visiting L A

[Guest guest]

homer<br><br>An interesting restaurant with vegan

cakes and veg cuisine is A Votre Sante.<br><br>The one

i had in mind ( there are a few) is on San Vicente

which is a beautiful road if you take it all the way to

the end onto Ocean (or what would have been called

First street in Santa Monica to jibe with 2nd, 3rd

etc.)<br><br>What's nice about going there is it is like 4 doors up

from Maha Yoga which also offers ashtanga every am

from 7 am - but it is open from i think 6:30 if you

want to start early. Jorgen teaches there and he is a

refreshingly nice teacher and pretty traditional (in case the

yoga police is ready to spurt). This is where i choose

to practice when in LA because the driven,

competitive neurotics haven't found it yet.The room is

airy.<br> There are some really good other yoga classes

later on if this time slot doesn't suit you. Maha Yoga

is on the corner of San Vicente and i believe 26th,

upstairs in a little middeteranean complex- check out the

japanese tea place on the ground floor - they serve yerba

mate, and nice little dim sum. Also i have found some

veg fare at the sushi bar right on the corner if you

can stand the fish smell.<br><br>And it is a short

drive from yoga works too, which offers a 4pm mysore

style class with Maty and a 7 am mysore class with

Chuck.<br><br>For the ultimate in vegan fare call the Living Light

House on thursday eve early for living vegan cuisine -

in other words delicious raw foods- and good

company. 310-395-6337....1457 12th street, santa

Monica.<br><br>A votre sante is not pretentious, i think, but the

occasional healthy movie star has dropped in to pick up take

out. I hope by now they have made the venue a little

bigger.<br><br>Good luck with the traffic.