It’s been a week since I attended VegFest in Orlando, and I’m still processing all the great info that I got! For one thing, it reinforced my decision to make at least a few days a week meatless and buying organic meat for all the other days (see previous post). As I see it, you get three chances a day to do something good for the planet… or in my case, five or six chances (did I mention that I’m constantly eating?!).
In addition to learning about vegetarianism at the event, I also connected with lots of great people who educated me on the happenings in Orlando. Here are a few of my fave findings:
- Audubon Park Community Market opening on December 3rd! (It’s so close, I can walk there! Yay, no car needed!)
- Critical Mass is also here in Orlando (but I missed the ride on Halloween)
- We’ve got some great organic, raw, veggie and vegan restaurants that I have to check out! Ethos, Z-Café, Café 118, Drunken Money, and Infusion Tea, and the Dandelion Communitea (which I’ve been to before).
- There’s a cool organization called Ourlando that strives to create a vibrant and sustainable local living economy.
It was a beautiful day in Loch Haven Park, the sun was shining, and I just loved talking to random, but friendly, strangers at the event and wish I had room in my stomach to eat more of the goodies that were there! (I definitely would have had room for cupcakes, but they ran out, so I’ll just have to visit their store.) Plus I met up with Karla and bumped into Karen there, so it was the perfect Saturday afternoon. (I knew Karen wouldn't want me to put her picture up, so it's just met and Karla here! BTW, I wore my Buy Local tee that day, which some guy really liked and asked me where I got it... ironically, I didn't get it locally, it's from Martha's Vineyard up in MA!)
