seeking vegan support and guidance

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Hi All,

 

I've recently become vegan after 15 years of being vegetarian and

I'm

new to the Bay area as well. Making the switch to veganism has been

the best decision I have ever made and I owe a lot of making this

life-style change to the support I have been receiving from some

awesome people that I have met through the various veggie dinners and

events {you know who you are :-)}

 

I was wondering if anyone else would be willing to chat with me to

give me more guidance as to how not to alienate my non veg*n friends

and family, some of whom have not been so supportive of my veganism.

 

And though I prefer to support only veg*n restaurants, I know I will

be dragged to non-veggie restaurants by friends and family. So,

I'm

assuming some of you might know what foods are vegan safe at non-

veggie restaurants. For example, is the humous and pita at California

Pizza Kitchen vegan or can I get a tortilla at Baja Fresh, etc? And I

thought I had heard that Noah's bagels are vegan, but today I

went

into a Noah's and asked if they were, and after going through 3

people (2 of whom didn't even know what vegan meant), I was told

that

none of their bagels are vegan. Can anyone clarify?

 

Your input and guidance is so appreciated and will save me time that

I can invest in helping animals in other ways, instead of emailing

and calling so many restaurants and companies.

 

Thank you and I look forward to meeting more of you soon.

 

Melissa