vegetarian

To make a really long story short, we misread our ticket and arrived only 40 minutes before our plane departed for Denver. Naturally, our bags didn't make it and we had to wait for the next plane from Orlando to deliver our clothes for the week and. . .more diapers. Paul did some research and found a vegetarian restaurant in downtown Denver where we could spend our time. Although the GPS took us an odd way through a not-so-nice area of town, we eventually got to Uptown and had no trouble parking near this amazing restaurant.

WaterCourse Foods is designed much like Dandelion CommuniTea Cafe with its re-purposed surroundings and more hippie wait staff who worked very hard to clean up tables quickly. We liked our waiter, Eric, who was very nice and knowledgeable--except for the fact that he told Paul the chili sauce was not hot.

Cost Per Person $13.25

I came across an interesting article in the Self Magazine from February 2009. Again, remember I read the magazines at the office during my lunch break. Because magazines travel to different consulting rooms and waiting rooms sometimes I am delayed in coming across interesting information.

The article entitled Veg Out! had some entertaining pictures and a scale of where some celebrities fall on the vegetarian spectrum. It also had some recipes, a list of reasons why you should not become a vegetarian (which I agreed with), and some health comparisons on the benefits and "pitfalls" of being a vegetarian.

Although it's a great read for new vegetarians who are learning details about their food choices, I was concerned about some of the facts in the article. Firstly, you will find few vegetarians who classify "flexitarians" as being vegetarian at all. In truth, it is not a definition about "not eating food without a face." It simply says meat is not a regular dietary item--either by choice or for another reason (economics, etc.). Some vegetarians get upset when meat-eaters claim to be vegetarians because meat isn't a daily part of their menu.