If you are looking for a plant-based buffet option in Pinellas County you need not look any longer. My old stomping grounds of Pinellas Park is home to Lotus Vegan, a fantastic vegan restaurant with an enormous menu except for the third Saturday of each month. On these particular Saturday's they offer a limited buffet... Continue Reading →
Recovery, Motivation, Healthy Eating & Community
We covered a lot of territory in this edition of the The Healthy Giraffe Event (HGE) and it added a great deal of health to my life. The final preparation for the gathering started Friday night as Morgan and I made a visit to Sprouts Farmers Market to pick up a few final ingredients for... Continue Reading →
Road Trip to Consciousness-Blossoms (05.20.18)
In this week’s Giraffe Paper, I’ll share the road trip to Consciousness-Blossoms the Giraffe group took this weekend. Did it make the list of my favorite places to dine in the Tampa Bay area? Keep reading to find out... In the road trip blog to Cider Press Cafe in March I mentioned I was given... Continue Reading →
St. Anthony’s Triathlon – Relay (04.30.18)
What an amazing experience participating in my first relay at the St. Anthony's Triathlon with Jennay Gump and Michael MacDonald. The thought of doing this began on another big race day, Gasparilla, back in late February. I was with Jennay cheering Michael and other members of the RunVie/Total Fitness team racing the 15k prior to... Continue Reading →
The Healthy Giraffe Event – John Joseph Theme (04.22.18)
This month's Healthy Giraffe Event returned to the condo with a theme of John Joseph who I blogged about last week. The theme consisted of making John's Vegan Teriyaki Chick'n Burritos and viewing an episode of Munchies featuring John. We facilitated the event in reverse order this time preparing John's burrito first, then watching the... Continue Reading →


