Once again, I have proven myself to be horrible at updating. I've gone on a lot of daytrips this past month: to Savage Mill, to Edgar Allen Poe's house and gravesite (that was amazing), to see the new Harry Potter movie... For the Fourth of July my parents and brother came down, and we watched fireworks over the harbor from the deck of a Civil War-era warship. It's all been a lot of fun.

Work has been good. I'm still working on that restaurant guide, along with Kristen. We're also working on a survey on people's reasons for being vegetarian. I had no idea how much work goes behind doing something like that. Kristen started it before she came here, a week before me, and we're still not done contacting people, let alone putting the results into a readable format.

I'm also reviewing products for our magazine's Veggie Bits section. Kristen and I made curry for the staff using sauces from the company I am reviewing now. It was delicious! One of the best parts of this job is getting so much good food. My coworker Jeannie got some new meat analogues from Heather Mills (literally--she met her at a conference), and we spent two days dining on fishsticks, hamburgers, hot dogs, and bacon. They all tasted amazing, and it was a great opportunity to have vegetarian food that I can't find easily in rural Ohio.

This weekend we're going to Washington D.C. for the Taking Action for Animals conference. I'm very excited. We'll be staying with my friend KK (who is interning there) so we can stay longer and do some sightseeing. It will be wonderful to see KK again, and I can't wait to tour yet another city this summer!