summertime, part two.

vegan no. 2 visited this past weekend. it was a lovely visit, a lovely time. i heart vegan no. 2! aside from the wonderfulness of seeing him again, we totally played tourists in ye old memphis and i attempted to make a gourmet-like vegan dinner. i chose this recipe from vegan yum yum and i have to say, it was a good effort. cooking with tofu is certainly not my forte (yet), but i think the dinner turned out fairly well. [as an aside: i decided to use mostly spinach and just a tick of kale and am v. happy i did. turns out kale isn't a particular favorite of mine]

as for vegan no. 2's visit, what didn't we do? we went to the national civil rights museum. it is awesome, incredible, overwhelming, depressing, amazing. we went to graceland, saw the prices to tour the mansion, and decided not to go past the gates and into the mansion. we did, however, visit several of the gift shops. graceland is lousy with gift shops. we ate vegan-friendly meals out. we listened to live music and drank at dive bars. we took zoe and angus bean for a long walk. in short, we had a fine time.

upon his arrival back in oklahoma, he wrote: 'two minutes after crossing into oklahoma, i saw a dead border collie along the roadside and it started to rain. i was not surprised.'

that's the kind of thing that makes a girl swoon.