Birthday photos

Here are some photos from my birthday getaway which was almost a month ago yikes!

These are from Mon cher's camera, I shall show you mine soon :)

 Our first stop was at Icons Espresso bar but sadly they were moving to a new place those days and it was closed :(

 We'll go there next time... 

This was my outfit to go to dinner <3 my beautiful Bday dress  

 Gotta love the new lazy parrot booth lol 

 We had a great dinner, this was fried tofu with soy sauce. 

 Mon cher's roll with yellow plantain topping

 My veggie roll with avocado and cucumber :)

 Mon Cher's fried rice

Mine was so awesome; a sea weed salad rice yumm!

This was the quick look at the weekend. I have to scan some real photos from 2 35mm cams and show you my shots.

Hope everyone is having a kick ass week :)

Vegan Diary: 5 reasons being Vegan is easy in this technology era

Last Saturday was my 3rd month "anniversary" and the numbers keep rolling. I keep on learning about every single thing that I'm feeding my body.

A while ago I was thinking about how great it is being vegan in this technology era. You can find anything in the net these days!

Google aside it's good to know that there are vegans out there making it easy for new vegans, today I've choose great resources you can find out there that will make your vegan life much easier.

1. Animal Free; is my new favorite app and it's available for either iphone or android. This app have an A-Z list of animal ingredients that are commonly found in food, clothes, etc. They also have the vegan ingredients list so it's convenient either way :)

For example you could look for Inositol (animal ingredient that you can see on the 2nd picture) and the app will tell you that it comes from animal tissues*.

Take Ficin from the vegan ingredients and it will let you know that it comes from the fig tree*.

*The actual descriptions are more detailed than mine.

2. Vegan Cuts;  is a great site to find discounts on your vegan items on the market. This one is very handy for spending purposes. They have a newsletter which I receive directly to my email to get the latest discounts. I think it's great since I find new products that I had no idea were out there, since where I live is not a very vegan friendly country.

3. Chic Vegan; A place for vegan vixens! I stumble upon this awesome web because of their e-book The Ethical Girl's Guide To Being Vegan and Fabulous and you can get it free when you sign up for the newsletter. You won't regret receiving great info from your pals on ChicVegan.com

4. Barnivore; Being vegan is more than food and when it comes to booze these guys will tell you the best choices to keep it cruelty free. They have a great list of beer, wine and liquor that can be vegan friendly.

5. Happy Cow; is a great place to find just about anything but specially restaurants near you. They also  have recipes, shop, blog, newsletter, and a community forum. There are vegan friendly restaurants listed around my area and that made my day :) I knew about most of them but it's a great tool for vegan tourists.

There are tons of place I could keep on linking but these will surely put you on a good starting track if you want to be a well informed vegan.

I have not listed recipe sites or apps because you can surely find tons on googles and I believe that you can make up your own if you just roll your imagination, if this is not the case then just google it :P.

I hope you've enjoyed my 5 reasons being Vegan is easier these days.

For the love of java!

Coffee is a huge part of my life, my consumption goes up and down and lately its been up and above!

Is there anything better than coffee?

I've been making crappy coffee art for a couple of weeks now and I wanted to share it.

 That's supposed to be a skull with a bow

 A heart because we love each other of course 

 A cute panda even if the ear is almost non existent thanks to the lighting 

Another weird heart haha

I've been having fun with it, and the best part is when I get to drink it :)

The other coffee related items that are close to my heart these days are my new coffee tumbler and mini cups which are ideal for macchiatos and shots :)

My heart was stolen because it's clear and that handle is just cute!

Seriously I have a collection of mugs because I just think they are soooo lovely, and also I'm a mug hoarder!

To finish this post I'll leave you guys with a funny sketch from Portlandia about coffee and harajuku girls  :)

Meet: Banana Dang

Ever since 2010 when Mon Cher and I celebrated his birthday in Rincón we discovered Banana Dang and we fell in love right away! 

We've been there a couple of times all of them were my BV (before vegan) days and I was wondering if I would still love it this time since my diet changed. The people at Dang didn't disappointed me and I was so happy  that I could still enjoy that coffee shop that's close to my heart.

I figureed that it was time to introduce Banana Dang more properly, in case you've missed my other Dang posts you can see them on my last birthday post, or our mini vacation.

Everyone loves BD! Friends have enjoyed meeting the place, the locals will share their love for it if you ask around, and of course Mon Cher and I keep going every time we can (even if it's like a 3hrs drive).

A guy from our hotel told me I had to try their Chai which was organic, and they have their own recipe for it which is freaking good!!!

They have a nice brunch type menu of paninis and such, we enjoyed the everything bagel with hummus <3

They even had raw revolution snacks, cliff ones too, homemade pastries such as those awesome zucchini bread.

They have smoothies full of personalities and flavors.

They also have customers with personalities and flavors haha just kidding but I do enjoy that cup. Every. Single. Time! 

Mon cher had an O-Ranga-Dang with orange juice, bananas, vanilla, agave and made with soy milk. That one was so refreshing! Also my dear ask for it with hemp seeds, they had hemp seeds :)

This little sign made my heart smile!!

If you don't wanna take my word on it then take this; they have a great score on tripadvisor and since I know why you guys should go and find out.

My cup is the older version, these one should go to my collection!

I love this hand even though there is no logic to that fact!

I always want to make my coffee dirty!

The hummus bagel with tomato was really, really, REALLY good :)

If you are a local you must go to Rincón and have a great cup of coffee with a smile on the side since their employees are so helpful.
If you are a tourist coming soon then don't go back home without visiting these guys!

Banana Dang is my favorite coffee place in the island and I cherish every moment I'm in, we never just stop and go, we sit and mingle and of course take lots of pictures.

Go to Banana Dang or else! Just kidding, but seriously go and you will love it :)

Thrifty Saturdays: Thrifting in the streets

On the same weekend I was celebrating my birthday I found sort of a flea market in the middle of the street. That day I was so lucky to find many great things they had, today I'll just show you photos of the types of items they were selling, next Sat I'll come back to show you what I scored ;)

 They had pretty old stuff.

 They had some new crap too.

 I loved that old pencil sharpener.

This hand mixer was true to my heart but in my staying away from hoarding I left it there, while it gave me the puppy eyes...

 They had other fun kitchen items and mugs <3

 These boxes had hidden treasures!

 Many records and even old newspapers :/

Overall we had a great browse and great finds in this little spot. 

How's your thrifting adventures lately? I have more to share from my birthday celebration.