(Yawn!!) I got bored using paper/plastic shopping bags to carry my lunch day in and day out. Yes, a great way to recycle shopping bags but they are either too big or too small. Moreover, I feel like a walking advertisement for these brands.
You don't like that? Buy your own lunch bags.
Many years ago, I had one of the earlier insulated lunch bags when they first came on the market. It was by Eddie Bauer. It was pretty cool back then but ubiquitous now. The bag was only big enough for a sandwich; bulky, and bulkier with a ice pack. I used it couple of times and lost interest. For one, I needed a shopping bag for this bag (with chilled sandwich inside), other snacks and beverage. It defeated the purpose of having a lunch bag, no? OK, a BIGGER insulated bag will work, but meh...
So I started a quest.
I know I want a nostalgic tin lunchbox, just like the ones I had when I was little. Back then, almost every kid had one in their hands as we waited for the school bus. We couldn't wait to open it and to check out what others had in their lunchbox. In those days, lunchbox food was pretty boring. Most of the time it was a sandwich, a banana or an apple. Some had beverage in a matching cheap tumbler, but the drink would be lukewarm by lunchtime. No pasta or other fancy food because we did not have insulated double-wall containers to keep food hot or cold. And, no colorful compartmentalized food containers too.
I searched and looked and, lo and behold, I found what I was looking for.
Ta-Da! Isn't it cute?? It is the perfect size too. I can fit my bento box, coffee tumbler and a small fruit. OK. It doesn't keep my food warm but that is what microwave oven is for.
I have been bringing my lunchbox to work almost everyday. I feel like a kid as I walk to and from work swinging my lunchbox. I was self-conscious at first, but, very quickly, I decided that what the heck, this is me. This is the inner me. I'm a kid at heart and I don't care!
A Simple Pleasure.
Few folks on the street have complimented my Joe Cool lunchbox. One guy said that I may be setting a trend and that he would not be surprised to see more folks carrying one in a year time.
Can you imagine bunch of us grownups dashing through the streets, running to catch a bus, waving lunchbox screaming, "wait for me!!!" HAHA!! I would love that very much.
The action of putting the lunchbox down on the table, flipping up the latch and lifting the top to reveal what was inside was every kid's delight of the day. I am sure today's kids feel the same as they peer into their state-of-the-art lunch bags.
Past and present; young and old; I think all of us will always be excited about our lunchboxes.
Somethings never change...
You don't like that? Buy your own lunch bags.
Many years ago, I had one of the earlier insulated lunch bags when they first came on the market. It was by Eddie Bauer. It was pretty cool back then but ubiquitous now. The bag was only big enough for a sandwich; bulky, and bulkier with a ice pack. I used it couple of times and lost interest. For one, I needed a shopping bag for this bag (with chilled sandwich inside), other snacks and beverage. It defeated the purpose of having a lunch bag, no? OK, a BIGGER insulated bag will work, but meh...
So I started a quest.
I know I want a nostalgic tin lunchbox, just like the ones I had when I was little. Back then, almost every kid had one in their hands as we waited for the school bus. We couldn't wait to open it and to check out what others had in their lunchbox. In those days, lunchbox food was pretty boring. Most of the time it was a sandwich, a banana or an apple. Some had beverage in a matching cheap tumbler, but the drink would be lukewarm by lunchtime. No pasta or other fancy food because we did not have insulated double-wall containers to keep food hot or cold. And, no colorful compartmentalized food containers too.
I searched and looked and, lo and behold, I found what I was looking for.
Ta-Da! Isn't it cute?? It is the perfect size too. I can fit my bento box, coffee tumbler and a small fruit. OK. It doesn't keep my food warm but that is what microwave oven is for.
I have been bringing my lunchbox to work almost everyday. I feel like a kid as I walk to and from work swinging my lunchbox. I was self-conscious at first, but, very quickly, I decided that what the heck, this is me. This is the inner me. I'm a kid at heart and I don't care!
A Simple Pleasure.
Can you imagine bunch of us grownups dashing through the streets, running to catch a bus, waving lunchbox screaming, "wait for me!!!" HAHA!! I would love that very much.
The action of putting the lunchbox down on the table, flipping up the latch and lifting the top to reveal what was inside was every kid's delight of the day. I am sure today's kids feel the same as they peer into their state-of-the-art lunch bags.
Past and present; young and old; I think all of us will always be excited about our lunchboxes.
Somethings never change...