I’m OK with the fee I pay, but not having the restaurant pay 33% of the food order. It was a Friday night, and neither one of us felt like cooking. So I pulled up Grubhub on my phone, and we talked about what we each wanted from one of[…]
Mike and Dan
The Violence On My Plate
Note: This is a post that I share every once in a while. I have always loved animals. Even before becoming vegan, I would often say that I love animals, even though I really meant just dogs and cats. I mean, I never wanted to harm animals. I would[…]
Stop Giving People Time and Energy Who Don’t Give It Back
You know who they are. This story is close to my heart. And you don’t have to be gay or vegan to relate to this! I have had a lifelong relationship with the topic. I have been giving people who don’t know I exist, or who I don’t matter to,[…]
Celebrating 40 Years of Sobriety
I had never been able to drink like others. I could never stop at one drink. I was sick, in every aspect of the word, and weighed only 137 pounds. In comparison, I am the same height and now weigh 220 pounds. I had been given many chances to get[…]
2025: My Favorite Restaurant (No Surprise!)
We have been eating at White Springs Cafe in Arcadia, CA, since they opened in 2020. I have had over a hundred meals there. Each meal has been a culinary treat for me, lovingly prepared by the woman we call “Mama”. I have written about White Springs before, here and[…]