A couple of weekends ago I headed over to the East Bay to hang out with my derby wife, Molly Mayhem (retired Bay Area Derby Girl). Her and I had a hang out date and we decided to trek over to the Alameda Antique Fair. Normally I love to sleep in on Sunday mornings but we wanted to hit the fair semi-early so everything wouldn’t be too picked over. I picked Molly up from Bart at 9am and we were off to the fair. Despite the massive size of the fair and getting there early; we didn’t end up buying anything too excited (I did score some cute buttons and a vintage owl decoration for halloween). Although I did fall in love with a red vintage table and chair set but it was $1000! The most excited part of the fair was the food! There was a food vendor that was selling vegan banana beignets (pictured above). The beignets were slightly crispy bits of fried batter and banana; similar to a donut hole. There were a couple of food vendors that were selling vegan food (an African food booth and an Indian food booth) which was nice to have options.

After walking around the fair for a couple of hours, Molly and i were hungry again. We headed over to our favorite pizza place in the East Bay, Lanesplitters (the Oakland location). We split a vegan Chicane pizza (sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, artichoke hearts, and Lanesplitter’s vegan cheese) and I had a tall glass of pink lemonaide (pictured above). Overall, it was a wonderful way to spend a sunny summer day in the East Bay.