By CRUZ | EDITOR in CHIEF
Published: September 24th, 2011
It was Tuesday September 22nd, a grey cloudy day in NYC. I arrived at SLAW and saw neatly wrapped sandwiches sitting on top of paper mats, napkins and a big bag of potato chips wide open. Cash did a good job. GOOD JOB!!!
Spa and Mr X joined us shortly. Everyone commented on what a great job Mrs Cash did with the presentation, all sandwiches wrapped individually in wax paper like a professional deli would do especially because she had to prepare these the very morning.
The sandwiches were triple layered delights filled with cole-slaw. Cash, Mr X and Spa had ones with ham and I had one without (thanks Mrs Cash) since I don't ham. The last time we had these was during "SLAW on the road" episode dated December 22nd 2010. You can read all about Episode 18 here [Link to Episode]
Cash played the Art lecture but we soon discovered that no one was paying much attention so he stopped it and started discussing about Spa's trip to Morocco which at this point is only 1 week away. We also discussed a situation where Spa entered Cash's office one morning and called him a name, completely un-provoked. Let us pretend that name rhymes with shopping bag. Cash demanded SLAWpology and Spa ignored the request.
Spa started talking about her trip to Morocco again. I think Cash prompted her with a song and Spa taking the bait started singing "Marrakesh Express" by Crosby, Stills and Nash. The singing was so off that it made Cash jump up and put the song on youtube so we all can hear the difference.
Great food, music, "shopping bag", SLAWpology, Spa's singing and Cash's rapid fire jokes made this a very good SLAW.
As I was diving into a bag of potato chips that Cash brought for Episode 46th, Mr X calmly asked me if I was "bulking-up". That made me realize that I was starting to eat unhealthy again.
Project SLAW was founded on the belief that by eating home-cooked lunch during a work day we can save money, eat healthy and enjoy office lunches.
That made me re-design our logo for SLAW Weekly and gave me an idea for my next turn at bringing in Office Lunch. Sorry Cash but I must.
Here's to a NEW Start at SLAW, a healthier SLAW.
(Lets see how long this lasts, I would give this one a week)
By CRUZ | EDITOR in CHIEF
Published: September 23rd, 2011
I accidentally stumbled into SLAW area during lunch hour one day and saw Cash, Spa and Mr X watching Art Lectures while eating lunch. Then I find out that they have been doing this for a while and were already on lecture 5.
WHAT!!!
I know I have been busy at work and not much time to take lunches but I missed out on four excellent office lunches and some interesting lectures. Not to forget all the comments they probably made during those lectures. The fun stuff!!!
On Friday September 16th, I had a 50 minute break between meetings so I went out with Spa and Cash to EAT on upper east side. We all got soups (perfect for a rainy cloudy NYC day) and headed back to office.
Cash called Mr X to join and we started our first lecture. Today's lecture was Lecture # 5: Ancient Near East and Islamic Art. The lectures are 1/2 hour each which is perfect for work lunch and are available on DVD under series title Museum Masterpieces. Professor Richard Brettel picks a few art object from a specific period and shares some key facts and observations. I found this interesting and educational.
Since this is a blog about office lunch I will mention that soups from EAT although expensive ($9 for a pint) were very good. That didn't stop me from eyeing Mr X's leftover lunch which looked pretty good. http://www.elizabar.com/-C25.aspx
The lecture was interesting but some of us started to do other things towards the end.
By CRUZ | EDITOR in CHIEF
Published: September 23rd, 2011
Sorry for not posting any new blogs. It has been 2 months and I am happy to report that Project SLAW is still on.
Team SLAW met on Tuesday September 6th and it was my turn. It had been a while so I brought in some Paki comfort food, yup Beef Biryani (Layered Spicy Basmati Rice with Potatoes and beef) with the usual side of cucumber yogurt. Since its been couple of weeks, I hardly remember what we talked about. Mr X had a day off which I didn't realize so I had brought his portion. Oh well, more for me. Besides Biryani I brought Gulab Jaman, a deep-fried ball of flour and sugar/honey and Halwa for dessert.
Spa was excited about her upcoming trip to Paris and Morocco, Cash was cash and I explained to them about a punishment that most people who grew up in South East Asia receives some time during their lives. Its called "Murga" position which literally translate to the rooster position. If you get caught doing anything you are not supposed to like talking in class, or breaking a traffic rule, well you are bound to be converted into a Murga for atleast 10-15 minutes if not half hour. Both Spa and Cash were fascinated. Wikipedia has an entry on it as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murga_punishment
Spa even attempted to try it but couldn't really make her arms go under her legs and bring them up to her ears. Enjoy the pictures. :)
