BAVRT latest newsletter

[Guest guest]

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January 25, 2003 (Last Saturday of every month)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

 

Host: Gregor

 

Site: Massawa restaurant

1538 Haight Street (@ Ashbury)

San Francisco, CA

(415) 621-4129

 

Type: Eritrean veg and non-veg restaurant

Cost: Order from the menu (all their veg dishes are vegan)

 

RSVP to [ *82 (925) 944-4743 ] by Tuesday, Jan 21.

BAVRT is NOT a drop-in dinner event. If you have problems emailing

me, please use http://veginfo.com/contact/general

 

As always, you come under your own liability for all events. Pass

the word to your friends. This is not an exclusive net-folks only

event. This is not an activist group or singles event. Note that

if you plan to attend this dinner, you can order only vegetarian

dishes, even if the restaurant serves other stuff.

 

If you have suggestions for future sites, please e-mail them to

. If you want to volunteer host a BAVRT dinner,

please let me know!!

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Contents

#1) Vegetarian Fair!

#2) This month's trek

#3) Last month's trek

#4) New Year resolutions

#5) News Section

#6) NON-BAVRT related stuff (feel free to skip)

 

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#1) Vegetarian Fair!

http://www.vegfair.org/mainframe.html

 

As many of might already know, Vegfair is right around the corner.

Check it out! Their website says " Free Food, Free Parking,

Free Admission " - sounds like a great deal. It is on Feb 1, 2003,

from 9 am to 6 pm at Santa Clara Convention Center.

 

Those of you who wish to volunteer and help in this fair, please

see their website for details.

 

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#2) This month's trek

 

Thanks to Gregor for stepping forward at a very short notice and

volunteering to host this month's BAVRT dinner. The restaurant

he selected is Massawa on Haight @ Ashbury (yes, right near that

historically famous intersection!)

 

The restaurant serves Eritriean food. Though veg and non-veg dishes

are served there, our host tells us that all their vegetarian dishes

are vegan ( restaurant's website http://massawa.citysearch.com/ )

 

Make sure to RSVP early. Start new year right - attend BAVRT! :-)

 

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#3) Last month's trek

http://www.veginfo.com/bavrt/restaurantlist.html

 

Winnie hosted last month's dinner at Vanessa's restaurant in

Berkeley. It was a real stormy day with power outages in various

parts of our bay area and we had a fabulous turnout! 37 people

braved this weather and showed up, there were 11 cancellations

and 1 no-show. Most people were in high spirits and this

contributed to a wonderful dinner atmosphere.

 

All 37 of us were seated around a gigantic table and restaurant

folks started serving food even before 6 PM. Food kept coming

and coming(!) till we were all satiated with good food. Don't

recall being served so much food at any prix fixe dinner. There

was so much food left behind that most people took it back home.

The food was also very tasty. Across the board, most BAVRT

members rated the food and service very highly.

 

After this sumptuous dinner, we waddled over to Mondo Gelato

for a taste of their vegan ice creams. It is great that a

normal ice cream shop carries 20 or 30 flavors of vegan ice

cream. This BAVRT dinner proved to be a wonderful way to end

a rather crummy year (particularly for the many BAVRT members

who are looking for a technical job).

 

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#4) New Year resolutions

 

Did you make a lot of new resolutions? Or like me, did you

just recycle old resolutions :-) My resolution of changing

veginfo.com website, made many times over the yester-years,

is still on my plate :-( May be it is time to do something

about it, after all.

 

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#5) News Section

( If you come across news items, veg or otherwise, in the

mainstream media that may be of potential interest to

BAVRT members, please forward me the URL. )

 

a) World’s Largest Solar Cooking System at Tirupathi

http://www.andhranews.net/state/2002/sep/solar.asp

" Once operational, this system can cook 30,000 meals per

day ( twice a day for 15,000 persons each time)... "

 

b) Positive Thinking May Improve Health

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & u=/ibsys/20021218/lo_WCVB/1426732

 

c) Rocket Fuel Toxic Found in Lettuce

http://ens-news.com/ens/jan2003/2003-01-02-09.asp#anchor1

 

d) Ape 'learns to talk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2617063.stm

" A chimp who has grown up among humans may have developed

the ability to talk, claims a research team from the US. "

 

e) India rejects food aid over GM content

http://www.connectotel.com/gmfood/ft020103.txt

 

f) Britons May Face New Wave of Mad Cow Deaths

http://news./news?tmpl=story2 & cid=570 & ncid=753 & e=5 & u=/nm/20021213/sc_nm\

/food_britain_madcow_dc

 

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#6) NON-BAVRT related stuff (feel free to skip)

 

a) High-tech billboards tune in to drivers' tastes / Roadside signs

coming to Bay Area listen to car radios, then adjust pitch

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/12/22/MN242772.DTL

 

b) Yes, You Are Being Watched

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & u=/pcworld/20021227/tc_pcworld/10812\

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