After church on Sunday, someone who was at the party the night before invited us to go with them to Vegfest 2008, which is a big vegan/vegeterian event that was going on nearby. We didn't have much else to do and it sounded like a good way to get to know people and do something new, so we decided to go ahead and attend. There were four of us in our group and none of us were vegetarians. The event cost $5/person but there were a ton of free samples of food everywhere. None of the food had meat in it, but some of the food was imitation-meat, some of it was stuff that wouldn't normally have meat anyway but was made without any hormones or chemicals. Some of the food was actually pretty good, mostly the stuff that didn't have to be altered much from its conventional versions, like tea, juice, and chocolate, but I had a breaded chicken-like nugget that was pretty good. Other stuff probably wouldn't appeal to most people, especially when the conventional versions taste a lot better. Powdery tasting chocolate pudding, bland peanut butter, and watered-down tasting soda are a few things that will probably only appeal to vegans. But, overall it was a fun experience, it was something I wouldn't see in Texas and I'm glad I went.