Vacuum Thoughts

last friday, the new father's office in culver city opened for lunch for the first time. the culver city crowd was obviously dying for a new lunch option because it was like a hollywood club when we arrived there. the line was super long to get in, the doors opened later than expected, and there was even a dude checking ids at the door (i saw one grandpa really excited to get his id checked...too cute). and then once you got in, it was the usual bs -- no table service, so you had to stand in yet another line to order the food. after two lines and over one hour wait time, we got our $12 burgers. and the verdict? it was almost worth the wait. gotta love carmelized onions and bacon in anything. mmm.

so now, the question is this. would the "let's be frank hotdogs" cart across the street have more or less business?

oh, i just saw a commercial for the new dyson ball vacuum cleaner and completely lost my train of thought. i looked it up: http://www.dyson.com/homepage.asp. $399.99? hmm, i kind of want to test drive it.

Coolers and Hard Hats

i just put away my leftovers for tomorrow's lunch, which reminded me to tell you about my lunch on friday.

my new work is in one of those warehouse-converted-into-office-space locations. the inside setup is very startup-like and cool. i basically sit out in the open with all my co-workers, and when you have meetings at each other's desks, you roll up one of those exercise balls conveniently located around the office. while i enjoy being in a casual, non-corporate type of environment, when it comes to lunch options -- it blows. nothing really is conveniently walkable outside of these warehouses, so we have to drive out to get any sort of food. while it's nice to get out of the office every day, i found that after one month, even the drive to the local in-n-out was getting old.

and as such, on friday morning, i decided to pack myself a little bento box lunch. around noon, after my co-workers ventured off in groups to various lunch destinations, i busted out my cute little lunch sack and IMed katie, the genius with all the answers.

me: "it's nice out and i don't want to eat at my desk, but there are no benches or picnic tables around. where should i eat?"
katie: "duh! your truck! like a tailgate."
me: "that's genius, katie, you really are genius with all the answers."
katie: "construction workers do it all the time. though they always have coolers."

so i ventured outside to my truck, sat on the bed, and started to unravel my lunch sack. then i turned to notice the confused stares of few gardeners nearby, who were eating their lunches underneath the shadows of the one teeny weeny tree in the parking lot. what! have they never seen an asian girl eat her lunch on the back of her truck in the middle of her company's parking lot? hmpf! would they feel better if i had a cooler and a hard hat next to me?

after about 5 minutes, i felt pretty self-conscious and semi-sun-burnt, so i got in the car to drive to a local cafe and to eat my bento in peace.

just fyi, i'll probably just eat my lunch at my desk tomorrow.

Oh Mickey

a week or so ago, i heard that the guy who invented egg mcmuffins died. as a tribute to this herb peterson, a culinary genius of a man by my standards, i decided to up my morning mcdonalds visits to...um...everyday. there's a mickey d's conveniently located around the corner from my new gig -- it's almost like herb consulted big g to made this happen for me.

anyhoo, yesterday morning, i swung by the mc drive thru for my two egg mcmuffins. granted it was like the 7th straight weekday i was there, but after i shouted my "usual" order into the menu speaker display thingy, the girl greeted back, "you're back."

i felt fat and skipped the drive thru today. maybe once a week is enough of a mctribute.

At the Ho

yesterday in lovely scottsdale, bschool buddies sarah and nate got married. they are one of those best friend couples that you really feel like they will last. sarah is prim and proper and nate is a fun-loving goof -- when you see them together, sarah seems to always be laughing and nate to just be staring at sarah with puppy-dog eyes. in his speech yesterday, he said, "just look at her and look at me. i still can't believe she said yes." it was pretty cute. my favorite fact about them: when they entered bschool as a couple, sarah wanted to do without school-premise pda, so she and nate would high-five when they ran into each other between classes. the idea of a high-five pda is funny enough, but i think it was funnier to see sarah high-five at all. here's a pix of the couple:



















so the wedding. the location was scenic, the weather was perfect, the bride was gorgeous, the crowd was fun, the band was fantastic -- so, minus ucla getting hammered in the final four during the ceremony, the night deserved an A. the country club scenary:















so a few more fun facts. the ceremony was conducted by both a rabbi and a priest, which i'd never seen before. the two gentlemen took turns in conducting the ceremony in their own traditions. oh, the rabbi was way funnier. lindy was proud.















the ceremony was in front of the clubhouse near the 18th green. this made me crack up -- two random golfers finishing up their rounds behind the "i dos":















and last item in my camera that made me laugh. our hotel room at the "hotel valley ho" (actual name! super fun to say), had a bathtub in the middle of the room. here's lindy vanna: