I'm still not blogging from NYC

For real.

Ok, I'm a broken record: NYC HAS THE BEST FOOD IN THE WORLD.  And they have the best collection of vegan restaurants ever recorded (that's your Laura fact of the day).  Check out this site that rates each restaurant based on vegan-ness!  It guided me to "Caravan of Dreams" in the East Village - score!  I enjoyed the Live Sampler - everything was fresh, vegan, and raw (flax chips, avocado, mango, jicima, daikon, greens with lemon-basil dressing, and stuffed tomatoes).  Kathleen was a brave and supportive friend, and she ended up really liking her sweet potato ravioli with nut cream.
Then we braved the windy, chilly, rainy streets of "alphabet city" and sought out Lula's Sweet Apothecary, which is pretty much the only vegan ice cream parlor I've ever heard of.  And. It. Was. GLORIOUS.  Everything is vegan - even the toppings - and they make all the ice creams from cashew cream (they make on site) or coconut milk or a combo of the two.  It tasted like the most amazing creamy decadent ice cream ever.  The peanut butter fudge was seriously heaven on a Wednesday.  Another perk of this place (man this non-blog-post is really turning into a Yelp review), was the old-fashioned radio music floating around the tiny parlor; it reminded me of the AM radio station that Grandpa plays in the barn.  Classy.