As I’ve documented a few times in various online channels, pizza is my favorite food. A cheese pizza was the last thing I ate before going completely vegan ten years ago, and while there wasn’t much that I thought I’d miss foodwise, I did have some reservations about giving up pizza. Fortunately that same year,…
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A Guide to Lisbon, Portugal
The last five months have passed by in such blur as I tried frantically to get some movement with several long term projects. I was finally able to officially launch the Plant and Pine store, made some headway on my novel, started writing a second, wrote, revised, and submitted several short stories, a few poems,…
A Toronto Guide to Vegan Ice Cream
While we may be heading into the last stretch of summer, the temperatures are still soaring and that means the quest for some cool, sweet, and flavourful relief is still very much on. With that in mind, I’ve journeyed across Toronto’s vast sprawl to bring you a comprehensive list of where to get your vegan…
Je t’aime Montreal.
It’s odd that I’ve never been to Montreal before. It’s only a 5-hour train ride from Toronto (or a one hour flight). At times, I admit I’ve felt a bit apathetic towards exploring Canada more. There is a temptation to unfairly define and assess the entire country based on the qualities of its largest city, Toronto. I…
Falling in Love with the City of Angels
I’m not sure what ignited my Los Angeles and SoCal infatuation but it goes a long way back. An eight or nine-year-old version of myself even made a bold prediction – that he would one day move to California, a place he’d never been, and live near the ocean, in a beach house, with sand…
A Vegan’s Intro to New York
I didn’t know quite what to expect from my first venture to New York City. Having lived in Canada’s largest city for the past 11 years, there was a part of me that expected to not be overly impressed. I thought maybe it would be just another big city – larger than my…
A Vegan in San Francisco
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.” John Muir, an eloquent early advocate for wilderness preservation, a frequent explorer of California, and an occasional San Francisco resident, understood the restorative powers of interacting with the natural…
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