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Most Previous Vegan Festivals: Central Coast VegFest + The Artisan Wheelhouse’s Vegan Cheese Launch Party (all pre-quarantine)
To most people’s chagrin, a lot of festivals, conventions, and concerts have been cancelled or postponed due to the pandemic. It is devastating that we are now constrained to our homes and essential businesses in proximity. For the last several years since starting the blog, I arguably LIVED for these conventions. Nothing pleased me more…
Cassie Tran
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Twenty Truths About Myself For My 20th Birthday
Right now at this moment, I turn twenty years-old. Wow, I would have lived two entire decades! It feels unreal to be this far in my lifetime, even though life lives on and on, both in the world above and the afterlife. Given that I’ll be celebrating the ish out of my birthday today, I’ve…
Cassie Tran
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Friday Friend Features: Linda of The Fitty
Hi, Friday Friend Features! It’s been a hot minute. Welcome back–it’s so amazing to have you back as a regular part of my blog! Happy December, everybody! Yes, I know I have not published a Friday Friend Features post in forever, and I am really glad to be getting back into the swing of it…
Cassie Tran
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Tuesday Thoughts: Ex-Vegans + Reverting to Original Ways
Wow, it’s been QUITE a while since I’ve posted a Tuesday Thoughts-themed article! When I first started this little series, I really dove headfirst into everything that swam in my mind and didn’t really hesitate on my candor. Of course, I always try to be as respectful as I possibly can, and I think I…
Cassie Tran
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What I Ate During the Week of my One-Year Vegan Anniversary
Hi everybody! I just uploaded a new YouTube video! Woohoo! Vlog #3 essentially captures everything that I did and ate leading up to my one-year vegan anniversary, which was Friday, August 24th, the official day I became vegan and the start of not eating anymore animal products for good! Just to clarify, vegan anniversaries are…
Cassie Tran
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Can You Relate…
First time trying these kinds of fill-in-the-blanks posts! I’ve always loved reading these types of articles and have so much fun answering them in my head! Can you relate to the joy of quarter-empty peanut butter jars? Can you relate to my obsession with Indian food? Can you relate to my adoration for quotes on…
Cassie Tran
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Answering My Old Foodie Questions
A year ago, I published a whole list of questions for readers to answer in the comments! They are all dedicated to food, aka one of my most loved life subjects. I’d thought I’d throw it back a year ago and tackle them all–unaltered, unedited, the exact same as in the post–now for some fun…
Cassie Tran
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grains, whole starch, whole wheat, whole30, wild friends, winter, women, work, workout, writing, wslf, yam, yams, yoga, yogurt, yolo, yolo meal, yourself, youtube, youtube channel, yummy, zone, zone diet, zucchini -
Quick Update: Physique, Diet, and Fitness
Why hello there! Want to dissect my brain? Of course you don’t. That would be utterly disgusting and I would die. Let’s not do that. Jokes aside, I’m currently caffeine-high from my daily dose of chocolate in the form of chocolate Teddy Grahams, which I’ll get into later in this post, but for now, let’s…
Cassie Tran
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Friday Friend Features: Cindy Wei
We are WELL at the end of December and by this time, I am WELL into getting ready for the winter quarter in a week. I mean, nobody EVER enjoys returning to the academic stress and crazy workload, right? However, we can all use some more time to lay back and simply enjoy the rest…
Cassie Tran
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Feeling Serene, Dynamic, and Peaceful
Christmas. Two days away. And Christmas Eve is literally TOMORROW. While this post is being published, I’m either raiding the nearest shopping mall in hopes of finding gifts for my family or covering my entire house with wrapping paper while attempting to wrap my gifts because I cannot gift-wrap even if my life depended on it.…
Cassie Tran
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