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High Park Fire

June 13, 2012 by epicureanvegan

My poor city is on fire. Well, the foothills surrounding my city are. With all of the smoke settling on us, you’d think the fire was in our backyards. For many, it is. The fire, presumably started by lightening on Saturday has spread to 46,000 acres with 10% containment thanks to dry and windy conditions, as well as the many dead trees from the pine beetle. It has damaged or destroyed around 100 structures and has left people homeless. I took this pic on Sunday from my house. I wish it was just an ordinary sunset, but it’s not.

Myself and my family aren’t in eminent danger, but so many people have lost their homes and even their pets. It’s incredibly sad. I grew up here and this is the first time I’ve experienced a fire so close to home. The fire has destroyed the very places we spend all summer hiking, including Old Flowers Road, Grey Rock, and Lory State Park.

This photo was taken from Horsetooth Reservoir, just a few miles from our house a couple of days ago:

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I want to send a thank you to all of those who are working night and day trying to save as many homes and animals from this devastating fire as possible. With no rain in our forecast, we’re looking at a very slow-going containment, so send us your positive vibes, good thoughts, and a little rain dance couldn’t hurt.

(Check out the Coloradoan for updates.)

Filed Under: My Vegan Life Tagged With: Fort Collins, High Park Fire, Horsetooth

Fort Collins Sustainable Living Fair

September 15, 2011 by epicureanvegan

400th Post!!


This weekend, I will be volunteering at the Fort Veg*n –Northern Colorado’s Vegan and Vegetarian Meetup booth at the Sustainable Living Fair here in Fort Collins and I’m really excited. I’m not, however, excited about the forecast—Saturday is shaping up to be rainy. It should still be a fantastic time with lots of great venders (excluding the Weston A. Price folks who will be 2 down from us 🙁 ) But, hey—that’s ok.

In addition to lots of venders, the fair has several keynote speakers lined up including actress Sheryl Lee (she played the unfortunate Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks), as well as Alec Loorz, a 17-year-old non-profit founder.

I’m getting my postcards printed out so that I can hopefully pursue fair visitors to check out Epicurean Vegan and give recipe or two a try.

And . . . a HUGE thank you to VegFund for providing us with some moolah!! Thanks for them, we’ll have some fabulous vegan food samples.

If you are in the area, please stop by. The fair is open 10-6 on Saturday and 10-5 on Saturday. Also be sure to stop at the Cruelty-Free World booth out of Denver. Hope to see you there!

Filed Under: My Vegan Life Tagged With: Colorado, Cruelty Free World, Fort Collins, Fort Collins Sustainable Living Fair, Sustainable Living Fair

Review: Luscious Nectar Juice Lounge

August 14, 2011 by epicureanvegan

Me and my hegans ventured downtown recently and as I was going through a local coupon book, I came a across Luscious Nectar coupon for a free smoothie. We had never been there, so we really had no idea what to expect. Turns out, it’s a bar/nightclub specializing in boozed up smoothies. They also have a list of non-alcoholic concoctions as well—which is what we were after that day. It’s located at 253 Linden Street here in Fort Collins. We went around lunchtime and it was pretty dead except for some people at the bar.

There is some pretty crazy photography/artwork on the walls, much of it very unkid-friendly. We had to find a table where the Seventh Grader didn’t have a clear view of womens’ breasts or horror movie-like images. Anyway, there was only one guy working this afternoon—apparently, an employee didn’t show up, so our order took quite a while.

We started out with three smoothies: The Acai Chill, Amazon Jungle, and Luscious Peach.

Acai Chill: acai berry, strawberry, banana, and apple. Amazon Jungle: Organic Amazon cherry, blueberry, and pineapple. Luscious Peach: Peach, banana, apple, and Madhava agave. We each thought our smoothies were delicious.

Since the wait on the food was going to be a while due to lack of kitchen help, the server/bartender brought us some tortilla chips and salsa to munch on.

The guys ordered vegetarian pizzas and I went with the Garden Spring Rolls with quinoa, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage, and sprouts wrapped in rice paper with a wasabi-peanut sauce.

Even though it took 45 minutes (plus, we were the only ones eating food in the place) it was well-worth the wait. I was really impressed with them. I enjoyed the quinoa and cabbage—a change from rice noodles. The guys loved their pizzas, too.

And since The Husband forgot to use the coupon when he paid, it’ll be a good excuse to head over there again for a mid-day smoothie the next time we’re downtown.

Filed Under: My Vegan Life Tagged With: Fort Collins, garden spring rolls, juice bar, Luscious Nectar, restaurant review, smoothies

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