Sunday afternoon was reserved for the Veg Fest, a total Vegan/Vegetarian showcase of everything from books/lectures/veggie-friendly pleather shoes and purses/and food...lots of delightfully delish veggie and vegan dishes and treats and samples. It was really great trying some new things and old favorites.
Since DH is fairly new to the Vegan-ish scene, it was good for him to sample things to see his likes and dislikes. It was really fun and interesting. I think the best part of the whole experience were the people. I remember years ago, vegetarians seemed to be slotted into two categories: Hippies and Seventh Day Adventists (Thank goodness, they have come a long way from pasty yucky greyish things in a can from Loma Linda products, speaking of which, I wonder if they are still around and if they are any better?) Hey just looked them up, they still look a little dicey but their sister site lists Morningstar which is pretty tasty...But I digress.
Any way, what I was going to say was that there were a huge cross section of people: Young, old, pink-haired, gray-haired, punk, business men, African-American, Asian, Sikhs, Muslim, Christian, Jews, probably atheists and agnostics but I didn't ask, gay, straight, and probably closet meat-eaters just to see what all the fuss was. (A survey asked if you were Vegetarian/New/Long-time/Vegan/Curious, that made me laugh. In the Gay world if you're "Bi-Curious", well, I shouldn't have to explain THAT one, but what do you call a part-time Vegetarian? Bi-Carrot? Bi-Broccoli? Bi-Pork? Bi-Beef? How about Veg-Curious? Hahaha. That cracks me up to think about it. Okay, I thought I totally thought that one up, but I decided to plug it into a search engine and a bunch of stuff comes up! Here's a cool website if you are "Veg-Curious"
http://www.nomeatathlete.com/vegetarian-diet-myths/
Now, back to Saturday and the movie. No, I didn't go looking for a fight. The original plan was to drag DH to a Chick Flick (although I hate that term, it's probably as good a description as any) Then so our son didn't sit home alone all day we thought maybe he could see a movie at the same time that he would prefer. As it turned out, I went to Girl movie alone (my choice!, sort of a birthday gift to my hubby so as not to torture him) and he and our son went to a movie I probably wouldn't go see. Their movie started earlier and as I had some time to kill, I was stopped by a young woman to watch a test trailer and answer some questions about the trailer and how I perceived the movie. As it turned out, the trailer (which I had never seen) was for a movie that I had heard a bit about: Lincoln. (no, not the Vampire movie). This appears to be a dramatic presentation of President Lincoln dealing more in depth into his personal life, his choices that guided him during the horrible period of slavery/Civil War and his family. A lot of "brand" names in the movie and because I am a Lincoln buff, it caught my eye. (It is based on a book called Team of Rivals by one of my favorite authors, who writes a lot about our Presidents and politics.
To read about the book, here is a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Team-Rivals-Political-Abraham-Lincoln/dp/0684824906
So any way, went to the movie: It was so-so. Mostly women in the audience (big surprise) and yes, before you ask, there were talkers and guffawers but I chose to ignore them haha. But, now this is where the magic moment came in:
When the young woman that was asking me questions earlier about my demographics for the movie trailer, I happened to mention that it was my birthday. She wished my a Happy Birthday and she was very sweet. She had asked me what I was seeing and we had made a bit of small talk about the movie. Now this is where it gets good. As I left the movie she was coming towards me down the long hallway (she had her computer/trailer station set up in the lobby) and she was carrying a box.
She walked up to me and handed me the box: it was cupcakes that she had purchased from a store outside the theater and on it she wrote Happy Birthday R...! I was absolutely stunned by her kindness and thoughtfulness. In fact, I kind of got choked up. It was more than cake...it was the reminder that there are more, far more, good people in this life than there are bad ones. I will probably never see her again and have no way to let her know what that meant to me. It was just that Magic Moment that we all treasure, but rarely get to experience. To do that for a stranger was just beyond all words. Thank you Erin! You made the memory of the crazy woman the day before go "Poof!" and disappear....
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