Vegan Potluck/Open Mic Success

As I'm sure many of you know, we had a vegan potluck/open mic at our house on Saturday, July 25th. We had been planning this for a long time and we really didn't know what to expect.

It turned out to be a huge success with 40+ people showing up. There was array of people from our respective work places to friends to couch surfers.

Unlike some potlucks, mostly everyone brought something and we had an abundant amount of food and everything was sooo tasty. We had everything from vegan mac and cheese to gluten free cookies to chick pea patties.

The open mic was fun with performances that made you laugh and maybe feel slightly weirded out.

It was so much fun that we may start having these once a month. We have a house meeting on Sunday to discuss it! We will keep everyone updated with upcoming events.

The only bad thing about the night was that none of us in the house took any pictures, if anyone reading this has some pictures of the night send them on our way.

Brian

Blueberry lemon pie

Blueberry lemon pie, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

mmm pie

so, we are famous.

While just so happening to click through Craigslist's Missed Connections, I happened to find this gem of a post. I was so excited to see this identifiable person-- Brian!! --that I didn't even make it through the rest of the post before excitedly running downstairs to tell him. Turns out, Brian is not only the hot ginger cyclist, but he is also apparently reckless. Not the usual Missed Connections posting, I must say.

ginger cyclist with the bicycle tattoo - w4m - 22 (New Hampshire & U St. NW)

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Date: 2009-07-21, 5:55PM EDT

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You know, you were kind of hot -- bonus points for wearing a helmet, and whoever inked that bike on your right calf did a nice job. So it's a particular shame that you rode like such a douchebag, nearly mowing me down in your haste, although I clearly had the right of way.

So please, look where you're going, Attractive Douchebag Cyclist. You don't ever want to *need* that helmet, and anyway, it's just bad form to crash into innocent girls. Makes all the other cyclists look bad.

• Location: New Hampshire & U St. NW
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Yes!

Yes!, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Even though my experience of Yes! Organic Markets has been overpriced and understocked, I'm kinda psyched that they're opening a store a few blocks from our house at Georgia and Taylor. Its nice to have an option other than Safeway. I'm also not convinced the location is a brilliant strategy for Yes! but I'll take it while it lasts.

Joe in 2D

Joe in 2D, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Bastille Day harvest

bastille harvest, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

tomatoes, radishes, greens and beans.

Patti pan squash... early yet.

squash, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Verticillium wilt?

verticillium wilt?, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

The leaves on a few of our tomato plants are turning yellow and drying up. How should we save them (organically)? Luckily we have lots of tomato plants all over our front and back yard.

Radishes!

radishes, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Green beans!

green beans, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Morningglories on our front porch

Morningglories, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Our first tomato harvest

tomato, originally uploaded by thegreenvinecoop.

Protest for Human Rights

So...we have our first couch surfer at the green vine co-op this week! Her name is Sauatina Sanchez and she reins from the great city of Seattle. She has come to D.C. to kick off her grassroots campaign to help mobilize the LGBT community. Her goal is for the LGBT community to stand up, be heard, be seen and demand equality.

This initiative is merely two weeks old and she has already started this impressive website and blog! Check it out and be sure to comment on it to help boast it's readership.

If you are interested in getting more involved contact her at protestforhumanrights@gmail.com.

http://www.protestforhumanrights.com/

Photo from http://www.protestforhumanrights.com/