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Last September I lived for 30 days as a vegetarian. During that time, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, challenged me to take it one step further and go vegan. This year I did. A quick recap: Vegetarians don’t eat anything that— at one time— had a face or a tail. Vegans are vegetarians whoContinue reading “Vegan Journal V— The Final Vegan Column”

Last September I lived for 30 days as a vegetarian. During that time, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, challenged me to take it one step further and go vegan. This year I did. A quick recap: Vegetarians don’t eat anything that— at one time— had a face or a tail. Vegans are vegetarians whoContinue reading “Vegan IV”

Last September I lived for 30 days as a vegetarian. During that time, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, challenged me to take it one step further and go vegan. This year I did. A quick recap: Vegetarians don’t eat anything that— at one time— had a face or a tail. Vegans are vegetarians whoContinue reading “Vegan Journal— Week Three”

Last September I lived for 30 days as a vegetarian. During that time, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, challenged me to take it one step further and go vegan. This year I did. A quick recap: Vegetarians don’t eat anything that— at one time— had a face or a tail. Vegans are vegetarians whoContinue reading “Vegan Journal— Week Two”

Last September I lived for 30 days as a vegetarian. During that time, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, challenged me to take it one step further and go vegan. This year I did. A quick recap: Lacto-ovo vegetarians don’t eat anything that— at one time— had a face or a tail (some break itContinue reading “Vegan Journal—Week One”

In 2009, I spent the entire month of September as a vegetarian. The impetus for the month-long lifestyle change was in response to a billboard campaign in Florida in which the controversial animal-rights outfit, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, posted a picture of a very large woman with the tagline, “Save the Whales,Continue reading “Veganism 2010”

I catered a big party in Jackson over the weekend. It was a fundraiser featuring the cast and crew of the movie “The Help.” The actresses, actors, director, and producers took a break from filming in Greenwood and were all bussed down to the event site in Madison. We created an elaborate spread for theContinue reading “Lights, Camera, Vegan”

MEMPHIS— I am up here on a blow-in-race-out trip for business. After arriving at my hotel late on a Sunday evening, I was looking for something quick and close so I could get back to my room and watch “Mad Men.” I was also hoping to stay in the Italian genre. My first two choicesContinue reading “An Attitude of Gratitude”

POINT CLEAR, AL— In a journal on my bedside table, I keep of list of things I hope to see before I die. 1.) My children graduating from college with graduate-level degrees 2.) The Louvre 3.) Victoria Falls 4.) The Caribbean Islands by sailboat 5.) The Great Wall of China 6.) Fiji 7.) Canada byContinue reading “Jubilee”