Jenny!

Happy Birthday to my little sister, Jenny! She's entered the later early twenties and living a life of style in NYC. She loves to look at herself, so here we go. If you ever see her on the street (she frequents Stogo! and all the hip spots in Williamsburg) say hi, she'd love that. I just know it. I wish I was there to celebrate and buy her all the sugared and salted margaritas she's fond of.

at Pommes Frites

With the wind and attitude in her hair shopping at the Chelsea Markets,

holding my olives

Years ago in Portland (okay, 3) holding a vegan cake she'd made

Look! Our brother and the family cat that lives with Jenny, Monkey

Jenny and Mike's new cat, Desmond (named after LOST!)

Two of my favorite people

And Jenny, Mike and my grandparents. I keep this photo on my digital camera, because I'm occasionally sentimental. It's from 3+ years ago at a street fair in Little Italy.

Tomorrow - the report of Dittering Day 1 & 2.

Dinner by Mike, and more from NYC.

My sister's boyfriend Mike is a great cook. He's previously veganized meals for me, like an herby white bean soup, as well as cooked straight from vegan cookbooks (last winter).

We accidentally left our May Wah fake chicken and ham in their freezer in NYC last month, and Mike turned it into a recent dinner with grains for him and my sister. Oh my, flexitarians! They raved it about it so much they wanted me to share it here.


Since it has been a month, and my life is coming back to some degree of normality lately, here's a dose of NYC food porn:

First up, just one of the fake meat freezers at May Wah in Chinatown. It was my first time going there, and it was more vegan-friendly than I expected. As opposed to the hunt for vegan-friendliness at the Fubonn freezer.

We were actually at May Wah on a very full stomach, after having lunch at Buddha Bodai.
We had eaten dim sum at Vegetarian Dim Sum House earlier in the week, and the full lunch experience at Buddha kicked that experience's ass. I really do miss good vegan Chinese food!

Spring rolls

General Tso's Veg. Chicken (and Jenny's skinny elbow) - excellent.

Sweet & Sour (or Orange? hmm) Veg. Chicken

Gluten & Vegetables Pan Fried Noodle
I got sick of the gooey gluten pretty quickly,
but this dish was just what I had been craving all day.

Wonton Soup

Babycakes cupcakes
Jenny had a carrot, I had vanilla. Hard to eat cupcakes in serious heat, I never miss East Coast humidity, but we made do.

And here's Chef Mike, eating his Babycakes cream filled cookie later on.

Contrary to the look on his face and commentary on the wheat free, vegan bakery, he really likes that cookie.