tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45844364858987914812024-03-23T12:41:33.800-07:00Vegan From The VilleThe journey of a black vegan woman originally from Alabama now in living California.veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-55484944572561364492023-11-18T12:07:00.000-08:002024-03-23T12:39:35.242-07:00The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWZzRsIjyLMqWzPQBsUVKtX4I0WKA7Xnz_zxp6cGd05CNAtpwyHIOls2JgjSjAymXzgNJfkgrSUpeAh_dM8WaW_doetgvPahQXkI9r-iSMAABHsOXwoPyZIeTyjYfHtrWLyzSBOQKYCSOA7OhEzhgt2b_D7Y9WeB6oczTOpaLvXyMwqo5EgQvzuGgnhbd/s763/IMG_2415.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="763" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWZzRsIjyLMqWzPQBsUVKtX4I0WKA7Xnz_zxp6cGd05CNAtpwyHIOls2JgjSjAymXzgNJfkgrSUpeAh_dM8WaW_doetgvPahQXkI9r-iSMAABHsOXwoPyZIeTyjYfHtrWLyzSBOQKYCSOA7OhEzhgt2b_D7Y9WeB6oczTOpaLvXyMwqo5EgQvzuGgnhbd/s320/IMG_2415.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2024, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2024 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) </p><p>If you'd like to participate in this 2024 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2024-reading-challenge.</p><p>Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2024 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2024. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.</p><p><u>The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge:</u></p><p>1. Locked-room mystery:<br />2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book:<br />3. More than 40 chapters:<br />4. Lowercase letters on the spine: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Kylie Scott<br />5. Magical Realism:<br />6. Women in STEM:<br />7. At least four different POV: <br />8. Features the ocean:<br />9. A character-driven novel:<br />10. Told in non-chronological order:<br />11. Title starting with the letter "K:"<br />12. Title starting with the letter "L:" Last Dance by Hanna Schroy<br />13. An acdemic thriller:<br />14. A grieving character:<br />15. Part of a duology: Ravaged by Naima Simone<br />16. An omniscient narrator:<br />17.Nominated for The Booker Prize:<br />18. An apostrophe in the title: Your Heart's Desire by Melody Carlson<br />19. A buddy read:<br />20. A revenge story: <br />21. Written by a ghostwriter:<br />22.A plot similar to another book:<br />23. The other book with the similar plot:<br />24. A cover without people on it: Recitatif by Toni Morrison<br />25. An author "everyone" had read except you:<br />26. Hybrid genre: The Book of Denial by Ricardo Chavez Castaneda<br />27. By a neurodivergent author:<br />28. A yellow spine: Rizzio by Denise Mina<br />29. Published in a Year of the Dragon:<br />30. Picked without reading the blurb: Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing by Zee Clarke<br />31. Includes a personal phobia: The Miracle Worker by William Gibson<br />32. Timeframe spans a week or less:<br />33. An abrupt ending:<br />34. Set in a landlocked country:<br />35. Title matches lyrics from a song:<br />36. Has futuristic technology:<br />37. Palindrome on the cover:<br />38. Published by Hachette:<br />39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend:<br />40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate:<br />41. A sticker on the cover:<br />42. Author debut in second half of 2024:<br />43. About finding identity:<br />44.Includes a wedding:<br />45. Chapter headings have dates:<br />46. Featuring indigenous culture: Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur<br />47. Self-insert by an author:<br />48. The word "secret" in the title: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel <br />49. Set in a city starting with "M:"<br />50. Musical instrument of the cover:”<br />51. Related to the word "Wild:"<br />52. Published in 2024: </p><p></p><p><br /></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-84576148073589390302023-11-14T13:09:00.000-08:002024-03-22T19:07:40.130-07:00Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKr1UjeOXJI3Snpop_F2naoo6L2RiIfpPD55s-Pb0egkMrtxBRYGNyOkWenz-MY7IMrsmR88Nq74G-d3lgrt5LJKvq5O5sN05KGq1ep2dKesGZULTZGtwcMp7A8gypG9EhXeJYMR-BIFBRIbhvV3E-t6ykfIIxoin8tJWTXhGSEj4mqG2cIR-OdPSuQj4/s828/IMG_2396.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="828" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKr1UjeOXJI3Snpop_F2naoo6L2RiIfpPD55s-Pb0egkMrtxBRYGNyOkWenz-MY7IMrsmR88Nq74G-d3lgrt5LJKvq5O5sN05KGq1ep2dKesGZULTZGtwcMp7A8gypG9EhXeJYMR-BIFBRIbhvV3E-t6ykfIIxoin8tJWTXhGSEj4mqG2cIR-OdPSuQj4/s320/IMG_2396.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p><br />Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2024, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2024 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) </p><p>Although I am usually able to accomplish my reading goald for the year, for this year's challenge Booklist Queen has added the following details to those particpating in the 2024 reading challenge:</p><p><b>If you feel overwhelmed by 52 categories, don’t worry. It’s okay if you don’t finish the challenge. I want this Reading Challenge for 2024 to be aspirational. I want to push you to read more – whether that’s 12 books a year or 52. I want you to get out of your reading rut and try new genres. </b></p><p><b>Don’t like one of the categories in the 2024 Reading Challenge? Change it or skip it. Double count a book for multiple prompts. Interpret the prompts any way you like. </b></p><p>If you'd like to participate in this 2024 reading challenge, visit www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2024.</p><p>Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2024 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2024. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.</p><p><u>The Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge:</u><br /></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>You Meant to Read Last Year: The Guncle by Steven Rowley</li><li>Goodreads Winner in 2023: Happy Place by Emily Henry</li><li>About Mental Health:</li><li>Five-Star Read:</li><li>An Audiobook:</li><li>Set in the 1950s</li><li>Unreliable Narrator:</li><li>Book Becoming a Movie in 2024:</li><li>With an Epilogue:</li><li>About Starting Over:</li><li>Author You Love:</li><li>Flowers on the Cover: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur</li><li>Title Starts withb "B:" But Have You Read the Book: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Movies by Kristen Lopez </li><li>Published in 2014: What If: Serious Scientific Questions to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe</li><li>Purple Cover: Bloom by Helen Hardt</li><li>Historical Mystery:</li><li>With Multiple Points of View:</li><li>A Book You Couldn' Put Down:</li><li>One Word Title: Blossom by Helen Hardt</li><li>Debut Author:</li><li>2023 Bestseller:</li><li>Intriguing Premise:</li><li>A Friend's Favorite Book:</li><li>Author from Southern Hemisphere:</li><li>About Secrets:</li><li>Bottom of Your To-Read List:</li><li>Your Favorite Genre:</li><li>Character Who is an Actor:</li><li>Recommended on a Podcast: 60 Songs That Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla</li><li>Set in Paris:</li><li>Ugly Cover:</li><li>Set in a Small Town:</li><li>Three Books by the Same Author (1:) Heart and Hand by Rebel Carter </li><li>Three Books by the Same Author (2:) Hearth and Home by Rebel Carter</li><li>Three Books by the Same Author (3:) Honor and Desire by Rebel Carter</li><li>A Quick Read: So Now You Know: A Compendium onf Completely Useless Information by Harry Bright and Harlan Briscoe</li><li>Set During Autumn:</li><li>Classic by a Female Author:</li><li>Memoir by a Person You Admire: Haben: The Deathblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma</li><li>About a Historical Event:</li><li>Written Under a Pseudonym:</li><li>Legal Thriller:</li><li>Fantasy Book:</li><li>Popular Book You've Never Read:</li><li>Inspiring Nonfiction:</li><li>2024 New Release:</li><li>Genre You Don't Normally Read:</li><li>You Own But Haven't Read:</li><li>Book about Books: The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston</li><li>Book Everyone is Talking About:</li><li>With a Place in the Title:</li><li>Reread a Favorite:</li></ol><p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-4238337824463630532023-07-25T10:46:00.001-07:002023-07-25T10:48:13.766-07:00Selected as July 2023 Slow AF Run Club Runner of the Month!<p> I am so exited to have been recently selected at the Slow AF Run Club "Runner of the Month!" As a member of the run club since it first began in 2019 and have been proud to see it grow from a few members to thousands of members around the world.See the photos below for my profile and if you want to learn more about the virtual running club, visit https://slowafrunclub.com.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd5ISz2dKD5HN43A91aNi_9mjlrBqL767yMyIc-fQuuMPOHq0QaW9vbFC3EuvvAETzvhNwZGRcsKdJ2o-4q1ACvmNB5DGvzmo51Rph5kFGXMczG31P3fOi45_bzqc14bDXwJCfQKB4CISfyJn9OJHJltNNCmwGUNCyTkYqMFHMhrDffcDmQgQck2XbHIJ/s935/IMG_E1279%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd5ISz2dKD5HN43A91aNi_9mjlrBqL767yMyIc-fQuuMPOHq0QaW9vbFC3EuvvAETzvhNwZGRcsKdJ2o-4q1ACvmNB5DGvzmo51Rph5kFGXMczG31P3fOi45_bzqc14bDXwJCfQKB4CISfyJn9OJHJltNNCmwGUNCyTkYqMFHMhrDffcDmQgQck2XbHIJ/s320/IMG_E1279%5B1%5D.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Hubby recently celebrated his 46th birthday over the weekend and requested that we spend a day at the Disney's California Adventure Food & Wine Festival which occured from March 3rd-April 25th. In addition to me and hubby, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and nephew also hung out with us at the theme park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX8WXzOUmWm5DQYUq_75tVKu6HA0znYaNb6Ji0reKIm9y9nNHYasAQPHJHocRzYhayv4AEjhQn4tRSLX7XceQOFDQdV7gQFD-2F6kwreF3DnZGhx889N6nr5mLmowA77Ky4ihN7_BbDJugT28TnXuwFJXzE25y9qtNRVAWE3CJNNlY-3o2LCawqETeQ/s4032/IMG_0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX8WXzOUmWm5DQYUq_75tVKu6HA0znYaNb6Ji0reKIm9y9nNHYasAQPHJHocRzYhayv4AEjhQn4tRSLX7XceQOFDQdV7gQFD-2F6kwreF3DnZGhx889N6nr5mLmowA77Ky4ihN7_BbDJugT28TnXuwFJXzE25y9qtNRVAWE3CJNNlY-3o2LCawqETeQ/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6m3gwXlfS4479E5kih0noHNo-TI9FbRWVPmTf9oLeVG15-v1UnlYNicKpa-XMwixZXOBkbroYV3eSxiqYKeRDt4EbI1Yc3n7jxmc69GMZSu0IWAmsmVnTIt25yMuc0AZsF8TVSKoUqbalOWZbj87qS7HE4mkY8Fv4c_V_MDJ3YpgRfgwA0DlLGyayQ/s4032/IMG_0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6m3gwXlfS4479E5kih0noHNo-TI9FbRWVPmTf9oLeVG15-v1UnlYNicKpa-XMwixZXOBkbroYV3eSxiqYKeRDt4EbI1Yc3n7jxmc69GMZSu0IWAmsmVnTIt25yMuc0AZsF8TVSKoUqbalOWZbj87qS7HE4mkY8Fv4c_V_MDJ3YpgRfgwA0DlLGyayQ/s320/IMG_0033.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div> Prior to going to the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, I went online to the website of one of my favorite vegan Dinsey social media accounts "The Happiest Vegan on Earth" to find our what vegan items were available at the festival. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHnDfYbFshMIOenCYbF0OA_77XXqc1VjzGykCXVWyqFEreIoSxwlWcQbYLWWbM9gDLfWGIIffG336GPy7STDEOgLeuwehPBzeX2AwwBT_O4XS0xbRgFPhrX1Y8H8_6GRUL6YXeAtZo1Zm7yQpNMrfoU2dP4ZJpDEAX6PP-UDTYJx5hyBPfmVb4I7_Gw/s4032/IMG_0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHnDfYbFshMIOenCYbF0OA_77XXqc1VjzGykCXVWyqFEreIoSxwlWcQbYLWWbM9gDLfWGIIffG336GPy7STDEOgLeuwehPBzeX2AwwBT_O4XS0xbRgFPhrX1Y8H8_6GRUL6YXeAtZo1Zm7yQpNMrfoU2dP4ZJpDEAX6PP-UDTYJx5hyBPfmVb4I7_Gw/s320/IMG_0035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival sign</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upon arriving at Disney California Adventure, I got a tasting passport which is a booklet containing a lsit of all the food offerings available during the festival. In the tasting passort book, vegan options are referred to as plant-based and eating optiions were either a small tasting sie portion of a meal or for extra, one could pay for a full entree/ size.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first place we stopped at was Avocado Time who had a Al Pastor Taco with Impossible Pork, grilled pineapple, and avocado-tomatillo sauce.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hwbOjEwxDizp4Zo5bQZCb-IIYWfZ3cGUVRYzxugS0Sbwwy4Iy4F_fbEw1kftkzqSf-uoxsq9G19YS2me5bg6Qnw1axqgfq9POcIWoKYlDTG5nrge-m7QV0b2FwrPZvuzuemWPxBFwRngJZPdvT4B7ZLlc_zGdGmUFNrIKfld45bcVqdGuCI6lBdP1A/s4032/IMG_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hwbOjEwxDizp4Zo5bQZCb-IIYWfZ3cGUVRYzxugS0Sbwwy4Iy4F_fbEw1kftkzqSf-uoxsq9G19YS2me5bg6Qnw1axqgfq9POcIWoKYlDTG5nrge-m7QV0b2FwrPZvuzuemWPxBFwRngJZPdvT4B7ZLlc_zGdGmUFNrIKfld45bcVqdGuCI6lBdP1A/s320/IMG_0036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The restaurant at the Food & Wine Festival with the most vegan options (a full vegan menu!) was Paradise Garden Grill. The first item we sampled at Paradise Grill was Gyro Fries with Impossible ground beef, cauliflower cheese sauce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, tzatzki, and pita bread.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeFPDaffy5QPvKy8yZEK4gGGu6kp2SN83-5aZJNGCqXxa8xd77qG9iUorFIAeZ_vw6zKAWeRu12sqcLhRiRqTG1rVe9xhSvBzyRIaJ9e3-0IKpbvJLXff3Od9K0Hnv8mEM8e7uQ8lRdSfopJIqYjTHEineBHBEBsqinJ4-kr8-1rBmFbszVVEozFB6g/s3643/IMG_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3643" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeFPDaffy5QPvKy8yZEK4gGGu6kp2SN83-5aZJNGCqXxa8xd77qG9iUorFIAeZ_vw6zKAWeRu12sqcLhRiRqTG1rVe9xhSvBzyRIaJ9e3-0IKpbvJLXff3Od9K0Hnv8mEM8e7uQ8lRdSfopJIqYjTHEineBHBEBsqinJ4-kr8-1rBmFbszVVEozFB6g/s320/IMG_0042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second item we sampled at Paradise Grill was Bulgogi Fried Rice with Impossible beef, kimchi,vegan egg, pickled cucumber, green onions, and seasame seeds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzoXTQuaizvI5yzEy6hMFLyMIcDAQ7zt-_0XNjuK6uyq3s4QdLDKhyrQDW_gTFu_tCFHcgNd6oUlJFiVxWly_iaLUwIYzZ6Wkf-0_I13E8FspgZkBZfp81ajv0s-F3Xi80lAldl-yUq4rprSHRArm9Yr2GR5kB4hOpVTYJQFNBogGwApx0URMWc9E4A/s3914/IMG_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2824" data-original-width="3914" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzoXTQuaizvI5yzEy6hMFLyMIcDAQ7zt-_0XNjuK6uyq3s4QdLDKhyrQDW_gTFu_tCFHcgNd6oUlJFiVxWly_iaLUwIYzZ6Wkf-0_I13E8FspgZkBZfp81ajv0s-F3Xi80lAldl-yUq4rprSHRArm9Yr2GR5kB4hOpVTYJQFNBogGwApx0URMWc9E4A/s320/IMG_0041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The third item we sampled at Paradise Grill was vegan mac and cheese.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oEvdQ7uyDq0W0reVgrqIVpZI1JaDYYdtCchaHeddEDbj_IX9OSmkAr1etLFBZrDrrU8rCGNTUFQ-apTjb6hRRVAUx3tvmEU5BX-TBiSzpP7_8z6NQtS2tHGNLukcBys6uZpeQlmEcDBR9rhZqHEzo5cQLpWlfZvUSguqX-dsiHVJWF1gQfCpeNfoLQ/s3184/IMG_0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2271" data-original-width="3184" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oEvdQ7uyDq0W0reVgrqIVpZI1JaDYYdtCchaHeddEDbj_IX9OSmkAr1etLFBZrDrrU8rCGNTUFQ-apTjb6hRRVAUx3tvmEU5BX-TBiSzpP7_8z6NQtS2tHGNLukcBys6uZpeQlmEcDBR9rhZqHEzo5cQLpWlfZvUSguqX-dsiHVJWF1gQfCpeNfoLQ/s320/IMG_0040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last item we sampled at Paradise Grill was a peach-blueberry cobbler with a oatmeal crust.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-zfIJqJOzI6yGnqXB__IeZrLUPoL06AZjfZckOpIFN0kud1yemgks1wVxfTC46KbrAo7Ob6bQDSJ4fI2bv3k_f3d1xgOAKSIpZrnEGkiTNG9yNr_P30Kc0xZGvAL6ACATmKKFFp2SGrbJf_HUdcb8jGHc8-6oS0FcTdzutO4T3MWppm0D8NsNvXs3w/s4032/IMG_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-zfIJqJOzI6yGnqXB__IeZrLUPoL06AZjfZckOpIFN0kud1yemgks1wVxfTC46KbrAo7Ob6bQDSJ4fI2bv3k_f3d1xgOAKSIpZrnEGkiTNG9yNr_P30Kc0xZGvAL6ACATmKKFFp2SGrbJf_HUdcb8jGHc8-6oS0FcTdzutO4T3MWppm0D8NsNvXs3w/s320/IMG_0043.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> After enjoing all of the vegan food options at the Food & Wine Festival, I was a little sad that these dishes would are only available until April 25th. Hopefully, some of the dishes I highlighted above will become permanent additions at Calfornia Adventure restaurants in which case I'd definitely return again to get a bigger entree' size of my favorite items which were the Bulgogi Fried Rice and the Impossible Gyro Fries.</div><p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-10459478786829500252023-03-15T17:50:00.004-07:002023-03-15T17:50:54.166-07:00Highlighted on The NoBibsBurpsBottles podcast!<p>In August of last year, I recorded a podcast interview for The NoBibsBurpsBottles podcast! The podcast is free to listen through the Apple Podcasts, Spotify or on her website https://nobibsburpsbottles.com. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5l18Vz6gbT_vMwoNDLfCrd9Oomo2q1o2MEqrrHBAtBW_pRJHMgnttdsY9nULgJ_voNOMC7VGrl2DVqAv906ry5PKiWHA7nZNyEUV0rdbmdBGvVuosT4H9VFUr75CLLOpRSwAXIKsrNw8nvfpzon4G1fnBC_SsOqeeAuUAOGxJCHEPeH3xDyVByY7pQ/s828/IMG_8915.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="828" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5l18Vz6gbT_vMwoNDLfCrd9Oomo2q1o2MEqrrHBAtBW_pRJHMgnttdsY9nULgJ_voNOMC7VGrl2DVqAv906ry5PKiWHA7nZNyEUV0rdbmdBGvVuosT4H9VFUr75CLLOpRSwAXIKsrNw8nvfpzon4G1fnBC_SsOqeeAuUAOGxJCHEPeH3xDyVByY7pQ/s320/IMG_8915.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>If you want to watch the video version of the podcast interview you can find it on YouTube at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AJw0u3uybRs&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6YvdeRHkyiJ_8-KOOQ7ZzGtWvfMhGaZs9LCCtMoFN7J9j4ga5m1L_i6m-lQ_L4PWvqVAhYJis8vwvhRPqps3Uvp2Twk-eM3WhCZoeHbyTMyTymYz_GzlwRoSs8d0q6Ywd5rYZt6rWPiiiKtgFJXK6STK__Ubp-binGURh6mvYI766lRWbeg4aOVZ-Q/s828/IMG_8918.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="828" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6YvdeRHkyiJ_8-KOOQ7ZzGtWvfMhGaZs9LCCtMoFN7J9j4ga5m1L_i6m-lQ_L4PWvqVAhYJis8vwvhRPqps3Uvp2Twk-eM3WhCZoeHbyTMyTymYz_GzlwRoSs8d0q6Ywd5rYZt6rWPiiiKtgFJXK6STK__Ubp-binGURh6mvYI766lRWbeg4aOVZ-Q/s320/IMG_8918.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p>As a longtime listener of this podcast, I was excited to be interviewed since the podcast is a childfree black woman who is highlighting the stories of childfree African American women. </p><p>The podcast is now live so check it out if you'd like to hear about my experience being a married, childfree black woman as well as navigating being childfree with friends and family.</p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-89844417483094140252023-03-15T17:23:00.005-07:002023-03-15T17:52:46.534-07:00Highlighted on The Average Vegans podcast!<p>In October of last year, I recorded a podcast interview for the Average Vegans podcast! The podcast is free to listen through the Apple Podcasts, Spotify, as well their website www.theaveragevegans.com. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVEyTab0Aej7vnia-AZG4Uz8rbo14LuetBsM3RnBICnt2i1_q4g1D9We1oIn5fv6uylR9LnzhrdqG4hicaZQYPDAUCujpmnQq-j0WLnyZEXwO_UsQ7dTwIqo7cR1Y5oYzFjLbpg48CSOpHALnJL1FsqHmmlUagH1My9BvpeASJFUuEg80uB_Lq4CRMQ/s828/9A2572CD-0722-4FCD-8726-DEE9B6BB6CB4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="828" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVEyTab0Aej7vnia-AZG4Uz8rbo14LuetBsM3RnBICnt2i1_q4g1D9We1oIn5fv6uylR9LnzhrdqG4hicaZQYPDAUCujpmnQq-j0WLnyZEXwO_UsQ7dTwIqo7cR1Y5oYzFjLbpg48CSOpHALnJL1FsqHmmlUagH1My9BvpeASJFUuEg80uB_Lq4CRMQ/s320/9A2572CD-0722-4FCD-8726-DEE9B6BB6CB4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to watch the video version of the podcast interview you can find it on YouTube at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UM_R81YlOh0&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNLVaTY1nZOomKBA1ZcXfWOF04iqDDc2KJMpH6xFn_tm5sQO0TzULuZZDpV12jd8zUohzwEaywaZFW2z0zYRf65JmPZIbDP-JwWMgtNp5L214_9lpvgrJsRxxcowke6ZM3z8iSAKp7IrxztLicUvHKCJ2E87lkUNfGY2fXh1YFCQPMYm-zK2Yat-ocw/s326/IMG_8979.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="326" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNLVaTY1nZOomKBA1ZcXfWOF04iqDDc2KJMpH6xFn_tm5sQO0TzULuZZDpV12jd8zUohzwEaywaZFW2z0zYRf65JmPZIbDP-JwWMgtNp5L214_9lpvgrJsRxxcowke6ZM3z8iSAKp7IrxztLicUvHKCJ2E87lkUNfGY2fXh1YFCQPMYm-zK2Yat-ocw/s320/IMG_8979.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>As a longtime listener of this podcast, I was excited to be interviewed since the podcast is about two vegan friends living in the south (Georgia) and I'm a vegan that was born and raised in the south (Alabama.) <div><br /></div><div>The podcast is now live so check it out if you'd like to hear about my journey to becoming vegan as well my work as a librarian, navigating being vegan while at work and ways I share veganism with others.<br /><p><br /></p></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-49242185120195617042023-01-11T17:58:00.000-08:002023-01-11T17:58:25.290-08:00First Race of 2023 Completed: Citrus Heritage Run 1/2 Marathon <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Saturday, January 7th, I completed my first race of the year which was the Citrus Heritage Run 1/2 Marthon which was held in Riverside, California.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEsdSaLh2csHqty84vli8v2Oda7r7TmozAerGsbGu5rdL2kQtVvhuGBSZevO6lQ417WE07c9dzCWS5RQNZ0EeKmkJaF6F8rIcYilOk_NNlqGFxAf7p2t8ZidvhHFLxIGTMF3eO_ze3fttkxcSsJ57zb6ahBlLnS-OldB596sh2z3mGzzs0A2GgsiZ9Q/s320/IMG_8229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Having completed this 1/2 marathon a little longer than I initally planned, I am working towards revising my training plan for my next 1/2 marathon which will be the Anchorage Mayor's 1/2 Marathon on Saturday, June 17, 2023.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2G4Ll5qHbDUxHoifaBCiI7p-a5w-CNswwHZVdmEjZshaCF0_1Euk0d8vbNRt3nCK3uj1jlApSjXBiG4MB2IpNTI1QwFFvVZ24ixFyRBkQg7IeES2D1XW_oC00Bk98mvRYLDqaiMHcRAcdHSBw3D9feqVMxSLwkR34EhkxovhzR3afdN8ssj3rWLkuZw/s828/IMG_8269.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="828" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2G4Ll5qHbDUxHoifaBCiI7p-a5w-CNswwHZVdmEjZshaCF0_1Euk0d8vbNRt3nCK3uj1jlApSjXBiG4MB2IpNTI1QwFFvVZ24ixFyRBkQg7IeES2D1XW_oC00Bk98mvRYLDqaiMHcRAcdHSBw3D9feqVMxSLwkR34EhkxovhzR3afdN8ssj3rWLkuZw/s320/IMG_8269.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-2590811000510971172022-12-28T13:42:00.001-08:002022-12-28T13:42:09.048-08:00Celebrating the Holidays With Black Girls Run - Inland Empire <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQOo_2g0NRFfhDz5oQ14T0B1FbAvsFyezmj0xAoHqv_DLoCVq-VokYpfbQ0pffRJkCYFZ-yluttiPsLQ5FMnRp9ImyjaCYOV56_QmpYJdd6q4MSJV-qjbZ5hdYv6vP9LJe5A1IyeJpPhY9_0qqiwBjTe_YM_hJawYr9yiatkuvXZl9tKrZu8qk-vBCQ/s668/Screenshot%202022-12-27%20151709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="668" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQOo_2g0NRFfhDz5oQ14T0B1FbAvsFyezmj0xAoHqv_DLoCVq-VokYpfbQ0pffRJkCYFZ-yluttiPsLQ5FMnRp9ImyjaCYOV56_QmpYJdd6q4MSJV-qjbZ5hdYv6vP9LJe5A1IyeJpPhY9_0qqiwBjTe_YM_hJawYr9yiatkuvXZl9tKrZu8qk-vBCQ/w400-h180/Screenshot%202022-12-27%20151709.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently attended a holiday party held by the Black Girls Run!(BGR) Inland Empire club which is a local chapter of the national Black Girls Run running group I joined 2017.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The holiday party was held at a restaurant in Riverside called ProAbition and the evening was filled with games, raffles, good food, and conversation.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9O3onjocKagwT4JYmEu2VhrM6dKmCVsxiDdRbE8acx8yoe8LAP361-gioNDoZoNkj-42Whe87K-w5xZ-SysuLW7dOozHUyjenhqUHZbSV4soqX3N0u8w-Mh23BJkWYhzIRQX2eh8XqHXC8yoT6r4ine_Lbd7Bcb4ndLXXIXwDnPOvoTJpmDt0WFxEw/s1800/8BD550B7-A2CA-43AD-B039-9FD887E02C04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9O3onjocKagwT4JYmEu2VhrM6dKmCVsxiDdRbE8acx8yoe8LAP361-gioNDoZoNkj-42Whe87K-w5xZ-SysuLW7dOozHUyjenhqUHZbSV4soqX3N0u8w-Mh23BJkWYhzIRQX2eh8XqHXC8yoT6r4ine_Lbd7Bcb4ndLXXIXwDnPOvoTJpmDt0WFxEw/w209-h261/8BD550B7-A2CA-43AD-B039-9FD887E02C04.jpg" width="209" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friend Tina and Me at party</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A cool thing about the evening was that I won the main game of the evening which was BGR bingo and won at Bath & Body Works gift card!</p><p>The BGR Bingo Game involved asking everyone at the party if these met certain requires such as being vegan, being left handed, singing in a church choir, and if they were born in the same month as me.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JBhbhNff01-W-jHLt_7VVLw9K6meUAJtNOjSzI_aR-kq-HcD566bymmkhvP_uybh-sylbNaRCoaiB5xB-GYDCqR3hui8T8q7NzodDJ7xCgyJvPNpbSqn5xUgkVVLsJIqPHOFOARYQAZ6YLop64wfOw2sWqCv54DCSrgEikBIQRyunqE5OAwGHIQDZA/s1800/CE65CE0A-90A3-49C5-9D93-65148B6CAA20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JBhbhNff01-W-jHLt_7VVLw9K6meUAJtNOjSzI_aR-kq-HcD566bymmkhvP_uybh-sylbNaRCoaiB5xB-GYDCqR3hui8T8q7NzodDJ7xCgyJvPNpbSqn5xUgkVVLsJIqPHOFOARYQAZ6YLop64wfOw2sWqCv54DCSrgEikBIQRyunqE5OAwGHIQDZA/s320/CE65CE0A-90A3-49C5-9D93-65148B6CAA20.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and other BGR Bingo game winner </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>After the BGR Bingo game was done, we ordered dinner. I was happy see that the restaurant had a vegan burger on their menu called "The Bootlegger" which consisted of an Impossible patty, lettuce, tomato, guacamole on a vegan pretzel bun. The burger came with fries and while it was a good meal, I felt that the price of $24 was a bit high.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwrVb_4_2YZT7cW4THSJhmcjDGF4DEO5pAbT4uOUbro6g3Fnrj3yekZy2LnuOdiGk9uxaWuD_jANM3Cpm9EveaaC0wH0-h2DC8Iev_0WUr2eWbLMHzc15NtJb34fzsa74b-JyhhcYL0trcUq7XMon0rw1XqRtXb8caxdbY_zsbBdmiccKPVFMLH63lA/s1795/85E865B8-37A8-4E43-911D-754FDACAD75F.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwrVb_4_2YZT7cW4THSJhmcjDGF4DEO5pAbT4uOUbro6g3Fnrj3yekZy2LnuOdiGk9uxaWuD_jANM3Cpm9EveaaC0wH0-h2DC8Iev_0WUr2eWbLMHzc15NtJb34fzsa74b-JyhhcYL0trcUq7XMon0rw1XqRtXb8caxdbY_zsbBdmiccKPVFMLH63lA/w258-h320/85E865B8-37A8-4E43-911D-754FDACAD75F.jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bootlegger vegan burger with fries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the end of the evening, we posed for a group photo and made plans to meet at future local races as well as weekly walking/running groups. I love Black Girls Run for the amount of friendships I've made over the years as well as the sisterhood that comes from seeing someone who looks like you at a running event. I've never felt more welcomed by a group of women than from joining this group due to its national reach as well as the goal of working with black women whether they are young or old or whether they walk, wog (walk/jog,) jog, or run. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0zVgQGC_riv9ausdUgGQpKpjhy0thlU4C8Ypsyz0zSkSZYlzBM0_Oousxt_4NfGYIwh1JnFOi_a8_vOOQnqQ3kNJKgxoZf_F-xE-6PVi5IfBZANuWq_Rt1-WgIjqtQKeRiCrLnTeLmt339mRFqgbjHa7EePzhFZmQOVYGmBhDTg7cGluYQy5QAoBTw/s2048/IMG_7818.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="2048" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0zVgQGC_riv9ausdUgGQpKpjhy0thlU4C8Ypsyz0zSkSZYlzBM0_Oousxt_4NfGYIwh1JnFOi_a8_vOOQnqQ3kNJKgxoZf_F-xE-6PVi5IfBZANuWq_Rt1-WgIjqtQKeRiCrLnTeLmt339mRFqgbjHa7EePzhFZmQOVYGmBhDTg7cGluYQy5QAoBTw/s320/IMG_7818.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2022 Black Girls Run Inland Empire Holiday Party Group Photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-16987363149122334542022-11-18T11:01:00.049-08:002023-12-31T20:56:21.176-08:00The 52 Book Club's 2023 Reading Challenge<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpBeMM2rfMNAbpaPj27WOqLkPKeBl3SGRx9Fbo5eyL5GnwdhvarAG9zhRgeaLJgbSj14WPfUd5_-Mdw0q0F20lr7RCGDrYKIHAue942fhvqyEc9PBJSyaS95KRXeACTtPLt4iN6fz_CkTMPVO57ESSRIYf4ruSnpmcECMGtVIyLw7bbMTMUpkIbVM8w/s776/IMG_7505.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="776" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpBeMM2rfMNAbpaPj27WOqLkPKeBl3SGRx9Fbo5eyL5GnwdhvarAG9zhRgeaLJgbSj14WPfUd5_-Mdw0q0F20lr7RCGDrYKIHAue942fhvqyEc9PBJSyaS95KRXeACTtPLt4iN6fz_CkTMPVO57ESSRIYf4ruSnpmcECMGtVIyLw7bbMTMUpkIbVM8w/s320/IMG_7505.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2023, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2023 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) </p><p>If you'd like to participate in this 2023 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2023-reading-challenge.</p><p>Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2023 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2023. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.</p><p><u>The 52 Book Club's 2023 Reading Challenge:</u></p><p>1. Book with a subtitle: What The Amish Teach Us:Plain Living In A Busy World by Donald B. Kraybill<br />2. Featuring an inheritance: Inheritance: A Memoir of Generalogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro<br />3. Title starting with the letter “G:” Gray Hair Don't Care by Karen Booth<br />4. Title starting with the letter “H:” Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care by Moira Welsh<br />5. Title starting with the letter “I:” Invisible Wounds by Jess Ruliffson<br />6. Under 200 pages: From a Cat House to the White House by Jesse Pender<br />7. A city or country name in the title: Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton <br />8. Dystopian Fiction: Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds<br />9. A book with a dedication: You Got Anything Strong by Gabrielle Union<br />10. Takes place during the roaring twenties: Emipre of Deception by Dean Jobb<br />11. A book about secrets: The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan<br />12. High Fantasy: An Embarrassment of Witches by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan<br />13. Published posthumously: It Is Well With My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106- Year-Old Woman by Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson<br />14. A survival story: The Birthday Party by Stanley N. Alpert<br />15. Set in Australia:In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson<br />16. Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins:” Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brillant Con of Cassie Chadwick by William Elliott Hazelgrove<br />17. By a Caribbean author: Kiss Me Catalina by Priscilla Oliveras (Puerto Rico)<br />18. Set during a war other than WWI or WWII: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger (The Barbary Wars)<br />19. Typographic cover: I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace by Elizabeth Leiba<br />20. A book about siblings: The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue by John Glatt <br />21. A second-hand book: The Runner's Guide To The Meaning Of Life by Amby Burfoot<br />22. A body-positive message: Body Positive: A Guide To Loving Your Body by Emily Lauren Dick<br />23. An alliterative title: Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau<br />24. Nordic Noir: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis<br />25. A fashionable character: Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day<br />26. Has an epilogue: Black Girl In Love (with herself) by Trey Anthony<br />27. Newbery Medal Winner: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1993)<br />28. Includes a funeral: It's Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before It's Too Late by Kathy Benjamin<br />29. Sends you down a rabbit hole: Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built For Us by Alison Mariella Désir<br />30. An author with a same name as you: Tallulah The Tooth Fairy CEO by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli<br />31. Set in a workplace: Please Be Advised by Christine Sneed<br />32. Published by Macmillan: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman<br />33. A banned book: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Sruvive by Dave Pelzer<br />34. Featuring mythology: Medusa by Rosie Hewlett<br />35. A book you meant to read last year: Marriage Be Hard by Kevin and Melissa Fredericks<br />36. Chapters have cliffhangers: Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave<br />37. Written in present tense: Blush by Helen Hardt<br />38. An enemies-to-lovers plot: West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras<br />39. The final book in a series: Master of Pleasure by Tara Sue Me<br />40. Written by a comedian: Number One Is Walking by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss<br />41. A character who is a refugee: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranaandani<br />42. Time in the title: Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes<br />43. A book “everyone” has read:The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins<br />44. A contemporary setting: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf<br />45. First word in the book is “The:” The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker<br />46. Script font on spine: Old School Love and Why It Works by Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Justine Simmons<br />47. Set in the city of Dublin: Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy<br />48. A book by Octavia E. Butler: Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Bulter<br />49. Books on the cover: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald<br />50. Related to the word “murder:” The Coworker by Freida McFadden<br />51. A book that doesn’t fit any of the other 51 prompts: The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (graphic novel)<br />52. Published in 2023: Bad Ass Vegan by John Lewis </p><p></p><p><br /></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-71190441367272441352022-11-15T13:23:00.052-08:002023-12-24T18:15:51.479-08:00Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZVoyrawRtCAUYYT7c0Uwf_0YB1ADb3pH4rVu8W1KXwlCau_N_IqCWKM1oJpIsbb16qNE70kvcLMKoHK8IqaKmT-lmYzCYVxviIlrIQP-MkxYeMZYoNDMQxTfwP5jqWVieY5MjE8V--mPf5Rs87eEERC7LgDXyn1hyrOqPRCpn6DZxCO3d0YXryi-yQ/s399/blq2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="399" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZVoyrawRtCAUYYT7c0Uwf_0YB1ADb3pH4rVu8W1KXwlCau_N_IqCWKM1oJpIsbb16qNE70kvcLMKoHK8IqaKmT-lmYzCYVxviIlrIQP-MkxYeMZYoNDMQxTfwP5jqWVieY5MjE8V--mPf5Rs87eEERC7LgDXyn1hyrOqPRCpn6DZxCO3d0YXryi-yQ/s320/blq2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2023, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2023 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) </p><p>If you'd like to participate in this 2023 reading challenge, visit www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2023.</p><p>Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2023 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2023. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.</p><p><u>The Booklist Queen 2023 Reading Challenge:</u></p><p>1. Winter Read: Winter Stars: An Elderly Mother, An Aging Son, and Life''s Final Journey by Dave Iverson<br />2. Goodreads Winner in 2022: The Maid by Nita Prose<br />3. By a Black Author: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah <br />4. With More Than 500 Pages: Butterfly by Kathryn Harvey<br />5. Published in Your Birth Year: Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary (1979)<br />6. Famous Author You’ve Avoided: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover<br />7. Character with a Disability: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling<br />8. <b>Fiction</b> & Nonfiction Pairing:Hindsight by Iris & Roy Johansen<br />9. Fiction & <b>Nonfiction </b>Pairing: Hindsight by Justin Timberlake<br />10. By a Local Author: Purgatory Has An Adress by Romaine Washington<br />11. A Western: Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins<br />12. You Own But Haven’t Read:Will Travel For Vegan Food by Kristin M. Lajeunesse<br />13. Animal on the Cover: Sad Animal Babies by Brooke Barker<br />14. Recommended by a Librarian: Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley<br />15. Newberry Award Winner:The Summer of the Swans (1971) by Betsy Byars<br />16. About Royalty: The Remarried Empress, Vol. 1 by Alphatart <br />17. Written Before 1850: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) by Washington Irving and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham<br />18. With Dual Timelines: Forget Me Not by Julie Soto<br />19. Dewey Decimal System: 300s: The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty by Ellen Warner<br />20. Mother-Daughter Story: A Thousand Miles to Graceland by Kristen Mei Chase <br />21. Empowering Read: Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide To Getting Outdoors At Any Size or Ability by Summer Michaud-Skog <br />22. World War I Book: Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub<br />23. Domestic Thriller: Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent<br />24. 2023 New Release: Slow AF Run Club:The Ultimate Guide For Anyone Who Wants To Run by Martinus Evans <br />25. Read with Jenna Book Club Pick: The Measure by Nikki Erlick (July 2022)<br />26. A Book Everyone is Talking About: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears<br />27. Book Becoming Movie in 2023: Are You There God,It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume<br />28. About Complicated Relationships: Assassinistas by Tini Howard<br />29. Recommended on TikTok: Seven Days in June by Tia Williams<br />30. An Audiobook: Spare by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex<br />31. Set in the 1930s: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson<br />32. Contemporary Fiction Bestseller: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes<br />33. About Adoption: Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman<br />34. Genre You Don’t Usually Read: A Perfect Amish Romance by Shelley Shepard Gray (Christian Fiction)<br />35. Title Starts with “A”: Animal Farm by George Orwell<br />36. Set in South America: The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise by Nick Foster (Panama)<br />37. Detective Story: Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man by Emily J. Edwards<br />38. About Power: The Power To Get Things Done: (Whether You Feel Like It Or Not) by Steve Levinson, PHD and Chris Cooper<br />39. 2022 Bestseller: Recitatif by Toni Morrison<br />40. By an Author You Love: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert <br />41. With a Long Title: The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ultimate Guide to Winning Without Confrontation by Chin-Ning Chu<br />42. Five-Star Read: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou <br />43. YA Historical Fiction: Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt<br />44. About Magic: The Memory Thieves by Dhonielle Clayton <br />45. A Book That Makes You Happy: Things To Look Forward to: 52 Large and Small Joys For Today and Everyday by Sophie Blackall<br />46. Award Winning Nonfiction: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh (Kansas Notable Book Award 2019.)<br />47. Modern Classic: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley<br />48. Borrowed from a Friend: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw<br />49. Red Cover: They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman <br />50. Reread a Favorite: Gypsyworld by Julian Thompson<br />51. Bottom of Your To-Read List: Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington<br />52. Holiday Romance: Build Your Own christmas Movie Romance by Riane Konc </p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-38542876157344046052022-10-12T08:24:00.002-07:002022-10-25T08:52:25.138-07:00"Beyond Van Gogh" Interactive Art Experience Thanks To Yelp Elite <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been a member of the Yelp Elite (an exclusive group for Yelp contributors) for the past two years. Recently, they had a giveaway for two tickets to the "Beyond Van Gogh" Interactive Art Experience in Palm Springs, California. I was pleasantly surprised when I was notified that I had won the tickets which usually costs $49.99 per person.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Below are photos from our visit to the event which was a combination of Van Goh's story presented on panels followed by an interactive component where you walked into a room and was surrounded by Van Gogh's art. It was a very relaxing a chill experience which was enhanced by the combination of art and music. Hubby and I really enjoyed this experience and would definitely go again if we had the opportunity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you are interested in seeing some videos I took at the exhibit, check out my Instagram account at www.instagram.com/glassesgirl79.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGjjlmcCQVSfJEhC3RIYS-Wf4tTGAcUeKNFdCKrtQ5kFIJFP4HIuqsZa8xZ0yq4C-2kg7PufvDAkheM7EzCF3ypO78vZSBdQBz84jvdOfusK-xS71-E5t0nFdH124Loi_bANZJ_2DYnnr-yxlqN3O4BL6myuizv3fJP_Fp7N6tQbAoaTBuJdGYUv9Ag/s4032/IMG_6895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGjjlmcCQVSfJEhC3RIYS-Wf4tTGAcUeKNFdCKrtQ5kFIJFP4HIuqsZa8xZ0yq4C-2kg7PufvDAkheM7EzCF3ypO78vZSBdQBz84jvdOfusK-xS71-E5t0nFdH124Loi_bANZJ_2DYnnr-yxlqN3O4BL6myuizv3fJP_Fp7N6tQbAoaTBuJdGYUv9Ag/s320/IMG_6895.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"> At the end of March, hubby and I went to Texas to attend a surprise birthday party for my aunt Mattie. In addition to surprising my aunt, I also go to meet my recently discovered brother as well as his girlfriend and his mother. Although the weather was hot, it was wonderful to meet and interact with family members from my father's side of the family that I hadn't previously met before. We found the perfect family group outing opportunity when we discovered a nearby fair occurring near the hotel where we were staying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NE7i3AizxXBsTMCRTwilgtz5cyrBLIcPBMAWL12lXCeu1O--zClUtddFcuyuG4l4btDgAHAtpXHOY0h1dr_3LYsKZq9XaBE1lYLyHP06xB1VfbdwKfuJqDogsczTepanLf_qqNA3FScZPxfPA4JNRq2Z3isqze_zKEfll-V6GlFnDs__10ulUBpS6w/s3088/IMG_5124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NE7i3AizxXBsTMCRTwilgtz5cyrBLIcPBMAWL12lXCeu1O--zClUtddFcuyuG4l4btDgAHAtpXHOY0h1dr_3LYsKZq9XaBE1lYLyHP06xB1VfbdwKfuJqDogsczTepanLf_qqNA3FScZPxfPA4JNRq2Z3isqze_zKEfll-V6GlFnDs__10ulUBpS6w/s320/IMG_5124.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me & Aunt Mattie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX0p_nruCCKL8R9BhugLeFN_-o-75yfQLfKuL22ZfDXu0TYEj9hwe11lBSpDyBkU1r0zHj7RyGZ6R4cCZkADdsE838AP0KfiOTD2FmXiMpoh90r8HPcHa8uNdcNFL3zw26cPCnzEECJBrZR_eSJbuXNbvWYBktpE4OYmhxIh22rT7JcsDNZjyjqKYlQ/s4032/IMG_5134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX0p_nruCCKL8R9BhugLeFN_-o-75yfQLfKuL22ZfDXu0TYEj9hwe11lBSpDyBkU1r0zHj7RyGZ6R4cCZkADdsE838AP0KfiOTD2FmXiMpoh90r8HPcHa8uNdcNFL3zw26cPCnzEECJBrZR_eSJbuXNbvWYBktpE4OYmhxIh22rT7JcsDNZjyjqKYlQ/s320/IMG_5134.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bro's girlfriend, bro, me, and hubby</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8RoXIwugfCvJ4m4RFIW4-NwFSo_r5UgNgZp9c2oPQj-M3OwSJWx7eNey4tObrAOv9flOppy45SgtUvkgdPZYgqqla-WNHFN5YoFWz2k8Ol85Kstj8imzn2FEMzRS12s61uNyqTxNz3md1O4lyWqkK4_eWEqP-063XA3vIfGBWOv6I4NDagJ_pXzadw/s4032/IMG_5162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8RoXIwugfCvJ4m4RFIW4-NwFSo_r5UgNgZp9c2oPQj-M3OwSJWx7eNey4tObrAOv9flOppy45SgtUvkgdPZYgqqla-WNHFN5YoFWz2k8Ol85Kstj8imzn2FEMzRS12s61uNyqTxNz3md1O4lyWqkK4_eWEqP-063XA3vIfGBWOv6I4NDagJ_pXzadw/s320/IMG_5162.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cousin, step mom, bro, me, cousin, aunt, and dad in front</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Since we were flying out of Austin, we decided this was the perfect opportunity to visit Rabbit Food Grocery, which is an all vegan grocery store. I really enjoyed visiting this store because they had a variety of items including, food, clothing, dog food, and toiletry items. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaILYXpfsbX9xvZapa03k1qsMi9sw3eGe6gftBkw94dliKraUeZ0wQeCuy61zAbgjDv0kM_6EziyZhvY_8zG5i6wmKpLWtm2I-IJNHWq4ClWpk6ETHKnLi0_P8QvJDA95Lh8d7HnIOa2CzWaTf7Mxivn1G7BssJ73uCDaV3E4pJihnU-s9sXycWY4rg/s1440/DC00A1E3-9B06-4897-80A7-A157AC470A5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaILYXpfsbX9xvZapa03k1qsMi9sw3eGe6gftBkw94dliKraUeZ0wQeCuy61zAbgjDv0kM_6EziyZhvY_8zG5i6wmKpLWtm2I-IJNHWq4ClWpk6ETHKnLi0_P8QvJDA95Lh8d7HnIOa2CzWaTf7Mxivn1G7BssJ73uCDaV3E4pJihnU-s9sXycWY4rg/s320/DC00A1E3-9B06-4897-80A7-A157AC470A5D.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to Rabbit Food Grocery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRyrv0yM3exjYe_LJXMydh-5qfijN9PveLK1yg0zi7Ukyxnw9yyKtNVhTbd_p0jVK9sk-21MoeQfeGkRjb_ckQI3T50KLRONECVqpsoUu_0E_-SmTmRb2dX51P906gNGrSJJAhLp_qAupdiok1nwVt3GWrn24mG5NB6uU2l0mQVp40Dep_BVJ-ypcog/s1440/07582AD4-5992-475B-8E8E-ECB8CC8A1775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRyrv0yM3exjYe_LJXMydh-5qfijN9PveLK1yg0zi7Ukyxnw9yyKtNVhTbd_p0jVK9sk-21MoeQfeGkRjb_ckQI3T50KLRONECVqpsoUu_0E_-SmTmRb2dX51P906gNGrSJJAhLp_qAupdiok1nwVt3GWrn24mG5NB6uU2l0mQVp40Dep_BVJ-ypcog/s320/07582AD4-5992-475B-8E8E-ECB8CC8A1775.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Items bought at Rabbit Food Grocery<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Before we fly out of Austin, we stopped for lunch at next level burger in Austin which was located in Whole Foods. The burgers were delicious and the beerchez fries were divine. So glad to find so many vegan options in Texas and we'll definitely plan to visit there again in the future. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji-mIRnaRDz9VYSHV0QfG48SFmQMTRMhslS8nlOwZLNIcafyDzFomewYF7ZyY_U1misXBHYxAesPdaxtFcicxHECC2NvCaRpUBDaqJxUCEZzHye68oUbKagdjY9xQipPLIaycMtGsHH7XAJJD5yCmzUcyEhTcrNIfifhZIHKliVfIZaeTDYyW1dL8mw/s4032/IMG_5220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji-mIRnaRDz9VYSHV0QfG48SFmQMTRMhslS8nlOwZLNIcafyDzFomewYF7ZyY_U1misXBHYxAesPdaxtFcicxHECC2NvCaRpUBDaqJxUCEZzHye68oUbKagdjY9xQipPLIaycMtGsHH7XAJJD5yCmzUcyEhTcrNIfifhZIHKliVfIZaeTDYyW1dL8mw/s320/IMG_5220.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CAfGiduBX55R_UKL6uXmIpNMfspNcUtNoPkxNccp2cb59yKz5knkNJK_gMeMdgGKYUdBgXiP1udFKNeVj-a2YUwTQdKvfImM23Jw9jjBg9MRJJjGRg8tVj83heguO8_1D-ps0eCHnVrpTZQY6n8o3jRsyjgFtzudsSyw83XP1WGO3caaA2tC3pq6Ig/s1440/7B0CF9A4-2BC3-4050-B283-8B4482FE73DF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CAfGiduBX55R_UKL6uXmIpNMfspNcUtNoPkxNccp2cb59yKz5knkNJK_gMeMdgGKYUdBgXiP1udFKNeVj-a2YUwTQdKvfImM23Jw9jjBg9MRJJjGRg8tVj83heguO8_1D-ps0eCHnVrpTZQY6n8o3jRsyjgFtzudsSyw83XP1WGO3caaA2tC3pq6Ig/s320/7B0CF9A4-2BC3-4050-B283-8B4482FE73DF.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beerchz fries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-5vqmVx3hRUS0KZ1XTWsL_4MJ92MBGWgdvnlppTcSkSaO6vMjPY8weziOFiywKV77J-be1HZMKws-A3F2Fm24aMOcvKg0sO0zssaP5wSLA3Tp5aFU4Pn76ujokZH2mH7bGTohNSGYjJI5Fo-0P8dwb5BgdDfKAtZhFRjUPMkrHVmddCiD7_SisRJIw/s4032/IMG_5223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-5vqmVx3hRUS0KZ1XTWsL_4MJ92MBGWgdvnlppTcSkSaO6vMjPY8weziOFiywKV77J-be1HZMKws-A3F2Fm24aMOcvKg0sO0zssaP5wSLA3Tp5aFU4Pn76ujokZH2mH7bGTohNSGYjJI5Fo-0P8dwb5BgdDfKAtZhFRjUPMkrHVmddCiD7_SisRJIw/s320/IMG_5223.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beerchz burger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcvOV4-MAdIWfKE_AXV08Y0XZ9NpEwOyViiARrSfvhzGVMwdeufE9YhXaIOW2-J-yGW9G9M2pMmztMNuV7BmGMG7ONK_qsr6yjMMG5RIdnl7Vv-sgvNjprQu1JaTuPX7eDO5DHWe5hI58OZq6DYTr6fZzN2NIVGYZlysRvRes-zhinz7N03LW-bzxuQ/s4032/IMG_5222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcvOV4-MAdIWfKE_AXV08Y0XZ9NpEwOyViiARrSfvhzGVMwdeufE9YhXaIOW2-J-yGW9G9M2pMmztMNuV7BmGMG7ONK_qsr6yjMMG5RIdnl7Vv-sgvNjprQu1JaTuPX7eDO5DHWe5hI58OZq6DYTr6fZzN2NIVGYZlysRvRes-zhinz7N03LW-bzxuQ/s320/IMG_5222.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maverick burger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After visiting my aunt, meeting my bonus bro and enjoying lots of delicious vegan food, my father has decided to plan an official family reunion to be held in Spring of next year. Below are photos from our trip.</div><br /> <p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-46819745972043744122022-03-27T18:41:00.002-07:002022-03-27T18:41:51.936-07:00Lizzo's "Watch Out For the Big Grrrls" Breaks the Reality TV Show Mold<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkr3MAlA5md7U0b_GayT-uzqIFk7h1p998tUrqs8AFC6qiG5StZRdB2jaBXbsmLLRjyJtH3uzdR6-xtjYKJzeu9lGgdvvf0DS7MaPd61UWVYvXrxYXC7TwfBon0uiP0D-P7R7jicJbHFQsGNy0SSw3LxnZPxYnWUjrIQkDBhsYccKLriORJFwQ1qk6w/s1142/FB77859C-D00F-46F0-ACAB-EB8B1F313C56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1142" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkr3MAlA5md7U0b_GayT-uzqIFk7h1p998tUrqs8AFC6qiG5StZRdB2jaBXbsmLLRjyJtH3uzdR6-xtjYKJzeu9lGgdvvf0DS7MaPd61UWVYvXrxYXC7TwfBon0uiP0D-P7R7jicJbHFQsGNy0SSw3LxnZPxYnWUjrIQkDBhsYccKLriORJFwQ1qk6w/s320/FB77859C-D00F-46F0-ACAB-EB8B1F313C56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As someone who is not a fan of reality TV shows, I will admit I was skeptical when I saw the preview for Lizzo's reality TV show "Watch Out for the Big Grrls" on Amazon Prime. Although the premise of a dance competition featuring plus sized women seemed interesting, I worried it would be hokey or boring. I'm so glad that I gave this show a chance since it is entertaining, insightful, and uplifting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The main premise of the show is that Lizzo is searching for new backup dancers to add to her Big Grrrl dance crew who will perform with her at the annual Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee as well as go on tour with her across the country. In order to select the best woman for the job, Lizzo flies thirteen plus size women (including one trans woman) to Los Angeles to audition for a spot of the dance crew. In each episode, the contestants are given challenges meant to showcase their dancing ability, personality, creativity, as well as stamina and endurance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Throughout the course of eight episodes, the viewer learns the backstory of each of the women which involve common factors of feeling unattractive and not feeling accepted by society due to their body size. By discovering dancing in various stages in their lives, each of the women find healing and happiness. As each episode progress, the viewer also sees each of the women transform from timid and insecure individuals to a strong and powerful team. By sharing a house together, eating, sleeping and dancing together on a daily basis, a sisterhood is formed among those living in the house in addition to bonds formed with Lizzo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I continued to watch each episode, I was surprised to see pieces of my life experience in each of these women whether it was through learning how to love my body (regardless of its size) or working to uplift other women through my words and deeds. Through watching this show, Lizzo's genuine love for helping women shine really showed as well as her desire to help women work through their person issues in order to become the best versions of themselves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In closing, if you are a plus size woman, have plus size people in your life, or just wanted to watch an unconventional reality TV show which focuses on uplifting often overlooked people, I highly recommend you watch this show! </div><br /> <p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-44650715873302763772022-03-09T17:38:00.004-08:002022-03-09T17:38:36.129-08:00First Visit To Hometown Since COVID & Little Rock 1/2 Marathon Race Recap<p> In an effort to complete my life long goal of running a half marathon in each state, I signed up to run the Little Rock 1/2 Marathon in Little Rock, Arkansas. Since the race occurred on Sunday, March 6, hubby and I decided to fly in early and drive down to my hometown in Alabama to visit my best friend as well as my parents (which I haven't seen in person since 2019. I was happy to be able to meet up with my best friend and her son over lunch before visiting with my dad and my mom.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoZB1RsQM-X-Grrw-ZjVJ7t4KIxbxQq0COJbIT77uGoMdQQT8TNq3U9As95gwbJefySodfbkIDrGfnTHHORs7YeJKNY02mGMHf7VXBTno5JHYDSNS1fixt-m6LTPvqoErZnglWx6JpWl5SXsghh--AFWRx52a9V_MY4kyQPeOnwAQNS9JC4s1xwfR3_Q=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoZB1RsQM-X-Grrw-ZjVJ7t4KIxbxQq0COJbIT77uGoMdQQT8TNq3U9As95gwbJefySodfbkIDrGfnTHHORs7YeJKNY02mGMHf7VXBTno5JHYDSNS1fixt-m6LTPvqoErZnglWx6JpWl5SXsghh--AFWRx52a9V_MY4kyQPeOnwAQNS9JC4s1xwfR3_Q=w256-h320" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best friend and me</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii8NTMRsnklfbl3ha8mpG9MDJ-2rytkhOi_4d3aLHB42-u-jPIxb69UTXdvddYhcmKQFaI3QLD6DkUUxBLcRlSPKq9ME9aiCvYqGLWT2FOjSXn9WtIgHPhnN9pEtVEaaFq0nx5dcmohxUcHPnBY8uhUJhWafmonBmBOgIimcbSsF0f26Mj3KNYmWVgqw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii8NTMRsnklfbl3ha8mpG9MDJ-2rytkhOi_4d3aLHB42-u-jPIxb69UTXdvddYhcmKQFaI3QLD6DkUUxBLcRlSPKq9ME9aiCvYqGLWT2FOjSXn9WtIgHPhnN9pEtVEaaFq0nx5dcmohxUcHPnBY8uhUJhWafmonBmBOgIimcbSsF0f26Mj3KNYmWVgqw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dad and me</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEzfpukKeroQTiFE49GJrebAmIYjqBuL-AvXQ7Yf-tTJOmpXmV14BdG1oCuu-PRpQHtjNaSrYLUCo5tXM1zp7SZclxtVbatYQgM-euIp7Hbo5tgS_ji_29ETPkSAyn3iCHiEYCZnEy8J9Q3ybP566TD9Jh5YQ4gC0q0Ah_zIeSGNoIPPMtl3ApGcGbOw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEzfpukKeroQTiFE49GJrebAmIYjqBuL-AvXQ7Yf-tTJOmpXmV14BdG1oCuu-PRpQHtjNaSrYLUCo5tXM1zp7SZclxtVbatYQgM-euIp7Hbo5tgS_ji_29ETPkSAyn3iCHiEYCZnEy8J9Q3ybP566TD9Jh5YQ4gC0q0Ah_zIeSGNoIPPMtl3ApGcGbOw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hubby, dad, and me</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjho_aglBK2LE5XG5XtsYkZZnY_imIyA-klHA8x64M8qBfAhq_r7UTptxcrcNK-kH2ktdo7OirSbVsWkAX6YCDuqP27JE7cx5r9M3xAr2rQXa6uY_yFJQ50_OFOz_TE33K4m5Qg1xLrPByPPHdK2DiY1GnE3dizEruSM1Pj9aQaA2J47vgb5zmzm0C1Iw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjho_aglBK2LE5XG5XtsYkZZnY_imIyA-klHA8x64M8qBfAhq_r7UTptxcrcNK-kH2ktdo7OirSbVsWkAX6YCDuqP27JE7cx5r9M3xAr2rQXa6uY_yFJQ50_OFOz_TE33K4m5Qg1xLrPByPPHdK2DiY1GnE3dizEruSM1Pj9aQaA2J47vgb5zmzm0C1Iw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom and me</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPNFr1rzboDO5IG8dUqrfZONuI4CsU_j1-GFdzS5iISCUegqwAJhwysEpnc0elk5wE_jlt09a6EU-Slbst3A1dtcHzHNS_ppdhLZ5sgorupO0wI2NKah-3NfqiDkqni8e29aHGDmwCe3EXfGd2Dt94jjHXnwjIshyG3cDAgTwvZ0xZGXCFDM_li-8QDw=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPNFr1rzboDO5IG8dUqrfZONuI4CsU_j1-GFdzS5iISCUegqwAJhwysEpnc0elk5wE_jlt09a6EU-Slbst3A1dtcHzHNS_ppdhLZ5sgorupO0wI2NKah-3NfqiDkqni8e29aHGDmwCe3EXfGd2Dt94jjHXnwjIshyG3cDAgTwvZ0xZGXCFDM_li-8QDw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, mom, and hubby</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> After our brief visit to Alabama, it was time to return back to Little Rock to prep or the half marathon on Sunday. While taking a break from race prep, I was able to enjoy some delicious vegan food from Blue Sage Vegan Bistro.<p></p><br /><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggGHkO8g3eNHObbNMEaIVQE02xja3oySQ7ecp3atWX9DKXps7mP_nZpVBTqoPeEm1v6Hfz3sNf8HAaj32i5HDkLNZrVI35kSRPV3lFuSvmlEpPrN0z1tvwZTqukqmq-i1vG-5BNYZnT5hbkqZJpfqdUAUy8UxJof9RVAU_VxjqL-MVfUowweTaJ8qsgg=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggGHkO8g3eNHObbNMEaIVQE02xja3oySQ7ecp3atWX9DKXps7mP_nZpVBTqoPeEm1v6Hfz3sNf8HAaj32i5HDkLNZrVI35kSRPV3lFuSvmlEpPrN0z1tvwZTqukqmq-i1vG-5BNYZnT5hbkqZJpfqdUAUy8UxJof9RVAU_VxjqL-MVfUowweTaJ8qsgg=s320" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spicy mushroom tacos</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyT0w03t5ftmXww9wDJdzVjv-yKvqUw0BrQgrtFHaAisVU0XTCRXdkM5EVmKfcutO_m447Uh42BVtgTGJBcLaeABlF-G3Jv2ghHK6jx6_u6peK7FI4sgouTCWE-duiH82DMinu7TiZyvbePLiEuuLpdLufFQ4yMpVTbXwXuedX3ucA9K9lkLk9oBVnZA=s1795" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyT0w03t5ftmXww9wDJdzVjv-yKvqUw0BrQgrtFHaAisVU0XTCRXdkM5EVmKfcutO_m447Uh42BVtgTGJBcLaeABlF-G3Jv2ghHK6jx6_u6peK7FI4sgouTCWE-duiH82DMinu7TiZyvbePLiEuuLpdLufFQ4yMpVTbXwXuedX3ucA9K9lkLk9oBVnZA=s320" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chick'n fried steak sandwich</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjodvA3LUzDlSf46p9dssR7asOV5EFEj2Sg0mP7b7P1yZJloWSrgD6x7vYSs_HNw1Rpersg6tGOhZ3h_PkRP0N6FcnUlEWiTH-tGDyjiJh_Bn8hKC3TicAaXrnmMr8ggMDWTGlRAmU0XlVO_Y3F769cmK4skoPTnIzDGIORsB5VGfVy8KTmniK0O5HL-w=s1795" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjodvA3LUzDlSf46p9dssR7asOV5EFEj2Sg0mP7b7P1yZJloWSrgD6x7vYSs_HNw1Rpersg6tGOhZ3h_PkRP0N6FcnUlEWiTH-tGDyjiJh_Bn8hKC3TicAaXrnmMr8ggMDWTGlRAmU0XlVO_Y3F769cmK4skoPTnIzDGIORsB5VGfVy8KTmniK0O5HL-w=s320" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vegan grilled cheese with mushrooms and arugula</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJLkljfXknXkR-cE98aoDWiEtBFtH0aT5v8NEgy5BKLMohZ5XwsQmLtSUuXriedCec4wxEav6xTTXd6vXIlBsZ6lXOWnpelnWe4DZw8DD9qmb7ZGsIV_Vx1iCo42tlNaDFFnk7DCLZJql-SwbLQD0KNSi-0_7aTqz5qMNkM3uSRrBTOEdO6lMbWihJBw=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJLkljfXknXkR-cE98aoDWiEtBFtH0aT5v8NEgy5BKLMohZ5XwsQmLtSUuXriedCec4wxEav6xTTXd6vXIlBsZ6lXOWnpelnWe4DZw8DD9qmb7ZGsIV_Vx1iCo42tlNaDFFnk7DCLZJql-SwbLQD0KNSi-0_7aTqz5qMNkM3uSRrBTOEdO6lMbWihJBw=s320" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spiral fries</td></tr></tbody></table>After a good night's sleep at the hotel, it was time to get up and run the half marathon. The half marathon was fairly uneventful expect for a brief period of sprinkles followed by a later period of brief rain. Luckily, I made sure to pack a poncho in my pants pocket so I didn't get too wet during the race. <br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGysLWVnXayAcYeEYVCP0iKHfvMHFayl6ShRddoLpDX9INHv6-mpdZlsS4Ycaby6uO8-W2kOAYmyNOkDb3xjDMEsgiaRdcGSHCFJG55MRsLh6J-aFaTtfMWeGVSvOe0217URxsQYlY24oslBxsEM2_-4sKOn1XT54V4ev_VVdr-fyNMJaAXEEb8sYFig=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGysLWVnXayAcYeEYVCP0iKHfvMHFayl6ShRddoLpDX9INHv6-mpdZlsS4Ycaby6uO8-W2kOAYmyNOkDb3xjDMEsgiaRdcGSHCFJG55MRsLh6J-aFaTtfMWeGVSvOe0217URxsQYlY24oslBxsEM2_-4sKOn1XT54V4ev_VVdr-fyNMJaAXEEb8sYFig=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me before the half marathon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyPqbTzgKdVRGO2SKAAIJIqBijyV2Vk3u4rHuWRxR5WyNtvv9nYRdBCa91a66i93ig2w-kHi8vx5F3RDDbplKBAMHTOpLvtYhGCJCTJ27wOMH61Hs5aa1hkhgX0Z8Dos5BIBw-k-3fYjuZdJ4Ju12BQ-PunjrBY3cpfaslJ78nrvLFJZAIaSkWBsf2EA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyPqbTzgKdVRGO2SKAAIJIqBijyV2Vk3u4rHuWRxR5WyNtvv9nYRdBCa91a66i93ig2w-kHi8vx5F3RDDbplKBAMHTOpLvtYhGCJCTJ27wOMH61Hs5aa1hkhgX0Z8Dos5BIBw-k-3fYjuZdJ4Ju12BQ-PunjrBY3cpfaslJ78nrvLFJZAIaSkWBsf2EA=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge I ran on during on during race</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp1mlLNB-P-kq59YsGcdOlpQmUiKeUEfw_FKd4IxQQWTtR5irLaAuLWvAnseub5eTLKOIbTnXIJyEUOmAB662GS5FtsxHNmGGULOfXRva9OgO0oWwPbuz3RMvDabiXF6pfCeizHIgxOwcJZxORA7ZRlJv9bCgKZDVLxQCJ7u_bXH9aB39QwDSgi0wFpw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp1mlLNB-P-kq59YsGcdOlpQmUiKeUEfw_FKd4IxQQWTtR5irLaAuLWvAnseub5eTLKOIbTnXIJyEUOmAB662GS5FtsxHNmGGULOfXRva9OgO0oWwPbuz3RMvDabiXF6pfCeizHIgxOwcJZxORA7ZRlJv9bCgKZDVLxQCJ7u_bXH9aB39QwDSgi0wFpw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Communion on the Run tent</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYBo7_yzZdLbDu9u2NSa3IACTP5-IHxKOd_mc8Z1CWRL632oXkaX__tsv6oU4jrrmEXqFvLuxIEoi9X4mIuyIOaZ_TREHyo_af1H4RDRGANZn2FrGxb4VS3f9L7o7bbJPXs33wmCP156zNz5ynnujZN1n7SjdLPA2u3rBE4RnDBgvjJrjAEUacdmcm8A=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYBo7_yzZdLbDu9u2NSa3IACTP5-IHxKOd_mc8Z1CWRL632oXkaX__tsv6oU4jrrmEXqFvLuxIEoi9X4mIuyIOaZ_TREHyo_af1H4RDRGANZn2FrGxb4VS3f9L7o7bbJPXs33wmCP156zNz5ynnujZN1n7SjdLPA2u3rBE4RnDBgvjJrjAEUacdmcm8A=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arkansas Governor's mansion</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWLSntgdG_G-VT6zAMquyVTmYMVDC2LJqI4M4ZK7RkG3Sfgr8wA3IlAQaK5KrYy4SQMGW1u7lLf2JT6fVxG6bnXKZ7bWy9gHaW3p18j-COmPOQjfuukZa4svCH4YXEJ3xLb4ghK2wIwIQplJW4tkE1oze40z-60baF0TIskTyP93O1F_eBBAkOkeXQHA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWLSntgdG_G-VT6zAMquyVTmYMVDC2LJqI4M4ZK7RkG3Sfgr8wA3IlAQaK5KrYy4SQMGW1u7lLf2JT6fVxG6bnXKZ7bWy9gHaW3p18j-COmPOQjfuukZa4svCH4YXEJ3xLb4ghK2wIwIQplJW4tkE1oze40z-60baF0TIskTyP93O1F_eBBAkOkeXQHA=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me with half marathon finisher's medal</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4k9JNiqy5X89fV5Zc0CtmnzzhrUrWOnuiA3mfgU3u8jl_f2EDnTKxF_n9pG8afFqLWf2OtuUsbulQUz8NBn6UvXGvbQtqa42vcbbldKnrX-O-6n1l1yxa8w_V3D7q7ScEPNKpg4tsocg9DvtoEmhrenWmSVzgZLaOyoQh-z2eWzEUmSYhRylEH4-t0g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4k9JNiqy5X89fV5Zc0CtmnzzhrUrWOnuiA3mfgU3u8jl_f2EDnTKxF_n9pG8afFqLWf2OtuUsbulQUz8NBn6UvXGvbQtqa42vcbbldKnrX-O-6n1l1yxa8w_V3D7q7ScEPNKpg4tsocg9DvtoEmhrenWmSVzgZLaOyoQh-z2eWzEUmSYhRylEH4-t0g=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of finisher's medal</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Although there were many interesting tents set up along the race route, my favorite was the "Communion on the Run" tent in front of a church which gave runners the communion experience using pretzel bites to represent the body of Christ and a cup of grape juice to represent the blood of Christ. This to me was a very creative idea! Overall, the Little Rock 1/2 Marathon was a wonderful race to run and I loved how many community members come out to support us runners. I'm looking forward to visiting my family for a longer time sometime soon as well as looking forward to my next 1/2 marathon which will be the Las Vegas Women's 1/2 Marathon next month. </div><div><br /></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-91284607304451395702022-01-23T19:03:00.001-08:002022-01-23T19:03:11.303-08:00Award Winner at First Annual SoCal Yeppies <p> On May 12, 2001, I was nominated to become a member of the Yelp Elite Squad. On Thursday, January 20, Yelp held their first annual 2021 Southern California (SoCal) Yelpie Awards via Zoom. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitrLHSLY34iId5honTncOUkHwBMBuUVysZbT3k9AA6K9W3E7_P523XGYt-cAAw4gYcgIaN07fB1qeh8dp4W_h20JxwIwlpWjdlV0iuyY2U9yq9rKfsLY8Thrx-ziykbRFd7xwnz7o_-nHHFpyG5I2WFQs61y_G8VeOPRA6ljTEVnSzR-OLrIehb0jV8Q=s405" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="401" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitrLHSLY34iId5honTncOUkHwBMBuUVysZbT3k9AA6K9W3E7_P523XGYt-cAAw4gYcgIaN07fB1qeh8dp4W_h20JxwIwlpWjdlV0iuyY2U9yq9rKfsLY8Thrx-ziykbRFd7xwnz7o_-nHHFpyG5I2WFQs61y_G8VeOPRA6ljTEVnSzR-OLrIehb0jV8Q=w212-h214" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During the course of the evening, the band Cold Blooded Soul gave two musical performances, a bartender who made an alcoholic and nonalcoholic drink, and a comedian did a five minute comedy routine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP-SkL2gE73aBCjpEAAmNA3hVXXFVBI7NREg1yuIdl9VtzwrJQMiQmVk1K5beNnFO3OeyM-KC6sJGWxFJnlM9y6eSdLfaYmbKiMqjPgHZfGP1ZbgAr1b7IMFucxb0GC1VM-RjRhkzX5JA0n4wcTuzttvr5qGRh4H7JO3wUo9IiEW8kwFVRvEKnRkn6jA=s828" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="828" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP-SkL2gE73aBCjpEAAmNA3hVXXFVBI7NREg1yuIdl9VtzwrJQMiQmVk1K5beNnFO3OeyM-KC6sJGWxFJnlM9y6eSdLfaYmbKiMqjPgHZfGP1ZbgAr1b7IMFucxb0GC1VM-RjRhkzX5JA0n4wcTuzttvr5qGRh4H7JO3wUo9IiEW8kwFVRvEKnRkn6jA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVaJb2ORllnN_vi44__Leg_fe3eeO6B0NADMLwOzS3BVhZ53JNok7i0lrDJcBRouSxKDJE5ylSi9s4G34F3sM48A2Dzlv2FmpYRjj2C_5KZ152uzdjswnMNmvN-cwdxRTkIOFBd-tyl9XrVG8RiCqABRvnDZAq8_HMzhDzjPwh_sYNo354kwbSuVjNfA=s828" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Intermixed with each of the above performances a total of seven categories were announced and a total of 43 Yelp Elites were selected for the awards listed below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH7a4x8Qq13oYvjV4N54cM678lIkR8F0Xgb9-YEpEgPvJGkAZh_UBTgCcKSleENnmexurCY4aFy7PVFQgtALU1HEYLaof2mm8nsa3Tq_PsT0LiZEt0gaHdBFbo3QzuM9Rnml9RQVUdWJxVO3YOM4NIuo9f2GkGApE9orijn3LD_Ldi6jCGqKnrnsd6UQ=s828" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="828" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH7a4x8Qq13oYvjV4N54cM678lIkR8F0Xgb9-YEpEgPvJGkAZh_UBTgCcKSleENnmexurCY4aFy7PVFQgtALU1HEYLaof2mm8nsa3Tq_PsT0LiZEt0gaHdBFbo3QzuM9Rnml9RQVUdWJxVO3YOM4NIuo9f2GkGApE9orijn3LD_Ldi6jCGqKnrnsd6UQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was surprised and honored to be chosen to win an award for "Keeping Yelp Useful," The award explanation can be seen below. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLN5gkrb8OAOalU_tjCKZ6945U_pLM_vNQO0PwJHpPLYEkbcSEvk32tjIVw8YiD6gh0RYq3vXZr1K0cZuC1tH6E27RrH73MliIsRrFJEZejuC7FrISQQ2ntu8pzuiRqLvP31UmMD3BcEwxSdk3Xxo-vQ3Ac4sY_gibzeiskXdSL9H1Ea1TBhef0InvlQ=s828" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="828" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLN5gkrb8OAOalU_tjCKZ6945U_pLM_vNQO0PwJHpPLYEkbcSEvk32tjIVw8YiD6gh0RYq3vXZr1K0cZuC1tH6E27RrH73MliIsRrFJEZejuC7FrISQQ2ntu8pzuiRqLvP31UmMD3BcEwxSdk3Xxo-vQ3Ac4sY_gibzeiskXdSL9H1Ea1TBhef0InvlQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a photo of me and the other Yelp Elite Squad members who were also also selected for the Keeping Yelp Useful award.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4YB2W3ZnqLmAQW5fyqtnmlbwcqe2N4MAidHp2027rtLjrlYKjyjtMLXa3jWbcRJ0VpZ2eVUg0g_886LUrEsOUkOvw-nzzSnveOTavV6GGBPVeEpiBVkmt7mEZRc5ETbrXEiec2JWkRKdLAeq19UVxsqlKeLQUxIYzR00BGuJfK8as45w7HLernDsQLw=s828" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="828" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4YB2W3ZnqLmAQW5fyqtnmlbwcqe2N4MAidHp2027rtLjrlYKjyjtMLXa3jWbcRJ0VpZ2eVUg0g_886LUrEsOUkOvw-nzzSnveOTavV6GGBPVeEpiBVkmt7mEZRc5ETbrXEiec2JWkRKdLAeq19UVxsqlKeLQUxIYzR00BGuJfK8as45w7HLernDsQLw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the event, I took a photo at the virtual photo booth that was created for Yelp Elite Squad members and took the below photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_S4mI4uvETMgqqafHvJA7V-lQqUhyDo-hQ85trE6sZ2cReDyScpZuqSBNqNqFogNi1lRDuHNRlY1SmFMtOK7oMPturRZzsh3x7yhkJrsxEAZBN5audtbSM5RpUNei5YJPVdnbB51V1N9LXLnBF4GtHAIEbn5NHXePU43fNjEa97-KsEHQCA12uMmpkA=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_S4mI4uvETMgqqafHvJA7V-lQqUhyDo-hQ85trE6sZ2cReDyScpZuqSBNqNqFogNi1lRDuHNRlY1SmFMtOK7oMPturRZzsh3x7yhkJrsxEAZBN5audtbSM5RpUNei5YJPVdnbB51V1N9LXLnBF4GtHAIEbn5NHXePU43fNjEa97-KsEHQCA12uMmpkA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I looked forward to receiving a Yelpie trophy as well as a curated box of local goods and Yelp swag. I feel so happy to be celebrated for my contributions to Yelp and look forward to being a Yelp Elite Square member for many more years to come!</p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-45418982983728605302021-11-16T14:34:00.063-08:002022-12-04T10:40:05.518-08:00Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCopyrScqTgdDJSYFurKVDW5_Wm4hW_MCiJCKp95CAHxxZYqnDTMp1z2kY6-m1_Dj0TgkzxH6CjW4C1cohcTFs5HkYC6MuLwGV0pxpAER5PtG_8eWY0scpxn2kYcRVa82q_ezO4kmduwjb/s828/IMG_2201.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="828" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCopyrScqTgdDJSYFurKVDW5_Wm4hW_MCiJCKp95CAHxxZYqnDTMp1z2kY6-m1_Dj0TgkzxH6CjW4C1cohcTFs5HkYC6MuLwGV0pxpAER5PtG_8eWY0scpxn2kYcRVa82q_ezO4kmduwjb/s320/IMG_2201.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read a total of 104 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge and the Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 reading challenge, visit www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2022.</p><p>Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.</p><p><u>The Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge:</u></p><p></p><ol><li>By a author you love: Head Bangers by Zane</li><li>Goodreads winner in 2021: The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman</li><li>Book becoming a movie in 2022: Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka<br /></li><li>Book with a twist: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay</li><li>Speculative fiction: Dwellers by Eliza Victoria</li><li>With a bird on the cover: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton<br /></li><li>About a difficult choice: Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams </li><li>Published in 2012: Wild by Cheryl Strayed </li><li>With a name in the title: Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper</li><li>By a local author: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero</li><li>Discussion-worthy book club book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows</li><li>2021 bestseller: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl</li><li>Genre you don't usually read: Sackett's Land (western) by Louis L' Amour<br /></li><li>Shakespearean play: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare<br /></li><li>With a two word title: Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades</li><li>About a Muslim protagonist: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi</li><li>Set in the 1980's: The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak</li><li>Asian American & Pacific Islander Author: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen<br /></li><li>Bottom of your to-read list: Heated by Naima Simone</li><li>Literary fiction: I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi</li><li>Recommended on Instagram: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett</li><li>LBGTQ+ book: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin</li><li>Book everyone is talking about: Finding Me by Viola Davis</li><li>Pulitzer prize winner: The Tradition by Jericho Brown (2020 winner in poetry)</li><li>With a blue cover: My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris</li><li>Author who shares your initials: Spy x Family, vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo</li><li>Epic adventure: Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne</li><li>A guilty pleasure read: Larger Than Life by Maria Sherman</li><li>An audiobook: Run the Mile You're In by Ryan Hall</li><li>Catchy title: Eat Cake for Breakfast and 99 Other Small Acts of Happiness by Viola Sutanto</li><li>About nature: Friluftsliv by Oliver Luke Delorie</li><li>Two books by the same author (1): Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire </li><li>Two books by the same author (2): Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire</li><li>YA fantasy: The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton</li><li>Purchased at a bookstore: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten</li><li>Family drama: Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin<br /></li><li>Classic you've avoided: Lord of the Flies by William Golding</li><li>Set in Africa: The Memory of an Elephant by Alex Lasker</li><li>Recommended by a librarian: Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith</li><li>By a British author: Assembly by Natasha Brown</li><li>Reread a favorite: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros</li><li>Under 300 pages: Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine</li><li>Spooky read: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark</li><li>Nonfiction bestseller: Atlas of the Heart by Brene' Brown<br /></li><li>A book about life: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar</li><li>Reese Witherspoon book club pick: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman<br /></li><li>Makes you laugh: Everything I Need to Know I learned From a Golden Book by Diane Muldrow</li><li>Historical novel: The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe</li><li>A 2022 new release: Tanqueray by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton</li><li>Inspiring memoir: Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko</li><li>Cozy mystery: Murder in Cherry Hill by Paige Sleuth</li><li>You own but haven't read: Book Nerd by Holly Maguire</li></ol>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-37982675652218603162021-11-12T21:26:00.060-08:002022-12-09T13:56:49.540-08:00The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmKkV1UBXNPKm16nG9vqTa7voag4QVaw83uSdrNtOQ0FwlOhvB2TyYsZvySHlOJsItMFLsJYX6rGD8kg0o_XmZR5KE8xFmRSDNOIsF1na_2cQ6iFqKMzD5aiB7BdgK3_GpJI33YjXg7pY/s667/IMG_2153.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="667" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmKkV1UBXNPKm16nG9vqTa7voag4QVaw83uSdrNtOQ0FwlOhvB2TyYsZvySHlOJsItMFLsJYX6rGD8kg0o_XmZR5KE8xFmRSDNOIsF1na_2cQ6iFqKMzD5aiB7BdgK3_GpJI33YjXg7pY/s320/IMG_2153.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read 52 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 challenge, visit www.the52book,club.<p>Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.</p><p><u>The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge:</u></p><p></p><ol><li>A second-person narrative: Million Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton</li><li>Featuring a library or bookstore: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson</li><li>Title starting with the letter "E:" Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley<br /></li><li>Title starting with the letter "F:" Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach</li><li>Chapters have titles: Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter</li><li>Household object on the cover: Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing by Olga Mecking<br /></li><li>A non-fiction bestseller: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey (New York Times 2020)</li><li>Involving the art world: The Art of the Con by Anthony M. Amore</li><li>A book that sparks joy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy</li><li>A book based on a real person: White Houses by Amy Bloom</li><li>A book with less that 2022 Goodreads ratings: What's Your Enneatype by Liz Carver & Josh Green</li><li>Set on at least two continents: The Catch Me If You Can by Jessica Nabongo</li><li>Includes a club: Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn by Ryan Heshka<br /></li><li>A character with superhuman ability: Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith<br /></li><li>A five-syllable title: Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong </li><li>A book you've seen someone reading in a public place: Portraits of Childfree Wealth by Jay Zigmont</li><li>A book picked based on its spine: My Seven Black Fathers by Will Jawando</li><li>Jane Austen-inspired: The Code For Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor<br /></li><li>A book that has an alternate title: Where's Waldo: Deluxe Edition by Martin Handford</li><li>Related to the word "gold:" Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh</li><li>Published by Simon & Schuster: Self-Care For Black Women by Oludara Adeeyo</li><li>An unlikely detective: An Equal Opportunity Death by Susan Dunalp</li><li>Author with an X, Y, or Z in their name: Saving Myself One Step at a Time: A Running Memoir by T.J. Bryan</li><li>Addresses a specific topic: Never Too Late by Kate Champion</li><li>A wealthy character: January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky</li><li>Has an "Author's Note:" Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert</li><li>Include a map: Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive by Chris Colfer</li><li>Award winning book from your country: Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman </li><li>Over 500 pages long: Roots by Alex Haley (729 pages)</li><li>Audiobook is narrated by the author: Will by Will Smith</li><li>Technology-themed: Awesome Achievers in Technology by Alan Katz</li><li>A book that intimidates you: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande</li><li>A bilingual character: You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria</li><li>An author's photo on the back: Secret Inland Empire: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Larry Burns</li><li>From the villain's perspective: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker</li><li>Recommended by a favorite author: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Recommended by Atul Gawande)<br /></li><li>Set in a rural area: We We're Rich and We Didn't Know It by Tom Phelan</li><li>Don't judge a book by its cover!: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig</li><li>A middle-grade novel: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor</li><li>A book with photographs inside: National Geographic Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary by Susan Tyler Hitchcock</li><li>Involves a second chance: You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi</li><li>An indie read: Love & Saffron by Kim Fay</li><li>Author's who published in more than one genre: The Running Shaped Hole By Robert Earl Stewart (also published poetry)<br /></li><li>An anthology: The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi<br /></li><li>A book with illustrated people on the cover: Caught Up in the Rapture by Sheneska Jackson</li><li>A job title in the title: Maids by Katie Skelly<br /></li><li>Read during the month of November: Second Coming: Volume 1 by Mark Russell, Richard Pace, Leonard Kirk, & Andy Troy</li><li>Redo one of the year's prompts, but with a different genre (title starting with the letter "F"): Fairest of All by Serena Valentino</li><li>Book title starts with the same letter as your first name: Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh</li><li>A person of color as the main character: Happy Endings by Thien- Kim Lam </li><li>The word "game" in the title: Good Game, Well Played by Rachael Smith, Katherine Lobo, & Justin Birch</li><li>Published in 2022: Clean Air by Sarah Blake</li></ol><p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-45438057555984802342021-10-06T19:04:00.001-07:002021-10-06T19:04:23.460-07:00Scenes From First Vegan Depot Riverside Event<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Sunday, October 3rd, me and hubby attended the first Vegan Depot event in Riverside. The event was well attended with a total of over 60 vegan vendors selling food and clothing. Below is the announcement for the event as well as some of the items we purchased while at the event. The photos include a mixed juice drink from Lizzard Mama's, a classic burger from Vruger Guyz, a supreme vegan stuffed crust pizza from Love Amaro Pizzeria, pumpkin spice coffee cake from 7 Deadly Confections, and Vegan Chickun and Cinnamon Roll Waffles from Vegan Or Nah. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0lz-t2-T9uhx8c1NpKMROZSuxGCioraR-eAvNwQ1ShLXp7IJ-tQe-MVZvvvJpie6fx_naCtlmkzFnFcTyNQk_5R9j_UaekMJpGAQFANvzVAlDOTkCb5j-LnczQVwNB3A8sYSyl2mw0fd/s830/IMG_1755.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="828" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0lz-t2-T9uhx8c1NpKMROZSuxGCioraR-eAvNwQ1ShLXp7IJ-tQe-MVZvvvJpie6fx_naCtlmkzFnFcTyNQk_5R9j_UaekMJpGAQFANvzVAlDOTkCb5j-LnczQVwNB3A8sYSyl2mw0fd/w199-h200/IMG_1755.PNG" width="199" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fLF9v9io59MaOwU2HEVN_zcWEaE0o1bEsW8mrI1PWf7lHKlzoV4vYpm7B8VEgfTdAtfhMLwXn2lCWvcNsUOkBzpUFQQhxBnm-ua_xmSJscYuVcI7ft3NX9oovJk6M_uwrfpTgYW9Fsv6/s4032/IMG_1757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fLF9v9io59MaOwU2HEVN_zcWEaE0o1bEsW8mrI1PWf7lHKlzoV4vYpm7B8VEgfTdAtfhMLwXn2lCWvcNsUOkBzpUFQQhxBnm-ua_xmSJscYuVcI7ft3NX9oovJk6M_uwrfpTgYW9Fsv6/w150-h200/IMG_1757.JPG" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrPEN5Pq2Gw2LE1SX_UXBhJCi_3-peIci3trFCn9jfQF15b-JCdpl4OXC65c6QcWu2qN7MAHg93rJHf07kRB6FOHPpAqgwXVRHswdwvE76JIYEJSces3-c_2NXzPVhFj4b2S1IcPvuP0G/s4032/IMG_1759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrPEN5Pq2Gw2LE1SX_UXBhJCi_3-peIci3trFCn9jfQF15b-JCdpl4OXC65c6QcWu2qN7MAHg93rJHf07kRB6FOHPpAqgwXVRHswdwvE76JIYEJSces3-c_2NXzPVhFj4b2S1IcPvuP0G/w150-h200/IMG_1759.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZd4axV5X6JfYKzxibmT2VNgD_70POQAWb2U6hBNP3syLyU8XlBN4BGuPvZYPrLZQN_Ete9B58UDmS268bIyIU2LXShGcPaKt6isU7tgGvEifQMfvCBI6fTphq3vgrw5av-UtO-DcvKne/s4032/IMG_1760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZd4axV5X6JfYKzxibmT2VNgD_70POQAWb2U6hBNP3syLyU8XlBN4BGuPvZYPrLZQN_Ete9B58UDmS268bIyIU2LXShGcPaKt6isU7tgGvEifQMfvCBI6fTphq3vgrw5av-UtO-DcvKne/w150-h200/IMG_1760.JPG" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJ-vLko-cyNIOn2bJIS3xS01S9I5hweKJTHwtNi01W-_gsu5Ez8l5okErgg1H-2oXwh9CnEgJai4MfH-_fjfeBAJEpQh7x_uVNDde6h808CZO8kwIpzjl1yTGNIExjzj7qfrDqmgvMg9t/s4032/IMG_1761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJ-vLko-cyNIOn2bJIS3xS01S9I5hweKJTHwtNi01W-_gsu5Ez8l5okErgg1H-2oXwh9CnEgJai4MfH-_fjfeBAJEpQh7x_uVNDde6h808CZO8kwIpzjl1yTGNIExjzj7qfrDqmgvMg9t/w150-h200/IMG_1761.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkahMoea8PdTfhkdGvTIbw0Kzvvwwwus1OElkDu9fXzWCwqzHEqtw0wqqxH35utmOTymy0va9SRoCHiQ-kn6dhfYqSfP4Ip-N90KqvRx2Sc73Wd3-prsmpV0mcAQoPyUXlvKiOFBWSlQ0/s4032/IMG_1762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkahMoea8PdTfhkdGvTIbw0Kzvvwwwus1OElkDu9fXzWCwqzHEqtw0wqqxH35utmOTymy0va9SRoCHiQ-kn6dhfYqSfP4Ip-N90KqvRx2Sc73Wd3-prsmpV0mcAQoPyUXlvKiOFBWSlQ0/w150-h200/IMG_1762.JPG" width="150" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to the variety of food provided at the Vegan Depot Riverside event, the was also a in person meetup of the Facebook Vegans of the Inland Empire group. Below is a photo of me and the others who attended the meetup. We had a good time at the event and will definitely plan to attend future vegan depot events in Riverside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7Hc3MFwjcrrr3xkf6tQB-76VaSfgPmg5CugJr2xCa-bVK-MnxWeO3qC7LfYbM-mkkr9yr_r5sWKM70JuegcSlGcOS0qJbhTb2c5alqjFRSXDOBpaKRiHJEVadQ1YRZoUSTlvuojRvzIS/s4032/IMG_8050.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7Hc3MFwjcrrr3xkf6tQB-76VaSfgPmg5CugJr2xCa-bVK-MnxWeO3qC7LfYbM-mkkr9yr_r5sWKM70JuegcSlGcOS0qJbhTb2c5alqjFRSXDOBpaKRiHJEVadQ1YRZoUSTlvuojRvzIS/w240-h320/IMG_8050.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-70296658139031262102021-10-03T14:19:00.005-07:002021-10-06T15:07:56.145-07:00Adult Short Fiction Book Club and Celebrating 110 Year Library Anniversay<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shortly after starting my new job at the library, I came up the idea to create a short fiction book club as a way to give others the feeling of accomplishment of reading a book without a long term page commitment. Having said this, I held my first virtual book club meeting on last month. Below are first four books I've picked for the book club and which are all under 200 pages. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkaL2C1W7WbRixZ63y5HYLAqrEmSJqyKM5qIgI7ZGz5DepxrEouPFkwVHc5KDZqKlMKEqu_JKOrIu4IIxFliBjt4W5m_GjOiT2EjriM4yK_-Iqpa6vJBOn9j6xj5IInNTbKzB4ieVb3iP/s4032/IMG_1612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkaL2C1W7WbRixZ63y5HYLAqrEmSJqyKM5qIgI7ZGz5DepxrEouPFkwVHc5KDZqKlMKEqu_JKOrIu4IIxFliBjt4W5m_GjOiT2EjriM4yK_-Iqpa6vJBOn9j6xj5IInNTbKzB4ieVb3iP/w150-h200/IMG_1612.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikEuCfYPAZIIvLHPRcxR0qvlt0tpLmWZ3Ge41RDoM_bKEe9Zy0zYgjGeIAve-erK6p14c-JMYPrs3zoJTZDfwEkpc-lgbBi9pbXzSGzCco6UNYLDTGX5jrXItGMxpEiUKGuorW6YKWD8w/s674/IMG_1735.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="496" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikEuCfYPAZIIvLHPRcxR0qvlt0tpLmWZ3Ge41RDoM_bKEe9Zy0zYgjGeIAve-erK6p14c-JMYPrs3zoJTZDfwEkpc-lgbBi9pbXzSGzCco6UNYLDTGX5jrXItGMxpEiUKGuorW6YKWD8w/w147-h200/IMG_1735.PNG" width="147" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2n3bUBrC7v6M7YCLMQO5NUXUY_wcwYvFY-CSGvxwgAqOcKniMvJrby0PhIgjIJ-xULcYPpI4Jm1pO2S9R3Nq1D0LYuAF1P16aoWyZD9K3HGgDiMrqKRN6LPa95Zk-EFyHXpE8bXyw79_/s4032/65480552086__8031F7BD-BD4B-422A-A0DF-F0B8E6368764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2n3bUBrC7v6M7YCLMQO5NUXUY_wcwYvFY-CSGvxwgAqOcKniMvJrby0PhIgjIJ-xULcYPpI4Jm1pO2S9R3Nq1D0LYuAF1P16aoWyZD9K3HGgDiMrqKRN6LPa95Zk-EFyHXpE8bXyw79_/w150-h200/65480552086__8031F7BD-BD4B-422A-A0DF-F0B8E6368764.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmF1q0KuznwXGQvYJPKQTosaKPpMQMxB8VXEpnkeHfMNLSY0bHpCHU7OG_bYQB3NwgZvuS1NgUffDYU4PM2FXAj3N9AaMfX-l3E2rFjAJAI8ok8U-BgPoy0FFqdhXU3uXCdnyxv5v1rjH/s4032/IMG_1673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmF1q0KuznwXGQvYJPKQTosaKPpMQMxB8VXEpnkeHfMNLSY0bHpCHU7OG_bYQB3NwgZvuS1NgUffDYU4PM2FXAj3N9AaMfX-l3E2rFjAJAI8ok8U-BgPoy0FFqdhXU3uXCdnyxv5v1rjH/w200-h150/IMG_1673.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />On Friday, October 1, the Beaumont Library District celebrated its 110 year anniversary. On this day, special edition mugs were given to the first 110 patrons who checked out library items and refreshments were provided to all library visitors. Below is a graphic I made for the library's website and social media account using Canva as well as a photo of me holding one of the special edition mugs.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRP33m6lFbTLUAeZhvq-j_SBpzl66JMZ3DXWYpFHilyOqd0fY6pdD1erg_HeHwEdRdEb5hkx28w8sfGhpPziG0QVYIVRBCH_1zOAaHSb7hnjXtnJvgPW5jcfDWJ8j2XNZhcFjmYpqyhOI/s603/IMG_1729.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="586" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRP33m6lFbTLUAeZhvq-j_SBpzl66JMZ3DXWYpFHilyOqd0fY6pdD1erg_HeHwEdRdEb5hkx28w8sfGhpPziG0QVYIVRBCH_1zOAaHSb7hnjXtnJvgPW5jcfDWJ8j2XNZhcFjmYpqyhOI/w194-h200/IMG_1729.PNG" width="194" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDf3YuVi3pq4xy9jfyZLhBF79bakOIOyskvmWwHTuJvEsw1WYv7olYgHlV2I9XKWrBhFS36OzmwAEWniK8S9uikj-9KMWHU6RFnQMqpFFPV_r18g3pKT0Qw6KXwphPo9Mutob0oTl7aR7T/s3088/IMG_1732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDf3YuVi3pq4xy9jfyZLhBF79bakOIOyskvmWwHTuJvEsw1WYv7olYgHlV2I9XKWrBhFS36OzmwAEWniK8S9uikj-9KMWHU6RFnQMqpFFPV_r18g3pKT0Qw6KXwphPo9Mutob0oTl7aR7T/w150-h200/IMG_1732.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-50011012299231656452021-07-07T16:01:00.002-07:002021-07-09T10:15:18.181-07:00New Vegan At Universal Studios CA Instagram Account & Blog/First Universal Studios Hollywood Vegan Meal Highlighted<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a vegan since 2009, I recently noticed that although there are several Instagram accounts highlighting vegan food at Disneyland, there's no account (that I could find) focusing on Universal Studios in California. Having said this, I've created a new Instagram account called "veganatuniversalstudiosca" with the goal to discover & highlight vegan food options at Universal Studios Hollywood & Universal Studios CityWalk. Here's the logo for the new Instagram account.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to the Instagram account, I've also created a new blog which can be found at www.veganatuniversalstudiosca.blogspot.com.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqK_4YhYny13EoWUetWhE4Bpge9tLv_icVPsIetzerqxPLjjLCzIe_W_LToXBslpgpHvnXvfz-3PiraY7zYNFEtbpPKgJRdTiJNTqmG3S3up2wWhprcZxv8IBTaeBKX8HGJeGtXtMo212/s830/IMG_0915.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqK_4YhYny13EoWUetWhE4Bpge9tLv_icVPsIetzerqxPLjjLCzIe_W_LToXBslpgpHvnXvfz-3PiraY7zYNFEtbpPKgJRdTiJNTqmG3S3up2wWhprcZxv8IBTaeBKX8HGJeGtXtMo212/s320/IMG_0915.PNG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the first vegan item highlighted on my new Instagram page which is the asparagus platter from the Three Broomsticks Restaurant inside the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. For $16, you receive seared asparagus with mashed potatoes (swap for roasted potatoes,) cabbage, and minted peas garnished with a roasted plum tomato. This was cooked very well and looks better than described online.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7u7wSQ63JKNBJULhEX7EzgDsr5tovbnvLF8QzhmHvxo4Yb_KMEfo7XuHc4ZX6U32qzZ2i-rVg1o5tdwQ6oSxpSeaYxxmrmPKHSjUYKJwSbZMW9BJW4ZLHlwVKnXU4pHYoVcvMecJp-f3g/s3024/7F135791-2B8D-4B72-B26A-B8815CCF2AFA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7u7wSQ63JKNBJULhEX7EzgDsr5tovbnvLF8QzhmHvxo4Yb_KMEfo7XuHc4ZX6U32qzZ2i-rVg1o5tdwQ6oSxpSeaYxxmrmPKHSjUYKJwSbZMW9BJW4ZLHlwVKnXU4pHYoVcvMecJp-f3g/s320/7F135791-2B8D-4B72-B26A-B8815CCF2AFA.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm excited about discovering & highlighting vegan options at Universal Studios Hollywood as well as Universal Studios CityWalk and hope that this account will lead more vegans visiting the theme park as well as the culinary staff making more vegan options. As
I add more photos to the Instagram account, I plan to update them to
this blog as well so subscribe to read about all the vegan food options I
discover!</div><br /> <p></p>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-76669209563135634652021-07-03T08:54:00.002-07:002021-07-03T08:54:36.061-07:00Celebrating Our 15th Wedding Anniversary (with Less COVID Restrictions) <p> On June 26, marked me and my hubby celebrated our 15 year wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe that we've been married for fifteen years and together as a couple for 23 years! Here's a collage of photos from various times in our relationship. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8b_klJ3NW-M0cySuViUy2uvQHJTdtnSRyr_fyIpHPrm8FFLWZLo15FHWNVdtOb1477KrZ3HQWpwJMS7rLSQoKtCHHw8s0I9cgmLuCLOdPC8Nzq4PH0j_yxFh_ohLR6eMismZsSJPHwBJ/s1800/IMG_0806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8b_klJ3NW-M0cySuViUy2uvQHJTdtnSRyr_fyIpHPrm8FFLWZLo15FHWNVdtOb1477KrZ3HQWpwJMS7rLSQoKtCHHw8s0I9cgmLuCLOdPC8Nzq4PH0j_yxFh_ohLR6eMismZsSJPHwBJ/w320-h320/IMG_0806.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Since we're both practical people, the anniversary gifts we exchanged were items we could used or items we could both enjoy together. Having said this, I received a new vegan wallet made of wax leather and hubby received an Amazon fire stick.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_4F0YwjjRrG7dWJd74w6TBIgpT0Q-qX5p-RmX4ukRdTbd3K0FYApsyNloTCR5U75LeAAh8A171Hq8GC162BsxcJ5ZyMRKOeIzcxP48KhpGtQXqTCur97vrvracNWefb3TJ-_Vr8SCnHK/s4032/IMG_0802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_4F0YwjjRrG7dWJd74w6TBIgpT0Q-qX5p-RmX4ukRdTbd3K0FYApsyNloTCR5U75LeAAh8A171Hq8GC162BsxcJ5ZyMRKOeIzcxP48KhpGtQXqTCur97vrvracNWefb3TJ-_Vr8SCnHK/s320/IMG_0802.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhLiWmxtOud6pzVIYejsIKnQ_sKkuIC7x0ZuGOwmX-8JAJxUpJYVXm_UvjEbJearGrlUke4kD3wj52IZjerv0zRXrYJYluxDBgoAl1jzST46k_i0sVNgi_1w3V7stsGVkI9zFOj7u_vjR/s4032/IMG_0803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhLiWmxtOud6pzVIYejsIKnQ_sKkuIC7x0ZuGOwmX-8JAJxUpJYVXm_UvjEbJearGrlUke4kD3wj52IZjerv0zRXrYJYluxDBgoAl1jzST46k_i0sVNgi_1w3V7stsGVkI9zFOj7u_vjR/s320/IMG_0803.JPG" /></a></div></div><p>To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to keep things simple and treated ourselves to seeing the new Fast & Furious 9 aka F9 in an actual movie theater. It was great going to a movie theater in person again and the new COVID-19 rules in place are that in you're fully vaccinated (which we both are) you don't have to wear masks inside most buildings anymore. After watching the movie, we went to cinnaholic for a vegan cinnamon roll and vegan banana bread. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l9LPUxKKGDHloZ0pXe-C7vmz0g3BhhR4KINIDAWdtp2nCSzqV6Oo4YFvEjxYcT8qN9wLE0FLFj0Ee3gCeaBImrqJtdtKiKiWiimstJ0XU1zcO7V1Hrfj32s4mP8BOYhg7Oqdo9gWuB4t/s4032/IMG_0731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l9LPUxKKGDHloZ0pXe-C7vmz0g3BhhR4KINIDAWdtp2nCSzqV6Oo4YFvEjxYcT8qN9wLE0FLFj0Ee3gCeaBImrqJtdtKiKiWiimstJ0XU1zcO7V1Hrfj32s4mP8BOYhg7Oqdo9gWuB4t/s320/IMG_0731.JPG" /><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV8vUc_NQ5lBbDLuojeqnMVzbf2M2DIsKh0AvjnLAMX4PFMHB0XCKbI_AsimB_PY-2OwJiFnabbDuSehN-rN7Awpf875-boxnhn7EqGJQGXxNuGXgASs4yOF8qvYtCMHoTwhYsKmrHLUd/s320/IMG_0736.JPG" /></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l9LPUxKKGDHloZ0pXe-C7vmz0g3BhhR4KINIDAWdtp2nCSzqV6Oo4YFvEjxYcT8qN9wLE0FLFj0Ee3gCeaBImrqJtdtKiKiWiimstJ0XU1zcO7V1Hrfj32s4mP8BOYhg7Oqdo9gWuB4t/s4032/IMG_0731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyS0O2HYWRLptSYJ92L6rLx6m4Qxf-L3k3gBTg4BGKs9KWU98b3DiiLrGQtst9fhZsdrpn6a7c2eKw0MTB4qtjT19_h7Z3zGWcqZ-Oqp1hxZYpEJ1GsqJ_fh7JLrHlTw7R6Rp8yvBfdcd/s320/IMG_0735.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After seeing the movie and enjoying desserts from Cinnaholic, we ended our anniversary day by completing a tropical painting provided by my job for our adult summer reading club. Here are photos of the blank canvas followed by the completed painting by me and hubby. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzO3DdZyp3cZXXp283p2Ka3YH96uAWGHGV1tGZlgynnYBa0PWSfDuz1i3igclLuUU_VwTZ-czRTU_V1viiHOfMHcy1_jQRyxIvRNi3Lo8VCV3flS14h6Y2ZUUclhLW4SzFko0KJkXh0Uj/s4032/IMG_0771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzO3DdZyp3cZXXp283p2Ka3YH96uAWGHGV1tGZlgynnYBa0PWSfDuz1i3igclLuUU_VwTZ-czRTU_V1viiHOfMHcy1_jQRyxIvRNi3Lo8VCV3flS14h6Y2ZUUclhLW4SzFko0KJkXh0Uj/s320/IMG_0771.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YQ6KPUpOXvuree2KR3Y6IMUu3jchPS5IUjRLVuQSXuuotlCHAJEOzrsB7pp68IUqhbfqMIAIwzsrftw3BmbGFBfOStglWjVv1rm_QOADGftN8MP-Kng32JcknlgiggAcIEtejQ0KgZSg/s1800/B7C9D603-B0B2-452C-A04C-8D6969F9CA6B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YQ6KPUpOXvuree2KR3Y6IMUu3jchPS5IUjRLVuQSXuuotlCHAJEOzrsB7pp68IUqhbfqMIAIwzsrftw3BmbGFBfOStglWjVv1rm_QOADGftN8MP-Kng32JcknlgiggAcIEtejQ0KgZSg/s320/B7C9D603-B0B2-452C-A04C-8D6969F9CA6B.jpg" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF-ojXLqFO9jWIFllpjUFL8VfApjxpBGFWLLufS9KZ-HMZaDLb13nkEvjELzMTgFwq1dcE6mre-dbJgV8Im5LwFLBw33kodyNSGzZpU2rH37wJfaEnXGtcpBxymhKH0aZECXBW8RuCq2J/s1800/D1049D83-000E-4523-AD6E-616775D98F06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF-ojXLqFO9jWIFllpjUFL8VfApjxpBGFWLLufS9KZ-HMZaDLb13nkEvjELzMTgFwq1dcE6mre-dbJgV8Im5LwFLBw33kodyNSGzZpU2rH37wJfaEnXGtcpBxymhKH0aZECXBW8RuCq2J/s320/D1049D83-000E-4523-AD6E-616775D98F06.jpg" /></a></div>Overall, our anniversary was a great day and a wonderful celebration of our life as a couple. veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-43964221041460514962021-06-16T08:04:00.001-07:002021-06-16T08:04:42.266-07:00Settling into New Job and Discovering New Vegan Food in the Inland Empire<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm excited to be settling into my new job as adult services librarian at the Beaumont Library District. I am happy to have recently received my official work badge which is shown below. I have also settled into having a mid-week off day since the library is closed on Wednesday and like that I'm able to go places which cost less to visit since it's not during the weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a_0M4oMGYpdMkG-IdTGx1BH0vXJvP4z7uc2y_SPbcpdHjdTg_Xxc9tLTYkD50d3i_a6IQrI-KbipFsl26FMKx85tnGq4b_TZhnUfRl8cHzuL-PuVxb6Nt-mmy0rqYlBUuaOghQXYB9Ca/s4032/IMG_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a_0M4oMGYpdMkG-IdTGx1BH0vXJvP4z7uc2y_SPbcpdHjdTg_Xxc9tLTYkD50d3i_a6IQrI-KbipFsl26FMKx85tnGq4b_TZhnUfRl8cHzuL-PuVxb6Nt-mmy0rqYlBUuaOghQXYB9Ca/s320/IMG_0027.JPG" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Besides work, I've enjoyed discovering new vegan foods in the area such as Vegan or Nah food pop up, Just Vegana pop up in Fontana and Munchies Vegan Diner in Santa Ana. Below are photos from my recent food adventures.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUfxnZM7TdgPHG72kW_L471K8-B2VC8MyHeRcIanj0NYAREXP4hkGp9w531ez0TlC50Hsho3Fi4Ujo9kkPpUf0LwaFg4k4T63f-UGpULk5mCyK97JM9I8C_31xgsIutrq_roIAKkN1DtX/s4032/IMG_9987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUfxnZM7TdgPHG72kW_L471K8-B2VC8MyHeRcIanj0NYAREXP4hkGp9w531ez0TlC50Hsho3Fi4Ujo9kkPpUf0LwaFg4k4T63f-UGpULk5mCyK97JM9I8C_31xgsIutrq_roIAKkN1DtX/s320/IMG_9987.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkc5wtDIbIMNZ_GsdNtNQEZVQxP7t6zZIqwnw15SMi54QaAkz-2SLCtdXjTKqkdaXjQHAnF7e9e0jACV2QGxjx55pakQM4InAls-nXEzjr4jAexETBCJNxjvxn9CVE41RzkF-mxHaphrZ/s4032/IMG_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkc5wtDIbIMNZ_GsdNtNQEZVQxP7t6zZIqwnw15SMi54QaAkz-2SLCtdXjTKqkdaXjQHAnF7e9e0jACV2QGxjx55pakQM4InAls-nXEzjr4jAexETBCJNxjvxn9CVE41RzkF-mxHaphrZ/w240-h320/IMG_0009.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickun slider and cajun fries </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjis875QZ0JdebIQJC4ekrwDxpSF3aE1P8J5yPaAwI5fVWKMCRKZ7yXeiq8qvHy7yflxfpmnG-Dwi0ql9E7AyxlkhDA3O9JyGm5HwiVjoqtWzyPDZ-fs93cb-0iFlO0uuPIb2_Ejv7vPhBD/s4032/IMG_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjis875QZ0JdebIQJC4ekrwDxpSF3aE1P8J5yPaAwI5fVWKMCRKZ7yXeiq8qvHy7yflxfpmnG-Dwi0ql9E7AyxlkhDA3O9JyGm5HwiVjoqtWzyPDZ-fs93cb-0iFlO0uuPIb2_Ejv7vPhBD/s320/IMG_0008.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickun and fries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuLchA9fFj1iD_Up03zpyNt0BDQ8mXxto-YXgksXVLv8Ct0hRdWuxs6uMj1RPqt-rgO3OsqTjO0LqqlNtDVNpwRkoAOQNZtYqZnGOW1KcFwpCkHB26h1cQ-6_0rAjlnWitWU2uMowFSj_/s4032/IMG_0007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuLchA9fFj1iD_Up03zpyNt0BDQ8mXxto-YXgksXVLv8Ct0hRdWuxs6uMj1RPqt-rgO3OsqTjO0LqqlNtDVNpwRkoAOQNZtYqZnGOW1KcFwpCkHB26h1cQ-6_0rAjlnWitWU2uMowFSj_/s320/IMG_0007.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickun and waffles</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiYlOPPNJpypC0uifU21-5HXncv3_DcdBiSweJxkeV-cvWp3XsVrcLrmRsqEn-LbgX6lfrE4CHvhR2HTo8XTG5C5sT3aAS0s2nON-mTCAEvRxTXMwKb4dWNartr-JwJaWQlqR__IR0nRP/s4032/IMG_9996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiYlOPPNJpypC0uifU21-5HXncv3_DcdBiSweJxkeV-cvWp3XsVrcLrmRsqEn-LbgX6lfrE4CHvhR2HTo8XTG5C5sT3aAS0s2nON-mTCAEvRxTXMwKb4dWNartr-JwJaWQlqR__IR0nRP/s320/IMG_9996.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just Vegana Food Pop Up - Fontana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhcnTR8eqDuqt2kb74WkvhFKl1VO7GgZId0JcLCUG3SEV05GPbLmMc1JqSyeTBUjjJMM3H4FDxPNK0-yjZ5Ou-0K4WWRUF4ejjcx1XJL6nDHsLB4en0xrqrX82HWkZradDFmOYPe9Rsi1/s4032/IMG_9998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhcnTR8eqDuqt2kb74WkvhFKl1VO7GgZId0JcLCUG3SEV05GPbLmMc1JqSyeTBUjjJMM3H4FDxPNK0-yjZ5Ou-0K4WWRUF4ejjcx1XJL6nDHsLB4en0xrqrX82HWkZradDFmOYPe9Rsi1/s320/IMG_9998.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vegan Shrimp Quesadilla</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><br />veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-12268238065903895622021-05-12T12:23:00.004-07:002021-05-14T07:45:30.013-07:00Learning How To Relax (Kinda) <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGGGGjttz-tEdncJKBRUrdVGI_nDrwi2lokMFBk07seEL6B1_OOEsCyt2eDDlotpK9RHwAKmfc1M5H6xVqvE4NHDIczdZuTKgrvJhlWOvECGU4cb6ZlLP2uiLP0qaRp5xb0NFp9VbQ48t/s680/Learning-to-relax.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGGGGjttz-tEdncJKBRUrdVGI_nDrwi2lokMFBk07seEL6B1_OOEsCyt2eDDlotpK9RHwAKmfc1M5H6xVqvE4NHDIczdZuTKgrvJhlWOvECGU4cb6ZlLP2uiLP0qaRp5xb0NFp9VbQ48t/s320/Learning-to-relax.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> As a person who tends to constantly be busy doing something, I have recently come to the realization that my reason for being busy constantly is that I have seen from a very early age that to not be busy is to unproductive and lazy.<p></p><p>I am working towards finding a balance between working and relaxing and below are a few things I've discovered that help me relax:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Practicing Meditation on a Daily Basis</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdMEi4jErPxSwzpC-vEFkbZYV-3P9NO5gHdGF6eZzLDYCWthPkqDAOdzEEQzgyKHuYvlmHqmCStuHfB-GMDi-DA-Xel5ou0MiaEOpmDJ99QKDIAeR6rn9xbpyX2cD0gHrut4FlRAzBwSI/s400/IMG_8921.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdMEi4jErPxSwzpC-vEFkbZYV-3P9NO5gHdGF6eZzLDYCWthPkqDAOdzEEQzgyKHuYvlmHqmCStuHfB-GMDi-DA-Xel5ou0MiaEOpmDJ99QKDIAeR6rn9xbpyX2cD0gHrut4FlRAzBwSI/w200-h200/IMG_8921.PNG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In an effort to begin my day in a more positive way, I've begun to use the free Soothing Pod app every morning. I love this app because the meditations are short and because meditations are grouped by similar topics. Soothing Pod app also offers other things such as bedtime stories, music and sounds to help the user relax. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Writing hotel gym reviews on Hotel Gym Rater.com website</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hotelgymrater.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNEtjxZoxvkUooei6yhncWEyjBMAKrWV_a8u-VvFgLRTueBhPPcMCn7Vd2MyTqeOZXT1a4AGhKriSzjWKX5nslpcy9XzuaVpF7AeQqENFvxQut4YMu-ivwitDThbgGYNNY63yE-2fcRgV/w200-h200/hotelgymraterlogo.png" width="200" /></a></div>As someone who exercises daily, hotel gyms have been a godsent as me and hubby get settled into our new life in southern California. Since I post my daily workout on Instagram, I was surprised when I was contacted by a gym named Christian from Denmark regarding his new website rating hotel gyms.<div>Since this sort of thing is right up my alley, I created a profile and have already submitted a hotel gym review for the place where we're currently staying. By writing reviews whenever we stay at a hotel, this helps me to help others know where the best hotel gyms are as well as ones to stay away from.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Engage in more body inclusive workouts</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.move.joyn.co/en/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYYy1wXFYihM_ESJ2DzREr_ky_-u68VMkrEJmFEubAzKDmz7CuABKY-CxYVmrZNNENo5s1-AcVo495GeIK7Ki6MVH5xm6FZshTuHTMbiidNZlhA00KuvyV5oumA-A3oCoA7yz4X9KHMBn/w200-h200/joynlogo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>As I wrote earlier, I exercise daily and I do a combination of using exercise equipment (when available) and YouTube workouts. My new favorite YouTube workout channel (as well as website and free app) is Joyn which provides body inclusive workouts. So far, I've enjoyed a workout using a pillow (called pillow fight) as well as a 90's dance workout. I love Joyn because the workout instructors a plus size and are moving the bodies that they have now versus waiting until they hit a number on the scale. Seeing the instructors on Joyn help me to accept the body I have now as well as learn that I don't need to exercise for a long duration each day to improve me fitness. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u>Continue with goal of completing two reading challenges</u></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAL7R3kEJNHoPnopelBRnQhQre1sg62QJ5qjLo-di5CMupcf_DnxjcVcFR5L-3owG1DEB-hMoDupE2BP9_hpDl9ufZW7YCq_R1sKAKEIDIGpmYQbqvvsOLW0DfOtTRSBKmhvAi091gtSn/s1646/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-NKFLHFE9ksGEouw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1646" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAL7R3kEJNHoPnopelBRnQhQre1sg62QJ5qjLo-di5CMupcf_DnxjcVcFR5L-3owG1DEB-hMoDupE2BP9_hpDl9ufZW7YCq_R1sKAKEIDIGpmYQbqvvsOLW0DfOtTRSBKmhvAi091gtSn/s320/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-NKFLHFE9ksGEouw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">As I mentioned earlier this year, I am currently particpating in two online reading challenges: the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge and the 52 Book Club's 2021 Reading Challenge. So far, I've completed 20/50 books for the Popsugar Reading Challenge and 20/52 books for The 52 Book club's 2021 Reading Challenge. You can follow my on Instagram to see what books I've read for each of the challenges.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><u>Relaxing by journaling</u></p><p style="text-align: left;">I have kept a journal since I was in middle school and have often used my journal as a way to express feelings and emotions I don't feel comfortable speaking aloud. Although there have been time periods when I have stopped regularly journaling, as life has changed due to COVID-19 as well as me leaving my old job and starting a new job, I have resumed journaling and find that it helps provide clarity and insight on my feelings. Currently I also use my journal as a way to clear my mind after work or word out situations occurring in my life presently or in the future. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><u>Learn to not work when not at work (and during lunch breaks)</u></p><p style="text-align: left;">One of the hardest things for me to do is to disconnect from work and not work on my off days. At my last job, since I was the digital services librarian, at a small rural library system, I felt like I was on call and never got a chance to rest when our buildings closed due to COVID in March 2020 which lead to a higher number of usage of our ematerials (eaudiobooks, eBooks, streaming video, etc.) Due the building closures, my boss was texting me constantly with things to post that she found from other library Facebook account she follows online.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Eventually, I started to have daily anxiety towards words regarding having to create, edit and delete content on a daily basis for six Facebook pages, one Twitter page, and one YouTube channel. In addition to my digital librarian job duties, I was also branch supervisor for two library branches as well as project lead for our Zip Books program and our Career Online High School program. If this sounds like a lot, that's because it was a lot. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Having been at my new job for almost a month, I can say that my anxiety less is much less and I feel this is due to it being a different library set up with two locations (<span> 1 building and 1 bookmobile) and that fact that the staff at my new job are super chill. I'm slowly but surely learning to be less regimented and less in a rush and more go with the flow which I'm starting to see is not necessarily a bad thing.</span> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Although learning to relax is something that doesn't come naturally to me, I feel that the more effort I make on a daily basis to relax, the easier it will become. </p></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-83846328827083302842021-04-20T07:14:00.002-07:002021-04-20T07:15:26.881-07:00Starting a New Chapter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3cz0vYGtIjE76C7_OrgNW06lZvrrp_hxP1RBUYr1rZIgCPgY4LqKKNH2fU7L6vvYtC5jn7pNhtNEOy6O7QE-iby24hhtURs1eoZTMXzkmmnHRN08xt6XQyGPQMaxmMuHLJoXQ3xKBEfw/s752/IMG_8260.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3cz0vYGtIjE76C7_OrgNW06lZvrrp_hxP1RBUYr1rZIgCPgY4LqKKNH2fU7L6vvYtC5jn7pNhtNEOy6O7QE-iby24hhtURs1eoZTMXzkmmnHRN08xt6XQyGPQMaxmMuHLJoXQ3xKBEfw/s320/IMG_8260.PNG" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div> After six years as digital services librarian at the Kings County Library, I've accepted a position as Senior Librarian-Adult Services Librarian at the Beaumont Library District in Beaumont, California starting on Monday, April 19th. As I finished my last workday on Friday, April 16th, I felt grateful to have been able to work with such great people and will miss all of my co-workers very much! Here are photos from my last my last workday. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz18VoyK4-7-lRbdEcEznJofEhWA8D8egzBcWx9VxBUe27pjCXKDHqreyCFyU4wcoLiuaumd2ajqGVveG1zm8Qhqz35-eEYmz59_9NYo_2vhUj-LTBGmSlfUKj9qng5_6kJv_IhoPXD1t/s905/IMG_8561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="679" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz18VoyK4-7-lRbdEcEznJofEhWA8D8egzBcWx9VxBUe27pjCXKDHqreyCFyU4wcoLiuaumd2ajqGVveG1zm8Qhqz35-eEYmz59_9NYo_2vhUj-LTBGmSlfUKj9qng5_6kJv_IhoPXD1t/s320/IMG_8561.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaYbUaCWzhjfOyr_8SvXwxRvPf7DugBmOh54NzWlcyOboOXj-zvmaKujFlOVxnUijaBxUWjM3BQKx7dKWXqIbBCZs41qnd8uqHiwlfXI8k8HjKR9Y9eZc0XMZfvvjckWwv2y6qd4-htV-/s955/IMG_8559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaYbUaCWzhjfOyr_8SvXwxRvPf7DugBmOh54NzWlcyOboOXj-zvmaKujFlOVxnUijaBxUWjM3BQKx7dKWXqIbBCZs41qnd8uqHiwlfXI8k8HjKR9Y9eZc0XMZfvvjckWwv2y6qd4-htV-/s320/IMG_8559.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeXDXKL_yxXwy7clMhGEd-CvSzIWcn7nxNPENDQexYKyR84H5HYNKm6LtrFzR6OzWkhsH0aj5sOCmHmNd-aESzHzRq1nXxRQJcQQJbxaBofszJ7c1NotdOLnDl44vF09ll8oTsBwWhyphenhyphenuD/s779/IMG_8558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeXDXKL_yxXwy7clMhGEd-CvSzIWcn7nxNPENDQexYKyR84H5HYNKm6LtrFzR6OzWkhsH0aj5sOCmHmNd-aESzHzRq1nXxRQJcQQJbxaBofszJ7c1NotdOLnDl44vF09ll8oTsBwWhyphenhyphenuD/s320/IMG_8558.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9afCo_-upj-_1FGTbzBy7L8rzYJenBTkWdGfjuZjnk1uf49ski2s8TUxqbc7bL_IAfp6lh6UsGSDJEf6mHXvM7dchGVve5Fu7t7aSitvwr8kKyrRMNn4LfBuM_CUJvTJV1Gwz8EiJKkB/s812/IMG_8557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9afCo_-upj-_1FGTbzBy7L8rzYJenBTkWdGfjuZjnk1uf49ski2s8TUxqbc7bL_IAfp6lh6UsGSDJEf6mHXvM7dchGVve5Fu7t7aSitvwr8kKyrRMNn4LfBuM_CUJvTJV1Gwz8EiJKkB/s320/IMG_8557.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div> </div><div><br /></div></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4584436485898791481.post-43035094140975501602021-03-30T07:15:00.007-07:002021-03-30T07:15:43.783-07:00My First Race Since COVID-19 & Race Recap: Havasu Half Marathon<p> This past Saturday, I completed by first in person running event in a year which was the Havasu Half Marathon the took place in Lake Havasu, Arizona. I was excited to run this race since this was my first in person running event in a year and it was also this provided me with an opportunity to run in a new state and get closer to run a half marathon in all fifty states.</p><p> I was bummed when the race was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 and was glad that since vaccines are now available, the race was able to be held this year with safety precautions. A few weeks before race day, I received an email from the race director clearly explaining the ways in which he was working to make the race a safe experience for all runners.</p><p> The first safety precaution was that all runners were assigned a specific time to attend the race expo. The expo was held outside and everyone was required to wear a mask when attending the expo. When I arrived at the race expo, I was greeted by two masked volunteers who took my temperature before I was able to enter the expo. Each runner was given twenty minutes to pick up their bib and race shirt from the expo. </p><p> The second big safety precaution was that runners were assigned to a specific start time on race day and were distanced by number safety cones leading up ti the start line. The third safety precaution is that all runners were required to wear a mask when crossing the start line as well as when crossing the finish line. After crossing the start line, since runners tend to run at a distance, runners could take their masks off. Below are photos from race day. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB43sURPt5oFYp_PLf2RXAolK3qJFbTKuBUmqU087n5ly5BsPgsZPb4a0UVksJkSm4DRcRYgxoCRW7fhClE_33A0x5oJBimstCPsNJDydGRK5oIsKtf9BjMALSL0P4EXxkPBo1_Vk7lUl/s3088/IMG_8341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB43sURPt5oFYp_PLf2RXAolK3qJFbTKuBUmqU087n5ly5BsPgsZPb4a0UVksJkSm4DRcRYgxoCRW7fhClE_33A0x5oJBimstCPsNJDydGRK5oIsKtf9BjMALSL0P4EXxkPBo1_Vk7lUl/w240-h320/IMG_8341.JPG" title="Waiting at start line" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting at start/finish line</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtP2BU6MGMQZ6fBSk0Iy5NJnffG180oaX8KwY8sZs6DKc6rijDn_d-zgngA41E2r68i1omjtpdL_edT-wuYZEv01UPusp1m2wWBcIENu5391kdfVMEOSxtWtpSnL93pOoR-4UmNlELCer/s4032/IMG_8344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtP2BU6MGMQZ6fBSk0Iy5NJnffG180oaX8KwY8sZs6DKc6rijDn_d-zgngA41E2r68i1omjtpdL_edT-wuYZEv01UPusp1m2wWBcIENu5391kdfVMEOSxtWtpSnL93pOoR-4UmNlELCer/s320/IMG_8344.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural on race route</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxedA0rlzcogDw9ngJ6MZSedKlnWNlh60CD0rP-dTMO30NyAtQYhNm2CpPKl-Oxw5QF89tm9ceJxP3LkC3lS7ZI99t94mWDtiJBj6KvMFhsFQHRmbxcnv78cXsb_qCkXLy6aK2zhlcZRKp/s4032/IMG_8345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxedA0rlzcogDw9ngJ6MZSedKlnWNlh60CD0rP-dTMO30NyAtQYhNm2CpPKl-Oxw5QF89tm9ceJxP3LkC3lS7ZI99t94mWDtiJBj6KvMFhsFQHRmbxcnv78cXsb_qCkXLy6aK2zhlcZRKp/s320/IMG_8345.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dune buggy on race route</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrlT-kwaj-eGQx9uOwb9ws518tP1sg6NDbjnGABZITzUb92_m4JBqAcNWm8omYQ_uQiNRQ_49NpxRhQjK6hHMeHHsonjCjfubzV3v0KR8KANvPgtEIJlSBFVYDj6GnnpoNpUmt611b6SX/s4032/IMG_8350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrlT-kwaj-eGQx9uOwb9ws518tP1sg6NDbjnGABZITzUb92_m4JBqAcNWm8omYQ_uQiNRQ_49NpxRhQjK6hHMeHHsonjCjfubzV3v0KR8KANvPgtEIJlSBFVYDj6GnnpoNpUmt611b6SX/s320/IMG_8350.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landscape during the race</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gVN531uBTisw1boHhKNbStC_QrhrK7FhyphenhyphenNZuRtSENHdfobq4FukVqmyUVNpCk6eJRVM5nyv8WXzDjEpVBqtjkWuOhuNvoQeKTDKUyNd8ACv8oZowMhM4x1jd92-QljyV7DE8rkZEnq86/s3088/IMG_8356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gVN531uBTisw1boHhKNbStC_QrhrK7FhyphenhyphenNZuRtSENHdfobq4FukVqmyUVNpCk6eJRVM5nyv8WXzDjEpVBqtjkWuOhuNvoQeKTDKUyNd8ACv8oZowMhM4x1jd92-QljyV7DE8rkZEnq86/s320/IMG_8356.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me at halfway marker</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4igFikwxDpSN9vWdWWjBYalaf0-3-gh8lq-PgjXeSI2TE9AuqzxmJD1VHNnlFQ9P_wLRFC5XxKgjiVr6KZFtT7rcsEOE3ojUJf8eOwUt1TujzrntYww1q0j01bsotEynDI9niq1gE7vp/s4032/IMG_8357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4igFikwxDpSN9vWdWWjBYalaf0-3-gh8lq-PgjXeSI2TE9AuqzxmJD1VHNnlFQ9P_wLRFC5XxKgjiVr6KZFtT7rcsEOE3ojUJf8eOwUt1TujzrntYww1q0j01bsotEynDI9niq1gE7vp/s320/IMG_8357.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sidewalk smiley face on race route </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UbD91L6jo42YA5SafcCG2COr50JQI6aa4lJ8UJMZb8Qm_mhOr17dyF7h-fgOWiZQdL8aMWXSrI0H_P3MX_KA3ABubbjpSU-gAQJaYhPhhGa-BQq-xRG2A-dSERYeVjUf1fh5eZLmi4uc/s3088/IMG_8359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UbD91L6jo42YA5SafcCG2COr50JQI6aa4lJ8UJMZb8Qm_mhOr17dyF7h-fgOWiZQdL8aMWXSrI0H_P3MX_KA3ABubbjpSU-gAQJaYhPhhGa-BQq-xRG2A-dSERYeVjUf1fh5eZLmi4uc/s320/IMG_8359.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patriotic supporter on race route </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> One of the coolest things about the Havasu Half is that some of the race is run on the London Bridge which is actually a portion of the London Bridge which was purchased by someone in Arizona and then moved from London to Lake Havasu.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCz44USNuf8fjmY3_FWFHSIkhzmvbBUrqyogAGH37CF3pAj0yruF4gxRJnIAaOOwBXlieZQuD0VHiosAWjn8GiYhysnFKnZoK1DXJP1_0VwGCcGCT61nShSWKhlYa_e5ABepEIGgFAlEf/s4032/IMG_8361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCz44USNuf8fjmY3_FWFHSIkhzmvbBUrqyogAGH37CF3pAj0yruF4gxRJnIAaOOwBXlieZQuD0VHiosAWjn8GiYhysnFKnZoK1DXJP1_0VwGCcGCT61nShSWKhlYa_e5ABepEIGgFAlEf/s320/IMG_8361.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running towards London Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMZOgcxQmSEBU41LGobxIO0btxeUm764szyaFcUvALom1f-21XVAgb35_lizYwrtSFeKnUn2pZcRvL1dfGHRA980TQOvXt4Y_Lhj3A8icqoZqjgzmnvxqu4xtDWT6Bdcepycs36CNGgWz/s4032/IMG_8370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMZOgcxQmSEBU41LGobxIO0btxeUm764szyaFcUvALom1f-21XVAgb35_lizYwrtSFeKnUn2pZcRvL1dfGHRA980TQOvXt4Y_Lhj3A8icqoZqjgzmnvxqu4xtDWT6Bdcepycs36CNGgWz/s320/IMG_8370.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view of London Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFp9WyJvNROTFKZIO6BBWCOGDnmuBjRuNJJEpoUDH0baA8BrZJpjLEPndOPZ2w_QH61F76DHyyoP4mWE1YzBgyr-Gym4Yp0I_fa6iMzFa-40Hu9jcvSnL-N9nFH3_1WTu0LxlIZbcOW1g/s4032/IMG_8386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFp9WyJvNROTFKZIO6BBWCOGDnmuBjRuNJJEpoUDH0baA8BrZJpjLEPndOPZ2w_QH61F76DHyyoP4mWE1YzBgyr-Gym4Yp0I_fa6iMzFa-40Hu9jcvSnL-N9nFH3_1WTu0LxlIZbcOW1g/s320/IMG_8386.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me with Lake Havasu Half medal</td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div> Overall, this was a very enjoyable race and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to run my first person race as well as check off a new state to have run in. I also think that a new part of racing in the COVID-19 era is that in addition to giving out race medals, race companies will also provide branded racing event face mask as a souvenir of the running event. </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6ESFOllFSWLIdHtqStXlBpw7117COJwT9vRvoN-kCd97Vt4LeJWIpWhfUAoPdLd1f2xvuPu9FgN-tqns9FlC4JkwdxXVR4ZwgdO4_ehXa3S5x6ubn1KeAQSbt0dWwvEBVYM1l0vLdvVh/s4032/IMG_8391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6ESFOllFSWLIdHtqStXlBpw7117COJwT9vRvoN-kCd97Vt4LeJWIpWhfUAoPdLd1f2xvuPu9FgN-tqns9FlC4JkwdxXVR4ZwgdO4_ehXa3S5x6ubn1KeAQSbt0dWwvEBVYM1l0vLdvVh/s320/IMG_8391.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Havasu Half medal and event souvenir facemask</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>veganfromthevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00205903397000184737noreply@blogger.com0