Filed under: Food, Vegan, pictures | Tags: Bake Me Up! LA, pictures, pups, Vegan
The last Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale here in LA was one hell of a party. The weather: hot. The people: lovable goobers. The baked goods: amazing.
The day started off with a customer buying ten raspberry filled chocolate squares before the bake sale even started (we were still in the midst of setting up). By 11:00 AM our three tables were filled with dog biscuits, gluten-free brownies, cheesecake bites, peanut butter cinnamon rolls, lemon rosemary cupcakes, garlic flat breads, cheesy quackers, and the list can go on and on. The smell of the sweet and savory was overwhelming and making customers drool.
Having the time to talk to Celine and Joni (who drove from Bakersfield and the OC) was one of the highlights of my day. They’re incredibly funny, sweet, and beautiful people. I couldn’t thank them enough for not only baking so many goodies, but for driving all the way out to LA. They even stood out in the scorching heat waving signs to get people to come to the bake sale, screaming “Wooooooo! Bake Sale!”(thank you Natalie for that stellar chant).
Unlike last week, we could only stay out in the sun for a max of five seconds without sweating. It was 100 degrees in LA! I could only imagine what the cookies were feeling. Thankfully we were under a ledge, where there was an occasional breeze and constant shade.
Meet Violet, Wanna Be A Vegan’s beautiful pup
Thank you to Rachel, Celine, Joni, Ashley, Natalie & Michael, Jennifer, Brittany, Huggerfood, Kim (C’est La Vegan), Ghalia Organics, Vegan Plate, and Shojin for all your hard work and for donating your time to make this bake sale possible. Also a thank you to those who couldn’t make it, but tried: Daniel, Allison, and Liz. A HUGE thank you to Locali for hosting us (again!). They’ve been so kind and generous, I can’t imagine having the bake sale anywhere else this year. AND thank you to everyone that came and bought something! Pat yourselves on the back for showing your support to Earthlings, Animal Acres, and Little Big Dog Rescue. From the quick money count we did at the end of the day (I’ll be doing an official tally on Thursday), we made over $1, 800 in total for both days!
I’m looking forward to the next Bake Me Up! LA bake sale (which will be happening next year. I’m not sure where or when, but I will keep you posted) and I hope to see you there.
There might be occasional (vegan) bake sales through out LA (that will not be a part of the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale), but I’m still working on it. Just a hint…maybe you should keep October or November open…a holiday bake sale? Hmm….
Images ™ J. Afsoon A.
Filed under: Food, Vegan, pictures | Tags: Bake Me Up! LA, Food, pictures, Vegan
I never thought the day would come, but Bake Me Up! LA’s first bake sale was a success! The day before the event I was scrambling about getting last minute things together and baking at the same time. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the kitchen baking anything because I’ve been so busy with art stuff…and I must say I never felt happier to back “home”. I baked ten dozen Peanut butter & jelly thumbprint cookies and miraculously I didn’t burn any of them due to my lack of concentration on keeping track of time (woot!).
I went to bed around 2:30 AM, setting my alarm for 4:30 AM so I can do some more organizing, preparation, and be ready for when my (new, awesome & fellow Green Day geek) friend, Rachel, to come over at 8:30 to help set up. I did wake up with the alarm, but I fell back to sleep (of course) and my mum comes in to wake me up at 7:40. Yes. Panic time. It was pretty funny to watch me running around the house screaming “I’m late! I’m late!” (it wasn’t funny for me, at the time). We weren’t late (thankfully). When we arrived at Locali they had reserved 2 parking stalls for us with signs saying “Reserved for Special Event.” Fellow bakers started rolling by to drop off their goods/staying to help out including Brittany, Jenn, Ashley, Lin, and Kim. We kicked it off at 11:00 am and I got to meet so many twitter-ers (including Natalie and Daniel), PPKers, and other fab vegan-ers. Carolyn and Melisser also stopped by, always great to see them. There was everything from whoopie pies (made by Brittany) to gluten-free blueberry muffins (made by Ashley). It went so fast, we started cleaning up at 4:00 pm, an hour earlier than scheduled.
Natalie & Rachel holding signs on the street.
Me at the bake sale (taken by Terri)
All done!
A huge thank you to Locali for hosting us and bringing us samples to munch on while working.
I cannot wait for this Sunday’s second bake sale. Not only will there be there twice the bakers, but triple the baked goods! I have to bring another table in order to fit everything! This weekend you can meet Celine, Joni, Huggerfood,and Jennifer. Also Shojin & Ghalia Organic Desserts will be donating items. Hope to see you there with an empty belly.
Images ™ J. Afsoon A.
Don’t forget if you’re in the LA area, stop by Locali on Sunday, June 21 & June 28. Get your old man something sweet and healthy (kind of…) for his belly. Come meet bloggers, hipsters, and other cool LA kids. And show your support for Earthlings, Animal Acres, and Little Big Dog Rescue.
Expect to see brownies, cookies, cakes, cheese cake, muffins, scones, breads, cinnamon rolls, gluten free, and raw items. And yes, they’re all vegan (!).
We’ll be holding it next door outside the dry cleaners because they’re closed on Sundays (score!).
I’ll post pictures up after day one and even more after day two. Eep! Can’t wait and I hope to see you there!
Images ™ J. Afsoon A.
PS Check out these sites/posts for additional updates on Bake Me Up! LA : http://bit.ly/scTbc http://bit.ly/8176i http://bit.ly/8P97z http://bit.ly/6N14S http://bit.ly/ehi7k http://bit.ly/RGuXm
Oh yeah, and we’re on Craiglist: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/eve/1217349453.html
