A Conversation with Marty Mendenhall, Ph.D., LPC, VEG. Part II
During a break at school I leapt from my seat and headed out the door for some dinner. Driving up the road and glancing in the rear-view-mirror now and again. There was my professor on a Harley motorcycle just behind me, his long blonde hair whipping in the wind. I pulled into a parking lot and he followed. Park my car, grab my wallet, and it turns out that this long-haired Harley riding professor is going to the same restaurant I am. Stepping off his bike, it’s obvious he’s well over six feet tall and built like an NFL linebacker. Taking a better look at his bike, yeah, it’s a Harley and, yeah, he has a yoga mat tied to the back of it with a red bandana.
“I haven’t been here in like six years. What do you get?” I asked.
“Can’t go wrong with a Cafe Rio salad,” he replied as he ordered. “No meat please.” Hmmm this guy who looks like he can lift his Harley above his head is ordering a salad for dinner, hold the carne.
“Yeah I’ll have the same as him.”
Turns out my professor, Marty Mendenhall, Ph.D., LPC, is a longtime vegetarian. Not only that but Marty Read more »



