a grand old flag!

u have any change u can spare? change u can believe in!

happy 4th of july america! the u.s. is the 15th happiest place to be in the world. somewhere between denmark and zimbabwe. a grand old flag!

poof, no discouraging words!

"home, home on the range where the deer and buffalo roam, where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the sky is not cloudy all day."

i'm ready!

poof, no discouraging words!

animals roam, it's home, on a range, and the weather sounds great! we'll plant a garden, build a grape arbor, make sacred chow, and drink amazing wine.

why dont u? be a plant-based burping human too!

i re-read and re-read, and i feel as if i am painting the words into place. each time i see something new, and suddenly a corner appears that i cant see behind. so i wander over there.

the words of the title in the piece below, get out of my way grandpa!, are hurtful, mean and discouraging words. in context, the words are meant to be funny, but u feel the meanness and disrespect. we glean imperfections and hide on the dark side of our own imperfections, and demand perfection from every one. i am better, he's better, she's better! non-stop chatter and poking! argh! my body, his face, my legs, her arms, my height, his breath, my hair, my nose, her skin, her age, my strength, his weight, his race, my smarts, his ideology, his chin, her gender, my sexuality! i am better! no he's better! she's much better! b/c she is, b/c i am, no he is. stop it, stop it! we can not be so mean-spirited and self-centered? but we are! so ha! if i'm writing and we're reading, we are participating together. why dont u?

we all hear, think and partake in the same hushed whispers that we all silently hear, think and partake in no matter where we live, the same hurtful, mean, discouraging words. just different towns, political clowns, and disruptive-pronouns. i put a few "old-style" rhyming ditties together. i call them, the jewish princess snake in four parts, b/c it sounds wilful, humorous and strong.

he's old and he's ugly, he's fat and i'm glad, he looks like a monster, a rag doll and a fag. there was a time, he was, at the top of his class, now he just smells like cobwebs and ass.

i hear he has collected the finest lizard skins, and his wife was a model with the perfect chiseled chin. he's too dark! she's too vapid! what a honey when she was thin! have u seen him lately? what a crime to see him now! oh man, i would of done him but the lizard's now a cow.

did u read about the legend of the jewish princess snake? her tongue flicks in eight parts like a farmer's wooden rake. in nyc in central park they say, she hides in the rambles waiting for her prey. a spell that was cast upon the king, her father's head, turned a new born beauty into something now he dreads. they say she was finer than a classic french bordeaux, now she eats her victims with dijon mustard on a roll.

i am a hyena, i know it for sure, i'm sneaky and creepy, i'll devour you poor. if u look kinda close, it gets kinda gross, so if it's kindness and mindfulness u want, i'd run for the door.

oh that was fun! "frickin' flicking!" run for the door! ha! by nature? a mirror of "stylized" self-contempt, existing only to flick and jabber endlessly, often mindlessly, about others and myself. a spice mix of gross distortion and limited insight with a blend of spiteful insult. what a perfect diet!

but i aim to change mine. it is a tough one though, b/c it's instinctual competitiveness, it's a lonely struggle my dear friends. and a friggin' normal one too! how do we get out of the cesspool of rhythms? practice my friend, practice, reflect inward, change will save the day! a sense of humanity can be nurtured and pulled into mindfulness through acts, gestures, deeds and words of human kindness, comedy and love.

i will find a way to do it every day. i promise to live sacred chow's mission to end of me days. aah, sacred chow your vow i know: slow-down the over-consumption of animal protein, make less carbon and therefore less violence grow!

for sure, consuming animal protein requires a violent struggle to the death. maybe that excited me? bah, bah bacchic! perhaps you enjoy eating "food" that is horrifically scared into the final exit? sexy! and before we stick our forks into that, we are the next step up in the food chain. ready for dinner? great, let's start! pass the frickin' flicking tender genders, race, age, disability, sexual hatred plate down my way. blah, blah, blah, lick my chops! oh, i just love to eat the eyes! it's the burst! we rip into one another and tear each other to shreds, digesting like snakes, with teeth, fingers, and oppressive judgments. burppp! nope, human!

attention: "democracies, autocracies, monarchies" alike! we plant-based burping humans make a big, big, big difference. and that's really something! yes it is!

see, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 blog piece - those damaging methane burps

and, just 25%! from Sunday, June 15, 2008.

The food was delicious.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Brunch
What's Sunday without Sunday brunch?I took my sister to "Sacred Chow", a vegan restaurant in my neighborhood. I've never been so I was a little apprehensive to take my meat eating sister there. The restaurant is really cute and has a nice size menu with tons of options!I ordered the tofu scramble and Joanna opted for the banana french toast. We both had fresh squeezed orange juice, which was amazing! I forgot how good real juice tastes. The food was delicious, and my sister was quite impressed that a scramble with no eggs and cheese could taste so good. Her french toast was also amazing. I need to start bringing my camera with me to these places. If you're ever in soho and need a tasty breakfast, lunch, or dinner I definitely suggest Sacred Chow!
Posted by Alicia at 9:59 AM

vote sacred chow city's best!

http://citysbest.aol.com/new-york/best-dining/vegetarian/

MUCHO GRACIOUS!

I hope you and the rabbi are staying out of trouble.

Hi Cliffy,
How are you? What's new over at the restaurant? Are things going well?
I'm having a good time being home in Maine. I've been swimming and hangin out with old friends and letting my mom coddle me a little bit:) My job stinks though- the work is fine, waitressing at a fancy restaurant, but it's really disorganized and I don't get paid on time and stuff. It makes me really appreciate you and Sacred Chow! I'm much happier doing my other part-time work, gardening and landscaping. It's a real workout!
Say hi to everyone. I hope you and the rabbi are staying out of trouble. Is Maggie a manager now? (see, who is maggie? , blog piece, 3/20/08) How are new people working out?
Write back soon!
peace and love, nina

(see, fiddler on the roof., blog piece, 3/10/08)

Boy, were we impressed.

04/02/2008 Posted by sohogal
Went to Sacred Chow with a vegetarian friend that was in town and had been complaining there was no decent vegetarian food in the city. Boy, were we impressed. The variety of food was fantastic and we were spoiled for choice. Even as a non- vegetarian, I had difficulty choosing from the vast menu,everything sounded so good. Eventually settled on the 3 tapas plates for $15. Where else in NYC can you get so much for so little!!! Will definitely be going back and bringing a bunch of friends. Nearly forgot to mention the fantastic wait staff too!!!
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

my favorite for years

d e.

Ridgewood, NY
5 star rating

06/21/2008

Sacred Chow has been my favorite for years. My standby meal is always the Four Seasons Salad (with carrots, beets, apples in a mustard dressing) and the Indonesian tempeh on the side. However the daily specials are always changing. If the nut stew is on the specials menu, I'll go for that, its amazing. The brussels sprouts are amazing, as is the green pea hummus when its available. The brunch is wonderful.... sweet potato hash with smoked tempeh???!!! It's almost toooo good. In the winter, I get the coconut milk hot chocolate. Its unreal! But over the years i've had everything on the menu and its all been good, as are the desserts when i occasionally try them. Ive taken nearly all my friends here, mostly meat eaters, and they love it too! Yum.

get out of my way grandpa!

gay pride on a personal note.

oh it's a long history. and i am proud to say we are still current history. no, not husbands or that kind of thing. friends, friends. i'd even say, dear friends. i do love alex. and i know he'd help me get the moon if i needed it to help build sacred chow. he's such a sweet, strong, handsome, vastly intelligent person and he really, really needs a vastly intelligent kind-a-person to settle down with. of course finding that person without a 100 million emotional disorders connected to him, is like finding a clean public bathroom in nyc. forget about it! but nonetheless, alex is perfect, a classic, truthfully, a one-of-a-kind. a tad hateful sometimes, used to vote republican. i know, a horror story. oh but he's fiercely loyal to his friends and family. loves his mom like crazy, he really does! same applies to everyone, dog included, in his world. he also really adores sacred chow too. when he eats sacred chow it's like he's devouring his ukrainian grandma's great home-made food. so that tells me quite a bit, cauz he's also a gimme a good steak kind a guy too. oh, he votes for the dems now. his dog? a cutie named bruno. hey tough guy! he told me just tonight on the phone that rupert evertt, an actor, states in his "grandpa" memoirs, and i paraphrase, if a gay guy over forty lit himself on fire in a gay bar, no one in the bar would even light a cigarette off of him. it is sort of funny and hideous. get out of my way grandpa! well, who would want to kiss anyone who smokes anyway. alex doesnt smoke, well he used too. but that's history. happy pride day y'all! love u alex!

happy gay, gay, gay, gay pride day!

hey fellow sexual beings!

many happy days, enjoy these gifts of magic.

if you just love the male form, well, share that excitement and go discover the most classic art form. and if your aroma is more towards the ladies, well, here the art is exceptionally outstanding. our advise, admire her for days.

use every sense to seek out your desire. a little of both, or whatever the spin, spin it and make it so.

taste him, smell her, observe her, and watch his lips and the sound of his every word. beautiful! her breath! that's it, isnt it? that portal to another place in time, take it.

make him your live art performance, an art history project. indulge, revel, stare, uncover, reveal and love her.

kiss, kiss!

love, sacred chow

nyc gay pride is june 29th, sunday. if you're in the big yapple, come on over and enjoy some great chow and a draft, bubbly or chilled rose or white. classic kosherfied and sustainable sangria! it dont get better than that! love, love, love!