My Hemp Shake Brings All the Boys to the Yard

Hemp makes for quite a tasty treat in a salad, a non-dairy milk product, or gourmet treats like hemp tabouleh, but it’s also an excellent, durable material for clothing, shoes and bags. In its beginnings in the fashion world, hemp was a rather crude, rough material suitable only for rope, rugged shoes, and […]

Track Or Trail, We’ve Got Your Sail

With Thanksgiving and Black Friday behind us, it may seem like the holiday feasting is at an end, but then there are more holidays ahead (Christmas, Chanuka, Kwanzaa, New Year’s, etc.). For those of us fortunate enough to live in vegan-friendly areas, there are likely to be organized gatherings during the holiday […]

Fashion Advice Starts Here

Just now I was browsing a mainstream fashion blog to try to get ideas for something to write about for my own blog. In doing so, I came across a fashion advice column for which a reader sent in a request for suggestions on what to wear for a given occasion and […]

The Election is Over, but the Fun Begins Now!

After Tuesday’s big election, many released sighs of relief and screams of joy as Barack Obama was announced the President-elect, the forty-fourth of the United States. Obama followed with a very moving speech, which will likely remain in the minds and hearts of those who listened for years to come.
 
I’m not here […]

Are You Ready to Walk an Extra Mile?

It’s always encouraging to find more vegan shoe options pop up, even after doing numerous Google searches each week. This week is no exception. While trying to come up with a topic for this week’s blog, I came across a company called TOMS, which some of you may be familiar with […]

Pointe in the Right Direction

If you’re a dancer, chances are that you’ve had a difficult time trying to find vegan (or at the least non-leather) dance shoes, especially when it comes to ballet slippers and pointe shoes. Though both often contain little leather, any amount is troublesome to most vegans.
 

I remember searching a few years ago […]