One day I'll actually be motivated to assemble a comprehensive blogroll, but I think I mentioned I was lazy?
Anyways,
two vegan food blogs recently did PDX restaurant tours.
Check it:
Vegan Friendly NYC in Portland
and To Live and Eat in LA does Portland. And yes, I blog way more when I'm trying to avoid homework. Or unpacking.
PS.
In an only in America topic.
I know lots of other people out there on the internet have mentioned this, but for any Canadians who haven't seen it (HFCS isn't in products up there)
check out these commercials actually promoting high fructose corn syrup.
These are so ridiculous, they're sort of amazing. This is the same kind of baseless pandering I witnessed at the Republican national convention (I know, I'm so exciting, my 17 year old sister told me I had turned into an old person the last time I saw her) when John McCain was doing his whole down-home accessible thing (although, I admit, he is charming, but I'd prefer him a a friend's grandpa rather than as president of the country) and Sarah Palin was being touted as a pitbull in lipstick or whatever. Those photos of her holding her baby while hard at work in her office would be laughable in their idiocy if they didn't work.
All of those crazy elitist liberals and their silly fear or corn syrup: this reminds me of The Onion's amusing video about how Obama being portrayed as an elitist hailed as a step forward for African Americans.
I watched the documentary King Corn (that's it right, I'm way too unmotivated to google) a while back and, while it was an interesting look at the farming industry, I was kind of disappointed it didn't delve into the nutritional issue. Of course, I would be disappointed about that. I have psychosomatic attacks when I accidentally ingest processed sugar. I actually am crazy enough that I avoid it whenever possible, except for brown rice syrup or agave syrup in moderation. I'm a total Stevia fiend.
The moral of this story is that you should learn from horror movies, not commercials. Corn is scary. Period.
About Me
- Danielle Colette
- I am an expat Canadian living in Portland, Oregon. I like writing my silly thoughts and reading about others' lives. I am fairly unambitious about my career, my dream job would be one I didn't have to go to. I do have other aspirations though, such as traveling to South America and returning to Eastern Europe sometime soon, or moving to London. I like to spend my days making hummus and sangria, watching old movies, browsing thrift stores, reading in bed, drinking too much coffee, and listening to 1960's french pop music. And then once or twice a week I like to abandon my hermit ways and dancing until my feet get tired. As I get "older," I am realizing that I want to try to live sustainably, make and keep good friends, try to learn as much as my little brain can handle, and have lots of fun. I thought I would feel like a grownup by now, but I have itchy feet, in relationships, in travel. In 20 years I can see myself either in an 18th century era apartment in Paris banging away crazy thoughts on an old typewriter or living in an old house with a vineyard and orchard.
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