This weekend, we decided to have a theme based on the movie Go Further, which we watched a few weeks ago. It's a documentary with Woody Harrelson, who rides a bike behind a bio-fuel bus down the California coast. In the documentary, he explains the benefits of eating raw, organiz, vegan food and talks about industrial hemp. Saturday's lunch was raw wraps with Vegenaise (mayonnaise made without eggs and without dairy) and kombucha to drink. All of the veggies were wrapped in lettuce leaves. It was the first time either of us had tried Vegenaise, and we were impressed.
Dinner was raw zucchini pasta caprese. I used a peeler to shred the zucchini into thin strips.
After marinating the tomatoes and feta in oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, and basil, we tossed everything with the zucchini pasta and garnished with flat parsley.
The caprese was delicious! Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the raw cashew chocolate mousse we tried.
Overall, it was a great raw weekend, and the weather was beautiful. -吴碧芙
So instead of going someplace exotic and warm with booze and table-dancing, we have decided to have a different kind of adventure in Eastern Iowa. We went to the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque on Tuesday, since both of my parents had the day off. The museum explained the history of the river and had exhibits of the animals found in the river. We were amazed at the Giant Catfish, which totally looked like it would swim over and start talking to us. There was also an interactive lizard exhibit. We crawled under and popped up among the lizards. The small lizards started running toward us.
Yesterday we went to Iowa City. It was a satisfying day, since we finished all of the IC essentials: lunch at Masala, buying Iowa apparel, coffee at the Java House, picking up dozens of Bruegger's Bagels, dinner at Givanni's, Chinese takeout from Taste of China for the next day's lunch... 文大猊 got the street tour of my old apartment buildings, and important sites.
One of the many highlights was getting my hair cut. When I lived in IC, I used to go to this really edgy alternative place for my haircuts, which was pretty expensive. My mom and aunt ended up going to my hair designer Joann a few times after I left. I called the salon to get an appointment on Tuesday. I said, "I used to go to Joann, but I understand she has since moved away." They said, "Oh, actually, she moved back." So I went to get my hair cut, and caught up with Joann, who seems to have added a few piercings and tattoos since I last saw her. She knows how to cut my wavy hair so that it hangs right, and she knows how to take out the heavy parts without ruining the cut.
I forgot my digital camera cord in Verm. These are all camera phone pics. More to follow... -吴碧芙
