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May. 13th, 2023 05:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsIt has been quite the lovely day today.
We decided to get breakfast at Re.F.Use, we haven't been for a while but the urge hit today, and off we went. We got a Waste Not box while we were there and topped it up with stuff from the community pantry. You never know what is in the boxes until you have a rummage later and this one was decent, a big bag of potatoes, a cabbage, already cooked cabbage, lettuce, croissants, bread, buns, part baked buns, three different kinds of yoghurt, including Actimel, a four pint of milk, herbs, fresh beetroot, three mini trifles, randomly, a bottle of water, a skirt steak, lamb steaks and other things I can't remember right now. Well worth the £15 anyway.
From there we decided to phone and see if Catpawchino had any walk-in spots, and they did. We've been wanting to go for a while as they have a new sphinx kitten, Dobby, and oh my goodness, he's adorable!
We got to Newcastle early for our slot, so spent a bit of time walking along the quayside, looking at the kittiwakes under the Tyne bridge and just sitting in the sunshine, and it was just nice to soak in some sun.
We were the first group into the cafe so that meant we got the prime window seat, which also meant we got to sit next to Dobby. It was such a lovely hour, getting some kitten playtime and some pets of the other cats and chatting to the two ladies in charge and the other customers.
From there we went to the Vegan festival to meet up with Kayleigh, Lucy and Bodhi. We knew it was taking place in the student union building of the uni. What I knew, but apparently had a brain blip about, was Newcastle has two universities and we went to Newcastle student union and not Northumberland's, where we were supposed to go. That mistake led to a lot of walking the Newcastle campus trying to find the others, before realising that yeah, we were in totally the wrong place.
A walk to the car and a quick drive later and we were in the right place and met up with the others and had an hour or so sitting in the sunshine and just passing time with a coffee. I do think James missed the point of a vegan festival though. He saw a stall selling prawns and fancied them as it was well past lunch by then. I told him they'd be vegan prawns as even the coffee stall was only using plant milk, but he was insistent that it said prawns on the menu so they'd be prawns. And they were prawns, of the vegetarian kind. He did eat and like them, though.
And now we're home and it's nearly Eurovision final time.
We decided to get breakfast at Re.F.Use, we haven't been for a while but the urge hit today, and off we went. We got a Waste Not box while we were there and topped it up with stuff from the community pantry. You never know what is in the boxes until you have a rummage later and this one was decent, a big bag of potatoes, a cabbage, already cooked cabbage, lettuce, croissants, bread, buns, part baked buns, three different kinds of yoghurt, including Actimel, a four pint of milk, herbs, fresh beetroot, three mini trifles, randomly, a bottle of water, a skirt steak, lamb steaks and other things I can't remember right now. Well worth the £15 anyway.
From there we decided to phone and see if Catpawchino had any walk-in spots, and they did. We've been wanting to go for a while as they have a new sphinx kitten, Dobby, and oh my goodness, he's adorable!
We got to Newcastle early for our slot, so spent a bit of time walking along the quayside, looking at the kittiwakes under the Tyne bridge and just sitting in the sunshine, and it was just nice to soak in some sun.
We were the first group into the cafe so that meant we got the prime window seat, which also meant we got to sit next to Dobby. It was such a lovely hour, getting some kitten playtime and some pets of the other cats and chatting to the two ladies in charge and the other customers.
From there we went to the Vegan festival to meet up with Kayleigh, Lucy and Bodhi. We knew it was taking place in the student union building of the uni. What I knew, but apparently had a brain blip about, was Newcastle has two universities and we went to Newcastle student union and not Northumberland's, where we were supposed to go. That mistake led to a lot of walking the Newcastle campus trying to find the others, before realising that yeah, we were in totally the wrong place.
A walk to the car and a quick drive later and we were in the right place and met up with the others and had an hour or so sitting in the sunshine and just passing time with a coffee. I do think James missed the point of a vegan festival though. He saw a stall selling prawns and fancied them as it was well past lunch by then. I told him they'd be vegan prawns as even the coffee stall was only using plant milk, but he was insistent that it said prawns on the menu so they'd be prawns. And they were prawns, of the vegetarian kind. He did eat and like them, though.
And now we're home and it's nearly Eurovision final time.
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Date: 2023-05-13 06:55 pm (UTC)I wish we had something like Re.F.Use around here. My brother is part of a co-op. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but they'll get a case of one type of fruit for a very low price. The problem is, it's hard for them to get through it even with 3-4 people (depending on if his daughter is home), and they do end up giving stuff away to my other brother and I suppose neighbors, too. If I was closer, I'd probably get some freebies there! LOL
Vegan prawns certainly don't sound at all appetizing to me, but I'm glad James enjoyed them! *G*
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Date: 2023-05-24 10:02 am (UTC)The new kitty cafe was great! It had a nice vibe about it and I think it's going to be one we visit again very soon.
My brother is part of a co-op. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but they'll get a case of one type of fruit for a very low price. The problem is, it's hard for them to get through it even with 3-4 people (depending on if his daughter is home), and they do end up giving stuff away to my other brother and I suppose neighbors, too. If I was closer, I'd probably get some freebies there! LOL
That sounds like an excellent scheme too. That's the only thing with things like this and the Waste Not Boxes, you don't get to chose what you want so often you do have to give stuff away. Which is good for the people getting the freebies at least.
You know what made me laugh about the vegan prawns? They were battered but inside had been coloured in stripey pink to sort of look like a prawn. That was attention to detail I wasn't expecting.
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Date: 2023-05-13 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-05-15 07:56 pm (UTC)I've never been a fan of cabbage, but I'm glad you're enjoying it! :)
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Date: 2023-05-14 10:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-15 12:12 pm (UTC)He was so sure the prawns would be actual prawns. He even pointed out that the stall had a painting of a fish as part of its logo, at which point I pointed out that the stall was called 'Saving Nemo' And he still didn't get it! *g*
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Date: 2023-05-15 12:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-16 07:28 pm (UTC)Sounds like you'd a great time both at the cat cafe and at the festival. James and prawns made me giggle.
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Date: 2023-05-24 09:57 am (UTC)James and his prawns still makes me laugh. He was adamant they would be real prawns.
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