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Vegan of the Week: Doh Driver
Photo by Rebecca Bolte, All Rights Reserved (c) 2010, www.rebeccabolte.com
Name: Doh Driver
Age: 40
Neighborhood: North Seattle
Vegan Circa: 2001
Why I Find Her Interesting: She is one of the co-owners of the most beloved Wayward Vegan Cafe. But more importantly, you won't meet anyone more knowledgeable or passionate about vegan products than Doh. She knows every ingredient, history, maker, and manufacturing process you can imagine. Why? She has to make sure everything at Sidecar is 100% vegan. She also manages to wrangle ~20 volunteers (without being able to pay or fire them); and she does it with charm, humor, and patience. She also used to teach Sivananda yoga, worked in restaurants for 10 years, worked in record stores for 8 years, and studied International Development, Women's Studies, and Spanish. Plus she has a rad name. Am I right?
Why Vegan: "After 11 years as a vegetarian, it dawned on me one day that I might as well go vegan. I was hardly eating any diary products or eggs at that point; I realized I was nearly there, so ... why not? It was just logical. There was no "a-ha" moment, and I hadn't learned anything new that convinced me. Only after I went vegan did I find out just how horrendous the dairy and egg industries were, as well as all the other reasons to go vegan." - Doh Driver
Spends Time:
-Doing "non-profit" work as one of the owners of Wayward Vegan Cafe. (That's a joke, it's theoretically a for-profit business.)
-As the full-time manager the all-vegan store, Sidecar for Pigs Peace, which is owned by Pigs Peace Sanctuary. She says she is ridiculously happy there because she is able to promote veganism and help make it accessible, She loves helping her consistently awesome customers. (Sounds like a dream job, but I've seen her work, it is HARD).
-Staying involved with her son's school. (He is 11 and has been vegan his whole life).
-Helping other parents put the principles of Positive Discipline into practice in their lives, via a listserv.
-She has also volunteered as a rape crisis counselor, and a meal-delivery service for AIDS patients.
Doh Suggests: that we all support vegan businesses!
If you see Doh on the street: talk to her about rescued greyhounds, or vitamin D deficiency.
Get to know Doh better by coming into Sidecar during the week day hours (10a-5p), or by becoming fans of Sidecar and Wayward on Facebook.
Vegan of the Week: Doh Driver
Photo by Rebecca Bolte, All Rights Reserved (c) 2010, www.rebeccabolte.com
Name: Doh Driver
Age: 40
Neighborhood: North Seattle
Vegan Circa: 2001
Why I Find Her Interesting: She is one of the co-owners of the most beloved Wayward Vegan Cafe. But more importantly, you won't meet anyone more knowledgeable or passionate about vegan products than Doh. She knows every ingredient, history, maker, and manufacturing process you can imagine. Why? She has to make sure everything at Sidecar is 100% vegan. She also manages to wrangle ~20 volunteers (without being able to pay or fire them); and she does it with charm, humor, and patience. She also used to teach Sivananda yoga, worked in restaurants for 10 years, worked in record stores for 8 years, and studied International Development, Women's Studies, and Spanish. Plus she has a rad name. Am I right?
Why Vegan: "After 11 years as a vegetarian, it dawned on me one day that I might as well go vegan. I was hardly eating any diary products or eggs at that point; I realized I was nearly there, so ... why not? It was just logical. There was no "a-ha" moment, and I hadn't learned anything new that convinced me. Only after I went vegan did I find out just how horrendous the dairy and egg industries were, as well as all the other reasons to go vegan." - Doh Driver
Spends Time:
-Doing "non-profit" work as one of the owners of Wayward Vegan Cafe. (That's a joke, it's theoretically a for-profit business.)
-As the full-time manager the all-vegan store, Sidecar for Pigs Peace, which is owned by Pigs Peace Sanctuary. She says she is ridiculously happy there because she is able to promote veganism and help make it accessible, She loves helping her consistently awesome customers. (Sounds like a dream job, but I've seen her work, it is HARD).
-Staying involved with her son's school. (He is 11 and has been vegan his whole life).
-Helping other parents put the principles of Positive Discipline into practice in their lives, via a listserv.
-She has also volunteered as a rape crisis counselor, and a meal-delivery service for AIDS patients.
Doh Suggests: that we all support vegan businesses!
If you see Doh on the street: talk to her about rescued greyhounds, or vitamin D deficiency.
Get to know Doh better by coming into Sidecar during the week day hours (10a-5p), or by becoming fans of Sidecar and Wayward on Facebook.