I read a book once where the main character lived as if the clock was going backwards. The one specific thing I remember about this book was that his best time of day was in the morning, right before he went to sit on the toilet. He felt so refreshed and somewhat empty just as he sat down. You can imagine what happened next.
So what does this have to do with my day, or with Vegan MoFo? Nothing really, it's just that I often think and write about my day in reverse chronological order. We got home around 4:30, and right before that we ate a late lunch at True Bistro in Somerville. It's a new restaurant that's completely and utterly vegan. It even says so on the sign! We had dessert - an amazing chocolate chip cookie - and before that, the entrees. Maple had a vegan grilled cheese and fries (Daiya in the house y'all!), Sean had some kind of burger with carmelized onions and avo and a little chili flavor to it. And I had the tofu benedict, which was amazing even though they'd run out of homemade biscuits (for shame!) and had to serve it on sourdough toast (great anyway).
The food was really respectable and clean, the service was sweet but a little wonky, the prices were excellent (the most expensive entree at brunch was $10) and the restaurant itself was nicely appointed. All in all I recommend it and we'll definitely be back.
Before lunch, we did some shopping on Newbury Street. I had to pick up some rain pants for walking Maple to school in the mornings, and we got lost in the tiny Ibex store and had to use our credit card to find our way out. Turns out Ibex uses a wool certification called Zque which ensures no mulesing. I'd love to hear from other vegans if you'd consider buying wool that you know has come from a farm like the ones Zque certifies.
This morning we did the first walk in this book called "Disasters, Dirty Deeds, and Debauchery in Boston." The book, which by the way has only one review on Amazon and it's by a European who can't believe no one in America walks anywhere, contains "30 walks that explore the city's unique neighborhoods, waterfronts, and famous suburbs." When I got the book a year ago, I was all excited about doing them all, but then I forgot all about it. But last week I decided that we'd do all the walks this winter, starting with the first one. I tried to plan funny little multimedia presentations (using the iPhone) for some of the interest points on the walk too.
We started out near Boston Common and learned about the Boston Strangler and a nightclub fire which killed 492 people because the emergency exits were locked. Then we went up Beacon Hill and down into Government Center and saw the Pulitzer Prize Winning photo of a white man assaulting a black man with an American flag. You have to see that one to believe it. We saw the giant golden grasshopper on top of Faneuil Hall and listened to "Charlie on the MTA" - a famous song about a guy who can't get off the Boston subway because he doesn't have the fare. We went to the Old North Church and read Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride in the courtyard, and saw the site of the great Molasses Flood. We learned where the word "hooker" comes from, and how dental records were first used in a murder trial in 1849. We saw pictures of the Great Elm in Boston Common which was used as a hanging tree for Quakers, adulterers, and witches, and read about a book at the Boston Athenium that's bound in human skin. And we saw the 10-foot-wide Spite House which was built to block the light from a neighboring house.
By the end of the day, we succeeded in exhausting ourselves and had a lot of fun in the process.
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