The Stylish Vegan

When one discovers, Vegan Nation, that intense pain emanating from a terribly rotten hip can be eased with the assistance of a cane, incredibly awful visions of walking sticks come to mind. You know, the adjustable metal things with blue handles. Oh, dear lord, please no! The Stylish Vegan with a standard issued hospital endorsed cane? No way, Joe! Hell no, Jose!

After a minor freak out, as TSV is sometimes prone, Mr. Internet offered a fab solution: fashionablecanes.com! Who knew? So after sifting through the sensational site, TSV ordered, received and is now proudly donning, this beauty:

Gorgeous, si? The site is great, it allows you to not only choose your styling stick but makes them to size. Handy instructions on how to measure make it oh so easy to get a gorgeous cane that’s not only practical but an accessory to die for as well! And it only took a awfully arthritic hip to bring it to my doorstep.

And in case you are wondering, VegHeads, it’s 1000% vegan and not tested on any animals. No cats, no dogs, no zebra, nothing. Oh, and lest TSV forgets, it’s an amazing weapon of self-defense. Believe me, you don’t want to be on the receiving end of a wicked swing of this baby!

So there you have it, Veganistos, pain and suffering can have a beautifully fashionable result. Problem is, once the recovery is complete, TSV isn’t going to want to toss this in the closet never to be seen again. I guess the other hip has to go at some time.

Hey, VegHeads, TSV hasn’t thrown out a VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day in an eternity. Well enough of that noise, we have a winner today. From our dear friends at ecorazzi.com we learned the following:

“Bono Rails Against $700 Billion For Wall Street, But No Billions For Fighting Disease, Hunger”. Well, Mr. Bono, just so happens TSV knows a thing or two about how Wall Street works and I’m venturing to guess probably about 100 times more than Sonny.

TSV understands your frustration, pal, but you aren’t seeing the big picture here. This “$700 billion for Wall Street” is actually for every person in this country and, I will be so bold to say, many around the world. You see, Bono, the banking system in the U.S. of A. is on the verge of total collapse. How does that affect us, not you, I’m assuming your dough is stashed in some off shore account? If this money doesn’t come through to stem, not to fix, just to shore up the banking system, Joe Public may go to his bank next week to get money and it ain’t going to be there.

This is serious, serious shit, BoneHead. Much more serious than most understand. This money needs to buy this toxic paper or we are in a gigantic boatload of hurt. And those diseased and hungry you speak of? Well, there will be plenty of them right here in the homeland if no assistance is forthcoming.

Bono, a lesson from TSV: Don’t go spouting off shit when you don’t understand it. Not only does it make you look incredibly foolish, but it’s not going to help you sell records in your now stagnant career!

Vegan Nation, there is an awful crisis we are currently mired in. It doesn’t get much worse than this and there is no end in site in the foreseeable future. That’s right, friends, The Stylish One is horrifically watching as the world of man-made fashionable shoes stagnates right before our tear-soaked eyes.

Back in the good ol days of vegan shopping, TSV could always rely upon old friends to introduce new and exciting flavas each year with even more kick-ass peds arriving constantly. It seemed like the future of animal-friendly footwear was heading toward nirvana. So what the hell happened?

TSV recalls the days, VegHeads, when I would excitedly turn on my computer, open the favorites folder and gush with happiness at the site of sexy new men’s shoes on my screen. The world was changing before my beautiful hazel eyes. Where only hideous, nun-approved shoes ruled, high fashion muscled its way in and a revolution was afoot – so to speak.

And MooShoes led the way. Although expensive, a formidable selection from up and coming veg shoe makers graced their site and the choices improved monthly. Some better than others but there was, for the first time, choice.

Then came our dear friends a Bourgeois Boheme. Veganistos, they changed the playing field even further. Now it was possible to buy shoes that rivaled almost any animal-skinned product out there. Gorgeous and well made, TSV feasted upon this selection.

No Harm Shoes entered the fray with some of the highest fashion choices yet. These beautiful and bank-breaking, non leather kicks were the Holy Grail of vegan couture. Now, the Vegan Nation, not only had one but several choices for completing the seriously dandy wardrobe.

And then it ended. Just like that. The Stylish One’s eager anticipation of rushing to the iMac to search for new shoes came to a screeching halt. Was this it? Would TSV’s dream of mainstream-manufactured, high-stylin’, veg shoes disappear in a cloud of leather tanning solution toxic dust? Sadly, kids, it seems to be. Through no fault of our fab friends above, it’s just that the supply is not there.

But why? Why the fuck can TSV favorite Nat Portman create a line of fashionable women’s shoes? And what about Stella McCartney? Steve Madden? My god, you can’t go through a DSW without tripping over pleather women’s pumps from this dude. So what gives? If there is such a demand for constant supply and creation of female footwear, can’t there be for us dudes too?

So here we stand, veganistos, on August 28, 2008 with the same shoe styles we had on August 28, 2007. It’s a sad time – a crisis indeed! But let’s not take this sitting on our asses. That’s not how TSV rolls! Let’s man the computers and write. Write to shoe designers, manufacturers, major stores – anyone to make our voices heard! We want stylish, animal-friendly shoes and lots of them, goddammit! Are you with me?

Alrighty, time for the VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day. Today’s person of note (well not really since TSV has never heard of her – but ecorazzi says so) is Sophie Monk.

Apparently, ecorazzi (a non-vegan blog but highly praised by the vegan VegNews) took issue with Ms. Monk purchasing food from KFC. A “PETA supporter”, ecorazzi screams, “Totally Busted!” and then goes on to explain why this is horrible (again from a non-vegan writer). Hey, ecorazzi, TSV wants to know what’s in the bag?

Ok, TSV occasionally eats fast food on the road. I have no issue with cheese-less bean burritos from Taco Bell. Actually, I quite enjoy them, thank you. But for ecorazzi to condemn this woman without knowing what she bought (vegetarian sides perhaps, food for a friend) is just wrong. Especially coming from a writer who, I say again, is not a vegan.

Best ecorazzi line by far from the post, “True, there’s nothing illegal about eating at KFC (although there should be)”…Why? you eat meat, why are they any different from any other purveyor of flesh that you purchase from? So get off you fucking, suck-up-to-vegetarians, high horse and leave this woman alone! That from TSV’s vegan high horse.

**UPDATE**

It appears TSV was mistaken in the VegNews portion of this post. The writer, who goes by Parrish, is indeed a vegan! (gasp!!) The Stylish One, yes this is incredibly difficult to believe, was wrong. While I still have problems with condemning this “celebrity” and just celebritydom in general, I am officially changing my appraisal of Mr. Parrish’s “suck-up-to-vegetarians high horse” to a Stylish Vegan High Horse. Please accept TSV’s sincerest apology.

Vegan Nation, it’s that hideous time of year for the young folk – BTS (Of course, it used to just be called “Back to School” until Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target-Mart, etc. branded it). And being the generous soul that The Stylish Vegan is, I’ve decided to empathize with the teen VegHeads and put myself in their man-made, but incredibly tasteful, shoes.

So off to BR, TSV strode, looking to grab some fashionable couture for that first day back. BTW: BR, as you notice at their website, receives huge Stylish Vegan Points for not mentioning the dreaded “BTS” on their tastefully designed site. Having racked up some credit on the Luxe Card, I had a sum in mind and, dammit, I was going to use every penny of it! And certainly, kids, there would be some sales, no?

As it turns out, BR was in the midst of their 30% off 30 Decade sale. How did TSV not know about this sooner since I receive every conceivable email the company can imaginably send? Oh, well, no biggie, “I’m gonna get me some stylin’ back to school wear”, I actually said to myself as I entered. Now, some people say that they say things to themselves but don’t really mean it. The Stylish Vegan means it – I always talk out loud to myself. I guess it makes me feel like I have a really cool, well-dressed, vegan friend.

Upon entering with the excitement of a little kid with his first dradle at Hannukah, TSV immediately noticed the lack of “sale” signage that sings, “Buy me, oh, Stylish One.” Mmmm….bait and switch? Was your hero duped into a “sale of all our shitty clothes” sale”? Yes, and no. Sure the premo garb that I was drooling over was full blown price. But the 30% off items actually included end of summer shirts that would look so dashing as I theoretically entered the halls of higher education in a week or two.

First off, polos. Buy two get 30% off. TSV can live with that. Especially when many are marked down to begin with. I should note here that I own most of these polos so my selection was fairly limited. And realizing I have nothing but minimalist solids in my expansive wardrobe, TSV went for, I ain’t shittin’ you, stripes!

I have to say, MSV was quite impressed that stripage actually made it into my wardrobe. I still think she’s skeptical but rest assured no sinister motives were at play here. Simply, The Stylish Vegan wants horizontal lines on his BTS-wear. Is that so wrong?

Having already owned just about everything worth a damn in the “sale” section already, TSV, drifted into full price land. Not intending to purchase anything, “there’s nothing wrong with looking”, I told myself, and besides I have more credit left to use. “So there!”, I announced loudly as the staff looked with heads tilted like puppy dogs.

Within seconds, TSV was drawn to the Heritage Collection. BR’s Heritage Collection is nirvana to me. Slim fit pants in fabulous styles with muted color schemes. Who would really want anything more?, I ask you Vegan Nation. Again, with many Heritage clothes already within the wondrous confines of my dressing room, something new would certainly wipe that remaining credit from account within seconds.

And so it did:

Veganistos, TSV is a sucker – actually a huge, enormous, gigantic, sucker for anything “slim fit”. These pants fit the bill perfectly; stylish and extremely comfy for those long lectures in the make-believe Classics class. Fab! The only problem, yes, there is always a problem, was that they came in two colors. Oh, no! I don’t have enough credit for that! “Resist, TSV, resist!!”

It was like talking The Stylish Vegan off the ledge. “You can do it”, I told myself. “Besides, TSV, you have an ace in the hole. You, my dearest friend, possess a ‘personal shopping day’ card. Relax, you can come back and buy lots and lots of fashionable gear on another day.” But what about BTS?, I questioned myself without quotation marks. And that’s when the reality set in. TSV is not really going back to school so I can procure these beauties anytime. See how nice and productive it is to have conversations with yourself?

Ok, there you have it, TSV’s BTS additions to my collection of threads. Not a lot but when you’re on a budget and you’re not really going back to school, it’ll do.

We have a very exciting VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day this glorious afternoon. The Vegan Nation is well aware of our sacred and benevolent god, BMW. Well, check this out from our dear friends at ecorazzi:

That’s Jennifer Garner in a hydro 7-series BMW. Actually, it could be anybody, TSV wouldn’t care; the car is the celeb here. Now I’m sure this baby could be equipped in non-leather upholstery as TSV’s 3-series, son of god, is. Imagine for a moment – TSV could not only be the most stylish vegan on the planet, hell, the universe, but I could also be perceived as giving a rat’s ass about the environment as well! How fucking cool is that?!

Talk soon.

Vegan Nation, as I’m sure you all know by now, the darling of talk tv, the princess of self-help, yes, Ms. Oprah Winfrey (I guess I didn’t realize She even had a last name), became a vegan…short term. You heard TSV correctly, a vegan!

Seems Oprah, a long time reader and supporter of The Stylish Vegan, (alright, not really) decided after speed reading, yes, a self-help book about cleansing her body (get that image out of your head now!), she decided to jump head first into an animal-friendly diet. And, VegHeads, The Stylish One is tres impressed.

Not one to miss an opportunity to bring more attention to herself, O, as we insiders are allowed to address her, is keeping a blog of the momentous occasion, known to her legion of screaming suburbanites as the 21-Day Cleanse. And, if that weren’t enough to wet your tailored underpants, she is even publishing all of the recipes on her site. Wow! Veganism gone mainstream America – who’d ever of thunk?

While this is all admirable to TSV, there is a wonderful opportunity here as well. Just think, more attention brought to veganism, more attention to non-abusive style, more attention to, you got it, The Stylish Vegan! How sweet is that, Veganistos?!

And our queen of couch potato syncophants, should be made aware of this push toward style and fashion that, I’m guessing, Ms. O, has no idea even exists. Just think of the possibilities! TSV makes an apparence on the show, with incredible fanfare, dressed impeccably in a jaw dropping display of sartorial vegan-ness. First comes the book deal, second, the film, the obligatory sequel and finally, the weekly show on The Style Network!

We can do this, Vegan Nation! Let’s get Ms. Winfrey to not only cleanse her holiest of bodies with a vegan diet, let’s pursuade her to veganize her entire wardrobe. Sure it’s one thing to give up meat and dairy and liquor….whoa, she gave up liquor too? – that’s beyond TSV’s comprehension. But to change a diet with a personal chef is one thing, to change your entire wardrobe, now we’re talking – that’s fucking heroic!

Ok, kids, here’s your link to contact the show. Let our wonder woman know about the joys of non-slaughterable fashion. If we join together in this crusade, The Stylish Vegan will be a household name in a matter of minutes. What are you waiting for?! My future fame is on the line!

And for a quick VegNews Frivolous Vegan of the Day, TSV brings you this, Kim Kardashian:

When a non-talent hosebag who is a celebrity for no reason other than pathetic moron’s need to worship shitty trash like this, proudly struts around in this tee, TSV wants to go out and drive around the block non  stop 100 times while throwing styrofoam containers out the window. Give me a fucking break!

The Stylish Vegan’s pleas to the world gods – Please, please get colder for a few consecutive years so we can officially put this bullshit to rest and not be subjected to another celeb on a shopping trip telling us not to harm the planet. That’s all TSV needs. Please??

Vegan Nation, a crisis has arisen. I am being attacked – my site is in peril. According to my host the reason my latest posts have not been showing up on these pages is due to some outside force, tagging my site to bog down and delete.

Could it be these guys?

The Stylish One was conspicuously absent from their idiotic, slap-in-TSV’s-face, Bloggy Awards. What, someone else writes a better vegan men’s style blog? I think fucking not. Oh, I see, it’s the references to their hypocrisy that annoys them. Hey, it’s their own damn fault for voting non-vegan ecorazzi.com the vegan blog of 2007. You, VegNews, made that decision, TSV is just here to continually throw it back in your condescending face.

Ok, VegHeads, this going to be war – vegan to vegan. Of course TSV will be the fashionable one, they’ll be the schmucks in hemp tees. Oh, god help us!

We’ll get this resolved, Vegan Nation, and once again TSV will be able to send invaluable style tips your way.

The Stylish Vegan is a bit ornery today. No, the dry cleaner did not lose my fab new pants; today, Vegan Nation, my anger lies with fur fucks. Especially celeb fur fucks. You all know my compete disdain for celebritydom after years of working with these morons, so you can imagine the seething hatred that brews when I hear of celebs who wear fur.

And the scummiest of the douches are the absolute non-talents that the least common denominator in our society have deemed worthy of praise and adulation. Since this is a men’s fashion site, Veganistos, TSV will focus upon to dumbshits who happen to be male fur fucks.

This talentless bum wearing the tortured skin of some mutilated animal is Busta Rhymes. TSV is not really sure what this jackass has done in his life to reap millions of dollars and exploit little creatures but there must be enough imbeciles out there who think he has “something”.

And they are correct – he does have something; it’s called no talent. None. Nada. Zero. If for some bizarre reason you happen to be a fan of whatever this douche does, leave this site now. Really. I don’t want you here.

Now that The Stylish One has cleared the riff raff, let’s move on to the other celeb fur fuck on our list today. Once again, it happens to be another low life whose celebrity stumps TSV. He is Sean Puff Daddy or Puff or what the fuck, get a real name – you too Busta. Anyway, here’s our master copycat artist (sorry to even use that word) in all his pelt ridden glory.

The sight of this talentless bum makes my skin crawl. Hey, there’s an idea, let’s skin him and let some cold little furry friends don his ectoplasm when attending the next mink rap bash. Seriously, VegHeads, what has this dude done other than rip off other peoples’ music and put a pathetic elctro beat to it? He can’t sing and he really, really can’t dance, so what gives? Oh yes, the least common denominator or, in other words, the majority of our wonderful country.

As you all know, TSV is a somewhat gentle soul. Right? You know that? But I give you all full permission to take a baseball bat to the head of either of these useless clowns the next time you happen to see them smiling in their dead animal skins. And make sure they know, right before you swing the lumber, that TSV sent you to deliver this skull bashing blow.

Wow – how violent! I’m sorry, gang, but The Stylish Vegan has no place for fur fucks, especially when sites like The Fur Council of America roll these shitheads “celebrities” and others out for the public to admire their bad taste in cruelty. Hey, FICA, The Stylish Vegan has a message for you:

And while you’re at it, shove it up your collective ass!

On a lighter fur note, TSV ran across a little site while researching this entry (yes, it does involve research) that turned out to be pretty cool. Check this out, it’s called KidzWorld and it has an entire bit on the awfulness of fur. Kudos to them and make sure every kid you know reads this. If they’re too young to read, you read it to them. Let’s start them young, Vegan Nation, so they don’t turn out to be like our dumbass shit-for-brains celebs we so warmly discussed today.

Ok, it’s Friday, The Stylish One is hangin’ at his fave bar sipping a nice vegan beer. You should do the same. Have an exciting and awe-filled weekend!

Vegan Nation, The Stylish Vegan must apologize right out of the gate for my tardiness in presenting GQ’s Best Suits Under $500. Alright, I’m sorry and I’m sure you have all read through it and moved on to something else in this ever changing, fashionable world. But hold your horses – TSV must share his extremely important review of this fab article.

Hey, VegHeads, I’m all for inexpensive suits that can look just as dashing as their upscale brothers with nothing more than a good tailor. You all know TSV’s fondness for Target’s Merona rayon diddies. And to make my life oh so much easier, GQ presents us with a formidable selection of very affordable suits. But what makes this presentation magical is the number of vegan suits included. Of the 11 shown by our fave mag, 7, you heard TSV correctly, 7 are vegan! Holy shit, that’s pretty fantastic in any veganisto’s book.

Enough, already, TSV, let’s see the damn suits! Ok, ok – here are the Vegan Seven:

Pretty damn dashing, I must say. In this order they are: Perry Ellis, Nautica, Target/Merona, Express, Club Monaco, Calvin Klein, and, of course, our beloved, Banana Republic. All, with the exception of the Merona ensemble, are made of cotton. The Merona, a rayon blend. Now, Vegan Nation, while TSV is not 100% sure that all of these are lined with manmade and not silk linings, I’m pretty confident. But, you may want to check the label just in case.

These are all very fine suits and can be worn alongside some of the finest out there. Whether it be at the office, at a wedding, or, as TSV is known to do, just hanging out. You can’t miss. Remember, and I can’t say this enough (well actually I can say it enough since I say it constantly) it’s all in the tailoring. And, as our dear friends at GQ say, every suit at every price point needs some tailoring.

By the way, The Stylish Vegan, likes to let everyone know his suit is vegan – and you should too. Because, when you look superstylin’ in a kickass modern suit, no one is expecting either you or your suit to be animal-friendly. So when you get the compliments, as you will, just smile and say, “It’s vegan, you know”.

Alright, on to the The Stylish Vegan’s Douche Bag Hall of Fame. And today’s entrant is none other than horse killer, Gabriel Saez.

That’s the Mini Douce Bag walking by Eight Belles, the horse he just murdered. Our mighty little fella wanted to capture his own fame and glory so badly, he beat the shit out of this horse with his whip to try and win the dumbass fucking race. You all know by now that the horse was injected and put into permanent sleep right on the track. And as you can tell from the above photo, today’s Douce doesn’t really seem to give a rat’s ass about the pain he just inflicted upon this animal.

Congratulations, Gabe, you are the newest entrant into TSVDBHF! Where, upon your arrival, you will be beaten sensely and without mercy until your sorry minature ass can never sit upon a horse again.

Hey, Vegan Nation, The Stylish Vegan’s new shoes arrived today, well actually yesterday but the postman had better things to do than ring my doorbell and just left a note – thanks for that, moron. So being forced to actually go to the post office to pick up the shoes and waste 45 minutes of my day, had me in a rather sour mood.

That is until the package reached my hands. VegHeads, the great Bourgeois Boheme test was in its final stages. How well did it ship from the UK to our little ol’ PNW city? Quite well, actually.

As you can see for yourselves, hardly a rumple. And the USPS shipped this? That’s amazing to TSV since I ship almost daily through the post office only to have clients tell me the prints were ruined by some amazing forceful blow to the incredibly rigid packaging. So I was pretty giddy that this crossed the Atlantic and the country completely intact.

BoBo, as we like to call our dear friends, even had a very nice packaging within the package.

A very nice touch indeed. TSV loves when retailers put that little something extra into their shipments. It tells me they take their biz seriously.

After carefully tearing through the nice paper to get a peek at my shoes, The Stylish One, was extremely happy.

A gorgeous pair of desperately needed brown loafers. Heaven I tell you!

Of course, TSV had two major concerns when ordering from afar; would they look cheap in real life as many of these manmade babies tend to; and, would they fit my feet with all the euro size translations and the instructions to order a size smaller.

To answer my first question by myself, they look fab. Nothing plasticy looking at all about these. Regarding the second concern? Well, even though I ordered a size smaller, I probably could have ordered two sizes smaller than usual. They are a bit large but not slipping off or uncomfortable. Plus, TSV has always wanted bigger feet, so the illusion is complete.

“Ok, TSV, so what? You oredered shoes online, big fucking deal.” Wow, so harsh. Listen, veganistos, this was an extremely important experiment for many reasons. In the nation we refer to as these United States, vegan shoe selection tops out without the inclusion of many euro brands. That sucks! But, if Team BoBo could deliver intact, timely and with killer product, life would become a thousand times more livable. And, without a doubt, they did.

What about the cost of shipping, you ask? Not too bad. Somewhere around $25 US. And amount of time from order to TSV’s lovely doorstep? Ordered 4/23, arrived 5/1 (if the douche bag postman would have done his job properly.) Seven days total. That’s pretty fucking awesome, Veggies!

So, Vegan Nation, The Stylish Vegan’s love affair with Bourgeois Boheme is heating up. I have found my “go to” shoe store without a doubt. And just think, if ever the US dollar miraculously reverses trend and becomes worth something, the possibilties are endless!

On to today’s VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day where we find Savior of the Rain Forest, Sting!

Today we learn from, who else, ecorazzi, that the Policeman has been saving the rainforest now for some 20 years. Amazing! I wonder how that’s going? Doesn’t this guy have four kids?? Let’s see, kids = rain forest products in some capacity, I’m sure. Seems sort of hypocritical to TSV but you keep going, man, just lay off the baby making.

Alright, Vegan Nation, The Stylish Vegan has a brief rant tonight; college fucking basketball. In particular, the NCAA College Men’s Championship.

Apparently, the multi-zillion dollar industry known as collegiate sporting, runs a big, gargantuan tournament each year where 64 teams play in gigantic, energy sucking arenas all around the country. Their common goal, VegHeads, to make it to the Final Four and then win the big game which will bestow lots and lots and lots of money upon their greedy-ass heads.

TSV says, fine. You want to have your asinine tourney, then go right ahead but for the love of Jesus, Mary, Joseph and all of his illegitimate siblings, don’t make it the biggest waste of energy on the planet. Where the fuck is Al Gore when you need him? Oh that’s right, he’s trading carbon credits somewhere on a biofuel yacht, munching on organic bon bons.

“Wow, TSV, take it easy! Did a carnie slip you some chicken broth as an April Fools joke?” No, no, Veganistos, that’s not it at all. What has your hero of all that is fashionable, tasteful and downright stylish in the vegan world, in a tizzy is the goddam double standard surrounding this Global Warming “Crisis” (As CNN would report it). “Walk, don’t use the car when you go to the corner store, every little bit helps” they say with a naive, self-righteous grin on their pseudo green faces. “But don’t fuck with our sports!”

Here’s the gig, Vegan Nation, this tournament of 64 teams ranks them according to who they think should be the Final Four. They play numerous games over a two-week period involving more energy than if I drove my car to the store and back every minute until I died, and end up with, you got it, the teams they thought would be there in the first place! How insanely ignorant is that?!

Now think of all of the resources that go into all of the stadiums, the transport to the games, the tens and tens of thousands of people that expend more natural resources in this fortnight then TSV will use if I live to be 500 years old (I know, it’s hopeful thinking but, sadly, TSV will pass someday, as difficult as that may be for all of you to accept). This, VegHeads, is absolute stupidity at it’s all-American finest!

This, Vegan Nation, is one the endless idiocies that surround that the moronic notion of man made global warming. Enough already! What’s next, cars driving in circles for endless miles in dozens of locations each weekend around this brain dead nation? Oh, that’s right, the pea brains are already a step ahead on this one.

And on a lighter, fashionable note (isn’t that what this site is all about?) our dear friends at Fast & Furless in Minneapolis celebrated their grand opening in their new, substantially bigger location.

Congratulations, Jon and keep bringing animal-happy styles to the frozen prairies of Minnesota!

Finally, gang bangers, TSV brings you a brief installment of The VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day. Our honoree this evening; someone named Miley Cyrus. Of course you may know her as Hannah Montana…or maybe/hopefully not.

Apparently, Ms. Cyrus-Montana (she seems a bit young to have an hyphenated name but she is from the deep south after all) bought this fuel efficient car to “to be a little more friendly to the planet”. Now TSV does not know if that trailer that gets 3 miles to the gallon will always be hauling this energy saver around but I can only hope.

Vegan Nation, The Stylish One is wrapping up a whirlwind of travel and heading back the oh so vegan-friendly Emerald City. This leg of the journey took me to Chicago for a work related art event. Yes, I really do have a real job. Although it was for work, TSV welcomed the chilly air of this midwestern mecca after the Global Warming Experiment that concluded last Wednesday.

Probably the last thing that comes to mind when the Second City is mentioned is vegan restaurants. I mean this is the home of the slaughter house. It almost seems like the kill cows around here just for the hell of it. Steak joints sickly adorn almost every corner and when you run out of cow flesh, Porky Pig is waiting for the carnies to tear his ribs out and suck the sinewy meat from his bones.

But, Veganistos, your hero knows this city well. TSV has dug throughout this Middlewestern killing machine and has found some of the best vegan restaurants in the country. Yes, I did say, best in the country. First up, The Chicago Diner.

A dream come true for The Stylish Vegan. The Diner isn’t an option when in Chicago, VegHeads, it’s a must. Boasting the slogan, “Meat Free Since ‘83″, how could you not love it. I guarantee you, gang, and I don’t guarantee much as you know, you will find unparalleled pies and cakes in addition to the fab food fare at this comfortable establishment. Comfort foods made veganistic. Yum Mee.

The second on the “must eat at or why bother to go to Chicago in the first place” vegan joint is Karyn’s Cooked.

Although you would never know it from their website (come on, Karyn, get with the program), this is a really kick-ass place. Very tastefully decorated, the cuisine is to die for. 100% vegan, 100% awesome. Their vegan pizza is fabu and my enchiladas verdes stuffed with garlic mashed potatoes…unreal.

Now it’s homeward bound for The Stylish Vegan. And you all know what that means; more sensational vegan fashion, food and lifestyle gems, more often. You’re welcome.

Well, Vegan Nation, it’s been a while since we’ve had an installment of the VegNews Frivolous Celeb of the Day. Turning to our favorite feeder of silly “green” celeb gossip, ecorazzi.com, and we are immediately hit with none other than the King of Klimate Change; Al Gore.

Apparently the ex-VP and inventor of the internets, is on 60 Minutes this week spouting off about the climate again. In reference to man-made (and I really emphasize the “man-made” part) climate change, Alberto says, “I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat.”

Look, the world’s getting warmer, we get it. And guess what, once it gets fucking unbearably hot and we’re all gone and melted into goo, it’ll get cold again. Frozen ice cap covering this continent kind of cold. Always has, always will. Why do we treat this man as some kind of genius when kids in elementary school understand that?  I wonder how much Money Bags Al stands to make when his hedge fund begins trading mega carbon credits. It’s a perfect scenario and Mr. Gore stands to profit very, very handsomely. I want in on some of that action!