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Greetings!
Holy Tomatoes! We won 2nd place for Best Food at the Taste of Thornton Park last week. That's right folks, Dexter's took 1st, but we are honored that our food was recognized as we were in some very fancy company with Midnight Blue, HUE, The Beacon, City Fish and a bunch of other GREAT local restaurants in competition! Huge thanks to Sandra Diaz, vegan menu creatress extraordinaire and the flexitarian judges who were smitten with our organic, homemade food! Shucks, we didn't even bring any chili with us! Ha ha ha ha ha...next year we'll take 'em by surprise with our secret weapon!
In other news, some of you may be aware that we are a communiTEA cafe, and as such we are in the process of updating our 100% organic tea menu and making loose leaf tea purchases much easier to purchase (I know, I know, you're welcome!). So, next time you come in, you'll see all of our tea's on display in a fancy fashion.
ALSO, we've totally been putting off opening up in the morning since, well, since we opened, but we've procrastinated long enough and have realized it's about darn time we started getting up even earlier. And Monday's, we'll start opening on Monday's too. We're very enthusiastic about all this. Really. When? Well, we think this all will start Nov 5th, but no promises if we need to hit the snooze button another week.
More updates on both of these major developments this later, as we are uber busy with VegFest (see below) this week.
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Join us at Veg Fest this Saturday at Loch Haven Park
The much anticipated return of Veg Fest is almost here! We'll be busy making lots of hummus, chili and dressing over the next few days & we'll also have very special vegan sweets including vegan cupcakes, Funky Monkey (chocolate peanut butter banana bread anyone? it's gluten free!) and also a selection of gluten free cookies!
Join us Saturday, Oct 27th, 10am - 6pm at Loch Haven Park
Live music on two stages, national big time speakers, kid fun, plus 150+ vendors!
VegFest will be a solar powered event thanks to these folks!
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Put the Sun in the "Sunshine" State
I've been meaning to post something about solar power forever, and finally the opportunity to bring it up has arrived! With so much at stake from global warming, & being the "Sunshine" State, Florida has got to take the lead in eliminating greenhouse gas pollution. The Florida Solar Roofs Initiative is the way to do it. It will:
- Generate enough zero-pollution solar energy to cut out more than 20 coal-fired power plants-the single biggest source of global-warming pollution.
- Use solar panels ("photovoltaics") and solar water heating ("solar thermal") each for at least 2% of the state's energy, by 2020.
- Save you money, by letting you run your electricity meter backwards ("net metering") when you install solar power on your roof.
- Help offset the cost of installing solar panels on the roof of every house and business that wants them. (Wouldn't it be GREAT to see solar panels on the cafe??)
- Cap the cost of the program at less than 1% of current utility rates. Almost 80% of Floridians are willing to pay this much, according to a recent poll.
The coal industry is launching a major campaign to kill any real move to renewable energy. (The same bad boys that practice Mountaintop Removal!) If you want a sane, clean energy future, you might want to learn more and sign the petition to let our elected officials know that you want a clean energy future!
For more information on solar energy in Florida, please check out our friends at Solar Ray - these guys will be powering VegFest this Saturday & our own sign is illuminated by one of their lights!
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Mark Your Calendars!
EVERY TUESDAY: Diverse Word Poetry & Spoken Word @ Dandelion 9pm with Tarot Readings by local psychic Dikki Jo Mullen EVERY WEDNESDAY at Noon: Front Porch Radio hosted by Julie Norris on WPRK 91.5 Rollins College, www.wprkdj.org Saturday, 10.27.07 Veg Fest @ Loch Haven Park 10am-6pm Thursday, 11.01.07 Art Opening @ Dandelion 9pm featuring the artwork of Elizabeth Shupe, Ryan Kittelson, Jen Fekete & Ken Duke
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Sustainably yours,
Julie Norris, Proprietor
Dandelion Communitea Cafe
Certified Green by Co-op America 618 N Thornton Ave | OurLando, FL 32803 | 407.362.1864
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
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