Coming up in KC

Happy Weekend!

And not just any weekend, but the weekend before Thanksgiving! The festivities have begun and the holiday season is here to stay. I plan on posting a few more Thanksgiving’ish recipes before the big day arrives so be on the lookout the beginning of the week! But first … some current happenings in Kansas City:

Coming up in KC

• Tour d’Italia: In case you missed out on the first round, which was November 15th, the Tour d’Italia has one more night, November 29th. It’s a dinner featuring a collaboration between SPIN! pizza, Chef Michael Smith and Cellar Rat Wine that is benefiting Harvesters. If you hurry, you can still catch a seat for dinner on the 29th. Tickets are $39.50 each and include 4 courses, 4 wines and a $10 donation to Harvesters. Seatings are available from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Click here for more info or to get your ticket!
• Gram & Dun: Kansas City’s “original gastropub”, Gram & Dun, from Bread & Butter Concepts will be opening on November 22nd on the Plaza.
  
• Plaza Lighting Ceremony: Speaking of the Plaza … their annual lighting ceremony is this Thursday on Thanksgiving evening. Pre-show performances begin at 5:15.
• BADSEED Pre-Thanksgiving market: Saving the best for last, be sure to stop by BADSEED’s Thanksgiving market tonight. A great time to stock up on local food for your Thanksgiving meals and there will be extra vendors tonight just for this occasion! Starts at 4, goes ‘til 9.

Eden Alley

And for the rest of this blog post … a quick week night dinner at Eden Alley. After running some errands and not getting done until about 8:00, cooking didn’t seem like fun so we stopped by Eden Alley before going back home.

We started by sharing a bowl of potato dill soup. It was good, I liked the dill flavoring in it a lot. I might have to make a dill inspired soup sometime myself!

Erik got the avocado vera cruz:

And I’m always a sucker for sweet potatoes (especially the week before Thanksgiving!) so I got my semi-usual sweet potato burrito.

And now … the weekend. We’re headed to BADSEED with some friends tonight, should be fun!

What are you doing this weekend??

VegKC Meet-Up

Wow, it’s a hot one in Kansas City today! One of those days you either want to be in a cold body of water, or relaxing inside with the AC running. We’ve been doing the latter, and it’s nice.

Eden Alley Meet-Up

As I mentioned, this Saturday we went to our very first VegKC meetup, Kansas City’s vegan/vegetarian Meetup group which was held at Eden Alley Cafe.

There was about 20 of us there all together {aka, the big group in the middle of the picture} …

I was predictable and got the Mandarin Salad just like last time I posted about Eden Alley. I always love beets and mandarin oranges.

Erik got the Avocado Vera Cruz:

And next up, obviously … was dessert. We usually don’t get dessert at restaurants {unless, of course, we’re at FUD and there’s cashew ice cream to devour}, but when these are placed in front of your face, it’s hard to resist:

We picked the raw pie, and I can’t even remember what all was in it. It wasn’t bad, but not gonna lie, I didn’t love it. In my {obviously oh-so-humble} opinion, our raw blueberry pie reigns supreme for sure!

All that being said, it was a lot of fun! The only downfall to a restaurant meet up setting is that you really only get a chance to talk to those seated right next to you. But it’s nice meeting at least those people sitting near you who appreciate eating the same way as you and don’t think it’s weird, haha. Not only that, it’s just fun meeting new people!

We’ll definitely attend more of these meet ups in the future, and we’re looking forward to getting to know people better and being more involved.

And now the age old beginning-of-the-work-week question … what was the highlight of your weekend??