My Whole Deal

Vegan Meal Catered by Red Can Gourmet, Tofino, BC (*NOTE: This the third in a multi-part series chronicling the extreme, sustainable, yumm-osity of Canada’s Pacific Rim. MyWholeDeal.com was generously hosted by Tourism Tofino to attend Grazing in Gardens, the main event of the Tofino Food and Wine Festival, and to experience what Tofino, BC, has to offer a clean-eating traveler. Special thanks to Kirsten Soder and the friendly folks of Tofino,... more

The Part of the Trip in Which We Start to Get Totally and Justifiably Silly (*NOTE: This the second in a multi-part series chronicling the extreme, sustainable, yumm-osity of Canada’s Pacific Rim. MyWholeDeal.com was generously hosted by Tourism Tofino to attend Grazing in Gardens, the main event of the Tofino Food and Wine Festival, and to experience what Tofino, BC,  has to offer a clean-eating traveler. Special thanks to Kirsten Soder and... more

Part One: Touring to Tofino (*NOTE: This the first in a multi-part series chronicling the extreme, sustainable, yumm-osity of Canada’s Pacific Rim. MyWholeDeal.com was generously hosted by Tourism Tofino to attend Grazing in Gardens, the main event of the Tofino Food and Wine Festival, and to experience what Tofino has to offer a clean-eating traveler. Special thanks to Kirsten Soder and the friendly folks of Tofino, BC) Dateline: June 1,... more

Yeah early 90s. Way to get into my tiny skull! Uhhhh! (hmmmm?) Do you like running? I really, totally, completely and authentically do love running, but I understand that the majority of people despise it and look for any excuse to justify their revulsion. That’s cool. The way I see running is thus: a whole bunch of people came out of me and they really love to talk to me. And other people like talking to me too, apparently. As an only child,... more

Coleen Patrick Goudreau's Purple Potato Soup from Color Me Vegan Hi again again! See? I really am back, if not a little sluggish. To pick up where we last left off, I am a longtime, health conscious vegan who went mildly astray. But not all at once. Things got drastic when I started hanging out with this guy: Husband+Wife=Married people automatically get the same portion sizes regardless of body size/composition, no? (Also, I enjoy this picture... more

It's like Spring in your mouth. Hello again. I feel as though some further explanation regarding my extended absence is in order: the long and short of it is that I got kind of, well, over my whole deal for a bit. Not tired of eating a “healthy” vegan diet, but tired of documenting everything and trying to make it look pretty and photographing instead of munching with my munchkins. And then there was the fact that I was spending my... more

It's like a salad within a dream within a salad within a dream. Hi again!! Cop-out post here. Those of you who also follow me on Facebook already know that a gigantic asteroid filled with hot tea crashed into my camera a couple Fridays ago, a super-true occurrence, which has tragically hobbled my blogging re-emergence thus far. Let’s all agree that my involuntary camera augmentations are going to make my site look super dreamy and move on,... more