for only lunch can conquer hate

meatlovers omelette
from: nice cafe
price: $7.60
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: marvin gaye
comments: breakfast for lunch again. click to see a citroen that has probably seen better days.

and phil had:

some 'super' omelette
comments: click phil's lunch to see a pigeon just chillin' at his nest at the anza club. looks like it's a duplex. wonder if he's friendly with his neighbours?

and teo had:

banana pancakes
comments: click teo's brunch to see some police bikes. we purposefully took a different route back to the office so I could find something more interesting to make wigglies of. meh. not that interesting. the pigeon was the best, I think.

LUUUUNCH!!!! REIGN O'ER ME!!!

gourmet club sandwich and tomato soup
from: sweet basil cafe
price: $10ish
rating: &&&&.4/&&&&&
listening to: pearl jam covering the who
comments: today it rained. after so much sun in the city, I forget about rain. then I'm reminded all like BAM! click to see the rain. even though you probably saw it, too.

and sumant had:

a turkey sandwich and soup
comments: the turkey sandwich pales in size compared to the monster club. click to see more rain.

and dave had:

the turkey sandwich, too... but also coffee!
comments: the coffee was a big deal today, cuz the coffee machine done breaked. so we called repair guy, and he was all like.. oh, our last technician left this switch off. oops. so dave was very happy to have coffee. what about remick? was he happy about the coffee or the rain? click to find oot, eh.

it's alright if you lunch me. it's alright if you don't.

the well beef burger
from: the well (main st. near papa's pizza)
price: $12ish
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: tom petty
comments: I tried a newish place for lunch today. the well. it's next to yek o yek on main street. it was not bad. but for the prices, it shoulda been better. the meat in this burger was delicious. but the cold fries and untoasted bun made it not so delicious. click the pic to see dave and jenna rollerblading. its a big gif, but well worth the load time, methinks.

and erin had:

'the big bird' paninini
comments: erin said her lunch was worth about &&&.75/&&&&&. it was not salted enough, and pretty cold. overall, this place looks like it will be good when they work out the kinks. now, remember that wind turbine they are building on grouse mountain? well, it's built. not sure when it will be operational, it's too cloudy to see it today. but you can click erin's lunch to see a gif that shows it being assembled. the pics for the gif were shot over 5 days or so, and from the office, my house and chinatown. all basically the same view.

today your lunch, tomorrow the world!

sushi
from: the clubhouse
price: $12ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the ramones
comments: I met bill and chris for lunch at the clubhouse today, where I saw mike lee eating his lunch. pretty exciting, huh? no, you say? you want more excitement?? well, how about a wiggly tour of the inside of the opsal steel building? click my sushi to go inside.

and bill had:

some veggie combo
comments: bill was also killed. click his lunch to see that. or you can see him back when he was alive, and had that horrible disease: sushi eye.

and chris had:

the same as me
comments: ok, actually, I had the same as him. I copied. click chris's lunch for more opsal action. there's more on my flickr, too, if you really want to see it.

makin' lunch to his tonic and gin

vietnamese subs
from: Bale
price: $2.75 x 3
rating: &&&&.7/&&&&&
listening to: billy joel
comments: tommy and I trekked to chinatown for vietnamese subs today. I told the guy there that I liked the new ham he was using. he nodded in approval. click my lunch to see a new dog visitor to the office. this is Dagget. perhaps he's not new to the office, but he's new to me. he's kinda like... sasha's step dad?

and tommy had:

dac biet!
comments: of course, a trip to Bale meant a trip to the parcade across the street. click tommy's lunch to see him there. also, check out this wiggly. see that little white tower atop grouse mountain? that's a huge wind turbine that they're building. more details about it can be found here and their own flickr page is here. fun!

Two young lunchers with nothin' better to do

blue cheese burger
from: Emelle's
price: I forget. uh.. $11 with pop?
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: steve miller
comments: went to Emelle's for lunch. I'm not too impressed with their burgers. very pre-fab kinda brick of a patty. quite tasty, but I guess I've been ruined by splitz burgers. click to see Louise a-wiggling. or, if you prefer, you can see her laughing at one of my great jokes.

and bill had:

a veggie burger, with chris's sprouts, pickles and onions
comments: of course, meeting bill for lunch meant seeing Teh Cheat. although, the cheat was not impressed. click to see how weird my Ricoh's HDR stuff gets when you point it at the sun.

and chris had:

a veggie burger, too
comments: click on chris's lunch to see olympic village pumpin to the beat. you need to supply your own beat.

all I need is lunch. (good luncheon!) all I want is lunch!

"greek" omelette and a coffee/banana shake
from: the sunny spot cafe (Main @ 11th)
price: $7.25 + $3.25
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: the young rascals (I bet they're not young anymore!)
comments: decent lunch today. I think nice cafe is a bit better, but the value at the sunny spot is pretty good. click to see the sun trying to go down. it succeeded in the end. the very last day of summer. it is now fall. adapt.

and teo had:

pancakes; 1 blueberry, 1 banana
comments: teo had his pancakes customized to meet his needs. I think his needs were met. click to see the tiny fancy coffee that he had after lunch. he was berated by the hipster barista to get this drink, so I hope he enjoyed it.

and travis had:

the 'potato lovers' breakfast
comments: I'm not sure how a potato lover would like this dish. really, I expected more potatoes. click to see #1 Kingsway. looks like it's close to completion. but how close? I dunno. maybe another year or two?

and I know that if you lunch me too, what a wonderful world this would be

eggs n bacon on bagel
from: home
price: n/a
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: Sam Cooke
comments: monday. no work. eat at home. yay. click to see the little dog that jenna was dog sitting this weekend. he's a chihuahua, his name is Cafu! and he's quite adorable. click my lunch to see him all wiggly.

and erin had:

the same
comments: after lunch, I stopped by brian's work and clicked some pics of the house restoration he's been doing. click erin's lunch to see it wigglin'

and I will never again have:

A&W Float in a bottle
rating: 0.00001/&&&&&
comments: oh man. I have never tasted anything quite like this. you know how jelly bellys taste like the flavour they are supposed to be? but it's just a tiny taste, right? but you can sense that there's some chemist mixing up these flavours, and if you had them in larger quantities they would probably start tasting pretty bad. and chemical-like. that's what this drink is like. in the first part of the flavour, you think 'aaah yes, I can taste a rootbeer float!' but that lasts for about 1 second, then it just tastes like horrible sickly sweet chemicals that stay in your mouth until you find something better to drink. yikes. hmm... looking at the bottle, this appears to be an american beverage. that makes sense. my recommendation... only buy this beverage when you want to torture someone. (oh yeah, the linked pic is tommy's phone dongle. it's an awesome bit of engrish, and I think quite fitting for linking from this horrible beverage).

your heart is. what lunch is. you're saved.

seafood pancake
from: H-Mart (seymour and robson)
price: $10
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
listening to: hothouse flowers
comments: a very special day today. today was the last day of the charger's insurance for the year. it now sleeps. in honour of this day, I took dave, tommy and phil s. downtown to meet andy and neil for lunch. and what a lunch it was. H-Mart is the bizzomb. click to see my sliding across the hood of the charger.

and dave, tommy and phil had:

korean foods
comments: I thought 5 guest lunches was just too much work. if you really want to know what these guys ate, I can tell you. but not now. now you need to click to see phil's awesome mustache. yeah. I said mustache. AND I said awesome. if you want more charger pictures, you can check out phil's flickr.

and andy had:

tonkatsu
comments: andy was the only one to order from the japanese kitchen in HMart. it looked good, too. click to see andy trying to steal the charger.

and neil had:

beef bul-go-gi
comments: the bulgogi was really the only thing simple and normal enough to appeal to neil's extreme taste in foods. now, time for a story. in the afternoon, at work, I took another 3 coworkers for a quick ride around the block. we ripped it up. and when we got back, michal pointed out that there was a grasshopper on the 76 ball (a ball, which killerX57 rightfully decorated the charger with a couple weeks before). so, of course, I took photos of said grasshopper. and after work, I drove home. not slowly, mind you. not slowly at all. and when I got home I looked at the 76 ball to find that the grasshopper was still there!! wow! coolest grasshopper ever. and he's got great taste in cars. now click neil's lunch to see him.

is it someone you can really lunch?

cold ramen noodles
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: urge overkill
comments: menya again, ya. the cold ramen wasn't quite as good as last time. but still good. click to see sasha's good friend zoe rocking out in the office.

and travis had:

miso ramen
comments: click on travis's lunch to see a wiggly of zoe.

and phil had:

miso ramen, too
comments: click phil's lunch to see how the concrete holes progress in the building. or don't click. it's really not that important or impressive. go look at zoe again. she's better.

darlin' when I live without you, I live without lunch

seafood carbonara
from: Argo's
price: $9?
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: bad company
comments: it's been a bit noisy in the office lately, cuz they be drilling some holes. click my lunch to see these holes. or, you can focus on the pipes on the other side of the holes by clicking this one. either way. they are holes in concrete.

and dave had:

a flatbread sandwich from subway
comments: since there were so many guest lunches yesterday, I made a point of only having 1 today. and there it is. the wigglies aren't that great today, so I'm not sure what to link to. since it's dave's lunch, I link to louise's fancy tag she got whilst staying at a dog hotel. but these barrels are alright, too. or how about this reflective shot. meh. I'm just not feelin the wigglies today.

lunch is not optional.

2 eggs. oh, and a milkshake.
from: Nice Cafe
price: about $10 with the shake
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: dave
comments: 6 lunches featured today. all with links to wigglies. bust that. click my eggs to see a local gang of thugs a-killing bill. aw yeah.

and bill had:

mexican omelette
comments: click bill's lunch for a stiller view of him gettin stomped.

and dana had:

an alberni benny
comments: click dana's benny to see the Gordon Freeman truck.

and dave had:

an egg sandwich
comments: click dave's lunch to see a sweet roadrunner I saw whilst biking round richmond on monday. someone buy me this car, k?

and phil had:

hash
comments: click phil's to see another pic from my richmond bike ride. this one was taken just about here.

and travis had:

your momelette
comments: ok ok, 5 guest lunches is way too many. but I had so many wigglies to link to. and this last on shows the crap weather that I left in the 'couve for the nice sunny weather that I had in richmond.

look for lunch, and evidence that you're worth keepin'

bagelwich!
from: home
price: n/a
rating: &&.5/&&&&&
listening to: the new pearl jam
comments: monday. I like. no work. eat bagelwich. out of cheese, though. makes bagelwich not as good as it could. click to see bunny chillin with her friend. it's not the best wiggly, but the content is great. this is a better wiggly. but the content nowhere near as good as the buns.

the return of the cheat!

cold noodle dish
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
comments: the regularly scheduled wiggly gifs will not be displayed today. instead, all links lead to THE CHEAT!

kill bill had:

the ramen salad
comments: so, I met bill for lunch today. really, I only did this so I could see the cheat. I was super into the cold noodle dish I had. man, it was good. it's not on the menu, though, it's only on the wall.

and chris had:

some ramen
comments: it was great to see the cheat. and he is just as cute and full of energy as he appears in these photos. oh, you gotta hear this guy, too. if you listen to this video, you can actually here him say "om nom nom" when he eats!!! amazining!!!

ps: I forgot to kill bill. next time, maybe.

true lunch leaves no traces

vietnamese subs
from: Bale
price: $2.75 each
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
listening to: leonard cohen
comments: man, I haven't had these subs in a while. so that made them taste better than ever. oh, and as ritchie pointed out, it seems they use a new, more flavourful, ham. it's gooood. the linked pic is the garbage left behind by a homeless dude that I saw on my way home last night. it's interesting to note that even people with no homes won't even use Windows. high five!

and sumant had:

some corn with the sub I brought him
comments: click sumant's lunch to see the path that leads to Bale. this path always smells like pee. today. I think I followed a prostitute up the path. it's possible that it was just a really sluttily dressed girl, though. no photo. sorry.

and travis had:

yet another achwood shirt on.
comments: jason and russ... this epic series is really just for you.

I got a lunch for life!

green beef curry
from: Pad Thai
price: 6.25
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: iggy pop
comments: we went to pad thai. no one ate pad thai. it was good. click to see the fancy grocery store at olympic village. I'm not sure if it's going to be Whole Food, or Meindharts, or Capers or Too Expensive for Most People to Shop Here. but it will be one of those, I think.

and travis had:

curry
comments: travis's linked photo is particularly for those two particular nerds that pointed out how impressed they were with his shirt from yesterday. you know who you are.

and dana had:

ginger chicken
comments: click dana's to see the southwest view from the office rooftop. k?

fear can stop your lunch. lunch can stop your fear.

omelette
from: the wallflower (main n broadway)
price: $8?
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: morcheeba
comments: we et at the wallflower today. it was ok. there was some disappointment for me. they got our order slightly wrong, and the potatoes were not very good. otherwise, it was ok. the omelette was pretty tasty, even if it wasn't what we ordered. and we had to clear out of work right on time today, cuz someone was doing x-rays of our building and they didn't want us radiated. click to see the side of their truck.

and dana had:

a breakfast sandwich
comments: click on dana's lunch to see some back alley graffiti art stickers. I really like these kinds of stickers that people graffitize with, but at the same time, it makes me think the vandals are either getting too lazy, or too hipstery.

and phil had:

same as me
comments: click phil's lunch to see some super tall sunflowers towering over him.

and travis had:

the same too, but with sourdough toast
comments: click travis's lunch if you dare.