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Franchia :: Vegan Restaurant in NYC :: Yummers

Yesterday Daniel and me jumped on a bus that was 40 minutes late (you get what you pay for, Megabus is cheap but unpredictable) and went to NYC. We were going to a psytrance party in Brooklyn to dance all night but before that we had dinner at a place called Franchia. They're totally vegan and totally lovely.


At first we had some 'tuna' sushi. That orchid flower smelled like a cupcake.


Fried veggie dumplings. They have the option to get them steamed instead of fried but we thought what the heck. You only live once, right.*


That's a sizzling steaming hot stone bowl with bibimbap. Basically it's rice, veggies, vegan 'duck', and some mystical spices and ingredients that made it taste deeliicious. The white things are kimchi which is cabbage...kimchified? A bit on the hot side for me. 

For desert we went to Whole Earth Bakery on St. Marks Place and got pulla and pumpkin pie. Their pulla didn't come near the high standards my mom has set with the pulla she makes though. I'm determined to make pulla some day soon myself. Let's see how that goes.


Me in front of a fairytale tower.

*LOL just kidding ;)

Transylvania Calling :: Psytrance Festival


Transylvania Calling is an alternative lifestyle, music and arts festival that goes on for seven days, every two years, in Romania. It's one of those festivals I'd love to go to one day. People from all over the world gather there for the amazingly-beautiful-nature-artistic-wonderland experience and to connect with other likeminded folk. They have a lot of focus on workshops about healing, growth, wellbeing, nurturing and communicating. Here are some photos from last August's festival taken by French photographer Come Callais who gave me an elven permission to post these glimpses of Transylvania here for all to see :)













Yes, the fairy in the third to last photo is Oona whom we already know. I'm going to a psytrance party myself tonight in Brooklyn, NY and am very excited! Perhaps I'll take a couple of photos too. It's been too long since the last time I got to dance all night long. I even skipped hooping last night so I will have maximum energy tonight. And only hooped lightly the night before. Straight-edge raving is a delicate science that requires careful planning. Or gets to be that way as the body gets older, anyways :P Have a splendid weekend everyone!

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