedule a visit there too!

The Music Man/ Potluck

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/07/20 1:06pm. | add comment

Symphony Potluck- 7/12

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/07/09 10:05am. | add comment

Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale 6/27

Posted by: Ross on 2009/06/15 9:55am. | add comment

Mexican Potluck!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/05/14 12:12am. | add comment

Daily Juice Cafe - 3/9 @ 7:30

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/03/05 1:53am. | 1 comments | add comment

Smoothie Party! - 2/28

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/02/23 6:43am. | 1 comments | add comment

Clean out the frige Potuck!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/02/21 2:00am. | add comment

Last minute for sure, but make it out if you can!

Asian Potluck! - 2/8

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/02/01 12:23am. | add comment

Vegans only eat tofu ....right?

Asian Potluck - 2/8

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/02/01 12:20am. | add comment

Vegans only eat tofu right?

Maki Sushi Meetup Jan 17 @ 6pm

Posted by: Ross on 2009/01/14 8:39am. | add comment

Hey gang! It's time for sushi! Meet us out at a great little place called Maki Sushi Saturday night for some grub.

Vegans Rock Pizza Potluck! - NEW TIME

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/01/06 11:20pm. | add comment

Vegans Rock Pizza Potluck!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/01/05 12:05am. | add comment

Vegans Rock Pizza Potluck!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2009/01/05 12:00am. | add comment

Winter Foods Potluck - 12/7

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/11/22 12:35am. | 1 comments | add comment

Magnom Pie Potlukc - NOW ON THE 16TH!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/11/07 2:52pm. | add comment

Magnom Pie Potluck! - 11/19

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/11/01 11:53pm. | add comment

HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY 08!

Posted by: Ross on 2008/10/19 11:48am. | 1 comments | add comment

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Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/09/30 9:22pm. | 9 comments | add comment

Brunch Buffet Potluck - 9/22 @ 1:15PM

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/09/22 11:45pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Brunch Buffet Potluck

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/09/22 11:41pm. | add comment

9-27 @ 1:15PM

Clay Pit Meetup! - 9/21 @ 7PM

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/09/16 12:11pm. | add comment

Hatch CHili Potluck-Date/Location Change

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/08/31 8:30am. | add comment

NOW ON 9/7 ! check out the RSVP on the right for details

Hatch Chili Potluck - Labor Day!

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/08/21 1:03pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Hatch Chili Potluck

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/08/21 1:01pm. | add comment

Labor Day!- details and RSVP to the right. <a href='http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=1828676' ><img src='http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/8/21/vracanhashat128638151918640176.jpg' alt='funny pictures' /></a> moar <a href='http://icanhascheezburger.com'>funny pictures</a>

Breakfast Meetup @ Casa De Luz! - 8/18

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/08/12 1:03pm. | add comment

Casa De Luz Breakfast Meet-Up

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/08/12 1:00pm. | add comment

All you can eat breakfast tacos @ Casa!

Big Band Potluck - 8/3

Posted by: bpmojo on 2008/07/19 7:54am. | add comment

Picnic Time!

Posted by: jeff on 2008/05/12 10:39am. | 1 comments | add comment

It's time for a BBQ!

Posted by: Ross on 2008/04/02 11:59pm. | add comment

It's time for the Bang-up BBQ Potluck! Check out the event link to the right and come on out to the good times! See you there!

Whole Foods Eat Up this Friday at 7!

Posted by: jeff on 2008/03/20 12:28am. | 1 comments | add comment

This Friday at 7pm let's meet and eat on the upper level patio at Whole Foods Market on Lamar and 6th.  We have the worldwide flagship store in our backyard, with a good selection of packaged and prepared vegan foods--so let's go there together! Weather permitting, we'll meet to the far right of the UPPER LEVEL patio atop the stairs.  If people wanna meet up early near the front doors to go on a food finding expedition that would be cool too.  Maybe we could chant "More vegan cakes!  Free vegan cheese on pizza!" as we march through the aisles...

March Meet-ups

Posted by: jeff on 2008/03/08 10:54am. | add comment

Thanks to everyone who came to our picnic potluck the other week--it was a blast, and really well attended.  We're definitely gonna have more events there and other picnic spots! As you can see to the right, we've got a restaurant meet-up at Mother's Cafe this Tuesday evening.  Come join us in the new 'garden room' and eat some good food like the Bueno Burger and blueberry pie.  Then, Friday the 21st, we're doing a Whole Foods excursion and eating on their upper patio plaza. Hope to see lots of you there!

UPDATE: ZILKER PICNIC POTLUCK SUNDAY!

Posted by: jeff on 2008/02/19 4:27pm. | add comment

The pizza and ice cream theme has been shelved--check the sidebar for details.

PIZZA PICNIC POTLUCK THIS SUNDAY

Posted by: jeff on 2008/02/18 10:01am. | add comment

February

Posted by: jeff on 2008/02/06 10:29am. | add comment

Hey All, Last night we had a great turnout at the Casa de Luz restaurant visit.  There was somewhere near 20 of us casa de luzers in the house!  (One note--Please be sure to RSVP for events to make sure we anticipate the seating needs and don't have to send anyone to the kids table!     Afterwards many of us went and took over Dhaba Joy in our usual fashion, where we practiced some vegan armwrestling.  Vegan event promoter and VRA friend Mike Litt has put together this exciting event for Friday night!  Note the specials on vegan pizza!  Some of us will definitely be there rep'ing vegan muscle power.

More to come

Posted by: jeff on 2008/01/29 11:23pm. | add comment

Just FYI- Here's the planned schedule of events for February.  There is a glitch with the calendar system so these haven't been posted as of yet. Tuesday February 5th at 7pm, Restaurant Visit (Casa de Luz is tentative venue) Friday February 15th at 7pm, Restaurant Visit venue TBD Saturday February 23rd at 6pm, Potluck theme/location TBD Thanks to droves of you that turned out for the three January events!  Green was a fried food fantasia, and the Mediterranean Potluck was even better than expected!

GREEN OR BUST!

Posted by: jeff on 2008/01/14 7:03pm. | add comment

Ladies and Gentlemen start your biodiesel engines!  We're heading down to Green in San Antonio this Sunday...  For more info click the listing in the sidebar to the right!

GREEN OR BUST!

Posted by: jeff on 2008/01/14 6:50pm. | add comment

Ladies and Gentlemen start your biodiesel engines!  We're heading down to Green in San Antonio this Sunday...  For more info click the listing in the sidebar to the right!

Happy Birthday Craig!

Posted by: jeff on 2008/01/06 12:51am. | add comment

Ending 2007 with a Bang!

Posted by: jeff on 2007/12/20 2:38pm. | add comment

Hey Y'all, As you can see to your right, there are two very fun meet ups in the next two weeks:   First, our second restaurant visit of the month, tomorrow night at Aster's Ethiopian.  I went by there yesterday to give them a heads up about impending vegan insurgency!  They have plenty of seating, but probably the only place we can all fit together is in the back room, which is open-air but covered.  Please edit your RSVP (or make one) if anything has changed, cuz I'll be calling them tomorrow afternoon with the headcount. Second, we have the VRA Holiday Potluck blowout, at Chez de Craig on the 30th.  That's gonna be a blast and I'm sure there will be some Rock Band action after we gorge ourselves on holiday goodies!  Again, please RSVP if you haven't, and let us know what you'll be bringing once you've decided. Looking ahead to the new year, we will need suggestions for the two January Eat Outs.  We'll start a thread soon, and you can plug your eatery of choice there.  Hope to see lots of you tomorrow and on the 30th!

Ending the year with a bang!

Posted by: jeff on 2007/12/20 2:35pm. | add comment

Hey Y'all, As you can see to your right, there are two very fun meet ups in the next two weeks:   First, our second restaurant visit of the month, tomorrow night at Aster's Ethiopian.  I went by there yesterday to give them a heads up about impending vegan insurgency!  They have plenty of seating, but probably the only place we can all fit together is in the back room, which is open-air but covered.  Please edit your RSVP (or make one) if anything has changed, cuz I'll be calling them tomorrow afternoon with the headcount. Second, we have the VRA Holiday Potluck blowout, at Chez de Craig on the 30th.  That's gonna be a blast and I'm sure there will be some Rock Band action after we gorge ourselves on holiday goodies!  Again, please RSVP if you haven't, and let us know what you'll be bringing once you've decided. Looking ahead to the new year, we will need suggestions for the two January Eat Outs.  We'll start a thread soon, and you can plug your eatery of choice there.  Hope to see lots of you tomorrow and on the 30th!

Let

Posted by: jeff on 2007/12/20 2:33pm. | add comment

Hey Y'all, As you can see to your right, there are two very fun meet ups in the next two weeks:   First, our second restaurant visit of the month, tomorrow night at Aster's Ethiopian.  I went by there yesterday to give them a heads up about impending vegan insurgency!  They have plenty of seating, but probably the only place we can all fit together is in the back room, which is open-air but covered.  Please edit your RSVP (or make one) if anything has changed, cuz I'll be calling them tomorrow afternoon with the headcount. Second, we have the VRA Holiday Potluck blowout, at Chez de Craig on the 30th.  That's gonna be a blast and I'm sure there will be some Rock Band action after we gorge ourselves on holiday goodies!  Again, please RSVP if you haven't, and let us know what you'll be bringing once you've decided. Looking ahead to the new year, we will need suggestions for the two January Eat Outs.  We'll start a thread soon, and you can plug your eatery of choice there.  Hope to see lots of you tomorrow and on the 30th!         <img src="http://veganaustin.org/picture.php?show&medium&id=1948>"

Decadent December

Posted by: jeff on 2007/12/12 9:45am. | add comment

Thanks to everyone who came out to Thai Tara Eat Out last night!  The 15 or 16 people who showed up had a great time in the private room that was set aside for us.  No, not like that!  The parking is a little tough there, but otherwise it was perfect.  Thanks to our gracious host and friend "Thai Paul" for taking care of us!  Welcome to newcomers Rachel, Sammie, and Caleb--Hope you join us again soon! We are planning to have to have a potluck at the home of one or other VRA regular on December 30th, so look for more details soon.  In the meantime, enjoy the delightful picture above of our resident Rock Band stars Travis and Jacob last weekend rocking out vegan style!!

NEW AND IMPROVED!

Posted by: jeff on 2007/11/29 12:04pm. | add comment

Keepin' it vegan at the Dhaba Joy meetup. Happy vegan holiday season folks!   Some new and cool things are lined up for VRA.  Firstly, the creators of this lovely site will soon be adding new event listing functionality that will make the Upcoming Meetups tool more informative and understandable by categorizing events.  Secondly, we are adopting a more regular event schedule involving two restaurant meet ups and one potluck per month.   The restaurant visits will be 2nd Tuesdays, Fridays of the following week, and potlucks on the last weekend each month.  Check the Upcoming Meetups sidebar often--and look under "calendar" in the top navigation bar to see events for future months.   Events are open to anyone interested in veganism.  Come join us--we're a fun and wacky group of people who are interested in veganism for various reasons!

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted by: jeff on 2007/11/28 11:49am. | 1 comments | add comment

Happy vegan holiday season folks!   Some new and cool things are lined up for VRA.  Firstly, the creators of this lovely site will soon be adding new event listing functionality that will make the Upcoming Meetups tool more informative and understandable by categorizing events.  Secondly, we are adopting a more regular event schedule involving two restaurant meet ups and one potluck per month.   The restaurant visits will be 1st Tuesdays, Fridays of the following week, and potlucks on the last weekend of the month.  Just check the Upcoming Meetups sidebar often--and look under "calendar" in the top navigation bar to see events for future months, as December isn't populated in the sidebar yet.  Events are open to anyone interested in veganism.  Come join us--we're a fun and wacky group of people who are vegan or giving veganism a try for various reasons! Expect to see a lot more events and activity soon!      Keepin' it vegan at Dhaba Joy.

Post-Smackdown Update

Posted by: Ross on 2007/09/16 1:37am. | 2 comments | add comment

Thanks to all who came out to the Tempeh vs. Seitan Smackdown! It was a damned good match, but Seitan ultimately prevailed in a 2:1 vote by the judges. All the food was amazing and props to everyone who participated, it was awesome! In other news, we hopefully will be adding another event promptly to keep things rollin. Ciao

vra

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/05/05 10:53pm. | add comment

Upcoming stuff

Posted by: Ross on 2007/04/23 11:49am. | add comment

So we're going to be holding a website meeting on Tuesday the 24th at Bouldin Creek @ 6:30pm to discuss the future developments of this ol' site. Anyone's welcome if you would like to come. Then next Sunday evening we've got the Sammich Potluck, which is going to be awesome and I encourage all to attend along with their respective sandwich fixins. See you there.

no news is good news

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/03/18 9:51pm. | add comment

Super Marioparty Potluck

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/03/02 10:01am. | 1 comments | add comment

Our next potluck will be all about Italian food! (handlebar mustaches are optional) That means pizza, lasangna, olives, tiramisu, linguini, capers, spaghetti 'n meetballs, fettucine alfreda, oyster-mushroom calamari, polenta, sun-dried tomatoes, sorbetto -- pizza and pizza and pizza again. This event will be held on Sunday March 18th at Chris B's home located at : 1004 Fauntleroy Trl austin tx 78758 (that's NORTH). Bringing your own chair might be a good plan - and if anyone has a folding table or two- that would also be a big help. As always, please bring a vegan dish of food enough to feed eight, a plate, cup, and utensils for yourself  (and if anyone has a dusty old Nintendo system they want to bring, It would rock to make some jumps with the master plumber)

vegans

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/02/25 8:49pm. | 1 comments | add comment

rock

potluck!

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/02/21 1:32am. | add comment

Have you ever visited our "recipes" page on this site? Have you ever added one to our collection? We want to make sure everyone gets a chance to see what a great selection we have there, and add to it if possible....so - this potluck's theme is to bring whatever you want FROM our "recipes" collection! (If you want to bring something that's not there today - well, add it! and then bring it! woohoo!) We will be meeting at 6 p.m. on Sunday Feb.25th at Craig's duplex, located at: 3411-B  Blumie Street. Please remember to bring your own plate,utensils,and drinking glass -- and bring a folding chair also if you'd like a gauranteed seat off the floor. Let's enjoy some of our favorite recipes, and hopefully get even more recipes added to this page!

Vegans rock

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/01/23 2:05pm. | add comment

They rock rock rock...and sometimes roll.

Titaya's Thai Tomfoolery

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/01/12 4:45pm. | add comment

Come hang out and have a meal at Titaya's! Saturday, January 20th at 7 p.m. they are located at 5501 North Lamar Blvd - in the same shopping center with Half-Price Books.

Happy

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2007/01/03 5:25pm. | add comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR! VEGANS WILL ROCK 2007!

Undeniable Indian Potluck

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/12/07 8:47am. | add comment

It's time for the Indian potluck! We've been planning on doing this one forever, but it's finally here. And yes, it's the night before new years. hah! Ideas for dishes: curry, gobi manchurian, homemade naan bread, dosas, chutneys.. Bring enough food to feed 8, and as usual no meat, dairy, honey, or other animal products. And bring your own plates/utensils. If you're scrapped for ideas, there's a book you can find called "a vegan taste of india". The potluck will be at Nate & Myria's house in the Oak Hill area. The address is: 6705 Debcoe Dr. Austin, TX 78749 See you there!

Thanks

Posted by: Ross on 2006/10/30 8:15pm. | add comment

Thanks to all who came out to the Halloween Dance Party! It was awesome, and much shaking of the thang was happening. Next up is a potluck and a restaurant visit. We'll get something scheduled soon. Also, welcome to all the new members! We've got a bunch of new awesome people lately and it's nice to see so much activity on the discussion board. Glad to have you guys. Vegetarian Chili Cookoff is soon, check the board for more info.

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Halloween Dance Party!

Posted by: . on 2006/10/25 10:06pm. | add comment

It's time for hallow's eve...or at least time for our VEGAN HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY on Saturday, October 28, 2006! It's going to be at Chris and Jamie's house in North Austin. Anyone is welcome, wear a costume or bad things will happen. Please bring a snack/sweet(that's your entrance fee), and your own alcohol if you want. There will be a keg of Lone Star, however. This event is BYOC(Bring Your Own Cup) for the keg, so that we don't create too much waste in the process of the night. So come excited, and come ready to shake yer ass silly. If you have a song request for the night's dancing, go here: http://www.veganaustin.org/topic.php?id=844 ADDRESS: 8406 Loralinda Austin, TX

What's goin on

Posted by: Ross on 2006/08/21 8:27pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Taco Potluck! We had a ton of people there and the food was tasty. We'll add another couple events soon including our next potluck, which will be Indian-themed! Keep checkin back

August Update

Posted by: Ross on 2006/08/01 7:25pm. | add comment

Hey crew, just an update to keep you all informed. We're moving our mailing list to our new server, this doesn't mean much for you besides messages may look a bit different and new users sign up in a different fashion. In other news, we're about to put up the new organization for the restaurants page, so that you'll be able to sort according to vegan, veg, veg-friendly restaurants and we're also going to start including hours of operation, etc. in the restaurant listings. This month we'll add a restaurant visit to the schedule and do another potluck. We're still scheming for what theme to have, but it'll be good And you should be kicking yourself if you missed the trip to Spiral Diner! It was awesome.

Vegan Fondue Poolside Potluck!

Posted by: becfree on 2006/07/15 6:46pm. | add comment

We are hosting a Vegan Fondue Poolside Potluck. I will post pictures of the pool and backyard soon on the pics page. Okay, I have decided that we will have a great "build your own" salad bar with all the goodies. We will provide this, so don't bring any salad goodies except your favorite dressing. Then, we will have cold and hot fondues. Sweet and savory alike. I will have about 4 variations and others will bring some as well. Bring dippers too if you want. So far, we have a rich chocolate fondue, a garbanzo dill recipe, a fruit puree fondue, an alfredo dip, and a creamy vegan cool sweet dip. I will make homemade vegan ice cream as well (I am going to do vanilla and we can top with raspberry puree or Vegan chocolate syrup,  or you can bring your favorite topping, etc... I found this great vegan hot chocolate mix with cayenne pepper in it and I am in love with it. I put it on everything.) We will provide juices, sodas, water, and Tea, but feel free to bring your own beer or wine. We will have a tub of ice to chill it in. Make sure to bring your swimsuits and towels. The pool is so refreshing. Bring a lawn chair. We will have repellent on hand in case. LOL. See you all there... call me with questions. (512) 934-2265. Peace, bec

Top Ten Veg Cities

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/06/25 5:48pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Austin made #10 in the list put together by VegNews.

The Great Brunch Bizarre!

Posted by: Ross on 2006/06/07 9:21am. | add comment

Here comes the Great Brunch Bizarre potluck! Let's celebrate our first brunch potluck with great times and great food. Bring enough food to feed 8 and plates and utensils for yourself. Ideas for what to bring could range from waffles, tofu breakfast burritos, fruit salad to biscuits and gravy or sandwiches. Be creative! The potluck will be at Nate & Myria's house in the Oak Hill area. The address is: 6705 Debcoe Dr. Austin, TX 78749 They have a nice backyard and a hot tub if you want to bring a swimsuit. Also, bring chairs if you got em. Let's make this an awesome potluck!

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newsletter

Posted by: vnanewsletter on 2006/05/31 12:50pm. | add comment

Your website does not give a phone number in which to call.... Can someone please contact me at newsletter@vegnetaustin.org I would like to post y'alls June/July events in the Vegetarian Network of Austin newsletter.  One of our main purposes is to encourage vegetarianism.  Vegans Rock Austin does that and we are happy to publish your events on our website and in the newsletter. We would hope you could do the same for us. Thanks, Natanya Diamant

Come hang out with Matt Ball

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/05/22 11:18am. | add comment

Matt Ball is one of the co-founders of Vegan Outreach (www.veganoutreach.org/), an organization that has great success in opening people's minds to the idea of veganism. He will be in town for a few nights this month and would like to meet some of our crew and talk about the scene here. We will be meeting with him at 7pm on May 25th at Mr. Natural south. Hope you can make it! http://www.mrnatural-austin.com/

Texas-Friendly Potluck

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/05/06 9:40pm. | 3 comments | add comment

Let's give our NYC vegan visitors a big welcome with a Tex-mex themed potluck! We can dazzle 'em with local flavors from salsa and guacamole to seitan BBQ and enchilladas (or even Jalepeno Ranch dip- right Chris?) We'll get together at 7 p.m. at Kayla and Charles' place - located at: 1510 Madison Ave. Remember to bring: enough food to feed eight, utensils,drinking glass, and a plate for you to eat with. RSVP at: http://veganaustin.org/event.php?id=62

Meet Matt Ball!

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/04/30 10:15pm. | add comment

Matt Ball is one of the co-founders of Vegan Outreach (www.veganoutreach.org/), an organization that has great success in opening people's minds to the idea of veganism. He will be in town for a few nights this month and would like to meet some of our crew and talk about the scene here. We will be meeting with him at 7pm on May 25th at Mr. Natural south. Hope you can make it! http://www.mrnatural-austin.com/

NuAge is no longer vegan!

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/04/29 8:12pm. | 3 comments | add comment

I was so disapointed to find out that after changing their menu to rid it of honey -- they have now decided to change about 5 of their dishes and use a mock soy nugget that contains WHEY! How lame is that? I asked the waitress if this was just a mix-up or if it was permanent - -and she said permanent - they had gotten permission from the vegan lady who owns the shopping center. Why did they do it? The waitress said: "I guess it's tastier?"

Got Vegan? A non-dairy chowfest

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/03/25 11:24am. | 5 comments | add comment

One of the biggest hurdles for someone to go vegan is to give up those damn addictive dairy products. Vegans get creative - using seeds, navy beans, tofu, nuts, and of course, nutritional yeast to enjoy some old-school favorites. Some ideas: pizza, cheezecake, lasagna, fettuchine alfredo, mac n' cheeze, milkshakes, grilled cheeze sandwiches, quesadillas with sour creem, cheeze logs or balls, spinach artichoke dip, french onion dip, nachos, chili cheeze fries!!!!! We'll get together at 7 p.m. at Kayla and Charles' digs - located at: 1510 Madison Ave

March Get Together

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/03/04 9:37pm. | add comment

Let's get together at Cosmic Cafe and talk about super-secret vegan stuff. We will meet at 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP so we can give the place some advance warning of our arrival. You can find Cosmic Cafe at: 1110 West Lynn - check out their webpage right here.

New Thai place w/ Vegan Options

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/02/22 8:20am. | 33 comments | add comment

This is goood news!: Titaya's Thai Cuisine  submitted by gabe0922   5501 N. Lamar Blvd (corner of lamar and houston...next to 1/2 price books). I was lucky to discover this restaurant across from my apt complex thanks to a fellow vegan co-worker. The food is excellent, and all vegetarian and tofu dishes are prepared vegan. They have a very large menu with many options and have indicators by which entrees are vegan and which can be prepared vegan...altogether there are about 45 vegan dishes/options. If you love curry, the Gang Musmun is awesome. For dessert try the Sticky Rice with Mango. :o)

Feb Potluck

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/02/09 9:28am. | add comment

Are you a fan of Pad Thai? Ramen Noodles? Miso Soup? Spring Rolls? Sweet and Sour Seitan? Well - give it up for an Asian-themed potluck! Bring whatever Asian dish rocks your world, and see what the rest of the crew can come up with. Remember to bring: utensils,drinking glass, and a plate for you to eat with. We will be getting together at John's place for the potluck: John Goff lives at the Ventana apartments, located at 2209 Hancock Drive. His apt.# is 33. You will need to ring him up at the front gate so he can buzz you in (hit "#010" to ring him up). The feasting begins at 6pm on Sunday February 19th.

Casa De Pizza

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2006/01/25 6:04pm. | add comment

Come join us for a visit to one of Austin's BEST vegan eateries -- Casa De Luz! We'll get together on their pizza night, and watch Ross stuff himself silly. See you Saturday, Feb.4th at 7 p.m. PLEASE RSVP at the link to the right. Thanks!

Vegan Chutney and Chatter

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2005/12/05 1:45pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Our next restaurant visit will be at Madras Pavilion, located at 9025 Research Blvd on Saturday January the 7th at 6 p.m. There should be plenty of room there for a big group - but we would like to warn them of the size before we show up -- so please RSVP by clicking on the link. Thanks!

December's Get Together

Posted by: mattabo71 on 2005/11/11 7:32pm. | add comment

Come hang out at Cosmic Cafe. We'll indulge in some vegan jibber-jabber, and try out some of the indian-themed delights from this Dallas transplant. See you there!

Vegan Southern Cookin

Posted by: Ross on 2005/10/03 12:30pm. | add comment

Hey all, we're planning a vegan southern cooking night soon that will be added to the upcoming events calendar shortly. Down home is where it's at, ideas like mashed potatoes, cornbread and earth balance, biscuits and gravy, rootbeer floats, southern fried tofu/wheat gluten, creamed corn. You know it. So that's the main thing we've got coming up.

Hurricane Katrina. HELP

Posted by: Ross on 2005/09/09 8:02pm. | add comment

So many thousands of people as well as pets left behind in the South are completely vulnerable at this time. There are so many ways everyone can help. To help the animals: Humane Society of the United States City of Austin's resource guide for Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts Red Cross - DONATE 1-866-4-AID-NOW Louisiana Disaster Relief and speak out against the disgraceful inaction and barriers created by FEMA and the US government in this horrible catastrophe which didn't have to go this way.

August

Posted by: Ross on 2005/08/04 7:47am. | add comment

Apologies for the lack of updates and activity. Yael and I just got back from our trip to Mexico (which was awesome by the way). Anyway, we're scheduling a restaurant meetup at Mr. Natural on the 20th, and we'll soon vote on what our next activity should be. We'll be putting a poll up soon so everyone can vote on what they want to do next.

Meetup Saturday the 9th and Sushi!

Posted by: Ross on 2005/07/01 7:11am. | add comment

Hey guys and gals. It's time for another meetup! This month's will be at Mr. Natural at 2pm on Saturday, July 9th. Mr. Natural has a great lunch special featuring vegetarian Mexican food (for those who haven't been before). All of the muffins and a couple other bakery items are completely vegan. So come hang out and chill with some other vegans for a good little time. It'll be nice. And then a vegan sushi party hosted by Simon and Callie on the 14th.  There's a thread for it here on the message board.

Hey there Tonto

Posted by: Ross on 2005/06/17 8:14pm. | add comment

You may notice some significant changes/additions this weekend as Jacob and I try to get up as many of the things we've been working on. Now that both of us are working full-time that mainly just leaves the weekend to work on the site. I think a few of us at least will be out there at the petition at BookPeople on Saturday. Hit up the discussion board if you haven't yet, we've got some good topics going. Jayeh

Next Event

Posted by: Ross on 2005/06/07 7:27pm. | add comment

Hey all! The next meetup will be Sunday, June 12th at 7pm on the Whole Foods balcony. We'll make a sign for anyone coming, and this is just an occasion to come hang out, meet whoever, go grab something to eat in the store, or check it out if you haven't before. More info will be available soon on the site. We're also planning on having a tofu making night where I'll also try to sample some experiments with my soymilk maker that I should be getting in about a week. I'm hoping to try various milks like rice milk and maybe even other beans. We'll let you know when this is scheduled.

Monkeywrench Coffee Shop

Posted by: Ross on 2005/06/01 11:54am. | add comment

Hey all, Monkeywrench Books on North Loop just east of Lamar is opening their coffee shop this weekend! The opening is from noon to 8pm on Saturday and all the drinks will be vegan! There will be some of Celeste's vegan delights for sale. So I think a few of us are going to head over there on Saturday and hit it up! Monkeywrench is a wonderful activist bookstore and much of the crew there is vegan, so we should absolutely support them. I'll make a thread about it on the board and thanks to Brea for letting us know about the opening.

Here we gooo

Posted by: Ross on 2005/05/29 1:04pm. | add comment

Just added a thread Here with pictures from the screening. It went great and the sweets were nice and oily, but good. For the next event coming we'll be able to do all the rsvping here on the site, so that will add ease to the process. I encourage everyone to check out the discussion board as we have some good topics going at the moment.

Screening info

Posted by: Ross on 2005/05/23 11:22am. | add comment

Just sent out an evite for the Screening of "The Witness" and "Peaceable Kingdom" from Tribe of Heart. These are some great films that I eagerly encourage everyone to come check out. 8pm. Friday the 27th. Cookies. Metropolis Apartments Clubhouse TV Room (which is upstairs). <a target=_blank href="http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=EIMKWBYYNEYBRBZLXJTC">Link to the E-vite.</a>

Couple more things up

Posted by: Ross on 2005/05/16 9:42pm. | add comment

The pictures section now works, though you can only upload within the categories given. Soon we'll be able to create directories. And the grocery page is now up with pictures, I'm submitting a couple stores tonight. Eventually we'll be able to submit good deals available on certain products. Ah, and you can change your password now.

Update and Upcoming Event

Posted by: Ross on 2005/05/12 2:26pm. | add comment

Well Jacob and I continue to edit the site daily, usually little things. You can now comment on restaurants, and I'm still playing with how each entry looks. Thanks to you guys who've been using the message board, it's good to see a few active members. On to planning- so it seems we've decided to do a screening of "The Witness," a documentary about a working class man in New York becoming an anti-fur activist, speaking out about the meat and fur industries in the country. He tells his story in this film about how he once feared and avoided animals until a kitten changed his perspective, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals, become vegetarian, and spread what he knows about the industries. It's a great and inspiring film, so I highly encourage everyone to come check it out. We just need to decide when we want to have the screening. I've volunteered to host the screening and I can make vegan cookies or some nice little treat for the folks who come. So what do you think... next week sometime...or longer than that, maybe about 2 weeks from now? I say we just up and do it next week, as it is sort of a pre-screening. Vala has said she wants to do a screening of it in an amphitheater she has access to in the future, but she has to work some things out before we can do that. So give me some feedback, either by email or on the site. There's currently a thread about it on the messageboard. Take care, Ross P.S. Also, there is a protest on Saturday of KFC, and while we are not specifically an activist group, but a social one rather, I know some people are interested in this sort of thing. So here's a quote about it: " On Saturday, May 14th at 12:00 noon, please join Action For Animals and PETA to protest KFC at 1210 Barton Springs Road in Austin, TX. For more information, please contact Salvador at afa@ccsi.com. Come out and show people that the secret in KFC's secret recipe is the torture of millions of chickens. KFC is responsible for slitting conscious birds' throats open, and scalding them while they're still alive. They cut the beaks off of mother hens without pain killers and drug their chickens with antibiotics to keep them alive through conditions that would otherwise kill them. Please join our worldwide campaign against KFC by attending this protest. You can visit www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com for more information. "

Now officially revamped

Posted by: Ross on 2005/05/09 10:00pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Well, the site is now officially revamped with a new layout. The message board is actually working, though there aren't too many posting options currently, it does get the job done. We'll be working on that in the coming days. Not all the pages are up, but the vegans, discussion, pictures, restaurants, and links pages are up. We'll be trying to get as much as we can up soon and get us closer to full functionality. Jacob's going to add a retrieve password link soon for those who have forgotten their password, and it'll be emailed to you when you click the link (mainly for you, Matt). A bunch of new options will be added including the ability to vote on venues as well as RSVP for upcoming events. So everyone get excited, and feel free to go ahead and start posting. ah and Jacob says hi. haha

Potluck

Posted by: Jacob on 2005/05/04 9:09pm. | 2 comments | add comment

Potluck 4/7/05 12:00pm Metropolitan Apartments

meetup sunday 4/3/05

Posted by: Ross on 2005/04/01 9:29pm. | 1 comments | add comment

There's a vegana meetup Sunday at Nu Age Cafe on Exposition at 6pm. check out vegan.meetup.com and sign up if you haven't already. RSVP if you're coming so we know how many to expect. Take care

RAW POTLUCK March 7th

Posted by: Jacob on 2004/03/02 9:09pm. | 1 comments | add comment

Raw, vegan potluck at Ross' place March 7th.  Ross says: "raw means only vegetables uncooked. no pasta, chips, or the like. i also don't want everyone to bring a typical salad, because how many of you want to only eat that? i have a raw recipe book if you'd like some ideas." If you wantt more info, send me a mail, jacob@gnu.org ~Jacob

Dinner at World Beat

Posted by: Ross on 2004/02/27 3:45pm. | add comment

dinner at world beat cafe at 7pm friday 2/27! come eat with us.

Hey guys!

Posted by: Ross on 2004/01/29 11:38am. | add comment

I just received this note from Michael Me, so you guys should all go check it out! -Ross      Ararat Middle Eastern Restaurant is hosting Vegetarian Monday Nights. We open up at 6:00 pm and feature live entertainment starting at 7:30. We serve a special menu on Monday nights (all vegetarian and most dishes can be served vegan). Call 419-1692 to make reservations. 111 E. Northloop Blvd.

Vegan Tacos

Posted by: Jacob on 2003/12/08 5:59pm. | add comment

Hey everyone.  I'm going to be throwing a taco party at my house in South Austin on Saturday, December 13.  I'm going to have different kinds of fake taco meats, vegetables, etc.  Feel free to bring stuff if you want and invite other vegans/vegetariants/other_cool_people.  I need to know how many people are showing up, so send an email to jacob@gnu.org if you plan on going.  More info later. ~Jacob

Potluck!

Posted by: caporte2 on 2003/12/08 12:16pm. | add comment

Hey everyone! there is going to be a potluck at my place tuesday night, dec. 8th.  starting at about 7 until whenever.  i live on the corner of red river and 38 1/2 sts.  big white art deco house.  parking may be slim, so best bet is to park on 38th st.  this is also going to be our xmas tree decorating party, since we conveniently have a lonely little pine tree in our back yard.  so if you have any tacky items to decorate with, bring 'em along!   any questions, call me at 775.8986.  hope to see you guys here! caroline

Austin Energy's Green Choice Program

Posted by: Ross on 2003/12/05 8:20pm. | add comment

I know many of you would be interested in this, I hadn't heard about it until a couple weeks ago in my geology class.  Austin Energy has a program which you can participate in by giving just a little more in your monthly utility bill(a couple dollars/mth right now, by next year, only cents more/mth) than the typical charges.  By joining it shows your support for alternative energy sources, primarily wind and solar power, and lets Austin Energy know that you're interested in decreasing our reliance on fossil fuels for power.  Austin still gets 30% of its power from coal burning, one of the filthiest fuels to burn, and only 3% from alternative sources!  So sign up for it on the following site, or there's a number you can call to do it as well, it's only a bit more each month that i'm sure most of you can spare.   go to the following site for more information: http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Choice/ Take care.

Vegan roommate sought.

Posted by: markp on 2003/12/04 11:00am. | add comment

Hey y'all, I'm looking for a vegan roommate to move into a house I recently bought in central east Austin (near MLK and Springdale, backs up to the municipal golf course over there).  $400 a month plus 1/3 of bills, living with one boy (25) and one lady (21).  We're definitely into buying/cooking communal groceries.  It's a decently sized room and there's a full bath that the renter would have pretty much to themselves.  We have two dogs and a kitten living at the house, animal companions are welcome (as long as everyone gets along!).  The house has new CACH and a huge fenced yard. If y'all know of anyone that needs a place, please let me know.  You can email me at pantstx@another.com.  Thanks!

Action for Animals potluck

Posted by: Ross on 2003/11/29 9:49am. | add comment

here's the info about a potluck tonight at Joe's house if anyone can make it. Saturday, November 29, from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m., we'll hold a holiday vegan potluck for anyone and everyone. The address is: 210 W. 51st Street (please park across the street at Intramural Fields). This will be a fun time to meet other animal friendly folks, and for those of you who didn't get a chance to eat much on Thanksgiving, you'll get a chance to indulge in delicious vegan dishes. Please RSVP to this email addy if you get a chance. And if you'd like, BYOB. Bring your own plate/utensils and any friends/family that may be visiting. Action for Animals PO Box 456 Austin, TX 78767 512-236-9518

Thanksgiving (Happy pilgrim kill native)

Posted by: Ross on 2003/11/28 10:39pm. | add comment

Hey guys, hope you had a nice time on this certainly interesting day for vegans. We should have some sort of activity coming up soon.

abused kitten!

Posted by: trishtang on 2003/11/17 3:05pm. | add comment

Fellow vegans: Please contact me (trish@urbanfunk.com) if you or anyone you know might be able to provide an approx. 6 week old black and white kitten a safe, loving, and permanent home. It was found in an alleyway downtown with its eyes gouged out. Needless to say, this little kitten desperately needs help. Surgery will be performed this week, so adoption (at no cost) should be possible sometime next week.

UPDATERRR

Posted by: Ross on 2003/10/23 11:50am. | add comment

First of all, thanks to all who came to movie night! A nice time was had by all and let me say again, Igby Goes Down rocks. If you want to watch it let me know, I've got a copy.  Oh and you missed out on homemade vanilla-coconut and peanut-butter chocolate ice cream. Now, it's time for the next potluck guys!!  Here's the email from Tiffany. -ross _________________________________________________________________ Hey everybody!!!!     SACA is having a potluck this Sunday (10/26) at 2pm (you can come later if you're playing soccer). It is going to be awesome. We are having it in conjunction with a group called vegan meet-up, and many other great people from around Austin. Come and party and eat with us. Please bring food, or beverages that are vegan (no dairy, honey, meat, or eggs). The potluck will be at Lauren's house at 3209 Harris Park here are the directions: going north on Duval, turn right on 32nd, and left on Harris       Park.Her house will be about 1/2 block down on the right. if you get lost or need some info please feel free to call Lauren at 512-479-4052 Also you can call me (Tiffany) at 236-0576 for info                      See you on Sunday at 2 pm,                            SACA

Movie Night alteration

Posted by: Ross on 2003/10/20 6:28pm. | add comment

Ok movie night has now been moved to Wednesday night at 8. Hope to see you there!

Movie Niiiiiiiight and other stuff

Posted by: Ross on 2003/10/20 12:17am. | add comment

Ok guys update. We're having a movie night on this Thursday, October 23 at 8pm here at my condo.  The movie is Igby Goes Down, an awesome film about a boys strange coming of age story.  If you'd like more info on it go to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280760/ .  There will be vegan dessert, probably ice cream, so try to make it out. The condo's located by 24th and Lamar.  From Lamar turn going east on 24th toward UT and turn at your first left onto Longview.  The complex is in the middle with "2408" on the front, and there's also a weird horse thing hanging from the 2nd floor balcony , yeah that's us.  The code for the gate is 2424*, and the condo is #212.  My number's 512-779-7308 if you need help. Another note is we've decided that along with the Students Against Cruelty to Animals there will be a monthly potluck on the last Sunday of every month. So next sunday there will be a potluck at Lauren's house, where the last one was, at 2pm.  Directions will be sent again later. That's it for now, hope to see you Thursday. Peace, Ross

Post-potluck

Posted by: Ross on 2003/09/30 11:18pm. | add comment

Sunday's potluck was very nice, and Lauren as well as her house was a great host.  We should have pictures posted soon.  Take care

Sunday Specifics

Posted by: Ross on 2003/09/24 1:11pm. | 5 comments | add comment

Alright the potluck is at Lauren's house. Lauren lives at 3209 Harris Park. Going North on Duval, turn right on 32nd street, and left on Harris Park. Her house will be on the right about 1/2 block down. So bring an awesome vegan dish(no animal products- meat, eggs, milk, honey, etc.) and impress everyone. 2pm Sunday

Tiffany's house potluck Sunday

Posted by: Ross on 2003/09/24 12:08am. | add comment

ALRIGHT! potluck sunday at 2pm at Tiffany's house. So start plannin' guys, get your dish ideas rollin'. Details will be out soon like directions to the house. Peace

Potlucks

Posted by: Ross on 2003/09/14 6:38pm. | add comment

Well the potluck at Monkeywrench Books was pretty awesome!  There was some great food and lotsa kids throwing/eating shoes.  If you missed it, don't worry, we're going to have our own potluck pretty soon(2 weeks from today, Sunday) cooperatively with the UT Students Against Cruelty to Animals.  The sections now functional are Vegans, Pictures, and Restaurants.  Feel free to check out the pages and make posts.

Potluck Sunday

Posted by: Ross on 2003/09/09 1:18pm. | 2 comments | add comment

There will not be a potluck hosted by VRA this coming Sunday but Rosa-Maria sent out an email on our email list about this potluck, which we're going to plan on going to instead, and just host ours the next Sunday: Every second Sunday of the month (the 14th) there is a vegan potluck at MonkeyWrench Books from 5 to 7 PM.  It is for punk parents, radical parents, punk kids, radical kids, and the folks that like them - so basically all you all are invited.  The address is 110 E North Loop, and if you need directions you can either call me, Rosa-Maria, at 459-7899 or MonkeyWrench books at 407-MWBK. See you there. ~Rosa-Maria

potluck?

Posted by: ! michael me ! on 2003/09/09 12:08pm. | add comment

are there still plans for a vegan potluck this sunday evening? if so, where and what time?

SPOON!

Posted by: Jacob on 2003/08/30 12:46pm. | add comment

Got the server moved yesterday.  The next vegan meetup is next Saturday, September 6.  Check vegan.meetup.com for more details. ~Jacob

Sweet...15. Yeah!

Posted by: Fethr on 2003/08/12 11:23pm. | 2 comments | add comment

Bling bling, yo, this upcoming day, the 23rd happens to be the day I was born 16 years ago! Which means I'll be 15. And, my birthday happens to be on a Saturday-- pimp, huh? But save the gifts (I know you've bought them months in advance and already wrapped them! for December 24th: my name day! Woohoooo. Peace, --Birthday girl Eva

I've got a headache

Posted by: Jacob on 2003/07/17 4:05pm. | 1 comments | add comment

And it's all your fault.

rar

Posted by: Ross on 2003/06/23 1:32pm. | 2 comments | add comment

RARRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Sunday, June 22

Posted by: Jacob on 2003/06/17 4:39pm. | add comment

Vegan potluck at Ross' place. Bring food and eat other people's food. vegan YO

Friday June 20th

Posted by: Jacob on 2003/06/10 1:10pm. | add comment

The Unisys patent on the compression algorithm used in .gif files expires June 20th, and you know what that means.  It's time to celebrate!  Jacob aka Theodore will be throwing a party at his house, and you are invited!  I'm not to sure on the details yet, but there will definatly be some tiki torches and of course the 14 foot trampoline

Saturday, June 14

Posted by: Jacob on 2003/06/10 1:04pm. | 5 comments | add comment

From Gabriel's email: There is an event being put on by the Austin Vegetarian Network next Saturday.  All I know at this point is that it's in the evening, there's a pool, and a whole bunch of Boca Burgers.  I'll let you know more as soon as I have the info!

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