My guide to your weekend

Tonight I am going to a new all vegan Portland restaurant, The Pirates Tavern http://www.piratestavern.com/ . The busty wenches on their website drive me nuts but the vegans gotta support the vegans and it is for a special dinner with Howard Lyman who is speaking tomorrow at the Vegan Holiday Festival http://www.veganholidayfestival.com/that I am volunteering at. Howard used to be a cattle rancher and you just haven't giggled until you have seen him walk into a room with his cowboy hat and big 'ol silver belt buckle and say, "I'm a vegan." Cracks me up everytime.