september 19

tomorrow will be jeremy's last day with us. bye jeremy. click to see him getting a goodbye icing.

he just let me lunch in myself

cold sesame ramen
from: menya
price: under $10
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: gorillaz
comments: good lunch. yeah. click to see monty being played like an accordion.

and michael had:

ramen
comments: click to see a buncha owls eating lunch in the park. those dust spots seem to always appear on my pics when I'm zoomed. I should find a new camera to try.

well, I don't hardly know her, but I think I could lunch her

shoyu ramen
from: menya
price: $9?
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: tommy james and the shondelles
comments: click my lunch to see Alex doing a great impression of me at my desk.

and bill had:

ramen salad
comments: bill has a revolutionary way of playing ping pong. no handle. click to see his customized rig.

and jordan had:

some ramen
comments: I didn't make many wigglies this week. but on friday we will have our first parliament. and I know I'm gonna post 30+ wigglies. cuz I already did. so click jordan's lunch to see how our night ended at congee noodle house.

we've got to find a way to bring some lunchin' here today

ramen!
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: marvin gaye
comments: when you make an odd noise, it makes monty tilt his head adorably. I tried to capture this for a while today.  click to see it.

and mark had:

champon
comments: click to see another head tilt.

and bill had:

veggie ramen
comments: I think this was bill's lunch.  it looks very veggie. though, I thought it was uji's at first, and thus, I link to him.

lunch your brotherman

miso ramen w/ extra cha-shu
from: menya
price: $9
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: bob marley
comments:  today's wiggly... a very classy buick.

and bill had:

ramen salad
comments: click bill's lunch to see the cheat flying out of a box. this box.

tall, and tan, and young, and lunchly, the girl from Ipanema goes walking

shoyu ramen w/ extra cha-shu
from: menya
price: $10ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: Astrud Gilberto
comments: yum. click to see beier and holder rockin the pingpong. those guys are outa my league. oh well. I'll always have foosball.

and ken had:

udon
comments: click to see ken and gavin lunchin it up.

and gavin had:

this
comments: click gavin's lunch to see a stack of fruit at work. the best part was when I was taking the photos, and carla walked by and proudly said "I did that".

catching up more

extra chashu shoyu ramen
from: motomachi shokudo
price: $10ish?
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
comments: today was an adventure. DC wanted to drop off his car at home. so we borrowed bus passes and headed over there. to an area I like to call "Ramen Corner." denman and robson.  so many ramen choices around there. and this place is definitely one of my faves. they're all my faves. oh, here's a bonus wiggly that Temple took outa his window in the evening.

and david had:

shio?
comments: click david's lunch to see him posing with his home.

she will lunch you like a fly will never lunch you again

miso ramen
from: benkei on robson
price: I forget. about $10?
rating: &&&&.4/&&&&&
listening to: massive attack
comments: yay ramen for lunch. I don't get this nearly enough. I need more ramen in my life. but i did get a car ride. click to see that in action.

and eric had:

ramen
comments: click eric's lunch to see him making everyone mango margaritas after work. tasty!

and david had:

ramen
comments: of course, david's lunch links to a wiggly of Monty. this time sitting on Ashley's lap. what's she saying there? maybe "monty" but it looks more like "me, me, me, me..." I'm sure I've said it before, but man, it is difficult to get 2 somewhat sharp images of this puppy for wiggling. most of the bursts I take only have 1 in focus. like this one.

I don't care what none of y'all say I still lunch her

ramen
from: menya
price: $8?
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: kanye (get down, girl, gahead get down)
comments: ok, I'm way behind on my posts. this is what happens when I go away for a nice long weekend. I went to salt spring island. er... I mean I'm going to go to salt spring island. the best part is how I'm getting there. no stupid ferries for me. I fly in style. wanna see my ride? click my lunch.

and david had:

ramen
comments: today was fun cuz david had to run an errand at lunch. so he took us to menya and erin met us there. good times. now you wanna see a very low car? click david's lunch. the roof of this car barely came up to my waist. crazy.

and bill had:

ramen salad
comments: both david and bill ordered extra noodles. it looked like a lot of nooooodles. click to see the exciting new crime fighting duo from amc: chopstick n gyoza!

and erin had:

ramen
comments: click. see. lights. end.

would you believe in a lunch at first sight?

extra cha-shu shoyu ramen
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the beatles
comments: eric had to move his car, cuz the parking in our work area SUCKS. so we decided to move it all the way to menya for some ramen. yum. click to see a crazy wiggly of a garbage truck. look at it closely, there's some odd movement going on there.

and bill had:

ramen salad
comments: click bill's lunch to see him wearing an award that hootsuite won from mashable. yay us!

and eric had:

to text whilst eating
comments: thanks for the vehicular operations for us, eric! now click his lunch to see a creepy doll/puppet guy.

and gavin had:

cha-shu don
comments: click gavin's lunch to see some sciencey glass tubes from a window display. those fluorescent lights do weird things to photos.

making lunch with you, has left me peaceful, warm and tired

miso ramen
from: benkei (new one at 5th and ontario)
price: $9 (with extra pork)
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the hollies
comments: I met with a few navarikkers for lunch today. tried the benkei nearest my house. people say it's not so good, but it was fine by me. comparable with menya, for sure. now click to see a whale skull.

and michal had:

ramen, too!
comments: it was good seeing michal, I hadn't seen him in quite a while. now, if you're wondering about the whale skeleton, there's a new museum opening in october at UBC. they got an awesome blue whale skeleton. wonder what else is there? guess I'll see after october.

and teo had:

ramen.
comments: after lunch with these guys, I went for a nice longish bike ride out through the trails at ubc. click to see said trails.

and tommy had:

ramen. we all did. you probably figured that out from the photos.
comments: on this bike ride, I made sure to make another wiggly at the beach. it's not as good as the other wigglies, but click for it anyway, if you like. oh yeah, somehow I forgot to link to this wiggly

burned by the fire of lunch

ramen! with extra cha-shu
from: menya
price: $10ish
rating: delicious.
listening to: U2
comments: today I met pshen for some noodles. afterwards I wandered about taking more olympic wigglies. click my lunch to see the oh so controversial australian flag hanging from olympic village.

and phil had:

ramen, too
comments: click phil's lunch to see across the street from his work. the city tv building is now a giant flag. ok. I took many more wigglies, like this harris shutter one, or this crazy round one. and don't forget about the giant hotdog links floating in false creek.

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 the heart of lunchers

miso ramen with extra cha-shu
from: menya
price: $8.50
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: mohawk lodge
comments: ramen for lunch. click to see the happy strainer spoon they gave me to get all my bits outa the soup with.

and dana had:

cha-shu on rice
comments: never had this dish before. it looked good. I bet it was good. click to see the model shoot that was happening behind the office when we came back. sorry bout the blurriness, but it's been awful gloomy these days.

and teo had:

spicy noodle dish, no soup
comments: teo enjoyed this foods. click to see the asparagus truck. that's all.

will keep on lunchin you and playin the clown

shoyu ramen
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: bob marley
comments: lunch was really dinner today. click to see a seagull who is a seagull.

and erin had:

some ground beefy ramen
comments: click to see the moon over mihammi... er.. vancouver.

gimme your heart, gimme gimme, all your lunch

cold ramen noodles
from: menya
price: $8ish
rating: &&&&.4/&&&&&
listening to: Ottawan (hands up baby)
comments: went to menya. it tastes good. click to see phil's ramen with fresh garlic. this wiggly was too good and big to use on this page. go see it on flickr

and teo had:

the "other" special dish
comments: menya has, I think, 2 halloween decorations up. here's one of them. now click on Teo's lunch to see the new(ish) sign they put up in the olympic village area. on that red building. see it? you're brand new, you're retro.

and travis had:

same like me.
comments: click travis' lunch to see what a reserved mary he is. you what?!?!

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.

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.