Treegans.com: the continuing adventures of KC and Dooz - two vegans living in the woods

greetings from asbury park

We're back from our trip to Asbury Park to see Jeff Beck at the Paramount Theater.  Pictures from the trip are now available in our photo gallery.  An amazing show!  The opener, Dublin rockabilly queen Imelda May, was incredible - you owe it to yourself to give her a listen and buy her stuff.   We'll be following her for years to come.

Jeff Beck lived up to his reputation.  His skills almost defy explanation.  Guitar god, virtuoso, legend:  you name the description, his performance blows it away.  It's unlikely that any other guitarist can close a show with an instrumental version of Nessun Dorma, bringing the crowd to its feet with both cheers and tears. Simply awesome.

See what you've been missing on Beck's new album Emotion & Commotion, available on iTunes.

an idiot's guide to new york

We went to New York City in late April to see a couple of shows and pig out on fantastic vegan food (naturally). 

On our first night we caught Lewis Black with John Bowman at New York's City Center.  We've seen Lew a number of times over the years, and he never disappoints.

On our final night in town we went to the St. James Theater to see Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway.  It's a terrific show that we highly recommend.  We had a great time, and got a much-needed Green Day fix while we wait for the U.S. tour to kick off in August.

green day in nyc

We just returned from our latest adventure: a trip to see Green Day on back-to-back nights at New York's legendary Madison Square Garden - July 27th & 28th.  A couple of great shows - both Springsteen-like in length and entertainment value.  This picture was taken by one of the Verizon staffers before the first night's concert (Verizon is sponsoring the tour). We've got a few more pictures from the show available in our photo gallery.

We also managed to do a bit of the vegan tourist thing while we were in town, with a shopping trip to Moo Shoes on the Lower East side, dinner at Gobo in West Village, and some outrageous organic dairy-free ice cream at a joint we found on 2nd Ave called Stogo. 

We had a blast!  Now, if you don't mind, please keep your voice down...we could use a nap.

pup on the beach

Rosie's back from her first vacation - a quick road trip to Rehoboth Beach, DE. 

The weather was pretty decent, and she was on her best behavior.  This picture was taken at Delaware Seashore State Park - one of the few beaches where dogs are allowed.  Rosie's not interested in the water all that much, but she seemed to have fun just being a beach bum.

new orleans 2009

We finally uploaded some pictures of our recent trip to the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.  You can check 'em out here.

inauguration trip

We've got a lot of stories and a ton of photos from our trip to DC for the inauguration. We'll have a photo album ready for you to check out this weekend - promise!

weekend at the shore

Just got back from a long weekend in Rehoboth Beach.  It ain't the south of France, but it is the south of Delaware, which must count for something. 

Great fall weather, lots of fun.

a vacation of "almost"s

We visited friends in cleveland, OH. Our long weekend was cut short, however, by an untimely illness. Instead of leaving Friday, we left very early Saturday (barely saturday!) and RIck drove while I continued to sleep off the nyquil. We stayed at a charming B&B in burton, OH. Not really having much of a plan, Rick, Alice, Robert, and myself took Robert's & Alice's kids to a nephew's for the day and we headed off for adventure. Robert suggested heading to the Erie Islands, which we almost did, but missed the ferry by minutes (the next one wouldn't be for another 2 hours). Hungry, we went in search of food and ended up on the outskirts of Cedar Point, at a cafe on the lake. then we went downtown to the R&R hall of fame... which had closed a half hour before. (that's me in the photo in front of the museum and alice on the phone telling robert not to bother parking). We then took a colorful tour of the city in the back seat of robert's enormous SUV.

It was great to see good friends for almost a long weekend, almost go to the erie islands, almost go to cedar point, and almost see the rock & roll hall of fame.

Robert's done great work on the house and completely redid the basement, including a beautiful, handmade irish bar (he can make one for you, too! check it out: <http://slaymakerwoodworks.com/index.htm). Tell him we sent you!