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Meetup Reviews

Reviews from
Chicago Veggie Pride Parade Organizational Meeting on Saturday Jan 28, 2012

Meetup Rating
4.505

Attendees
16
Great first meeting! Lots of good ideas and passion about the Veggie Pride Parade! I am looking forward to working with everyone and contributing to a successful 1st Chicago Veggie Pride Parade! :)
— Jessica McGarry
Good meeting. I am excited to work with the team and make this a huge success.
— Siri
Good meeting. There is a lot of enthusiasm, and I think the project is off to a hopeful start.
— John Beske
Reviews from
Dinner and Cooking Demo for only $10. on Wednesday Jan 25, 2012

Meetup Rating
5.0011

Attendees
25
Great food and it was nice to see recipes prepared at the event.
— Carrie Nutter
The cooking demo was good and it was interesting to learn about cooking without oil.
— Marielle
It was great.
— Lidia
A fun meet-up. I would defenitely attend a similar one in the future. Not very often you can walk away from a cooking demonstration being able to utilize 100% of the recipes. I am looking forward to making them at home.
— Katie Goers
The food was good, the cooking lesson and recipes were better.
— James
This was an excellent event. Katie was absolutely fabulous-funny, engaging, entertaining, and open to questions and comments. The event was a great value-$10 for a full meal, plus the class, including all the samples!
— Isabel and Scott
It was fun and an interesting chance to taste some new foods, get new cooking ideas, and talk with different people. Thank you to Chef Katie, our leader Vadim for connecting us with this event, and Whole Foods for hosting!
— Reid
The food was delicious and abundant. Chef Katie was awesome! We had a great time! Thanks, Vadim!! We're looking forward to the next one in March.
— Robin
It was a great time!! I really enjoy Our chef Katie!!!! She was so fun and witty!!!!
— Rain is a Social Budda-FLY!
Reviews from
Raw Food Potluck at Green Spirit on Sunday Jan 22, 2012

Meetup Rating
5.003

Attendees
20
The potluck at Green Spirit was a wonderful event to meet some lovely people, indulge my taste-buds, and to further acquaint me with the world of raw v*ganism. Thank you to Linda and Vadim for hosting and organizing.
— Kseniya
I had a great time, with a nice, friendly, group of people. We shared some very delectable creations!
— Les
Thank you everyone for joining and sharing your yummy food! Special thanks to Linda for offering her space and demo of raw dessert making!
— Vadim
Reviews from
"Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" - Free lecture by Dr. Melanie Joy on Tuesday Jan 17, 2012

Meetup Rating
5.0012

Attendees
65
Melanie was excellent and did a wonderful job. thank you for arranging this great event.
— mark gillono
Great lecture, thank you.
— Kseniya
The event was fine, but I would have preferred to go to the vegan advocacy event instead. When the meetup was changed, it wasn't clear that the event had not changed, merely that the meetup was doing something different. If that had been clearer, I would have chosen to go on my own to the advocacy workshop and not the meetup event. I get that the goal is to get folks to attend meetup events, but sometimes, the larger goal of providing resources to the community should inform the decision making so that the communication is clearer.
— Isabel and Scott
Made me think about my diet and my relationship with the rest of the earth.
— Don
I really liked this speaker and the way she combined psychology, sociology and the dominant cultural "norms" into explanations for the diets people adapt. I was really happy to hear someone who thought "outside the box" and looks at the details when it comes to "why we eat what we eat" and is not afraid to question and examine the validity of the status quo. I thought I was the only one who did that when it came to diet! I liked the comparsions to some of the human atrocities like war to the factory farms and the way animals are treated because I really don't think they are all that different.
— Kimberly
Good lecture, hope more people attend it who are not already vegan.
— Siri
Excellent speaker , very well thought-out ideas & professional presentation. Perhaps the best I've seen. I'm very glad someone like her "is on our side"...
— Ken
It was a wonderful lecture and strongly emphasized my wanting to embrace a full vegan lifestyle.
— Fatenah Issa
Reviews from
Shape-Up for HEART! on Saturday Jan 14, 2012

Meetup Rating
4.509

Attendees
40
Great event!
— Carrie Nutter
I could have enjoyed it much better if I was somewhat physically fit. Considering joining.
— Natalie Michelle
Well organized...wonderful caring people! A great turn out and looking forward to the next one!
— Elizabeth Tampe
What a great event! Had so much fun, feeling the burn today though. The lecture was fantastic, would love to see more lectures and bring my children so they can learn more and hopefully convert. Also really enjoyed meeting the folks of Heart and learning about their organization.
— Pauline
This was my first meetup with this group and I really enjoyed it! Love the gym's philosophy as well as the organization sponsored! Thank you Vadim et al for organizing!
— Susan
Wow, great little workout, and it all came from a gym that supports a plant based diet. Thanks to Vadim and Mickey for organizing.
— Kseniya
Reviews from
Native Foods Cafe Grand Pre-Opening! - 1 PM on Saturday Dec 31, 2011

Meetup Rating
5.0011

Attendees
65
Great Food! It was very generous of them. Thank you.
— Diana