Guest guest Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? ~Leah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 nope. I am already a " weirdo " with all the co-sleeping, attachment parenting, extended nursing, homeschooling, etc... and even among the weirdos, I'm weird... seems they all eat chicken happily.. sighh - Leah Little<leahrlittle < > Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 PM Do you have a veg*n community? The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? ~Leah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 that's me, too! i fit in with the ap groups up to a certain point...usually snacktime. we're the weirdest of the weird!! , " Lisa Schroeder " <awoogala wrote: > > nope. I am already a " weirdo " with all the co-sleeping, attachment parenting, extended nursing, homeschooling, etc... and even among the weirdos, I'm weird... seems they all eat chicken happily.. sighh > - > Leah Little<leahrlittle > To: < > > Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 PM > Do you have a veg*n community? > > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I DON'T have one now, but lived in Seattle for 10 yrs and they have a GREAT one!! On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > -- Blessings, Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I'm from a little town in Texas called Hawley. It's a little north of Abilene... population 636, hillbilly central. That's where I lived when I became a vegetarian. It was about as far from an ideal place to begin a veg lifestyle as it comes, but I survived. I know what a rotten place Texas is for vegetarians!!! If you're in it for the right reasons (something you believe in to your very soul), this will last. If not, pressure from others will make you feel worse about it than it would otherwise. Just hang in there. Leah Little <leahrlittle wrote: The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? ~Leah Kadee Sedtal Brain: " Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? " Pinky: " I think so, Brain, but if the plural of mouse is mice, wouldn't the plural of spouse be spice? " Check out my new , Classical 2 at http://launch.classical2/ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 We're the only veg*ans amongst our oldest friends - they are all omni. Funny thing is that I've gone vegan and my friend who when we were teens intro'd me to vegetarian/veganism is omni (and has been a long time). We are however lucky enough to have found the group that Marla (from here) started. We met her because of THIS list. We're in Illinois, about 10-15min's outside of Chicago proper. There is also appearantly a HUGE group in Chicago that does regular meet-ups and such as well - though we've never been to any of their meetup/potlucks/events (I think I found out about them on meetup.com and it was *just* before I met Marla - we were considering trekking out to the other group, when we started talking). We're members of the UU church here, and I sometimes go to the " Womens Connection " potlucks - there are a couple of older (older than me) ladies who are vegan, but I don't really know them all that well, yet... We've been out of the loop for a while, but it looks like we're starting to get back into the habit of going again. My friend that I mention above, they also home school, and they have a HUGE network (they were just at some National Homeschool Conference a week or so ago, too). I know they're part of several local groups, (a large home school group and one unschoolers group). Because of a need from the kids, she just started a history club this year for some of the kids. They want to do a once a week 'school day' type of thing sometime later this year, with several of the kids and she said she wanted to hire me to do art with the younger children in their group who would come to it. I'm very excited about that! They do some really nifty things and I consider it all the time, but we found a school we're quite happy with for our son for next year (one of their HS families actually just enrolled their child(ren) in the same school because they thought it was really a great opportunity - it's based on the Progressive Education that the Chicago Lab School is based on, but is considerably less than the tuition there). I always want to 'tag along' on some of the field trips and demos and stuff that they do because it's really great stuff. So amongst our friends, we're not exactly normal, but we're all kind of wacky in our own ways. LOL. Out of our friends, she and I are the only ones with children, so that kind of makes things harder in a lot of ways, too. It's nice to find a group that has similar childrearing ideas/philosophies as you as well as other lifestyle choices, as well as children. I'm guessing you're asking location because you're considering moving? Check out Oak Park, IL - they are really great, have many wonderful things for families with young children. We're just outside of there but we're close enough and they do have non-resident registration for I think all of their programs. Chicago is really great, there are tons of Vegan restaurants, there are a lot of homeschoolers in this area (at least from my exposure through my friend, but they worked hard on finding the communities they needed/wanted for support with all of that), There are a few AP play groups and moms/dads groups, there's a lot of really great things in this area (in and around Oak Park, IL). There are tons and tons of public parks, OP has 2 public pools, our town has 2 plus a water park, and several other parks (we're within 5 blocks of 3 different parks in different directions). Plus being close to Chicago, there's a lot of cultural opportunities/exposure and museums and so many things to do. Missie On 3/4/07, Lisa Schroeder <awoogala wrote: > > nope. I am already a " weirdo " with all the co-sleeping, attachment > parenting, extended nursing, homeschooling, etc... and even among the > weirdos, I'm weird... seems they all eat chicken happily.. sighh > - > Leah Little<leahrlittle<leahrlittle%40hotmail.com>> > > <%40>< > <%40>> > Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 PM > Do you have a veg*n community? > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Nope and I live in California! I am the weirdo always. ) Kelli " We must be the change we wish to see " - MK Gandhi _____ On Behalf Of Shannon Bierbaum Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:08 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle@ <leahrlittle%40hotmail.com> hotmail.com> wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 My friends are very understanding, the other kids don't tease, but I don't think they understand, either. No veg*n community of friends here :-( ... Danielle, mom of 8 year old boy, in Orlando/Central Florida area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Here, in my current town, vegetarians are a rarity, even with two campuses in this small town. I've only met one other vegetarian here. In St. Louis, where I moved from, we had a HUGE community of vegs. It was awesome. I never was looked at as " strange " or " weird " . I was just accepted as part of the culture and society. I miss it. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Shannon Bierbaum <vegmama Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:07:44 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle@ hotmail.com> wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hey, I'm a weirdo too! But two of my AP/extended nursing/cloth diapering etc. friends are going vegetarian after hanging around with me for a few years, though I think their carnivore husbands are less than pleased with me. Mainly... I consider this group my veg*n community. There is a local vegan group that has started up recently, but it seems there are no other families involved. At least it's a start though! Someone even opened a vegan store not far from here a few months back, with groceries, a few clothing items like belts and bags, and books. I am in Ontario, Canada. Heather Lisa Schroeder wrote: > > nope. I am already a " weirdo " with all the co-sleeping, attachment > parenting, extended nursing, homeschooling, etc... and even among the > weirdos, I'm weird... seems they all eat chicken happily.. sighh > - > Leah Little<leahrlittle > <leahrlittle%40hotmail.com>> > > <%40>< > <%40>> > Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 PM > Do you have a veg*n community? > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 If you have to stay in Texas, move to Austin. If you can move elsewhere, well, I was going to say find a college town, but apparently even that didn't work for Jessica! It's easy enough to find young veg*n singles in the hip part of whatever town you're in, as long as the town has a large enough general population....finding like-minded families with children is the tough part. I'm part of the Chicago crowd on this list, and agree with what's been said so far about our city & Oak Park (just outside Chicago city limits). In fact, I just learned this weekend that there's a 24-hour vegan restaurant on the north side of Chicago. I'll bet you can't find THAT in Houston! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 You're from St. Louis?? I live at Scott AFB, about 1/2 hr. from there. Jess <veg4animals2006 wrote: Here, in my current town, vegetarians are a rarity, even with two campuses in this small town. I've only met one other vegetarian here. In St. Louis, where I moved from, we had a HUGE community of vegs. It was awesome. I never was looked at as " strange " or " weird " . I was just accepted as part of the culture and society. I miss it. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Shannon Bierbaum <vegmama Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:07:44 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle@ hotmail.com> wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Well.. I'm originally from O'Fallon, IL.. so I know exactly where SAFB is. I worked in Fairview Heights and Belleville, and my fiance is from Belleville and Freeburg. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Kadee M <abbey_road3012 Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:42:58 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? You're from St. Louis?? I live at Scott AFB, about 1/2 hr. from there. Jess <veg4animals2006@ > wrote: Here, in my current town, vegetarians are a rarity, even with two campuses in this small town. I've only met one other vegetarian here. In St. Louis, where I moved from, we had a HUGE community of vegs. It was awesome. I never was looked at as " strange " or " weird " . I was just accepted as part of the culture and society. I miss it. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Shannon Bierbaum <vegmama (AT) gmail (DOT) com> @gro ups.com Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:07:44 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle@ hotmail.com> wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I live in NE Ohio, and the veg community here seems to be hard to get into. I know that there are a number of veg and vegan individuals, because there are some good health food stores with a variety of veg products, but connecting with others is unbelievably difficult. In my particular town, which is small, I wouldn't be surprised if ours is the only veg family, but we are also new here, so I could be wrong. I'm not sure how to connect with others, though, because, as a home schooling mom with numerous other obligations, I don't have time to just post a sign somewhere advertising a get together. I'd love to do it, but I'd probably be too busy to attend. I have to pacify myself with reading the posts here and trying to talk to others around me about healthful eating whenever they are game to listen. I wonder if some veg or vegan folks are quiet about their eating habits, whether it's to avoid questions or just because they don't advertise things like that. ______________________________\ ____ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase./promo-generic-14795097 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Cool!! If y'all ever come back to visit we should meet up. Jess <veg4animals2006 wrote: Well.. I'm originally from O'Fallon, IL.. so I know exactly where SAFB is. I worked in Fairview Heights and Belleville, and my fiance is from Belleville and Freeburg. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Kadee M <abbey_road3012 Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:42:58 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? You're from St. Louis?? I live at Scott AFB, about 1/2 hr. from there. Jess <veg4animals2006@ > wrote: Here, in my current town, vegetarians are a rarity, even with two campuses in this small town. I've only met one other vegetarian here. In St. Louis, where I moved from, we had a HUGE community of vegs. It was awesome. I never was looked at as " strange " or " weird " . I was just accepted as part of the culture and society. I miss it. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Shannon Bierbaum <vegmama (AT) gmail (DOT) com> @gro ups.com Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:07:44 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle@ hotmail.com> wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I'm also in Chicago, though on the far north side (no where near Oak Park), just south of Evanston. There is a huge veg community; home school groups; great veg and veg friendly restaurants; etc. ERB <bakwin wrote: If you have to stay in Texas, move to Austin. If you can move elsewhere, well, I was going to say find a college town, but apparently even that didn't work for Jessica! It's easy enough to find young veg*n singles in the hip part of whatever town you're in, as long as the town has a large enough general population....finding like-minded families with children is the tough part. I'm part of the Chicago crowd on this list, and agree with what's been said so far about our city & Oak Park (just outside Chicago city limits). In fact, I just learned this weekend that there's a 24-hour vegan restaurant on the north side of Chicago. I'll bet you can't find THAT in Houston! Liz Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 And oh so easy to live without a car. robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: I'm also in Chicago, though on the far north side (no where near Oak Park), just south of Evanston. There is a huge veg community; home school groups; great veg and veg friendly restaurants; etc. ERB <bakwin wrote: If you have to stay in Texas, move to Austin. If you can move elsewhere, well, I was going to say find a college town, but apparently even that didn't work for Jessica! It's easy enough to find young veg*n singles in the hip part of whatever town you're in, as long as the town has a large enough general population....finding like-minded families with children is the tough part. I'm part of the Chicago crowd on this list, and agree with what's been said so far about our city & Oak Park (just outside Chicago city limits). In fact, I just learned this weekend that there's a 24-hour vegan restaurant on the north side of Chicago. I'll bet you can't find THAT in Houston! Liz Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now. Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 we don't have a car. and the public transportation system in our area is a joke. and we have 2 small children under 2. and this is the land of WAPF, as far as i can see. so no, i do not have a veg*n community. (i just learned what veg*n refers to so i'm going to use it all the time now. ) there are a handful of veg*n restaurants, including sage's cafe, which has been voted one of the best veg*n restaurants in america and even received an endorsement by moby, and it IS awesome, but also pretty pricey for po' folks such as we, so that's only for VERY special occasions, and when we can borrow a car. i thought when i joined some natural-parenting groups that there would be lots of vegetarians/vegans, but i am usually the only one because for some reason, here in utah that WAPF diet really appeals to people, and almost everyone i meet loves it and even if they're not actually implementing it (because who in hell could afford to?), they want to or are trying to, and consider veg*ns the devil. search me. chandelle' On 3/5/07, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: > > And oh so easy to live without a car. > > robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: I'm also in Chicago, though on > the far north side (no where near Oak Park), just south of Evanston. There > is a huge veg community; home school groups; great veg and veg friendly > restaurants; etc. > > ERB <bakwin wrote: If you have to stay in Texas, > move to Austin. If you > can move elsewhere, well, I was going to say find a > college town, but apparently even that didn't work for > Jessica! It's easy enough to find young veg*n singles > in the hip part of whatever town you're in, as long as > the town has a large enough general > population....finding like-minded families with > children is the tough part. I'm part of the Chicago > crowd on this list, and agree with what's been said so > far about our city & Oak Park (just outside Chicago > city limits). In fact, I just learned this weekend > that there's a 24-hour vegan restaurant on the north > side of Chicago. I'll bet you can't find THAT in > Houston! > > Liz > > > > > > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now. > > > > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels > in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 > In fact, I just learned this weekend > that there's a 24-hour vegan restaurant on the north > side of Chicago. I'll bet you can't find THAT in > Houston! Liz, Are you talking about Pick-Me-Up? If so, it's very vegan-friendly, with especially popular breakfast/brunches, but it's not exclusively vegan. Also, I believe that they have late hours during the week, but are only 24-hours on the weekend. Then again, this may not be what you were referring to and I need to learn about the other place. Speaking of, though, a vegan place that already is open on the far south side, in Beverly, called Veggie Bite, is going to be opening on Broadway near the Century Mall in the Spring. It's really good food that I can't eat much of (primarily soy and seitan). It'll be really popular, though. Quickly, I have to second our great veg community in the Chicago area. People seem to think that this is only possible in New York or the West Coast and I'm here to say " Think again! " Marla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I don't live in Ohio, but yes, I keep my vegetarianism quiet because I feel I am more than what I eat. Once you tell people you are a vegetarian, then you are the vegetarian family, and I want to be more than that. When people talk to me about eating (which does happen quite frequently), I tell them my viewpoints in a quiet, here is what I do kind of way. I try to avoid labels, and therefore stereotypes. Jen <thefourlakes wrote: I live in NE Ohio, and the veg community here seems to be hard to get into. I know that there are a number of veg and vegan individuals, because there are some good health food stores with a variety of veg products, but connecting with others is unbelievably difficult. In my particular town, which is small, I wouldn't be surprised if ours is the only veg family, but we are also new here, so I could be wrong. I'm not sure how to connect with others, though, because, as a home schooling mom with numerous other obligations, I don't have time to just post a sign somewhere advertising a get together. I'd love to do it, but I'd probably be too busy to attend. I have to pacify myself with reading the posts here and trying to talk to others around me about healthful eating whenever they are game to listen. I wonder if some veg or vegan folks are quiet about their eating habits, whether it's to avoid questions or just because they don't advertise things like that. ________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase./promo-generic-14795097 Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 How's this for weird: where we live, even the Breastfeeding Support Group thinks it is WEIRD that my wife is still breastfeeding (at 21 months). So we are definitely Weirdos idea of Weird where we live (in the far North). Another reason to be GRATEFUL for this list. Interestingly, it is a place where folks like to be a little weird in different ways ... so there is at the same time high tolerance for weirdness. Weirdly yours ~Paul Lisa Schroeder wrote: > > > nope. I am already a " weirdo " with all the co-sleeping, attachment > parenting, extended nursing, homeschooling, etc... and even among the > weirdos, I'm weird... seems they all eat chicken happily.. sighh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 We come back quite regularly since my father's family lives in Millstadt. I'm actually coming up this weekend to visit an old friend who moved to Europe and has come back. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Kadee M <abbey_road3012 Sunday, March 4, 2007 11:26:36 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Cool!! If y'all ever come back to visit we should meet up. Jess <veg4animals2006@ > wrote: Well.. I'm originally from O'Fallon, IL.. so I know exactly where SAFB is. I worked in Fairview Heights and Belleville, and my fiance is from Belleville and Freeburg. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Kadee M <abbey_road3012@ > @gro ups.com Sunday, March 4, 2007 9:42:58 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? You're from St. Louis?? I live at Scott AFB, about 1/2 hr. from there. Jess <veg4animals2006@ > wrote: Here, in my current town, vegetarians are a rarity, even with two campuses in this small town. I've only met one other vegetarian here. In St. Louis, where I moved from, we had a HUGE community of vegs. It was awesome. I never was looked at as " strange " or " weird " . I was just accepted as part of the culture and society. I miss it. Jessica, Robert, and Baby Jesse Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990) Shannon Bierbaum <vegmama (AT) gmail (DOT) com> @gro ups.com Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:07:44 PM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? Oooo, great topic. I'm very interested as well. I live in Minneapolis and I'm sure there is a community here but I haven't found it yet. All of our family-friends are very veg-friendly but not veg*n. Shannon On 3/4/07, Leah Little <leahrlittle@ hotmail.com> wrote: > > The subject says it all. I'm just curious if you guys have lots of > vegetarian/vegan friends and if your kids will grow up with like- > minded friends. I'm in Texas, need I say more? > > I want more veg*n community. It's something that my husband and I > talk about a lot. I'm just not sure it can be achieved in > Texas...well maybe in Austin, but definitely not where we > live...Houston. If you have a good community, where do you live? > > ~Leah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I'm new here. Been lurking for a few days. This list moves! I'm also in Chicago...near wrigley. DH and I are vegetarians and we have a 16 month old son. Joined this list partly to get some new ideas for dinner and snacks for son. He eats a lot of soy products now and drinks soy milk, mostly because he has a milk intolerance it seems. We do a lot of soy (meat) substitutes. We don't eat meat for ethical and environmental reasons. I do like the meat substitutes though. Quorn is my favorit brand. Looks like folks on this list are a little more progressive than we are food-wise but with my son, I have been trying to move back to my better ways (college, early 20's was vegan and did lots of environmental work). I practice Attachment parenting as much as I can. I do work but out of the house full-time so I am here a lot with my son. We co-sleep, babywear and practive positive discipline. Hmmm....I think that is us in a nutshell. Oh, I am concerned about raising a vegetarian boy in this society. My husband gets a lot of pressure and weird comments all the time during the course of his work. I hope to have the tools to support my son when the time comes. Enjoying the dialogue so far... Ilse >>> rkoloms 03/05/07 5:46 AM >>> I'm also in Chicago, though on the far north side (no where near Oak Park), just south of Evanston. There is a huge veg community; home school groups; great veg and veg friendly restaurants; etc. ERB <bakwin wrote: If you have to stay in Texas, move to Austin. If you can move elsewhere, well, I was going to say find a college town, but apparently even that didn't work for Jessica! It's easy enough to find young veg*n singles in the hip part of whatever town you're in, as long as the town has a large enough general population....finding like-minded families with children is the tough part. I'm part of the Chicago crowd on this list, and agree with what's been said so far about our city & Oak Park (just outside Chicago city limits). In fact, I just learned this weekend that there's a 24-hour vegan restaurant on the north side of Chicago. I'll bet you can't find THAT in Houston! Liz Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 wow. sorry. I'd have a blast there, huh? I was tandem nursing my 2 yr old when my second was born- until he was 3 1/2... my now 2 yr old is still going strong... unless I have another, she might make it to 4! lol not terribly common here, but not unheard of in my lll group. - Paul Falvo<pfalvo < > Monday, March 05, 2007 11:32 AM Re: Do you have a veg*n community? How's this for weird: where we live, even the Breastfeeding Support Group thinks it is WEIRD that my wife is still breastfeeding (at 21 months). So we are definitely Weirdos idea of Weird where we live (in the far North). Another reason to be GRATEFUL for this list. Interestingly, it is a place where folks like to be a little weird in different ways ... so there is at the same time high tolerance for weirdness. Weirdly yours ~Paul Lisa Schroeder wrote: > > > nope. I am already a " weirdo " with all the co-sleeping, attachment > parenting, extended nursing, homeschooling, etc... and even among the > weirdos, I'm weird... seems they all eat chicken happily.. sighh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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