Re: Who's met who off the forum then?
We could have a little New Year's meet at the George in Brighton. Some of us on the Vegans Uncensored list did that just before Christmas. It worked out fine though half of their beers aren't vegan...
Cheers
Mike
Re: Who's met who off the forum then?
Hi Mike
i'm not familiar with Vegans Uncensored, are there many from Brighton on there? i know what you mean about the George's beer, why does a veggie pub sell non-veggie drinks? :rolleyes: love the food there though :)
would be good to have some sort of meet-up, anyone else in the area interested???
Re: Who's met who off the forum then?
Hi WG!
Vegans Uncensored specialises in sarcasm and left-wing political incorrectness. Several people in Brighton and surrounding area and others elsewhere in UK and outside UK.
It's own descritption is: "VegansUncensored aims to provide an environment in which vegans can talk freely about anything that interests them, and to be themselves in an unrestrained manner.
This list provides a home to people, hopefully vegans or interested in becoming vegan, who speak their minds and are not afraid of who they may offend. As in real life, they may be rude or abrasive or just very, very nice. Having such an open policy though has lead to some very serious topics being discussed and can also lead to some great entertainment."
A recent Brighton-based member recently reported the Kensignton Cafe for selling so-called "vegan sausages" that contain egg to trading standards who duly investigated and took action:
"Dear Mr Barnes,
I visited Kensingtons, 1 Kensington Gardens, yesterday following your
complaint regarding the presence of egg in their vegan sausages. I discussed
the matter with the management of the premises and staff who expressed the
view that it was highly unlikely that there vegan sausages contained egg and
seemed aware of vegan requirements. I couldn't find anyone who remembered
your enquiry or made the comments you reported. However, on examining their
invoices I discovered that they were ordering vegetarian sausages. Enquiries
with the supplier confirmed that these did include egg as one of the
ingredients. I received an immediate undertaking that Kensingtons will
remove this item from their menu until such time that they are able to
supply sausages with no animal product constituents. I will monitor the
situation to ensure they are complying. I also intend to carry out checks on
other premises in the Brighton area offering vegan sausages to ensure that
these are correctly described. Many thanks for bringing this matter to our
attention.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Senior Trading Standards Officer"
You can find out more about VU at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VegansUncensored/
Cheers
Mike
Bisexual Event in Brighton
In case anyone on the forum is interested:
Brighton Bisexual Festival (Bifest): Saturday 11th February
ALL WELCOME!
12.00-7.00 tea, cake, social space and workshops at the Cowley Club,
London
Road, Brighton, http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk/
8.00 till late at the one-night-only BiFest Club, Brighton Royal Hotel,
76
Grand Parade, Brighton (next to Top Totty)
12-7 at the Cowley Club
Day space with workshops and alongside these a café with social space,
badge-making and an art activity.
1200-1.00 Welcome and warm up games
1.00- 2.30 Workshop one: Why are we here, what is bisexual, being bi?
Workshop based on why people want to come to a bifest, what identifying
as
bi or not means, discussing what it means to live as bi in
straight/LGBT
space, and also what bi-identified space is about. Featuring
discussion,
games, and short presentations from members of the local and wider bi
scene,
to tell you what’s out there.
3.00- 4.30 Workshop two: Labelling
Discussion: Are labels useful to us or not? Why might we want to label
ourselves? What are the advantages and disadvantages of labelling?
What labels do we give ourselves, what labels are imposed on us? Ending
with
game: beyond identity politics.
5.00-6.30 Workshop three: Flirting
So. Flirting if you are attracted to one or more genders. How does it
work?
Do you find you’re better at flirting with one gender than another? A
light-hearted look at flirting, some useful tips on how to do it, role
play
games.
Evening activities
The day workshop will take us through till 7.00, when we’ll send you
off to
get some dinner before the BiFest Party, where members and friends of
the
Brighton Bi group will be DJ’ing and welcoming you to the BIFest club
night,
with dancing, drinking and socialising.
Suggested donation: £3-£6 all in aid of Brighton Bisexual Group
www.brightonbothways.org
Bifest is taking place as part of Brighton LGBT Winter Pride festival -
http://www.brightonpride.org/whats-on/ , so there’ll be lots going on
in the
city aside from BiFest that you might want to dip a toe into.