Vegan Drinks Has Come to Miami!

For the past 5 months, I've been the proud host and organizer of the Very Vegan Miami Meetup. So far we've enjoyed an-all vegan pizza party at Alaska Coffee , watched a screening of the film "Vegucated", ate a Saturday morning pancakes breakfast and enjoyed an outdoor screening of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at Soundscape Cinema on Miami Beach.
Now, yours truly is playing host to Miami's version of Vegan Drinks, a social and networking event that takes places in different cities around the country from New York to San Francisco.
For this special first event last March, we headed to Yard House in Hallandale Beach, which boasts an incredible all-Gardein menu. Their Buffalo Chicken Tenders and Chicken Salad are killer dishes that are indistinguishable from real chicken. If you've never tried their food before - you seriously need to!

Yours truly arrived armed with a dozen colorful gift bags filled with vegan swag for the attendees - a Mahalo Candy Bar, some Xyla all-natural chewing gum, and a mini-pack of Back to Nature Chocolate Chunk Cookies. I met so many wonderful people - Hannah Sentenac (who writes a vegan column for New Times), Frenchy, Josh Rosen, Joe, Daniel Barrocas, Scott and Lori and Alex of Choices Cafe!

For the festivities, we played a lively game of Vegan Trivia with 10 questions I came up with, plus this tie-breaker question: Can you guess how many seeds are on the outside of a strawberry?

The lucky 1st place winners were Alex and Lori (of Choices Cafe) who shared a $20 gift card to Whole Foods, while 2nd and 3rd prizes went to Frenchy and Joe who won a gift card to Bunnie Cakes and Starbucks, respectively. Overall, a great time was had by all and Miami's very 1st Vegan Drinks was a great success!