VegFest

[jedusor]

Today I went to VegFest, an annual event that basically consists of hundreds of different vegetarian food samples. There were speakers and cooking demonstrations and book sales and other stuff too, but the samples are the main draw of the festival. I volunteered to help out for a few hours and therefore got in free, but then they talked me into signing up for a Vegetarians of Washington membership for $22. The membership got me so much awesome crap, though! Here's a list of stuff they gave me:

-A half-gallon of So Nice organic soymilk
-A loaf of Hemptation sprouted whole-grain bread
-A loaf of Dave's Killer Bread
-Two packages of Mori-Nu silken tofu
-Two cups of Amande almond yogurt (blueberry and strawberry flavors)
-Two cups of WholeSoy soy yogurt (peach and apricot mango flavors)
-A bottle of Sambazon acai juice
-A bottle of Good Belly Splash juice (blueberry acai flavor) --ETA: blech.
-A bottle of Taste Nirvana coconut water
-A bottle of Odwalla Superfood juice
-An Odwalla berry energy bar
-A sample size Lara energy bar (chocolate chip brownie flavor)
-A Cascadian Farm granola bar (Harvest Spice flavor)
-A sample box of Cascadian Farm organic dark chocolate almond cereal
-A sample packet (two pancakes' worth) of Prana vegan pancake mix
-A three-ounce bag of Bob's Red Mill steel-cut oats
-A bag of Boulder Canyon salt & vinegar potato chips, which are basically the best goddamn potato chips in the universe
-A bag of Somersaults cocoa nuggets
-Two packets of Dilmah tea (English Afternoon and Moroccan Mint flavors)
-Four packets of Numi tea (two Earl Grey, two mint)
-A packet of Bigelow green tea with pomegranate
-Two packets of Sunbutter sunflower seed spread
-A 15-gram bag of shelled hemp seeds
-A packet of organic sugar
-A Natracare feminine hygiene sample packet
-A birthday card (??)
-A year's subscription to the Vegetarian Times
-About 20 coupons, including one for a free half-gallon of Silk and several for free meals at Seattle-area restaurants
-A VegFest T-shirt

So yeah, I'm betting the value of all that is more than $22. And it's a good cause to support, too.

I spent some time there hanging out with Mark, who now holds the endurance record for obliviousness about my academic situation. He's known me for over eight years, and only today fit together the information "Julia is 20 years old" with the information "Julia is a college graduate" in his head. (He was perfectly aware of both of these facts, just never connected them.) It was a pretty hilarious conversation.

I had a really great time at the festival, and definitely plan to go again next year if I'm still in the area. Lots of awesome food, lots of friendly people, lots of fun.

Comments

[gerald_duck]

How are you going to eat it all before it goes off, though? Some of the stuff will keep, but the bread, yoghurt, milk and juices have a pretty limited shelf life, don't they?

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

The juices and yogurts are all single-serving, and Mike and I use a lot of bread and soymilk. I don't think it'll be a problem.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

I'm amused that a historical mullet was a crush-crusher, but trips to Wendy's to avoid vegetarian food wasn't.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

At ten, I think the only other vegetarian I knew was my brother. I made a big stink about people eating meat back then, but I didn't really hold it against them unless they were jerks about it. And when Bill was around, you were never the jerkiest carnivore in the room.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

My new motto: "Never the jerkiest carnivore in the room."

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Anything in particular you want? I'm not giving away my salt & vinegar chips, but I'm not too attached to the rest of it. I could mail you any of the non-perishables. I'm def not going to be using the feminine hygiene samples--yay, IUD :D

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

They have post offices there, I hear!

[verbyna.livejournal.com]

You mentioned you wanted to add me, so I hope it's not weird that I'm showing up on your LJ to say that your list made me sigh happily. :) Veg fests are awesome!

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Not weird! I added you on my fandom journal. :)