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 earthy jewelry, [...]

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 season. I went [...]

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 to [...]

Men Need Shoes Too

Last week I got a request from one of my readers to do something about men’s shoes, so I decided to take that on this week. Guys need shoes too, after all, so I’m going to go over some of the options that are out there.

Let me start by saying that I’m going to ditch the trends for a bit, because men’s fashion tends to be more constant, more basic than women’s fashion. There are exceptions, of course, but the turn-around rate for what is “in” or not is a lot slower for those of the male persuasion.