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.
While everyone else was on spring break, I still had class at Art Center which involved 80 master/anatomy drawings and a final due on Wednesday. So I didn’t get to relax until thursday.
I went out with my Sweedish friend to Flore. It had a very home-y atmosphere and nice weather, plus fab service (the guy kept refilling my friend’s coffee every time she took a sip!). I had scrambled tofu (although…I think, Follow Your Heart’s is a lot better) and my buddy had a TuNo melt sandy-widge. Both were yum! Although I’m not a fan of tempeh, that wasn’t a bad TuNo melt. Speaking of sandy-widges…I have yet to try the Reuben at FYH! Check out To Eat and Live in LA’s review, sounds pret-ty darn good!
I also ordered a chocolate cupcake (because I have a MAJOR sweet tooth). That was incredibly rich and smooth. The cake just melts in your mouth while the frosting lathers your taste buds with sugary goodness. I will come back for the cupcakes!
Then we chilled at her place for a bit and I met all her incredibly adorable adopted doggies and fat (but beautiful) cat.
After, we went walking around Silverlake–looking at antique/vintage shops, until it was time for us to go our seperate ways (she had to go feed some frogs, don’t ask).
On friday, I hung out with my (recently turned vegan and Earthlings activist) cousin. We went out to M Cafe in Culver City. Very clean, but I wasn’t a fan of some of the people who were eating inside (gave me the head-to-toe look, well you know what? Go stick it up your ass). All the sweets looked sooooo good (I didn’t buy one due to the fact that my pants weren’t fitting like they used to. Hee-hee. But I’m good now, keep the sweets coming, baby!)!
I got an interesting quinoa salad with beets and a bean salad. Both of them were scrumptious. I’d absolutely come back for those dishes again (and the cute guy that works there).
Later, after walking around the stores and little shops, we went back to his place and made some dinner. I was his “sioux chef,” so that was fun. We made spaghetti with a tempeh (I know! Tempeh two days in a row, but I couldn’t even taste it!) tomato mushroom sauce, a cabbage salad, and had So Delicious chocolate peanut butter ice cream (I thought it was going to have a more peanut butter taste, which it didn’t and was greatly disappointed by) for dessert.
Next weekend is Veggie Pride LA! So I’ll keep you posted on that when it rolls around.
Images ™ J. Afsoon A.
