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Christopher’s Kitchen is a 100% vegan restaurant in Palm Springs Gardens. I had the Spicy Mexican Warm Grain Bowl with quinoa, black beans w/ cumin & peppers, jalapeños, chopped romaine, cabbage, tortilla chips, hot sauce, and , guacamole and salsa on the side It was good – real good.
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After Jacob’s Garage got my air conditioner to blow cold, I headed north toward West Palm Beach and Jupiter. I stopped at a few of the beaches along the way to enjoy the sun, the rain, the sand, the birds, and the surf.
This is the first time I consciously tried to get a few birds in flight, known as BIFs to the pros. I need more practice to be able to track them in flight.
Today I bicycled 100 miles. It’s the first time I’ve done that since 1996 – 18 years ago. After being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, I had convinced myself that I would never do a century again. But over 2 years ago, I started listening to the nutritional advice of Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Dean Ornish, John McDougall, T. Colin Campbell, Jeff Novick, and others with a similar message. With their advice, I lost a ton of weight and my lab values normalized. I no longer have chest pains or shortness of breath, something I had even after earlier conventional treatment.
After my 60th birthday in October, I began to think a century ride might be possible.
Janet and I dined at Sushi-Thai, right on the Hollywood Boardwalk . We watched the ocean and enjoyed the gentle breeze as the sun went down while we conversed.
I joined the Camp Gear Life meetup group for a bike ride this morning. The weather was gorgeous. Thanks Troy, Will, Dan, Julie, Jessica, Paul and others. Edit 2/2/2014: Video Added.
Kudos to the folks at City Bikes in Aventura for repairing my bike — with great service, good prices, and on time. The bike travels on a ladder rack on the back of the Roadtrek. While I was backing into a parking spot, a stump jumped forward to demolish the left shift and brake lever. The stump refused to admit guilt.
At one of the Birmingham Vegans meetups, Sandra suggested I pay a visit to Sublime Vegan Restaurant in Ft Lauderdale on my road trip. So I visit their web site and I see testimonials from Paul McCartney, Alec Baldwin, Bob Barker, Pamela Anderson, Alicia Silverstone, and others. I had heard it’s a famous place, but I decided to go anyway.
That’s my waiter Ernesto in the picture, accompanied by a lady in training.
After working at a Starbucks in North Miami this morning, I drove to Topeekeegee Yugnee Park in Hollywood Florida. The name is Seminole for gathering place. It’s a fun name to say too, like quinoa and edamame. The park is a peaceful place with stately trees and a nice walking trail. I took a few snapshots to share.
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I spent a few hours today walking around Haulover and Miami Beaches. My plan was to drive along the beaches to see what the area was like, then park in a Publix lot a few miles away and explore the beach area via bicycle. But the roads were not bike friendly. So when I saw the first “Beach Parking” sign I pulled in. That was Haulover. Later in the day I parked in a lot close to North Miami beach and started walking again.
It was the kind of day where the sun was hot but the shade was cool. The beige sand was speckled with black sand. And the sand was deep enough to sink in with every step. The pictures are mostly just typical beach pictures – nothing special.
After leaving Bahia Honda State Park, I stopped at a Tom Thumb in Key Largo to fill up and try to figure out where the heck to go next, and where I might sleep for the night. I thought I remembered from some earlier googling that there was a vegan meetup happening somewhere in the area.
I found that the meetup was at 6:30 at Alaska Coffee in North Miami. Siri told me I could make it in time, but barely. So I lucked out. I had a great time with the very first Very Vegan Miami Meetup. The organizer Janay and all the folks were great. Not only that, Alaska Coffee’s Jose gave me permission to overnight in the parking lot.
