Vegetarian Star

Susan Sisko at the Huffington Post got to spend a moment with late comedian George Carlin during the week he passed, which was exactly one year from today on June 22, 2008.

Sisko was getting food at the then new bakery/cafe annex to vegan restaurant Real Food Daily, when George was handed a bag of vegan food “to-go” and the guy at the counter told him, “Awesome.”

No, this wasn’t awesome and George made sure the counter boy knew it.

“No…” George said. “Picking up vegan food to-go is not awesome.” He then went into a rant about all things that were awesome, like the sun and sky.

Did George mean vegan food taste like the brown bag he took it home in? Or would he rather have ate in the restaurant, it only being “not awesome” that he had to brown bag it?

Great scholars will study these last words for centuries until a much younger, poor miso ramen eating graduate student cracks the code, upsetting them, stealing fame and fortune.

Until then, the enigma remains.

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Travis McCoy gave a Twitter update, where he gave props to one of his favorite vegetarian restaurants. It would have been nice if he had Tweeted what he ate.

“At my favorite veggie restaurant in NYC, CURLY’s gettin it IN.”

After looking at the menu, our vote is for quesadilla…or…who knows?

Curly’s has all the diner style food a laid back ordinary guy could ask for-but in vegetarian and vegan versions.

An extensive breakfast collection that includes pancakes and granola, an entire menu section devoted to “burger” and fries, as well as veg sandwiches like sloppy joes, “Suna Melt” (fake tuna) and “TLT” (tofu bacon, lettuce, and tomato).

If we were there right now, we’d be gettin’ it too!

Follow Travis to see what else he gets @Travismtv.

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May I Be Frank? is a total makeover show for one man’s diet and life.

In the film, which is in the final production stages, an obese Italian American named Frank Ferrante is taken in by three guys at the Cafe Gratitude for a complete diet 180 to help Frank get healthier, rediscover himself, and fall in love.

If you recall us telling you, Cafe Gratitude is what raw vegan singer and songwriter Jason Mraz chose to name his current tour after.

The guys at Cafe Gratitude coach Frank as the former 10 espresso coffee drinks a day and drug addict eats only organic, raw vegan food for 42 days.

Alice Walker has recently reviewed the film on her blog, and praises the men at Cafe Gratitude for helping Frank reinvent himself.

“Some of us have taken our unruly selves in hand, the prerequisite step for liberation and peace, and some of us have dedicated ourselves to helping our sisters and brothers along. Not for the “doing good” aspect, which is fine, but simply for the fun of it. It is finally, fun, for these three young men to help Frank find his true and radiant self. Or joy, that word for which I am convinced our planet was meant.”

Have you experienced joy in doing good for someone lately? Whether it’s buying a carton of soymilk for your friend to try or warning your uncle about the dangers of trans-fat, is it time you gave yourself pleasure for helping someone along?

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Earlier we brought you the news that Teany, the cafe and restaurant Moby co-founded with ex girlfriend Kelly Tisdale, was badly damaged by a fire.

At the time, Moby wasn’t sure what Kelly’s plans were for re-building, but now it looks as though Teany may be up and running in a couple of months.

On his online journal, Moby gave this update:

“teany burned up the other day, but apparently kelly is working hard to repair it and get it re-opened. so there’s a good chance that teany will re-open at some point in the next month or two. i will put news here on moby.com as i find out about it.”

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Alec Baldwin was the honorary auction host at the EcoFabulous in the East End dinner and silent auction which benefited Group for the East End, an environmental group that works to protect and restore the environment in Eastern Long Island.

Alec filled up that evening with a vegan salad appetizer, which was prepared by local chefs, with local food to keep the theme green.

While auctioning off a stay at Casa de Campo, a Dominican Republic resort with three golf courses, Alec made a joke that the best way to preserve green space is to turn them into golf courses.

Ha, haaaa, Alec!

We’re sure Baldwin’s combined humor and the cause the East End Group works towards made the evening a blast.

via weblogs.newsday.com

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Andy Dick dressed as Ronald McDonald in a PETA protest against McDonald’s in Chicago recently.

PETA wants the company to stop its archaic method of killing chickens, which PETA says is done by electric immobilization.

There is a more humane way to kill, called Controlled-Atmosphere Killing, which involves cutting off the animal’s oxygen supply, causing them to lose consciousness with little to no pain.

“McCruelty, I’m Hatin’ It!” shouted Andy and the other protesters.

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Today is Prince William’s birthday.

You may or may not care, depending on your fan meter, but you should know that his grandma wants to make the Royal Palace a little more green.

After meeting with First Lady Michelle Obama, where some scandalous touching took place, The Queen and Mrs. O hit it off. Queen Elizabeth has decided to follow her friend’s latest trend and plant organic vegetables in a 40 acre lot in the back of the Palace.

The garden will have runner beans, leeks, beetroot, and an endangered variety of climbing French beans called Blue Queen.

This will be the first time since World War II that plants have been grown at the Palace.

Mrs. Obama recently broke ground for the White House garden and last week invited local children to harvest and eat lettuce and snap peas.

via wowowow.com

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The UK Metro has compiled their list of top 10 celebrities to get naked for PETA and Tamara Ecclestone made the list.

Other notables in the top 10 list include the famous vegan activist Alicia Silverstone and Eva I want my threesome with Morrissey and Jennifer Aniston Mendes.

And who would’ve loved to have a teacher like Dita Von Teese in school?

Check out Metro’s entire list to see who shedd their clothes in hopes of less animals having to shedd their’s.

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