road food: Karyn's on Green

Morning, Lovlies!

We have approximately 30 minutes until van call, so I'm going to rush out a little baby post for you guys. I haven't done this yet on this tour... so here's our first recommendation!

Our first one comes from the Windy City... also known as Chi-town.... also known as Chicago.  I'm currently sitting in a hotel room in Houston, TX & about to make my way to Austin, TX where I will consume unthinkable amounts of BBQ at Salt Lick. In light of that, I thought I'd write about an amazing vegan find. As I always say - it's all about the balance!

After Ron did a radio interview, we craved veggies. I mainly stick to eating vegan/vegetarian on tour (it makes it easier to not go off the rails), but make exceptions for certain places. I will never shove this thinking down your throat - it's just how my body likes to function. I feel better when I eat this way. ANYWAY - back to our vegan lunch. I Yelped and found Karyn's on Green. Sometimes I don't know if places are incredible because of the lackluster food that I usually eat on tour... but I 100% know that this place was phenomenal! You have to try it! Even meat eaters should get adventurous once in a while.... branch out... expand your horizons... all of that jazz.

Karyn's

butternut squash soup (with coconut milk)

a TREE-tini. Everytime you order one, they plant a tree! How could I say no? 

Kale Salad w/ apples, cashews, & sesame vinaigrette  

MUSHROOM bacon. yes. 

tofu benedict with root vegetables and something that was not hollandaise, but was bomb all the same

happy brunchers

Oh I should probably tell you that I'm starting to post pictures of myself to counterbalance all of the God-awful ones Rp seems to snap of me. I don't want you to think I'm a goblin. Why do guys seem to have a knack of only taking TERRIBLE pictures of their lady loves? AMIRITE, LADIES? 

love/hate/comment below! 

4:00 AM

...looks like a real pissed off panda right now. I can't sleep due to the overwhelming amount of things running through my head (all work stuff). However, I've been quite productive!

In an effort to quit working, I googled "vegan recipes" & clicked on one of the top hits. According to this farce of a website, these are the BEST vegan recipes:

• guacamole
• cranberry sauce
• mexican bean salad
• chili seasoning mix
• avocado salsa
• texas cavier 1
• hot apple cider
• microwave bread and butter pickles
• bread and butter pickles 2
• chocolate strawberries
• "classic" texas cavier
• muesli
• green tomato relish
• agave cornbread muffins
• indian relish
• sundried tomatoes
• sweet candied lemon and orange peel
• cooked pumpkin
• crepes 

WHAT WITH ALL THESE PICKLES, CHILI SEASONING, AND RELISH - I'LL BE SET FOR LIFE! TWO VERSIONS OF TEXAS CAVIER?? OH MY STARS, WE'LL HAVE IT FOR LUNCH AND DINNER!

get ready for my follow up post on our dinner of cooked pumpkin, muesli, and indian relish. YUM-A-RAMA.

pumpkins are so vegan that they eat themselves. (pic from our trip to the hamptons last year)

Eating alone and other things

How'd ya like that Q&A sesh? Pretty fun, right? Well, I have another one coming soon.... just need a few more Qs to A so it feels like a real post. NO ONE has prompted an interpretive dance yet, though. I'm impressed with you guys.

Anyway - as you've probably noticed from some of Rp's updates, we are living in a hotel in Soho at the moment. Just to clarify - this isn't really by choice. We had another place worked out... that didn't actually work out, so here we are. I'm LOVING living in this neighborhood. I don't know that I'd ever do it otherwise for a long-term situation, so I'm glad for the experience for now. Point is - I'm compiling some pics for ya.

And now onto the realness! Today, Rp and I had completely opposite schedules. Usually, I'm the one out and about working or running errands. Today he was out and I was IN almost all day. Around about 2:30pm I realized I had skipped breakfast... and lunch for that matter. So I pulled myself together and ran off to Sacred Chow in the Village. Ran off meaning, I walked slowly to my destination... damn foot. Sacred Chow is vegan and it's delicious and I didn't care that I had to eat alone... worth it. I know what you're thinking. You're going, "umm.... Ron writes about food. What do you think you're doing?" And I'm here to tell you that I DO WHAT I WANT!

So, even more impressive than eating alone is eating alone AND taking pictures of your food. Nothing says weirdo quite like that. In retrospect, I'm always more uncomfortable after the fact - I could really care less in the moment. People gotta eat, yo! My favorite is when I realize I've just taken a picture of a pickle because it's sliced ever so cutely! That's the best.

Since I was all by my lonesome, I only had one course (plus, it's lunch). I went with the Grilled Western Tofu Hero. Total deliciousness. I know - some of you think you hate tofu. You don't. Not all of it anyway. Go to a specialist & your mind will be blown. BLOWN I tell you!

Anyway - that's all I have to say about that. Gotta run to eat dinner with real people.