21!

I recently celebrated my 21st birthday. It was so much fun and I got to spend it with my friends, family, and my dog. It was a bittersweet birthday. I found out 2 days before my birthday that my dog, Zoe, has progressed cancer and this will be my last birthday I get to spend with her. Lucky for me, I got to spend 15 years with her. I have to say that if it weren't for Zoe I wouldn't love animals as much as I do and I probably wouldn't be vegan. I also wouldn't have been able to enjoy my vegan birthday cake and vegan cupcakes.

 My best friend, Mary, baked me a vegan carrot cake for my birthday. It was delicious, delicious, delicious! I've had the same cake for 3 years in a row!

 After celebrating my birthday with my friends, I went to Las Vegas to visit my family. My sisters surprised me with 3 Water Course Mini Cakes all the way from Denver!! I got a Ho Ho Chocolate Cake, Strawberry Cake, and Carrot Cake.

They were all so good! I also got to go to a fancy restaurant at the Wynn. For those of you who aren't familiar with Steve Wynn...He owns probably half of the strip in LV. He recently opened a hotel named after him called the Wynn and then the Encore. You're probably wondering why I'm giving a biography of the guy. Well, he is Vegan. So, all of the restaurants in the Wynn have a pretty large Vegan option list. We ate at a restaurant called Stratta. It was SO good. I got Chickpea Soup with Kale and Vegan Pizza with Soy Cheese.

 It was so good, decadent, and nice! But, it's quite the expensive place so it's a good place to go celebrate. I love the soup so much that I'm trying to find a way to recreate it! Once I do it will be up here! Any who, I think that's all.

Happy 21 to me!