Great Vegan Adventure: I've lost count...

Yesterday was...a disaster!  Well, a bodily disaster.  I have to admit that when I go out of town I'm prone to eating bad things and making bad food choices...which I did...yesterday. 

I'm in LA trying to get some work, go on auditions, visiting family and whenever I do that I always go off track and off my routine.  I'm still trying to stick to the vegan thing but yesterday wasn't so good.  I went to Pink's Hot Dogs because I discovered that they have vegan dogs.  Of course the wait was long and the line was around the corner but I figured it would move.  I waited at least a half an hour before I got up to the order window.

"I'd like two vegan hot dogs and..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, we don't have those today..."

Argh!  I came all that way just to try the vegan dog!  Well, I wasn't going to leave empty handed!  So, I got fries, onion rings and a regular hot dog...for my sister...yeah, that's it...  

I hadn't eaten anything all day and was at an audition for two hours so I ended up eating the onion rings on the way home, half the hot dog when I got there and most of the fries...with Ranch...

Truth be told, the hot dog wasn't very good, the bun was kind of mushy and I don't think that guacamole belongs on a regular hot dog.  The fries and rings were good though!  But there's nothing like a Chicago Hot Dog (or Polish!) with the mustard and the onions and the poppy seed bun...sorry, Pink's.  You just didn't cut it.

Here's the lesson:  I felt like crap for the rest of the day and bloated with salt when I woke up.  Pep admonished me like a good husband and I had to remind him that I needed support and not lectures to which he said a rather anemic "you can do it".  I know he means well.  I think he gets frustrated with me when I fall off the wagon because it's hard for him too.  But he says that he doesn't miss meat...but I wonder... 

So what is life for if not to experiment?  I'm determined to go back to the vegan way and went to Whole Paycheck to get supplies. (Whole Paycheck definitely lived up to its name today.)  I'm also trying to get my sister to do this with me.  She's skeptical.  But I had my vegan breakfast of sesame tofu with a tamari/agave glaze, a couple of felafel with some scallion parsley hummus, kalamata olives and marinated mushrooms.  What a tasty treat!  And I feel better too!

I told Pep, before we started this, that I was going to have corned beef and cabbage on St. Pat's day which is...today!  Happy St. Pat's all you Irish and wannabes! Come on...I have corned beef and cabbage one day a year.  Besides...I have special dispensation...from the Pope...

Cheers!