Saturday, May 12, 2007

Portland Vegfest 2007

I went to the Portland Vegfest 2007, put on by the NW Veg group. I had a blast and came home with lots of literature, some samples and a nicely full belly.

Bryanna Clark Grogan and Julie Hasson gave a cooking demo with some very tasty treats then did a Q&A session in the Veg101 room. I attended two sessions there and they were very well attended. There were also salad samples in the back of this room from several restaurants and they were all excellent. This photo has Bryanna on the left and Julie on the right.



There were tons of exhibitors and lots of free samples. (Yes I'm all over the free food!) I did find out that this all vegan restaurant called the Pirates Tavern is actually about 4 blocks away from my new job. I told my partner we'll have to go on a Monday night, when they have live jazz.

Two pictures taken from the food court area should give you an idea of how many people were there. It was crowded but polite.





All in all, it was a good time, I learned a lot, tried foods that I will be buying in the future (and some I won't!) and I plan to come back next year.

Barbara

2 comments:

Tofu Mom (AKA Tofu-n-Sprouts) said...

Wooo! Another Veg-Fest so close to me, I should have gone!

I was so excited when we went to Seattle's Veg-Fest, I blogged all about it...it was a while back though, I think.... but MAN we had fun.

What a FUN venue - I hear ya on the free samples too! I am so in love with those! What a great way to figure out what you like and what you don't!!

Anonymous said...

im so envy LOL i willl love to be there! especially for the samples(we dont have that things here) wohoo!