Through sun, wind, and fog, BAV distributed thousands of pieces of literature last month in San Francisco, the Haight Street Fair, Veggie Fest, and the two-day Pride Festival. With every piece of literature distributed, we planted a seed for compassion and good health, to all parts of the world, as we had visitors from Santa Cruz to San Francisco to Sacramento to South Africa to South Korea at our educational and information table. To our Bay Area visitors who became our newest members – welcome! We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Thank Yous

We would like gratefully acknowledge and thank our volunteers and supporters who made our participation at the Haight Street Fair and two-day SF Pride Festival possible.

Haight Street volunteers: Gabe, Mat, Regina, Warren, Tammy & Chris

Pride Volunteers: Tammy & Chris were the 'anchors' on both Saturday and Sunday; they did the set-up, tabled during the day, and did the takedown at the end. They also had lots of help!! On Saturday, they were joined by Priya, Val, George, Amy; leafleting: Brenda, Emily, Robin & her friend; for Sunday, Mat, Nicole, Warren, Carla, and Johanna; leafleting: Jen, Lisa & Warren.

We also want to give special thanks to Nicole and Priya for their help with the literature. PCRM, PETA, and Vegan Outreach were also very generous in providing literature.

Additionally, these Donors that made our presence at SF Pride possible: Karen, Michelle, Warren Jones, Nicole & Regina, Linda Phillips, Paul, Loretta, Bob Gotch, Priya Rath, Mat Thomas, Nancy Orr, Thava, George Gibbs, & Carla Din. We are also grateful to support from Sun Flour Baking for providing 600+ yummy vegan cookie samples for visitors. Donna's Tamales also stuck with us, providing 'vegan' stickers that we gave out to vegans who visited us. Thank you!

On Saturday, a couple who visited our booth in 2003 as carnivores, returned in 2004 as vegans...

More Pride news: http://www.bayareaveg.org/displaynews.htm?id=21
Pride photos: http://www.bayareaveg.org/gallery/pride04

Photos of other recent events are also available: Star Gazing Vegan Food Party; Summer Piginic, a benefit for Viva!USA; Haight Street Fair; Veggie Fest; Street TV; 3rd Annual Sand-n-Surf 4th of July Vegan Food Party

Let's Put Compassion on the Map in San Francisco

Peaceable Kingdom

Jenny Stein and James LaVeck, co-founders of Tribe of Heart, as well as the director & producer respectively of "Peaceable Kingdom", will be in San Francisco later this month for that documentary’s San Francisco premiere. (More info) (Send an Evite to a friend)

Special Guests - Alicia Silverstone and Eddie Lama ("The Witness") will be among the special guests at this screening.

Volunteers needed to distribute flyers and hand bills. Please contact us for more info.

When it comes to email, it all depends! Some don’t think twice about 300-400 emails a month, while others think find 50 emails daunting or just right. If you’re new or a long-time member, here’s a recap of the mailing list and their subscription options:

"SFBAVEG" is our biggest and primary list; it is a discussion list (members can post). It includes general Veg/Animal Rights Discussion, Reviews, Local News & Events, Monthly BAV Newsletter, with an approximate volume of 200-350 messages/month.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbaveg

"SFBAVEG-EVENTS" is an announcement only list; the events from SFBAVEG are re-posted to this list, with an approximate volume of 40–50 messages a month. It also includes the BAV Monthly newsletter.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbaveg-events

"BAV-NEWS" is our newest email list for our Monthly newsletter.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bav-news

Subscription options: for SFBAVEG/SFBAVEG-EVENTS, some folks prefer to receive the daily digest (a single compilation of messages for a daily period) or, if they have a Yahoo ID, no-mail (read the messages in the web archive online). For more information on this option, click here

And, for folks who live on the San Mateo coastside, we also have an additional email list called "COASTVEG" to post local coast events. (Editor’s note: We love it when there’s a Vegan Food Party that’s only minutes away! It’s not a coincidence that we picked Montara State Beach for the annual 4th of July picnic, or that camping trips happen on the coast.)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coastveg

Add it all up - 'cos we count!

• Our mailing lists are hosted by Yahoo! Groups (it’s a free service for us, paid for by their advertisers). In the vegetarian category, out of 262 groups, SFBAVEG and SFBAVEG-EVENTS are 3rd and 5th respectively!
  
• We have over 220 entries in The Ultimate Guide and 246 customer reviews!
  
  • #1 Rated Restaurant: Sparks (Guerneville)
    One customer enthused:
    ”I'm a tempeh reuben aficionado and Sparks has one of the best around! Awesome desserts, nice price, friendly service and vegan info for the taking. THE place to go around the Russian River!”
    
  • #1 Rated Non-Restaurant: Animal Place (Vacaville).
    One visitor remarked:"I became a vegetarian because I love animals - but I never had the chance to pet a turkey or give a pig a belly rub until I went to Animal Place. Animal Place is a sanctuary for people too.”
    
  • Newest veg restaurant entry: Mother Nature Vegetarian Cuisine (Albany)
    
  • Newest non-restaurant entry: Body Technician (Berkeley)
    
• Our online photo gallery has over 40 albums, with 1,143 photos
  
• According to Alexa, Bay Area Vegetarians is in the top 50,000 websites on the internet.

Veggie Anniversaries

Congratulations to all our members celebrating their vegetarian and vegan anniversaries this month!

Vegetarian Anniversaries: 16th: Mark and Karen K. (Dixon); 9th: Barbara S. (Chicago); 3rd: Angelica B. (SF); 1st: Christina E. (Union City), Maryam K. (Pinole)

Vegan Anniversaries: 2nd - Lee S. (San Bruno);

Please continue to send your veg*n anniversary to be featured in an upcoming e-newsletter.

Recipe of the Month

Summer is the season for vegetarians! Take advantage of the bountiful in-season and organic produce with one of our favorite summertime recipes:

Angel Hair Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce
(from The American Vegetarian Cookbook by Marilyn Diamond)

Pasta:
8 oz angel hair pasta, cooked according to directions

Fresh Tomato Sauce:
3 lg ripe tomatoes, cut into 1/2" dice
1 lg garlic clove, minced (2 tsps)
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (or 2 tsps diced)
1/4-1/2 tsp salt
freshly ground pepper
2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil

Combine all ingredients for the sauce, mixing well. If you have time, let the sauce sit for 30-60 minutes. Add half the sauce to piping hot pasta, mix, and then top pasta with remaining sauce. This is a wonderful, very fresh, in-season sauce.

Editor's Tips: When we make this, we try to do so when we know we won't be seeing anyone the next day as we love to add lots of fresh garlic. The fresh tomato sauce also makes a great topping for bruschettas. Hey, if you're looking for a simple yet tasty recipe for the next Vegan Food Party, try this!

More BAV Recipes

Upcoming Events

July
Tue 13 - Monthly Palo Alto Vegan Dinner (2nd Tues) - BayLeaf Cafe
Thu 15 - Monthly SF Dinner (2nd Thursday) - Golden Era
Sun 18 - Monthly Oakland Dinner (3rd Sun) - New World Vegetarian Restaurant
Sun 18 – Vegan Food Party - Inner Sunset, SF
Thu 22 - Monthly Letter Writing - MaggieMudd, SF
Fri 23-25 - Vegan Camping Trip - Half Moon Bay State Beach (trip is full)
Fri 30 - Special screening of Peaceable Kingdom - Herbst Theatre, SF

August
Sun 01 - San Mateo Coast Veg Coffee - Half Moon Bay
Tue 10 - Monthly Palo Alto Vegan Dinner (2nd Tues) - BayLeaf Café

See Event Calendar http://www.BayAreaVeg.org/events.php for more details & future events.