11/1 A Winner and A Question
Happy First Day of November. Hope you had a magical Halloween. We woke up and watched Dial M For Murder in our jammies, while enjoying our morning coffee. It was SO decadent and luxurious. It felt like being on vacation. I recommend you try some version of this experience as soon as you can. Unplugging can be healing.
Later we made salt and pepper pumpkin seeds to share at a bonfire with friends. We enjoyed some Witch’s Brew wine and gave out vegan candies to the little and not so little ones. I may have consumed more than my allotment of Sour Patch Kids and Chewy Sweet Tarts.
Winner Announced
Congratulations Bobbe A. You are the winner of the GO Vegan Week prize pack! You will receive a bountiful package full of fantastic veg recipes and magazines. Enjoy browsing and trying some new vegetarian and vegan dishes.
A Question
Over the weekend I saw the strangest thing. I was eating a banana when I spied the Chiquita sticker (like usual). This time there was a tiny advertisement on the sticker for a Wii game. I couldn’t decide if I was enraged or impressed. For a split second I was a little bit freaked out that they had used the magnificent protective shell of a banana as a billboard. Is nothing sacred? I can understand why you would put your own company name on your product, but when did you start selling ad space on your bananas?
So, can a cleverly placed ad campaign for a video game actually encourage inactive banana consumers to play or exercise more through the purchase of an active Wii game? I am not sure if I can make that leap of faith. But, if it could actually accomplish that, then it would be a wonderful and beneficial thing. Or…is it just a gigantic financial deal between Chiquita and Wii and a manipulative way to get people to buy more video games? I haven’t decided, so I thought I would pose the question to ponder. Maybe have a banana with your cereal and think about it.
Have a delicious day.
Tags: Chiquita ad campaign, Chiquita banana, compassionate eating, going veg, plant based diet, plant based foods, trying vegan, trying vegetarian, vegan challenge, vegan experience, vegan wannabe
