Restaurant Review: Loving Hut - Huntington Beach, CA

Loving Hut is a vegan chain I’ve been meaning to try for a long, long time. According to their website, "Loving Hut Restaurants are the fastest growing international vegan fast food chain in the world"! Each location has their own unique menu, but no matter where you go they are committed to offering up the very best and fresh vegan dishes. For some reason, though, I'd never made it to one of their SoCal locations before...until last week!

I visited their Huntington Beach location one sunny afternoon and was greeted by a small but bright and clean restaurant with very friendly service. I ogled the menu a bit (doncha wish you could just order one of everything sometimes?) and finally decided on the Pad Thai (I know, tame!) and Thai iced tea (OMG, I haven’t EVER seen vegan Thai iced tea and this was the first time since going vegan that I got to have it! I was stoked…) while Mister Spooky went with the Sweet and Sour Divine. For an appetizer, we ordered the spring rolls. The prices were all very reasonable and the food plus drinks came in at under $25!

The spring rolls tasted very fresh and on a warm day were perfectly refreshing! Mister Spooky and I both loved the peanut dipping sauce that came with the rolls, too. Next were the main courses…my Pad Thai was a huuuuge portion. It had those strange tofu shrimp throughout (my first time trying these…didn’t dig them too much). Besides the odd vegan “shrimp”, the Pad Thai was spicy, flavorful and really hit the spot. Especially when paired with my Thai iced tea (OMG, how much I missed thee!!). My boyfriend's Sweet and Sour Divine (think a vegan version of sweet and sour chicken) was really tasty and while it wasn’t a big portion he said it was still satisfying (and he usually has an insatiable appetite!). 

By the end of the meal, we were both stuffed and even had leftovers to take home. I was tempted to try some of their delectable-looking desserts, but they would have to wait until my next visit. And let me assure you, I will definitely go back to Loving Hut...which may be my new new go-to vegan place! 

Check out my review on YELP!

Tonight's Viewing: Earthlings (2005)

One of the most important, most difficult to watch documentaries I've ever seen.

One of the few films that makes me cry.

In my opinion, this film is one everyone should watch, but few have seen.

Happy Half-Way to Halloween!

Yay for Easter surprises, especially when they come from Trick 'r Treat creator Michael Dougherty and our friendly Samhain mascot, Sam!

Check out the Easter-themed video courtesy of FEARnet below!

Disappearing Acts and other Curiosities

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Gah! It's been a few weeks since I've haunted the hallowed halls of this little blog, so I apologize, dear readers (errrrr...if there are any left).

What is the reason behind my disappearing act? Hmmm...well it might have something to do with my discovery and subsequent tumbling (tee hee) head-over-heels for Tumblr (sorry Blogger...it's not you, it's me; we aren't breaking up, but consider this an open relationship from here on out).

Fear not! I will still be posting on here...March is nearly over and spring is here (though the weather suggests otherwise) and it's always during this time that the Halloween bug bites...HARD. Plus I have a bunch of vegan products I want to review and there's always a grab-bag of horror goodies for me to talk about. So look for more posts, rants, raves, etc. coming...eventually!

And if you have a Tumblr, check out mine HERE!

Random Photo Post: Bay Area Travels

Hello spooklings! Apologies for my long absence from my home-away-from-home (as I like to think of this blog), but real life has been kickin' my butt lately!!

Hopefully I can get my blogging back on track (it's insanely relaxing for me, as weird as that may sound), but until then I have some photos to share with you from a recent trip I took to visit my family up in the Bay Area over President's Day weekend this past February. It was a short trip (and freezing cold!!) but it was awesome to be able to see the fam!

Below you'll find some random photos Mister Spooky and I snapped on the trip!

Yahoo.com Interviews Me for Women in Horror Month!

This past Valentine's Day I got a pretty rad gift...I was featured on Yahoo.com for Women in Horror Month!! I'm a little late sharing the link on here for a few reasons: 1.) I've been super-busy, 2.) I was out of town and "out of the office" for a while, and, lastly, 3.) I didn't want to overshadow other great (and more meaningful) Women in Horror celebrations happening!

But I'm sharing now, so if you haven't checked it out already, go read it! Since I do a lot of interviews over at Fatally-Yours.com, it was refreshing to be answering questions instead of asking them. It was pretty exciting being interviewed (not to mention an honor), and I think it turned out well.

Check it out below and tell me what you think!

Celebrating 'Women in Horror Recognition Month' with Fatally-Yours.com

Zombie-Themed Valentine's Day Cards

After posting some awesome horror-themed V-Day cards, I started looking for more cool Valentine's Day cards and came across the cool zombie cards below, perfect for your undead honey-bunny...

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Horror-Themed Valentine Day Cards

UPDATE: Check out even more spooky Valentine's Day cards on my post HERE!

Valentine's Day isn't really my thing, but I just couldn't resist sharing these awesome horror-inspired Valentine's Day cards by artist Zandria Ann Sturgill aka ZAS. She is so cool that she offers these V-Day cards for FREE, so go visit her awesome site and think about supporting her amazing art!

Freddy <3!

Have a tasty Valentine's Day with Hannibal

  Free hugs courtesy of the Alien alien

UPDATE: Check out even more spooky Valentine's Day cards on my post HERE!

Tim Burton Art Exhibition at LACMA Opens May 2011

I am SOOOOOOO going to this!

From the LACMA site:

May 29, 2011–October 31, 2011

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will present Tim Burton, a major retrospective exploring the full range of Tim Burton's creative work, both as a director of live-action and animated films, and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. Taking inspiration from popular culture, fairy tales, and traditions of the gothic, Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of a personal vision.

On view at LACMA from May 29 through October 31, 2011, the exhibition brings together over 700 drawings, paintings, photographs, moving-image works, storyboards, puppets, concept artworks, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera, including art from a number of unrealized and little-known personal projects. Many of these objects come from the artist's own archive, as well as from studio archives and private collections of Burton's collaborators.
This exhibition was organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

This exhibition was organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

The Los Angeles presentation was made possible in part by LACMA’s Wallis Annenberg Director’s Endowment Fund.

I cannot wait!

Tonight's Viewing: Buried (2010)

Buried (2010)

Ok, Van Wilder, let's see what you got...

Seriously diggin' the amazing posters above, though!