2nd Annual Tampa Bay VegFest

October 15th held the 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest in downtown Tampa, Florida. The weather was perfect: sunny and warm. There were loads of vendors, plenty of food, and a great turn-out of people: vegan, vegetarian, and other. It was an event that required many hours of hard work from so many volunteers. I, myself, was a volunteer the day of the event, and I have to say, being so involved in the event made it more difficult to truly enjoy everything. I was so busy and pulled in so many directions, but yet my 10-hour day felt like only 4. The day truly flew by.

But regardless, it was a great event.

There were lots of critters from rescue groups...

And lots of food...

and great speakers and great volunteers!

Ellen Jaffe Jones

Comedian Carol Leifer

Harold Brown

Whew! What a day!

Coming soon: my recap of the Central Florida VegFest in Orlando
Also: I'm still waiting to hear from MURDERCAKE, the winner of the Tampa Bay VegFest Swag giveaway! Please email soon!

Win Some Tampa Bay VegFest SWAG!!!

Hey folks!

I'm really coming out from under this cold now. HOORAY! Time to make this Vegan MoFo fun again! Let's start with a giveaway.

Since I was volunteering at this weekend's Tampa Bay VegFest, I was pretty distracted by all the critters and people and speakers and activity going on, but I still managed to scoop up a decent bundle of swag for you.

One winner will receive a package of goodies from the Humane Society of the United States (buttons and stickers!), Mercy for Animals (including a DVD of "Farm to Fridge"), Action for Animals (cute stickers and recipes!), postcard prints of art made by the residents of Save the Chimps, coupons from So Delicious, some info from GMO-Free Tampa Bay, and a sticker and pencil made from recycled materials from Hillsborough County Recycling, and more.

How to Enter

* Comment telling me about your favorite vegetarian/vegan festival that you have attended. When and where was it? Did you volunteer at it? What speakers were featured?

Additional Entries
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- Post about this giveaway on Facebook and link back to the HVT Facebook page

Be sure to leave a comment for each additional entry that you make. If you already follow and/or like, then just leave a comment stating that you already do!

I will randomly select a winner on Thursday, October 20th at 12pm/noon (Eastern Time).

Looking forward to reading about your own vegfest experiences!


THE WINNER HAS BEEN DRAWN! Random.org says comment #2 is the winner: Murdercake! Please email your mailing address to HungryVeganTraveler (at) GMAIL dot COM. The sooner I receive your address, the sooner I can mail your goodies! Thank you, everyone, for participating! And stay tuned for another giveaway after the weekend.

I Survived Tampa Bay VegFest

WHEW!

What a day! The 2nd Annual Tampa Bay VegFest today was huge! The weather was great, the turn-out was fantastic, and all of the vendors were fun and interesting. (My favorite being the Pug Rescue group!) I have a ton of pictures, but I'm too worn out to even upload them yet.

I sat in on Carol Leifer's talk, which was fun and pleasant. I also FINALLY watched Forks Over Knives. FINALLY!

Sadly, the remnants of this past weeks' cold + running around the festival for 10 hours + being in the sun for long stretches of time = me not eating that much, so I don't have much in the Food Reviews department.

But yes, so I'm wiped out, and I don't know if this counts as a Vegan MoFo post or not. Well, to be on the safe side, here's a picture of a salad I ate a couple of weeks ago.

Mixed baby greens, chopped Gardein Chik'n Tenders, smoked almonds, and roasted red pepper dressing.

Oy -- I hope to have more interesting posts soon. This past week has been PITIFUL around here!! Go any requests? I want to make it up to you somehow.