goodbye 2009!

sushi
from: kaide sushi bar
price: about $40, total... hey, it's new years eve!
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
comments: a delicious new years eve feast with erin. we tried to go for crepes, but the place we go was closed. so we tried this sushi place. it was really good. click to see a wiggly from the toy shopping adventure I took my niece and nephew on.

we also had:

sashimi
comments: click the sashimi to see a traffic wiggly from downtown.

and:

marinated tona don
comments: this dish was very tasty. click to see a ferry boat wiggly from last week.

fall in lunch and get married then boom

spinach and feta twisted delight
from: cobb's breads
price: $6
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: tom waits
comments: you know, I like cobb's breads. but I don't love it. how do they charge so much for average breads? I don't get it. take the twisted delights, for example. these are about 8 little pull apart bread snacks. which are very tasty in the middle. but the end ones barely have any filling stuffs in them. so, really, only 6/8 of them are really good. the rest are meh. and that's $6?? anyway, click to see my ferry ride home from salt spring. or, look here to see the crofton cloud factory in action.

it's only lunch afterall

vietnamese subs
from: empress bakery
price: $3.25 each
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: indigo girls
comments: so I'm still posting wigglies from christmas. the linked one here is how my sister's front yard looked when we got up christmas morning. ok, maybe this was a bit later than when I got up. it was a 6:30 morning for me. later on that day, the fog settled lower than us. have a looksee

about something called lunch. lunch, lunch, lunch.

half n half bennies.
from: zen cafe (kits)
price: $10ish
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
listening to: iggy pop
comments: I'm back from my christmas on beautiful salt spring island. great christmas! now click the pic to see a wiggly of gabriola island as I saw it ferrying through the gulf islands.

and greg had:

some bennies, too
comments: oh yeah, today we had a 50ftware company meeting and lunch. but my wigglies are gonna be from salt spring for a few days. like, if you click on greg's lunch you will see the toilet tree I saw on the island. or you can see said tree occupied.

and bill had:

huevos ranchero
comments: click bill's blunch to see a cool view from a culvert on the island.

happy holidays to all and to all... keep on truckin!

this is potato.
from: Legendary Noodle House
price: just the potato? dunno... $3?
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
comments: legendary noodle house. man. it IS legendary. in fact, after the first 2 dishes came, I forgot to take pictures. it is that good. we had these shredded potato appetizers, and we also had the spinach and vermicelli (&&&&&/&&&&&), the juicy pork dumplings (&&&&&/&&&&&), green onion pancakes (&&&&/&&&&& - needed dip sauce) and, of course the lamb shank soup (&&&&&/&&&&&). yeah. since this will be my last post until after christmas, I wish you all the best in this holiday season. click for your christmas wiggly.

and everyone of us ate:

the lamb shank noodle soup
comments: erin had the joy of meeting (most of) the techops boys today. and the techops boys had the joy of meeting teo;'s new-old truck. you wanna see it? click the soup. oh the soup. want more.

bye navarik!! (again)

kimchifriedrice
from: the clubhouse
price: $7ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
comments: today was my last day with navarik. again. a bunch of uss went to clubhouse for lunch n beers. good times. click to see the new ad at the bus stop. oh yeah... I'm healthier again. it seems like it was food poisoning. yikes. I don't wish that on anyone. :(

and phil had:

the most.
comments: click phil's piles of food to see a crane that was being assembled near the clubhouse.

and travis came to work,

just for this lunch (unagi!)
comments: wasn't that nice of travis to come for work whilst on vacation? now click his unagi to see how much work they did on the crane while we were eating sushis.

no lunch.

ugh. today was painful. I'm pretty sure I had food poisoning. my body was very eager to clear something outa my system. so I didn't eat lunch, or breakfast. in fact, I didn't eat anything until dinner time. and all I had was half a bagel. but anyway, what's a post without a wiggly!

because my lunch for you, would break my heart in two

pizza
from: work
price: free
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: bowie
comments: today we had a lunch n learn. lunch n learn's are kinda funny. first of all, you're learning stuff for free, but no one signs up unless there's also free food. oh well... I learned stuff. AND ate pizza. click to see a building I walk by everyday. this building has been empty the whole time I been working ay navarik. and only now they tear it down. slowly.

and dave had:

pizza, too!
comments: so, three days or work left, and I try to go to my roof, but no. the telus guys working up there have decided to use their own lock. bah! stupid telus. click to see a wiggly shot out the window. woulda been so much nicer from the roof.

and tommy had:

also pizza.
comments: click tommy's pizza to see crazy lens flare shot out the back window.

I don't wanna get with your program, take back the lunch

robo sushi
from: ichibankan express
price: $9ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: weezer
comments: I went way up broadway today to get my umbrella back from the shop and return the loaner I had. yes, you heard right. I had a loaner umbrella. now click my lunch to see a wiggly of dave winking like a madman!

and sumant had:

veggies. like usual
comments: click sumant's lunch to see our office xmas tree. it really is something. I really like how it was decorated with all the decorations they could find in the office. heheh. wanna see? check out this detail shot of said decorations. awesome.

lookin' sharp and lookin' for lunch

farmer's omelette
from: Deacon's Corner Gastown Diner
price: $10ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: ZZ Top
comments: today's lunch was really breakfast. but I ate no lunch later, so it's lunch too. erin and I tried this diner down at the very end of main street. past the cop shop, past the number 5 orange. it was pretty good. I'd rank it pretty much about the same as Nice Cafe. possibly better? but a bit more pricey. next time I go, I think I'll have the chicken fried steak! click to see a wiggly from that neighbourhood.

and erin had:

2 egg breakfast
comments: after taking erin downtown to work, I drove through stanley park to see lost lagoon frozen. it was fun to see the ducks and racoons scampering on the frozen 'goon. click to see a funny little wiggly of a duck breaking the ice. if you want to see the whole duck's ice breaking technique in slo mo, you can click here, but I warn you, it's a big gif. 15M. it'l take a bit to load.

he just let me lunch in myself

whip burger
from: the whip
price: free
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the gorrillaz
comments: we finished a 'sprint' at work. so we retrospectivated over some lunch, and beer. I like this format. more meetings like this, I say. now, if you click my burger, you may be confused by the wiggly. I still am.

and noel had:

the sandwich special
comments: noel spearheaded this meeting. does that word work there¿ do meetings get spearheaded. well, anyway, he had a good point about this being not the best location for a meeting. I guess it is a bit loud on a friday. guess we'd have to book a pub to ourselves next meeting.

and yiting had:

some nachos
comments: yiting also had some stout. as did phil and I. click to see a wiggling chalice of stout. that is the first time I ever typed that sentence. too bad it's out of focus.

baby, I'm amazed at the way you lunch me all the time

clubhouse n fries
from: Argo's
price: $9ish? I forgot my wallet. I'm not sure
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: paul mccartney
comments: later on in the day, I tried to invent a new beverage. pepper tea. click my lunch to see a tea bag, full of pepper, steeping. it wasn't that bad, actually. and adding a mint teabag later made it an interesting peppermint.

and teo had:

a mutant fry
comments: click teo's lunch to see some smashed windows.

and phil had:

ginger beef
comments: phil said his food was tasty. click to see a throng of pigeons. would you call that a throng? i'd call that a throng.

well, ain't that poster lunch?

vietnamese subs
from: BaLe
price: $8.25 (for 3)
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: Bowie
comments: walked to chinatown today. we went up on the parking lot roof to make photos as usual. for the first time ever, there was someone else up there. some liked-minded dude who was making stock movie clips for the news companies to buy. his camera was very large. click to see the view that was being shot.

and phil also had:

subs.
comments: lately, telus has been working on putting more cell phone antennae on our rooftop. they've made such a mess outa our roof. click phil's lunch to see. I wonder if wandering around amongst many cell towers is bad for me?

I'm gonna give you every inch of my lunch

shoyu ramen
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: led zeppelin
comments: birthday ramen for me! yay! I thought I was old last year, but no. now I'm even older! click my lunch to see a present that Remick got me. the delivery was the best, just a mustang on my desk when I got in. shudder. it took me a while to figure out who it was from, and when I did figure it out, he held up the charger sitting on his desk and asked if I wanted to trade. haha! thanks remick! and thanks everyone who donated towards the gigapan! I got more than 1/2 the needed money, so I will be ordering one... just as soon as they get them back in stock.

and phil had:

miso ramen.
comments: after lunch, I ran into jason bone. click to see him in the bottom left corner of the wiggly.

and teo had:

spicy meat noodles?
comments: click teo's lunch to see some panda graffiti. those pandas. such vandals. on an unrelated note, the best iphone app is the internet has spoken!

in a gaddadavida, honey, dontchya know that I'm lunchin' you?

green olive toast
from: terra breads, well, no. from my toaster.
price: $5 for the loaf
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: iron butterfly
comments: I didn't eat much for lunch today, cuz I knew dinner was coming. yay dinner!

and dinner was:

delicious!
from: This little piggy went to Market!!!
price: dunno. it was for my birthday!
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
comments: I finally got to try the restaurant where erin cooks! and wow, when a cook comes to dinner, they get some awesome treatment. you can see the cake there that was made for me. I didn't actually get a chance to eat it (its in my fridge), cuz we kept getting treats from the kitchen. and when I say treats, I mean really good stuff. it was too dark to take any decent photos with the camera I had, but man, it was good. venison, prawns, fois gras, pear frangipane, tuna, sorbet, truffle mashed potatoes, lamb... these were just some of the fantastic foods at our table. click to see the very last foods we got. yum!

that's when that little lunch of mine dips her doughnut in my tea

alberni bagel
from: nice cafe
price: $8ish
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: the band
comments: nice cafe for breakfast for lunch today. click to see one of the most expensive souvenirs you can get from the olympics!

and dave had:

a cheeseburger
comments: click dave's lunch if you want santa to wave at you.

and bill had:

mexican omelette
comments: click bill's lunch to see a barb. on a wire.

and phil had:

corned beef hash
comments: click phil's lunch to see phil's shadow. all phil.

And all the lunch we have is gone

nagahama ramen with extra cha-shu
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: neil young
comments: I met andy for ramen today. ramen is good. click to see an infrared wiggly of the city. doesn't the photo look like it was taken decades ago? magic! each frame was actually a 30 second exposure. so many good wigglies today. I have decided that my D40 is the best camera I have to make single-camera-wigglies with.

and andy had:

shoyu ramen
comments: dear viewers, for years I have been presenting you with food pics and wigglies to brighten your day. never, do I ask for anything back from you. well, never ends today. I had this idea, that I wanted a gigapan robot for my camera picture takings. but I can't justify spending $500 for something like this when I'm about to be out of work again. I came up with the solution. I just need to find 25 people willing to give me $20 for my birthday next tuesday! genius, right? I know! so, dear reader, if you see me in the next week or so, slip me and 20, and I promise you will get to see some amazing gigapannery! 7 people have already kindly given me such a gift. only 18 more to go!

happiness I cannot feel and lunch to me is so unreal

kimchi fried rice
from: the clubhouse
price: $7
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: black sabbath
comments: met up with phil shen for lunch today. he has a mustache again. click to see an infrared wiggly I made from the office roof. each frame there is a 30 second exposure. pretty crazy. know what else is crazy? catching Teo half blink.

and phil (s) had:

some sushi stuff
comments: click phil's hand to see louise sporting her new winter jacket!

and phil (c) had:

the most food
comments: phil likes sushi. it can be dangerous. click to see the brioche bun I had this morning. from the swiss bakery. like I have every morning. this one seemed cuter than the others.

it's not unusual to be lunched by anyone

canadian burger
from: the sin bin
price: $9
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: tom jones
comments: I tried the Sin Bin for the first time today. it's where Cameo's used to be. very similar burgers (same buns, same cajun fries), but just not nearly as good as it used to be. I wonder where the cook from cameo's went. she knew how to make a burger. click to see the lions, and you can stop wondering where they are.

and dave had:

the canadian burger, too
comments: click dave's lunch to see some cute grass that grows on the office roof.

and teo had:

the same
comments: click teo's lunch to see a zoomy shot of the turbine up on grouse mountain. looks like it's still not being used yet, but you can see they are making lotsa snow up there.

but phil had:

the aussie burger
comments: this burger was very tall. it had beets and a fried egg. click to see the moon and other roof people! other roof people!