BAVRT event

[Guest guest]

June 29, 2002 (Last Saturday of every month)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

 

Host: Ron

 

Site: Axum

1233 Polk Street (between Sutter & Bush)

San Francisco, CA

(415) 474-7743

 

Type: Ethiopian restaurant (veg & non-veg)

Cost: Order veg dishes from the menu

 

RSVP to [ *82 (925) 944-4743 ] by Tuesday, Jun 25.

BAVRT is NOT a drop-in dinner event.

 

As always, you come under your own liability for all events. Pass

the word to your friends. This is not an exclusive net-folks only

event. This is not an activist group or singles event. Note that

if you plan to attend this dinner, you can order only vegetarian

dishes, even if the restaurant serves other stuff.

 

If you have suggestions for future sites, please e-mail them to

. If you want to volunteer host a BAVRT dinner,

please let me know!!

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Contents

#1) Changes

#2) This month's trek

#3) Last month's trek

#4) News Section

#5) NON-BAVRT related stuff (feel free to skip)

 

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#1) Changes

 

Many many years ago, there was an event section on veginfo.com

website that people could post their events. In an effort to

improve that functionality, I removed that working code :-( and

promptly forgot about it for several years.

 

As a work around, some folks have started posting event and

other info of general interest on http://www.veginfo.com/bbs/

Please use the above link to post event info now or to see

the events others may have posted.

 

Finally work on " improved " code has really started! There are

other enhancements that also will be added real soon. Some

things on my plate are

- a totally separate personal section (for singles)

- ability to post events (for everybody)

- interact with other veg*ans (for everybody)

- plus much much more! ;->

 

The current plan is to have something up and running within

a couple of weeks (assuming I figure out the server side Java

alphabet soup before then).

 

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#2) This month's trek

 

Ron has kindly agreed to host this month's dinner at Axum in

San Francisco. This is an ethiopian restaurant. According to

Ron, this is Axum's second restaurant in San Francisco (so make

sure to come to the right one). They opened this restaurant

a few months ago and is supposedly very nice and big.

 

Apparently all the vegetarian entrees there are vegan. That

is good. They can prepare dishes for 1 ($7.25), 2 ($14), 3 ($20),

4 ($25) or 5 ($30) people. So you have the option of sharing or

not sharing. You can even decide want you what to do after you

get to the restaurant, as we are ordering off the menu. Their

injera (flat pancake like bread) is made of wheat.

 

Please remember to RSVP soon for this fabulous dinner!

 

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#3) Last month's trek

http://www.veginfo.com/bavrt/restaurantlist.html

 

Howard hosted last month's dinner at Kamal Palace in Berkeley.

Even though this restaurant was a veg and non-veg place, Howard

made sure that all food served was vegan. In fact, all details

were meticulously planned and executed perfectly by our host.

We even had a special room so that we did not have to watch

people eating non-vegan stuff!

 

All 37 people who RSVPed showed up. There were three cancellations.

For $15, we had quite a bit to eat and not everybody was able to

finish all the food. There were the usual, it was spicy/not spicy

enough comments in the feedback. Some folks felt that the naan

(bread) served was not warm enough (quite understandable as the

restaurant had to make special vegan naan in advance for our big

group). Most people gave very high marks for the service.

 

Since most of us were satiated with good vegan food, some of us

stayed back talking long after the dinner was over. As usual,

this turned out to be a very enjoyable BAVRT dinner.

 

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#4) News Section

( If you come across news items, veg or otherwise, in the

mainstream media that may be of potential interest to

BAVRT members, please forward me the URL. )

 

a) US Report Blames Humans for Global Warming

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & ncid=751 & e=10 & u=/nm/20020603\

/hl_nm/environment_warming_1

" The Bush administration acknowledged for the first time in a

new report that US greenhouse gas emissions will increase

significantly over the next two decades due mostly to human

activities, but again rejected an international treaty to

slow global warming. "

 

b) Global Warming Blamed for Melting Everest Glacier

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & u=/nm/20020606/sc_nm/environment_eve\

rest_dc_1

" A glacier from which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

set out to conquer Mount Everest nearly 50 years ago has

retreated three miles up the mountain due to global warming,

a U.N. body says. "

 

c) Australia Won't Sign Kyoto Protocol

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid= & ncid=721 & e=10 & u=/ap/20020606/ap\

_on_re_au_an/australia_kyoto_protocol_2

" Prime Minister John Howard used World Environment Day on

Wednesday to reject calls for his government to ratify

the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

 

d) Detailed Picture Of Coming California Climate Change

http://unisci.com/stories/20022/0605024.htm

 

e) Organic food gets `yums' from student taste-testers

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/3379902.htm

" The favorable ratings were an encouraging sign for a Palo Alto

parents group that is pushing Palo Alto Unified to include

organic and vegetarian options at its lunchtime meal. "

 

f) Exxon Shareholders Vote Down Measures

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=580 & ncid=749 & e=10 & u=/nm/20020529\

/bs_nm/energy_exxonmobil_dc_1

" Exxon Mobil Corp. shareholders on Wednesday voted down

two controversial proposals on sexual orientation discrimination

and renewable energy sources over the recommendations of an

influential advisory group. "

 

g) UK Group Blasts Cambridge Over Monkey Experiments

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=585 & ncid=753 & e=6 & u=/nm/20020524/\

sc_nm/science_britain_monkeys_dc_1

" A Cambridge spokesman said the university was taking the matter

extremely seriously and had launched a full-scale investigation

into the allegations. "

 

h) Just the Sight of Food Lights Up the Brain - Study

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=585 & ncid=753 & e=6 & u=/nm/20020522/\

sc_nm/science_food_dc_1

" The very sight of food causes the brain to react with pleasure,

scientists said on Wednesday in a report... "

 

i) Veg cartoon links (sent by a BAVRT member)

Mr. Boffo -

http://www.ucomics.com/misterboffo/viewmb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020518 & uc_comic=mb & \

uc_daction=X

Bizzaro -

http://www.ucomics.com/bizarro/viewbz.cfm?uc_full_date=20020518 & uc_comic=bz & uc_d\

action=X

 

j) Listen to the Moosic (sent by the same BAVRT member as above)

http://www.cowswithguns.com/moosic4.html

 

[ This is an update to a May 98 BAVRT story. Now the funny and

extremely popular song " Cows with Guns " by Dana Lyons can be

listened in its entirety at the above link. ]