Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

The Pulse Café
Leah Rodriguez

Why eat brunch here?
‘Cause they're awesome. We were here for six hours one day. They didn't bother us or kick us out or anything. It was the hurricane weekend, so it wasn't raining when we got here.

It would be hard to imagine a pair of books about vegetarianism that are quite so different as Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals (which we brought you earlier this month on the podcast) and ALICIA SILVERSTONE's The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet