And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• VINE Sanctuary
• Sea Shepherd
• NYCLASS
• Punk Rock Karaoke
• TheFoodDuo.com and HugAVegan.com
• Vegan Outreach
• VeganMentors.org
• Vegan Cook-Off
• Empty Cages Collective
• Defeat Christine Quinn

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, June 27th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join us as we benefit Goosewatch NYC and let the world know you’re going by RSVPing at Facebook.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

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Join us THIS Thursday, May 30, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC to mark our fifth anniversary! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. SoulKofa is back to feed you!

This month, we’ll be benefiting VINE Sanctuary. VINE (“veganism is the next evolution”), located in Springfield, VT, provides a haven for animals who have escaped or been rescued from the meat, dairy and egg industries or other hurtful circumstances. Stuff your dollars in the donation jar, and buy raffle tickets from VINE to win one of these great prizes:

• Gift certificate from Champs
• Cake from Clementine’s Bakery
• Snack Box from Vegan Cuts
• Gift certificate from Terri
• Gift certificate from Vegan Essentials
• T-shirt from Vaute Couture
• Gift certificate from Peacefood
• VegNews subscription and tote bag
• T-shirt and buttons from Compassion & Co.
• Two tickets to the Vegan Cook-Off: Hors D’ouevres Competition (June 2nd at the Bell House, Brooklyn)
• Various vegan cookbooks

Music by DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and DJ Jason Das!

Wanna let all your Internet friends know you’re going? RSVP on Facebook if you’re of the mindset to do so.

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

From yoga classes to cooking demonstrations, to group activities and film screenings, to big-time vegan speakers, The Seed is 25,000 square feet of your vegan fix.

This year’s speakers include personalities like vegan athlete and entrepreneur Brendan Brazier, punk singer and author John Joseph, activist and Russell Simmon’s executive assistant Simone Reyes, and vegan podcasters Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan.

Exhibitors attending The Seed will include activist groups, artists and artisans, and food and product companies, including sponsors Whole Foods Market, Vitamix, and Vega.

If you want to register to attend, use discount code “vegan20″ to get 20% off the ticket price. See you there!

The Seed Experience

May 18^th and 19^th

82 Mercer Street

10:00am – 6:00pm

Well too bad for us, Youth Empowered Action Camp is only for 12-17 year-olds!

But if you have a kid, they could go:

“Life-Changing Vegan Summer Camp for Youth Making a Difference!”

When: August 10-17, 2013

Where: Nature’s Classroom in Charlton, MA (one hour from Boston)

www.yeacamp.org for more information or to register

“This camp has truly changed my life. You have inspired me to do so much with my life and to make the world a truly better place. You have inspired me to believe in myself and to not just say ‘I’m just a kid, what can I do?’ Because of you, I have been able to actually make a difference.” -Bianca, Age 15

Vendors include:

• Alchemy Creamery – Cool down with a sampling of gourmet ice creams like Dark Chocolate Chai, Coconut Green Tea, & Cranberry White Grape! (gluten free)

• Heirloom Eatery - Get snacky with homemade classics like Meatball Heroes, Steak Sandwiches, Kale Chips, and Sriracha Cupcakes!

• Treeline Cheese - These sell like hot cakes, so buy early! Outstanding aged Cashew Cheese Wheels in Smoke or Pepper, and silky Scallion Cream Cheese! (gluten & soy free)

• Lael Cakes – Find your sweet tooth through beautiful Coconut Rum Cake w/ Passion Fruit Icing, Lemon Poppy Cake w/ Lavender Rosemary Icing, and Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookies! (gluten, soy & nut free)

• Heat Sweets - Try the brand new sweet ‘n’ spicy Jalapeno Mango Carrot Fruit Leather! Plus pick up specially priced gift sets of mini hot jellies and relishes!

• Monks Meats – You won’t go hungry after Mushroom Pepper Steak Sandwiches, the ultimate Lasagna, and Stewed Pot Roast Hot Pockets! Not to mention all 4 flavors of seitan sold in half pound containers.

• Gone Pie – Get stocked up on the best of the best like Vanilla Macaroons, Chocolate Almond Tarts, Choc-Covered Tahini Cookies, Carrot Cake w/ Caramashew Cream Cheese Frosting, Brownies, and more! (gluten free)

• Vegan Bodega – Check out their new products like Jerky from Morels The Vegan Butcher and Coconut Bacon from Phoney Baloney’s!

• Green Pirate Juice Truck - Not only can you score the most amazing, healthful drinks around like Walk The Plank(a superfood green juice) and Monkey Vibes(banana berry coco choco smoothie), but you’re gifted 15% off any 3 or 5 day Juice Cleanse Package when you sign up this Saturday!! Not to be missed!

And that’s just a wink of the findings you’ll see this Saturday! Let’s not forget Donuts from Cinnamon Snail Food Truck, Fresh Juice Ice Pops from Monster Haus, Ethiopian Brunch by Bunna Cafe, and Raw Cookie Confections by Sweet.!

Photo of Kristin by Allison McPhail of 5 A.M. Creative

Have you ever felt stuck? Trapped in your current life situation and yearning for change? Also, do you really really really like vegan food? Well if you haven’t heard of Kristin Lajeunesse, she’s way ahead of you. A little over a year and a half ago Kristin celebrated her five-year veganiversary by quitting her job as a successful social media manager, ending a long-term relationship, selling all her “crap”, and buying Gerty, a green ’95 Chevy sports van. Kristin had one goal in mind: to eat at every 100% vegan restaurant in these United States of America. She successfully ran a Kickstarter campaign, “Will Travel For Vegan Food” with a target of $9,682 and pledges of $12,560, made some mods to Gerty: removed the seats, built-in a loft bed, added storage and a chest for clothes, and hit the road. She is, of course, documenting the process and there’s also some blogging, vlogging, Facebooking, Instagramming, and Tweeting going on.

Kristin gladly accepts breakfast/lunch/dinner/shower invitations, so last week, I had the distinct pleasure of breaking bread with her at Real Food Daily in Santa Monica, California– and she didn’t make me feel even a teeny bit stalkery. Poised to be the absolute authority on vegan dining in America, she managed to find a few moments in-between meals to answer our questions and let us live vicariously through her for a little bit longer.

SuperVegan: Tell us about your trip so far: where have you been and how long have you been on the road?

Kristin: I’ve been on the road for 14 months now and have visited 46 states so far. The states I have left to visit are: Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and North Dakota (if I get to that one) ;)

Which restaurants have been some of your favorites so far?

I recently wrote a blog post naming my top 10 restaurants of the past year. But so far, my favorite remains Vedge in Philadelphia.

Any real misses? You don’t have to name names if you don’t want to, but have you been given anything inedible or just bad to eat? Any states you don’t ever feel the need to go back to?

To be honest, I’ve only had maybe 2 (out of about 400) bad experiences, and since I’m not a fan of talkin’ bad I chose to not write about those few misses, and and a result, the names of those places, and even their locations, have escaped my mind. Most of my travels have been quite lovely but I didn’t spend very much time in Delaware or Alabama. And I’m okay with that. Haha… I would however like to revisit New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. I didn’t spend enough time in those states and I’d like to go back.

How much more trip is left to travel and how much time does just NYC take up?

I have four states left (though I’m not making Alaska or North Dakota priorities as they don’t have any vegan eateries). I’m giving myself another three months to complete the west coast and then drive back to NYC where I’ll finish the trip.

I spent one week in NYC, at the start of the trip, and made it through 30 of the vegan restaurants. But according to HappyCow, there are just under 200 … so I need to go back to finish eating. Haha! :) Just today I firmed up a sublet for four whole months this summer. That should give me plenty of time to finish eating my way through one of my favorite cities in the US! :) [Editor's note: As of now, Happy Cow lists 129 vegetarian restaurants in the NYC area, and 53 vegan restaurants. SuperVegan lists 179 vegetarian restaurants and 66 vegan restaurants. There is variation between the two in terms of what counts as 100% vegan and in the geographical area.]

What’s been the hardest thing about the trip so far?

The hardest part of the trip has been having to leave new friends behind. In some cases I’ve spent 2-4 weeks in one location and have met some lifelong friends. It’s always very hard to leave them because I honestly don’t know if or when I’ll get to see them again.

Any big surprises? Either personal or food related?

I started the trip with an open mind and a ‘take it as it comes’ attitude, which has resulted in few surprises, it seems. However, personally I do feel like I’ve changed quite a bit. Before starting this trip I was relatively reclusive and not nearly as social or outgoing (unless I was around close friends). Time with new friends, and time alone have allowed for tremendous personal growth, which has enabled a better understanding of the type of person I was, the type of person I want to be, and where I want to go in life.

I find it easier to catch myself when I revert back to comfortable and less desirable behaviors that have in the past stunted my ability to grow, and be open, and outgoing.

I’ve learned that most people truly are good people. I grew up in a small town and remember learning that everyone is out to get you, always look over your shoulder, type of things. And while I do still use caution when traveling alone, or going about my day-to-day business, I’m much more open to conversations with complete strangers. I’ve learned so much from those interactions.

Regarding food – no big surprises but a few patterns have emerged. For example, Florida has a ton of raw food restaurants when compared to the rest of the country. Nearly half of the ones I visited were raw! You can get vegan crab, octopus, jellyfish, and sharkfin soup at a few restaurants in Los Angeles! And, I’m still working my way up southern CA but so far, even the “average” food on the west coast is just a tick better than the “really good” food in most other parts of the country, with the exception of NYC of course. It’s true! :)

Tell us something you’ve learned about vegan restaurants that you didn’t know before you started this.

Ooh! Great question! I’ve learned that most vegan restaurant owners are extremely passionate about the food they serve and mean well. I’ve learned that it takes a LOT of hard work to open, manage, and maintain a restaurant. It’s a 24/7 kind of job that requires multiple skills and unwavering dedication. While I may have become more critical of things like table service, plating, atmosphere, and social media management, after having dined at so many now, I also have tremendous respect for anyone who jumps in. It’s a demanding industry, to say the least.

Hot Knives Chili photo by Cambria Griffith

– The food for December 27th’s Vegan Drinks will be vegan African from Soulkofa!

– The gents from Hot Knives share their winning chili recipe . It sounds amazing!

– Sarah Kramer’s iPhone app Go Vegan! w/Sarah Kramer is on sale for just $2.99 (normally it sells for $6.99) from Dec 25th to Jan 2nd!

– It’s officially soup weather. Here are 25 classic soup recipes. . .veganized!

– Yay! The National Institutes of Health will move all of the federally-owned chimpanzees at the New Iberia Research Center to Chimp Haven, the federal chimpanzee sanctuary in Keithville, La., over the next 12 to 15 months! Read more about it here.

– Great news, Angelenos! The Cafe Gratitude team is expanding and we’re getting a Gracias Madre in WeHo!

-Jason read Brokelyn’s “Rib sticking good, minus the ribs: 6 places to grab vegan comfort food“ and had never heard of Rosamunde, but I’ve been there, and I live in LA! Get yourselves to Williamsburg!

-Heya NYC, grab a $15 coupon for Café Blossom in the Village from JDeal. We’re pretty sure non-Jews are eligible, too.

– Salon reports that “Adam Lanza was a vegan.” Great.

Send us your tips, gossip and holiday wishes at tips@supervegan.com

Need a last minute holiday gift and strapped for cash? Need something to do for an hour and a half with the family during the holidays? Know someone with a degenerative disease like type 2 diabetes or heart disease that still eats animals?

We are giving one lucky reader a copy of Forks Over Knives — “The feature film that examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.”

All you have to do is leave a comment in our handy comment section telling us who you’ll be gifting this to and why. Please make sure you fill in your e-mail address or we won’t be able to let you know if you’ve won!

Winner will be chosen the morning of Thursday, December 20th!

– Meat is murder in more ways than one. A Florida man murdered his drunken roommate during an argument about how to prepare pork chops.

– Did you know that Get Vegucated is on NetFlix, Amazon, iTunes or DVD? Watch it now!

– Costa Rica bans hunting as a sport!

– “Hello, My name is Darwin. You may know me as the IKEA monkey.” Contribute to the sanctuary that took Darwin in!

– Congrats to Laika Magazine, “The New Vegan Lifestyle Quarterly!” on launching! You can get a subscription for 25% off at Vegan Cuts.

– A New York City teenager was charged in an opossum’s beating death.

– Did you know Groupon is still in business? Also, they have a deal for half off at Pure Food and Wine! Hurry it ends soon!

– According to the Wall Street Journal, America’s Milk Business is in ‘Crisis’ Part of their solution? To “deride fast-growing alternatives like soy and almond milk as ‘imitation milk.’”

As per always, we’d love you to drop us a line with news, tips, info, gossip, fortunes at tips@supervegan.com

– VegNews reports that Josh Rosen of Charm School Chocolates wins the Food Network’s holiday special Sweet Genius. Go Vegans!

– Beyond Meat™ Chicken-Free Strips are now available in recipes in the deli section of Whole Foods Market stores throughout the Northeast, North Atlantic, and Midwest! That means you; Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin! Have you tried it yet? Do you like it better than Gardein? Tell us in the comments!

– Heya Angelenos! Look at all these meals you should eat:
Scoutmob is offering 50% off at California Vegan!

Mohawk Bend is hosting Joseph Shuldiner, author of “Pure Vegan” and director of the Institute of Domestic Technology, on December 17th for the restaurant’s ongoing Meatless Monday series. A three-course dinner of a celery root and fennel chowder, polenta with wild mushrooms, hazelnuts and figs, and a pistachio olive oil cake will only cost you $20 per person or $40 per person for the meal and a signed copy of “Pure Vegan.” Reservations can be made by calling (213) 483-2337.

The Spork Sisters are doing a pop-up dinner at Susan Feniger’s vegan-friendly STREET on January 14th!

– What do you think about this mobcaster campaign for a vegan sitcom “with Eric Roberts!”?

As always, please share your news, info, gossip and appreciation by e-mailing us at tips@supervegan.com

– Enter the VegNews Magazine holiday cookie contest! Send cookie recipes to cookiecontest@vegnews.com by tomorrow at 5pm PT or else you won’t win a Vitamix, Sticky Fingers treats, or chocolate from Allison’s gourmet!

– Or, just make some of these 6 vegan cookie recipes instead.

– Or-or watch Clara Cakes very own Clara (she is 15!) in her video “How to Make Vegan Mexican Wedding Cookies”.

– Vegan handbag designer Melie Bianco is having a sale: 20% off with the code Happy Holidays.

– Want to buy someone a vegan bakery for the holidays? Super Foxy Sweets is for sale! Email owner Jane Gish for more information.

– Want to buy someone a fast casual restaurant for the holidays? Lyfe Kitchen to franchise.

– Or, Dirt Candy owner Amanda Cohen says, maybe don’t.

– Maybe just go eat out instead? LA Vegan Crepe opens tomorrow!

– Is this the most expensive mixer you’ve ever seen?

– According to The Daily Pennsylvanian veganism is sweeping the nation! “A Bon Appétit poll taken in 2006 and then again in 2010 showed that the number of college vegans doubled in that four-year period and that the number of vegetarians rose by 50 percent. “

Send us news, tips, recipes, gossip, love notes! tips@supervegan.com

– MooShoes is hosting an Adoption Day for Heavenly Angels on Sunday, December 9th from 12-4 and will even pay half your adoption fee! For lots more info, including the adorable adoptees like Scooter and Penelope, check out the MooShoes website or the Facebook event

– Steve-O stars with pigs in What Came Before, a new video from the fine folks at Farm Sanctuary Watch it or send it to other people here!

– Warm up your ovens! Earth Balance is having a Holiday Bake-Off Competition and we want you to win! Here’s all the info you need, minus a great recipe.

– Vegan Holiday Shop-Ups are on! Saturday, December 8th, 15th, and 22nd, 12-5pm at Pine Box Rock Shop! Shop for yourself and or for others: “homemade nut milks, award winning cookies, holiday cakes, coffee, teas, kombucha, truffles, Ethiopian snacks, chocolates, plus, eco-friendly clothing, soaps, skin care, jewelry, the LIST GOES ON!”

– Dirt Candy is having a holiday sale, too! Free shipping on t-shirts, cookbooks, tote bags and gift certificates!

– NYCLASS shares news that last week saw two carriage horse accidents– one involving a carriage horse with a child passenger, a tour bus, and an SUV on 59th Street and 5th Ave. Help them gear up for the holiday season by volunteering for some holiday tourist outreach. Volunteer here!

– Organic Avenue has a Midtown Pop-Up and they’re offering a $56 LOVE POP54 Cleanse to Celebrate. Find out all sorts of info about it here.

– Help Compassion in World Farming end sow stalling in Europe! Send a prepared a final warning message to the agriculture ministers of nations set to be in breach of the forthcoming ban. Let them know it’s unacceptable to keep sows illegally in small cages for months on end.

Send us tips so we know things! tips@supervegan.com

– “Military’s dogs of war also suffer post-traumatic stress disorder” via LATimes

– Albania is planning to “celebrate” 100th birthday with mass slaughter of 1,000 lambs. via The Guardian

– 585 South African rhinos have been killed so far this year, up from 13 in 2007. via The Guardian

– Farmers want Killer Whales off the endangered species list so they can get more water for irrigation. “The quirky link between California cotton and melon farmers and the 85 killer whales, which spend much of the year around the Strait of Georgia, Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound, is water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river deltas. The water is needed for salmon, the preferred diet of killer whales, so farmers’ access to river water for irrigation has been limited.” via Times Colonist

-And speaking of the sea, get 25% off purchases at the Sea Shepherd store, be entering coupon code HOLIDAY2012 until December 16th!

– New Jersey mayor Cory Booker and vegetarian Cory Booker begins a food stamp challenge: $27.98 for one week. via The Republic

– Vegan Drinks Omaha’s first ever event is coming up on November 29th! Co-hosted by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and John of Laziest Vegans, you can also RSVP on Meetup or on The Facebook. According to our math, that’s one link for every Vegan Omahanian. Live in Not Omaha but still want to Vegan Drink? Find a Vegan Drinks in your city here.

– LA Vegan Drinks is Dec 5th!

-AND, NYC Vegan Drinks is this Thursday!

– Pet surgery could save human lives: “Many devoted pet owners are happy to spend thousands on operations for their cats and dogs – and these procedures could help teach scientists about human diseases, too.”

– Sorry to say, Stogo’s is no mo’. You’ll have to get your Vegan ice cream elsewhere, East Villagers.

– Compassion Couture’s sale is till tomorrow! Go forth and shop, Vegans!

– Rauom, a company claiming to be, “the only US maker of an ancient Japanese delicacy – rich, creamy, intense cured tofu that occupies the niche vacated by cheeses in traditionally dairy free Japan” has newly arrived on the shelves of Fairway Markets on the UES and UWS in NYC. Has anyone tried it yet?

Got any Hot Vegan Tips? E-mail us! tips@supervegan.com

Did you go load up on Vegan Treats at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn this past weekend? You should have!

• You know Kopi Luwak, that kind of coffee bean that has to pass through a civet’s digestive tract before it’s ready? (Yes, that’s a nice way to say “pooped”.) Well, it’s now popular enough to be intensively farmed. What was a once a wild-foraged oddity has become an industrial atrocity.
• We’re still pretty excited about the movies, but big news today was that many animals who “worked” on the The Hobbit died or suffered serious injuries due to neglect. (To keep things in perspective, remember this is nowhere near the bodycount caused by the meat and dairy eaten by the cast and crew of pretty much any movie.)
• “FDNY firefighter says he’s been ostracized – because he became a vegetarian“. The best part of this slightly confusing NYPost story is the URL slug “tofu_fu_bravest_diet_beef”. Maybe he can move to Austin.
• There’s some holiday involving eating this Thursday, and in case you missed ‘em, check out our Big Fat Guide To Los Angeles Vegan Thanksgiving and our Big Fat Guide to New York City Vegan Thanksgiving and our Handy Roundup of All The Frozen Thanksgiving Turkey Alternatives With Their Official Corporate Descriptions.
• Because you aren’t all lucky enough to live in NYC or LA, be thankful that Vegansaurus did a Thanksgiving Round-Up for the SF Bay Area.
• If you’re cooking, tis the season for the PostPunk Kitchen’s Voluptuous Pumpkin Pie and to raid their archive of other Thanksgiving recipes
• We’re also more than a little impressed by Dan Pashman’s Veggieducken: “yams inside leeks inside a banana squash, with vegetarian stuffing between each layer”. An outstanding vegetable-based (as opposed to protein-mass-based) Thanksgiving centerpiece dish!
• Mercy For Animals set up a fancy Pardon a Turkey website. This looks especialy fun for kids, new vegetarians, or people who just love filling out yet another form on the internet
• Go beyond pardoning! Adopt a Turkey!
• Exactly one week after Thanksgiving, it’s time for November Vegan Drinks NYC benefitting Friends of Animals and Heirloom Vegan Eatery serving up Southern-style breakfast-for-dinner.
• What’d we miss? Let us know in the comments or e-mail tips@supervegan.com

Miki Duisterhof

– As if everything we already know about Sandy isn’t devastating enough, check out this NYTimes article about the New York Aquarium and this one about what happens to urban wildlife in crazy storms.

– On a lighter, more delicious note, The NYTimes has also provided us with some Vegan Thanksgiving recipes courtesy Chef Chloe Coscarelli including Roasted Apple, Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Pizza, Coconut Mashed Yams With Currants, Southern Skillet Black-Eyed Peas and Cauliflower With Quick Biscuits, and Quick Biscuits With Maple “Butter”!

– Did you hear? LA City Council embraces Meatless Mondays!

– Speaking of LA, Woodland Hills is getting a Hugo’s Tacos, and Manhattan Beach is getting a new restaurant from the Shojin group called Rice!

– What can’t Oprah do? Now she’s getting into the organics business. Cause her network is doing so well.

– Are you a fan of Matt and also Nat? Well they’re both really this guy, Inder Bedi. Check out this very short interview with all three of them in mainstream BC newspaper, The Province.

Sweet & Sara’s Turchocallows!

– Shouldn’t you be at our Election Party right about now?

– Massive kudos to Vegansaurus for doing a vegan-minded state-by-state ballot measure voters’ guide!

– Sweet & Sara marshmallow turkey’s are now available! Turkey-shaped marshmallows dipped in chocolate– these give new meaning to “Gobble Gobble.”

– Our instagrams are on the web now! Check out all our pics, and I dunno, make a 2013 calendar with your favorite ones.

– Vegan chef writer person extraordinaire, Terry Hope Romero just did a week of guest posts for Powell’s Books. Check it out if you like good recipes and good writing.

– NYers! Terry is doing a Vegan Eats World signing tomorrow night at a cool new bookshop in Astoria, Queens. After you’ve recovered from the election party, go!

We know you’ve got some good Vegan gossip to share. Or saw something we missed. Send us an e-mail about it at tips@supervegan.com

– Sick of Sandy Stuff? But did you see this slideshow of amazing animal rescues courtesy HuffPo?

– Angelenos! Did you catch Sea Shepherd’s Brigitte Bardot boat that was in LA this weekend?

– NYers! Are you coming to our Election Party tomorrow? Vote first. Then come to Fontana’s on the Lower East Side. Feed your anxiety with snacks from Chickpea & Olive and Dun-Well Doughnuts. RSVP on Facebook!

– Great Dietician Ginny Kisch Messina has a blog post called “A Healthy Start For Vegan Children” and really, aren’t we all children at heart?

– The Vida Vegan Tech Seminar happened this past weekend in Seattle. Did you go?

– The Universe’s favorite Vegan food truck, Cinnamon Snail, is planning on distributing food and phone-charging to Sandy-stricken areas, if they get the funding, making them even more awesome than Super Awesome. Help fund them and you’ll be pretty super awesome yourself.

Got any hot Vegan gossip or see something we missed? We like e-mails, too! Send us one at tips@supervegan.com

Happy World SuperVegan Day (aka November 1st), the day we like to pretend we’re the 99%.

– In addition to all the subway ones, thousands of lab rats (ok, mice) also drowned during hurricane Sandy.

– Didja see my article on Vegnews.com today? I co-wrote the LA vs NY Showdown with someone I’ve never met, the estimable Jasmin Singer, who defeated me in print, but I’m declaring myself winner of the web.

– Heya Philly! You got Beyond Meat! And, “By next weekend, this will be the case across the mid-Atlantic region.” Yay!

– Heya Montreal! Matt & Nat is having a sample sale November 6th- 10th! Their goods would make great holiday gifts, wink wink, nudge nudge.

– Vegan Pumas are in our future! Puma launches a new Eco-Friendly Sports Line to be available in Puma stores worldwide by February. I wear an 8.5, sayin’.

Got any good gossip or see something we missed? We appreciate tips! Send them to tips@supervegan.com

– Happy All Hallows Eve Eve! We hope you are safe and dry and full of candy, wherever you are. Here’s a recipe for nut-butter-based candy corn! And here’s another recipe that’s less nut-butter and more earth balance butter-based.

– Meatless Technologies continue to advance! Whole Foods in-house 365 label now has their own line of Vegan meats and Vegansaurus says they’re tasty!

– Vegansaurus also brings news that there’s another option for Thanksgiving this year from Gardein– a Holiday Roast with cranberry wild rice stuffing and homestyle gravy. I’m already thankful!

– Boo, and not the scary kind, but the angry kind: Air India rolls back their decision not to carry laboratory test animals.

– Starting Monday, November 5th Los Angeles’ M Cafe has a new “Macro-Hour” menu to celebrate National Vegan Month. From 4-7 p.m.at the Melrose location there will be special items like Mini Mac & Cheese, Crispy Asparagus Spears, Macro Nachos, BBQ Seitan Vietnamese Spring Rolls, M-Ranch Wrap and “Macro-Shooters” Pressed Juice Flights all priced between $6-8. Why isn’t it called Happy Hour? Cause there’s no sweets on the menu.

– Another new Veggie Grill is set to open in Hollywood tomorrow and another other will open before 2013 in Westwood.

– Vegan Cookbook author extraordinaire, Terry Hope Romero has a new one out on the proverbial shelves of Amazon. “Vegan Eats World” has more than 300 recipes based on international favorites.

Got any juicy Vegan gossip or see something we missed? Write to us at tips@supervegan.com.

– Michael’s in Santa Monica, CA has a small new Vegan menu section!

– The first of what promises to be a chain of Urban Garden’s, a fast-casual mediterranean eatery that is super Vegan friendly, soft-opened today on Fairfax in Los Angeles. Check out the menu, pumpkin colored ‘V”s denote Vegan items.

– Yet more awesome Vegan food in LA! The Pub at Golden Road has a bunch of new amazing looking menu items including but not limited to jackfruit tacos. Anyone wanna take me?

– Here’s a fucking depressing story about elephant poaching in Tanzania, y’know, in case you need an excuse to have a good cry.

– Looking to do some internet shopping? Bid on a “Sushi Making Class in Your Own Home for up to 6 People with Celebrity Chef Guy Vaknin” (of vegetarian sushi restaurant Beyond Sushi). Proceeds benefit The Humane Society of the US. Current bid at time of posting: $275.00.

– Heya New Yorkers! Lower East Side Pickle Day is this Sunday, October 27th Sunday, November 4 (they moved it to avoid the Frankenstorm). 12 picklers+3 vegan food vendors (Tiengarden, Ni Japanese, Bombay Sandwiches) = GO!

Got any hot Vegan news or see something interesting we missed? Drop us a note at tips@supervegan.com.

– LA city council votes awesome and bans stores from selling non-rescue dogs and cats and rabbits!

– Hey New Yorkers, are you coming to Vegan Drinks on Thursday? We hope so, cause we like like you.

– Hey Chi-people, are you going to Mercy For Animals’ Chicago Vegan Chef Showdown? Eight chefs will vie for the title of Best Vegan Chef so we recommend a “tasting ticket.” And no, I’m not the Andrea of Andrea’s Alternative Cuisine, but I do hope she wins!

– Hey Bostonians, or anyone able to travel to Bean Town– are you going to the Boston Veg Food Fair next weekend? It’s free and huge and if you’re able, you should probably go.

– Ancient Pythagorians (including Aristotle) were Vegetarians that didn’t eat beans! “Beans are for murderous, cannibalistic, semen-and-testicle-loving Devil worshippers.” Who knew?!

– Check out Vegansaurus’ review of Weather Puppy! A puppy-helping weather app.

– Due to protests led by Queen guitarist Brian May, our friends across the pond have post-poned plans to shoot several thousand badgers in an effort to reduce levels of bovine tuberculosis.

– Want a new career path? Here’s an awesome new option; go back to school! Lewis & Clark Law School is the first to offer a Master of Animal Law program.

– Not to freak you out, but The NYTimes reports that it’s not just animals making climate destroying methane. So is RICE. “Our results show that rice agriculture becomes less climate-friendly as our atmosphere continues to change,” Dr. van Groenigen said in a statement. “This is important because rice paddies are one of the largest human sources of methane and rice is the world’s second-most produced staple crop.” Uh oh.

– And lastly, this is what an asshole looks like eating a crappy fast food bigot chicken sandwich after 35 years of Vegetarianism.

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