VeganRibs gets taken to C-A-L-F cafe in Scarborough

Aloha Vegan Friends......

Again I've been all level of useless at blogging..but in general life is awesome. So in June I  had a week of British holiday fun. It started in Somerset with my chummies and then got taken to Scarbrough by my lush partner. Whilst there he took me to c-a-l-f cafe for some epic vegan noms. The place is just fantastic, a 100% vegan menu, beautifully  decorated, friendly staff and so many wonderful items of clothing/food/accessories to buy.

The menu was great and I was struggling to choose but I went for a lovely burger. It did not disappoint :)

the menu, also loads of specials

Epic vegan burger OMG

Me and Sean in our Vegan Hoddies..Seans said Meat is Murder and mine 'All life is Equal'
This is one of the cutest things EVER... He does treat me well!! <3 <3

some of the best chocolate cake ever <3

So if you're in Scarbrough having a jolly at the seaside, check out CALF for some awesome threads and some epic food!!

Much Love

Vegan Ribs

xxxxx

Guess who's back..tell a friend!

Aloha Beautiful Vegans

I haven't blogged since the start of year, and now its blooming Easter weekend!! Time has flown this year and so much has happened, making blogging low on the priority list, plus the lack of a working laptop has really made blogging an impossibility. But hey..I'M BACK ON IT.....soo YAYYY..and now I intend to do some more videos too..again no working laptop made that tres difficult!

So where are we at...Its the end of march, Easter weekend, and I'm just revisiting all the things that one has been up to. I have had labyrinths, that sucked, started a new job, which is bloody awesome..found my niche i think, woo!! I've done soo much with the hudds vegans including a vegfest, Ive become an auntie and life in general is going lovely :). So onto the vegan stuff...

Becoming an auntie!!

On the 28th January Marlo Betty arrived. The most beautiful, perfect little girl. I am madly in love with her and cant wait to take her on adventures, have lots of fun!! <3 <3 <3

Brighton Vegfest:

So this years vegfest has been my absolute favourite so far. Was a beautiful day in Brighton with my wonderful chummy Linn Boo. We got the forever bus from sunny tunbridge wells, where we met Jordan and just had a fantastic day, on the beach, eating food, meeting Tim Shieff and making vegan friends :). there was a great variety of stalls, loads of space to eat, shop and in general it was a wonderful day out! :)

Huddersfield gets a vegan cafe!!!

So, we hit the jackpot in Huddersfield, from literally nowhere, a Vegan Cafe opened!! Called Goat
(Totally check them out on facebook/twitter) The people who run it are completely lush, the cafe is quirky, cute and the food is AMAZING..like literally the best cake ever!! So yup I am buzzing, the whole vegan community in Huddersfield are!!

Huddersfield Vegan Fun

As per usual i have had soo much fun with my Huddersfield Vegan crew :)

Curry Nights, Pub quiz, Harry potter fun, pizza nights, trips to Toby carvery. I literally love this bunch of people so much <3 The group is growing and growing and I couldn't be more proud to be part of it :)

 General Fun/Happy times..

I been having a heap load of fun!!

Making myself look and feel good

Times with the bestie

cakeeeeeee

choir fun!

Manchester with hudds vegans

Cat cafe and newcastle with rachey

Cooking a mothers day brunch

Wagamamas with the girlies

Save our A and E rally

Fun times with my family

The  Used with Rachey

 So in general, things are full of sunshine, and its such a relief to be able to say that, that for once in my life things seem to be going really well. I have epic friends, soo much vegan love in my life,  a lush job, and beautiful new niece and in general a much more positive outlook! I'm feeling really happy atm!..so yayyy

Catch you soon beautiful people!

Much Love

VeganRibs

xxxx

Winterfest Leeds!!

Aloha Vegans  ♡♡

Thought I would do a cheeky little post on Winterfest in Leeds!

Having been booted off our train we tried to make the
most of the queues for the bus

Winterfest is an awesome vegan festival that had over 150 stalls, talks and cookery demos in the city's town hall. Me and some of the Huddersfield Vegan crew volunteered our time to help the event run smoothly!

Our sheer joy at getting 4 seats together!!

The day started with a million..bazillion train issues that saw us manage to obtain a seat on a rail replacement bus!

It was a nightmare but we got to leeds in the end.

Childrens activity area

I was volunteering for the first 3 hours and did some door watching and  2 hours in the children's activity area, making Christmas cards and decorating vegan cookies!..yay..was so fun and I met some ace people!

After my volunteering shift finished I got to go and explore all the yummy food stalls and check out the offerings of the festival
 There was a lot there and it was ace to see the place so super busy.
For my late lunch I had mock duck and noodles. It was delicious!

Volunteering and LOVING it

I then went and chatted with a few vegan folk and found some of my hudd vegan chums and we explored the stall and ate wayyyy to many things. My highlight being vegan churros and hot chocolate sauce!

I mainly purchased cake this time..so my 11 o clock herbal tea time will be epic this week!!

After the fair we popped to the German market which was super Christmassy but it was awful to see meat and non vegan things everywhere. The magic is lost when you see through all the pretty lights and notice that this event has caused a lot of suffering and harm to our animal Friends.

We then went and waited in a 40 minute queue for a rail replacement coach. We met nice people and I rick rolled and sang happy birthday to a random guy.

All the cake..and some chocolate..NOM

Overall it was great to volunteer at a festival and I felt that it enhanced the experience, I'll deffo be offering up my services to more vegan festivals in the future! There was a good variety of stalls and lots of great good to try. I look forward to the summer event in leeds next year! I think this particular festival was ace because I saw so many friends. I love this community so much and I love days like this that show me that the revolution is happening. I am not the only vegan and together we are a kind, compassionate and caring community!

being a carrot

40 mins in the longest queue...never been happier to see a coach!

Heavenly!!

One happy fat vegan with all the churros

German Market

Mock duck and noodles and winterfest fun

Thank you again for all the love and for reading :)

Much love

Veganribs

 xxx

Vegan Ribs goes to Sky Apple

Aloha Vegans,

So this is a short and sweet post, basically declaring my love for Sky Apple in Heaton, Newcastle. My stunner of a fried Rachel took me for breakfast and it was AMAZING. 

Sky apple is a veggie/Vegan cafe, the walls are painted like a sky and it has full on good vibes running through it. The staff were lovely, the food was amazing and very good value. I also took several slices of cake home with me, because trust, the cake is OUT OF THIS WORD ...its AMAZING

BREAKFASTTTTTT

After an extremely satisfying breakfast, we went next door to the deli, where the shop assistant was quite possibly the funniest guy I've ever met, he gave me free tasters of all the yummy food, which included home made cashew cheese and cake!! It was AMAZING

I got carried away....I got ALL the cake!!

To conclude, SKY APPLE is a MUST visit if you're in Newcastle,  for the cake, the breakfast and most importantly the hilarious guy at the deli!!!

Much Love

Vegan Ribs

xx

Long time..No Blog.....A very Vegan Summer...updates

Aloha Vegans

Yes Yes Yes..I have been a massive fail of a person, not looking after my beloved blog..since July! (Bows head in shame).

The truth is that life has taken over, being vegan has just become life now if you get me. Ive not discovered anything new and amazing, its just life. Being Vegan is just so much simpler that it was when I first started!

So heres the summer in a nutshell....

I have turned 25 and my parents sent me the cutest pink vegan cake..delivered t my door as a surprise...i may have done a little cry! I also went pottery painting with my chummys and i got taken to Las Iguanas a surprise for my birthday lunch..the had a VEGAN MENU...was so nice..MY FRIENDS ARE EPIC.

I also got my nose pierced ..because..why not Im 25!

I also attended the wedding of one my dearest friends this summer. Catherine, who was my childhood chummy got married to the lovely Ryan, she looked stunning.. I had a Lindybop dress and there was vegan food and VEGAN WINE...safe to say I indulged!!

Nom tastic Vegan food at a wedding..with VEGAN WINE..

Me looking all summery!

I also got more vegan ink this summer. A treble clef and a crotchet behind my ear, because anyone who knows me..knows that i always have music on..if im not playing or listening to it..i'm singing it!

And a semi-colon with a heart to represent my anxiety and how the ones I love are always there for me when times get tough! The semi colon project is also a national initiative to spread mental health awareness.

New Vegan Ink

What else have I been up to this summer...hmmmm...

I spent a week in Kent catching up with everyone, went to Bletchly Park..if you've seen the imitation game and are a geek like moir you'll understand awesome that is!

I also went and caught up with friends, family, ate good food and even went to the seaside. It was perfect!! Summer seemed to pass me in the blink of an eye this year. I think its because I'd started the new dream job and put much of my energy into it!

Seaside fun with my dad

Bletchly Park

Dev time <3

Catching up with Ellie

Fun times with Becky

So to conclude the Summer..WAS AWESOME..I'm very lucky to be surrounded by such epic people and to have had so much fun, both in work and outside of it. Visits to Kent, meals out, trips, simply watching tv in PJs for a day. All of these things make me SUCH a blessed human being!
I've enjoyed all the fun vegan food too:

SSOV Haul

Bar Maroc Vegan pizza

Me and the kitty <3

Vegan Mac and Cheese

Ive upped my sushi game!!

So most of this post has been full of positivity, and it was lush to write such nice happy things, but from the summer came autumn and with that came bad news.
The dreaded word everyone hates in the third sector:
Redundancy.
My dream job...will become half time soon...which basically means that i have to search for another job. :( :(

Its been quite frankly SHIT...I love what I do, but its time to find another job again...my friends again have been by my side this week, bringing me vegan chocolate and wine! (what top chummies) and now its back to the job hunt!
I've dyed my hair a more conservative Red colour for interviews and such, ive been finding my way back to meditation and just trying to focus negative energy into something vaguely positive.
Chin up ribs...I'm sure it will be ok!..in the mean time..i have stuff to look forward to...Mallory knox and Vegfest next week...there will be a MASSIVE blog post and maybe even a cheeky YouTube video!

Thanks for reading beautiful people!

Peace out vegan lovelies

Vegan Ribs

xx