what a wonderful thing lunch is

beef n noodles
from: kwong chow
price: $7ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: al green
comments: I never had the lunch special at kwong chow. I usually take out from here. but it's good. and cheap. and good. click to see a little big truck.

and greg had:

curry beef brisket
comments: met greg for lunch today. he liked his lunch, too. and later there was a visit to his place and some foosball action. click to see diego smiling away.

what's lunch, but a second hand emotion?

chickeny burger
from: vera's
price: $11ish for combo
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: tina turner
comments: today we met chris for lunch. we is married now, and back from his honeymoon drive around america. you can look through his 5 pages of blog posts about it here. looked like a great adventure. makes we want to hit the road again soon. now click my lunch to see the awesome paper keyboard cat that lives on eric's desk in the office.

and chris had:

the chicken, too? not sure what he had, really.
comments: click chris's lunch to see the critical mass bike ride I saw on my way home. this was probably the smallest critical mass I've ever seen. I'm just going to go ahead and think that the main part of the ride was long over, and these were just the stragglers.

and bill had:

veggie wedgie
comments: bill was killed again today. just before lunch. so sad. click to see his under-wheel death.

and no kinds of lunch are better than others

soup and sandwich special
from: HAVE cafe
price: $7ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: velvet underground
comments: I haved lunched today. and it was delicious and filling. click to see a bus. that says... oh what??

and richerd had:

the same, but the other soup
comments: click richerd's lunch to see him and bill hangin with giant winter melons.

and bill had:

something veg
comments: click bill's lunch to see him with near astroboy hair.

la la lunch you, don't mean maybe

4 cheese burger (with bacon)
from: 2 chefs and a table
price: $13ish
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&&
listening to: the pixies
comments: 2 chefs and a table for lunch. but I think I counted at least 4 chefs and 8 tables. then again, what I've learned about restaurants is that there's usually only 1 or 2 chefs and the rest are just cooks. and as for the tables, well... maybe some are just food resting shelves near chairs.

and bill had:

veggie burger
comments: in the linked wigglies, today, I present to you automobiles that I think people live in. the car linked from my lunch there is almost always got an old guy in it. you can smell this car from a half block away when the door is open. and the van... I never seen anyone in it, but the way it's always parked here makes me think it's someone's home.

lunch can make you weep. can make you run for cover.

chicken cordon bleu sandwich
from: deacon's corner
price: $10.50
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: crowded house
comments: this was today's special. it was a pretty tasty sandwich. and I have finally finished making zoo wigglies. click this lunch to see the grizzly bear that is trying to get his lunch from a log?

and ritchie had:

the same special
comments: click hey ritchie's lunch to see a dancing eagle. put on some dance music before clicking. dance.

and bill had:

a veggie mexican omelette. brrrah-cha-cha
comments: don't click on bill's lunch. bill wouldn't want to. so why would you?

bye bye, baby, it's been a sweet lunch

some kinda fried rice
from: cafe gloucester
price: $7.99 for this and $6.99 for the toast
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: freebird!
comments: today was a holiday for most. and I ended up not really eating lunch at lunchtime. this was more late evening lunch. anyway, the fried rice was really good. but the menus at this place confused me. there was really no cheap, small items. oh well. the milk tea was tasty, too. click to see eagles from the zoo.

and erin had:

well, the same as me. half the rice, half the thick toast
comments: the toast was interesting, but not that great. like a pineapple bun, but on extremely thick bread. I think I wanted more sweet flavour, and less thick bread. anyway, click to see erin enjoying herself at the zooo.

can anybody find me somebody to lunch

cheese n bacon burger
price: $12ish for combo
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: queen
comments: big lunch crew today. click on my lunch to see part 1 of nerds at lunch!

and kate had:

some kinda burger
comments: click kate's lunch to see part 2 of nerds at lunch. what was happening here was a large group of people checking into foursquare at the same time. and bill was the one who became mayor. and what a mayor he was.

and richerd had:

a burger, too
comments: click richerd's lunch to see bill sippin' on gin and juice boxes after lunch. I know you can't tell it was juiceboxes used in this drink, with the owl cup and all. but lookit that straw. purely juicebox.

and gavin had:

anuthah boigah.
comments: I think this was gavin's lunch, but I lost track. regardless, click to see gavin doing something mysterious. regardless. people often say that, huh? what about regardful??? does no one care about it anymore?! I, for one, am regardful of all lunches. good day, sir.

I tell you lunch, sister, it's just a kiss away

#66
from: phole
price: $11ish with my lychee drink
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the stones
comments: click my lunch to see a crazy honda I saw near the office on the way home from work. if you look closely at the back you can see where it says 'alternate fuel source: baby juice'. yeah. it really says that.

and bill had:

#56
comments: as I said before, prepare for lotsa animal wigglies. click bill's lunch to see a wallaby.

and ritchie had:

pho
comments: click ritchie's lunch to see the elusive lynx. I guess not _that_ elusive, since his pen is only so big. want more animals? how about a mara or an aoudad?

zoo day!

spinach omelet
from: nice cafe
price: $7ish
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
comments: I gave my camera to ritchie, and it had my lunch photos on it. I'll replace these placeholders when I get it back sometime, probably. or maybe not. who knows. but you can still click on it and see one of my wigglies from today's visit to the greater vancouver zoo!

and erin had:

2 egg breakfast
comments: we used another free pass from erin's hospitality thingy to go to the greater vancouver zoo today. i liked it! there's always that thought in the back of your head that these animals might be better off back in their homes. but to see them all doing their thing is pretty cool. expect lotsa wiggly animal links over the next while. like the linked caiman, or this iguana or this eland etc..

we weren't in lunch, oh no, far from it

burger w/bacon n cheez
from: HAVE cafe
price: $10 ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: bob seger
comments: lunch is many things to me. most importantly, it's the food I shove into my face. now click it to see the van that was parked near the office. and when I say van, I actually mean bus. I just don't feel like backspacing.

and bill had:

veggie (felafel) burger
comments: ooooh I remember! lor' I remember! haaaoowww aaaangh! <-- that's just some more seger for ya. click to see bill doing some more prancing in merryment. oh, now how's about a sneak peek into tomorrow's wigglies. oh snap.

congrats ed and christie!

ed and christie got married on a boat!
comments: last weekend, ed and christie got married on a boat. congrats, you two! the wedding was a good fun 3-hour tour around the strait of georgia. I took lotsa photos. but very few wigglies. click to see one of the wigglies.

and my lunch today was:

a bacon n egger
from: deacon's corner
price: $7.50
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
comments: this breakfast was not quite enough lunch for me. but it was tasty. click to see a crazy wiggly. real crazy. sorry about that. also, check out this guy getting on a tugboat. cool, huh? I thought so. here's a closer one

and bill had:

veggy. omelet. what else?
comments: click to see bill's bike that he rode to work today. it's electric. bzzzzzz... and I thought I was lazy! hooo-ha!

the abc's we all think of, and try to keep a little lunch

#66
from: PhoLe
price: $10ish?
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: grateful dead
comments: delicious lunch as usual. plus the blended lychee drunk, yum. click to see a scooter right out of Quadrophenia that was parked outside work.

and bill had:

the spring roll meal (#56)
comments: bill asked for extra peanuts. he sure got extra peanuts. click to see the same scooter but from a different angle.

when you tried to tell me of all the lunch you had

tuna fillet 'burger'
from: HAVE cafe
price: $10ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: cake
comments: this was a really good tuna burger. I thoroughly enjoyed it. when we went for coffees later, we walked by a couple movie type sets. we noticed that tammara taggert was there. ew gross! aw sick! click to see that set. she's the one walking away from my camera. or the one in the pink top here.

and bill had:

pasta
comments: click bill's lunch to see him hiding. just waiting... he's gonna get you.

red red wine I'm gonna lunch you till I die

philly cheese steak hash with eggs
from: deacon's corner
price: $10.50
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: ub40
comments: I forgot to bring my camera to lunch today. rookie mistake. anyway, bill had his phone. click to see some shrek ears on some golden arches.

and bill had:

veggie something
comments: since the starbucks happy hour is still going, richerd tried again to get a free frap. this time, it worked. strangers gave him the $2.33 needed. click to see his new sign and you can't see it, but there's an amp on his back.

here's a vid of him playing through the amp:

click with me, click with you. is that lunch? is that lunch?

steak n eggs
from: deacon's corner
price: $12.50 (it was today's special)
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: ween
comments: I do enjoy steak and eggs. but this steak... not so high quality. it took a lot of hacking and chewing to get through it. other than that, all was good and tasty. click to see one of the most photographed landmarks in the 'couve.

and bill had:

lotsa kaetchup on his omelet.
comments: bill's lunch is lit with his phone in this photo. click it to see richerd playing his harp app on his iPad as he tries to convince the public to give him money to buy hisself a half price frappacino. does everyone know about happy hour at starbucks? it ends at 5pm. richerd starting trying to get money at about 4:50. did he get the money in time? yeah. but it was from his coworkers. the public gave nothing. maybe because his harp was too quiet?

did you lunch this world? And this world not lunch you?

bennies
from: zen cafe
price: $12ish
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: grandaddy
comments: met greg for lunch today. also played a bit of foos. click to see the foos men standing strong and proud.

and greg had:

bennies, too
comments: hanging out at greg';s also meant seeing the baby. you wanna see the baby¿ then click greg's lunch. kinda blurry. but there wasn't too much light to work with there.

it's all lunch and no hate though

steamed buns
from: kam wai bakery and dim sum
price: cheap!
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: danger mouse
comments: spent half my day working from home. waiting for fedex. that done, I rode my bike to work for the first time. it's fast. and getting lunch from this place is awesome, cuz I don't need to lock my bike. just buy the stuff right out front of the store. and it's good. click to see the demolished community centre by my house. hmm... I don't think I ever went in there.

and in the late afternoon we had:

a bbq!
comments: I guess it's a regular thing to have a bbq on the roof on fridays at work. I can dig that. click to see the gang bbqing it up.

yo I'm stayin' where we gettin' crazy lunch

vietnamese subs
from: BaLe
price: $8.25 for 3
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: handsome boy modeling school
comments: today I wandered over to BaLe, got some subs and wandered down to crab park to eat and take photos. cuz I got a new camera. but it's an old camera that I tried before. and now I gotta return the camera. cuz I saw it online for almost $200 less. crazy. anyway, click my lunch to see a lightly out of focus police car overheating.

my fading voice sings of luh-luh-luh-luh-lunch

robo sushi
from: ichbankan express
price: $9.25
rating: &&&.8/&&&&&
listening to: jeff buckley
comments: I didn't work today. cuz I worked monday instead. that's how it goes. now click to see a wiggly I took a few days back. when the press were interviewing the guy sleeping in front of the provincial court house. if you look, you will see bill killing the story. no mic needed for our intrepid reporter. he can capture all data from his empty hand.

and warm the lunchers glass like friendly wine

#66, and lychee drink
from: PhoLe
price: $12ish
rating: &&&.8/&&&&&
listening to: billy bragg and wilco
comments: good lunch today. my drink wasn't so good. the ice chunks were just too big to drink it normally. that's why the below 4& rating. the food was awesome as usual. click my lunch to see BC Place before they deflated it this morning.

and bill had:

#56?
comments: bill went spring roll crazy at lunch today. now click to see bc place AFTER it was deflated. people are getting all emotional about losing the dome roof. the only reason I could be sad about it is because I never got the chance to jump around on it. I really shoulda tried. oh well. if you want to see, someone made an awesome timelapse of it coming down on youtube

and beier had:

his birthday!
comments: cupcakes seem to be the birthday thing at my new office. and these ones were made for richerd and beier. see? they're cute little panda faces! bear. beier. get it? click to see my 'joker' version cupcake.

that ain't nothin' but drugstore lunchin'

salmon and avocado salad sandwich
from: deacon's corner
price: $10ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the black crowes
comments: today was awful windy. I like it. on my way home, I wandered up onto my favourite rooftop carpark to check out the view. and it seems they're building stuff all over this rooftop. not sure what. kinda looks like planter boxes. click my pic to see.

and bill had:

a veggie burger. what else??
comments: did you all know that they're taking the roof off bc place tomorrow? so the linked pic is the last full day of this roof. 11am on tuesday it comes down. if you got a vantage point, check it out. I can't seem to find any webcams that show it :(