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Apps Near Me — a new feature of the App Store in iOS 7 — shows you a collection of popular apps relevant to your current location. And anytime you feel like there's just too much good stuff to choose from on the App Store, let your Wish List give you a break. Save apps to it now and buy them later when you're ready. iOS 7 also keeps your apps up to date automatically, so you don't have to bother. Another bonus of automatic updates: no more little red badge begging for your attention.
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I saw a small (approx. 1 foot long) ramp in a motorcycle rag. The purpose of the ramp, is to function like car ramps you use for working under the car. When a motorcycle is chopped or lowered, you can not longer get a lift jack under it, so this small ramp lifts the bike about 3 inches so that the lift can slide under the frame of the bike again.
I want to build one of these. Considering chopped bikes run about 500 pounds, and full-dressers that are lowered go up to about 750 pounds, what thickness of plate should I use? Of course, the ramp would only have to support a fraction of the total weight, and since it usually goes under the rear wheel, it get the "lighter" end of the bike.
Attached is a picture of the one I saw that I want to use as a template.
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Looking at that pic I see .....
A ramp that is short and somewhat narrow - as compared to say a car ramp.
Diamond Plate - driven surface
Smooth Plate - sides
What ya don't see and is there is what is inside that ramp.
You should be able to built some sort of box frame, maybe with angle with a ramp also from angle leading down. Than wrap it in 1/4" plate on bottom and sides, and diamond plate on top. This I am sure is overkill.
Rethinking this after looking at a car ramp sold at aucto places, 1/4" probably is overkill.
The diamond plate in that pic is probably sitting on some sort of subframe.
We ride bikes as well and I guess when ya put a bike up on that ramp, you have some sort of block as well under the sidestand?
I wonder if you could build the sides and bottom of that ramp out of one piece of material, bent in a brake. They weld in the diamond plate ramp. Prior to welding in the plate, put is some side bracing and perhaps a cross brace for the plate to rest on???
Just some thoughts as I have never had a 'lowered' bike. Heck the last bike I bought needs to be lowered 3".
I had to 'tippy-toe' at stop lights for a while until the suspension softened up a bit!
This is one tall ride---> http://www.cmgonline.com/articles/CM...rom_rhs_bg.jpg
But it's can go where my Gold Wing cannot go .... and I can throw it around like a feather!!!!
Not to take anything away from the metal world, but I just keep a couple of 2X6 boards (which when stacked are 3") with a miter cut to act as a "ramp" on to the end of the board. Works great for lifting my 650lb 1100 up just enough so that I can get an oil pan under it. It might work just as good to get you up enough to get a jack under it. SSS
11-26-2006, 02:57 PM #4Chop it and ride it,
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You know, there'll have to be a trip to chromer to make it really nice....
Post some pics when you get it done.


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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - DeAndre Jordan tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds in the Los Angeles Clippers' 88-71 win over the Golden State Warriors.
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I hope you all had as much fun as I did last week at the 81st LeFlore County Tournament. I knew this could have its share of upsets, good games and some history was made — all of which happened.
For the second straight year, an 11th-seeded team upset a sixth-seed team when the Pocola girls knocked off Bokoshe.
You had some nailbiters, like the boys quarterfinal game in which Talihina edged Pocola by a point when Talihina's Clark Austin hit the first two of three free throws after being fouled at the buzzer on a 3-point shot after the Indians scored with 4.6 seconds left to take a one-point lead.
The Spiro Bulldogs repeated as county champions, the first team to do so since Heavener girls in 2010 and 2011.
Then, there were some droughts which came to an end. The Poteau Lady Pirates won their first county title in 11 years, when they beat Pocola 64-59 to win the 2002 LeFlore County Tournament. Now, the Lady Pirates have a chance at a rare county trifecta, as they can win the third of three girls county titles in the same school year as they won last fall's fast-pitch softball county title, and will be favored to win this spring's slow-pitch county title.
Scott Gregory, Poteau's first-year girls coach, he joined a rare group as he now has coached a girls and a boys team to the county title — doing so with the Heavener Wolves in 2009. I was trying to figure out the last time a coach did that feat, which is hard for someone who has only been in LeFlore County for just less than three years. From all indication, the last coach to win a boys and a girls county title was Raymond Griffith, whose Talihina boys and girls swept the county titles in 1966. Bobby Turner has won two county titles at two different schools, like Gregory now has — but it was two girls teams, Bokoshe in 1979 and Pocola in 1991.
All in all, it was indeed quite a week. Mark your calendar now — Jan. 20-25, 2014 will be the 82nd LeFlore County Tournament. I'm sure glad there's 51 weeks before the next one happens.
Class 2A, 3A, 4A District Assignments Will Be Announced Thursday
While two weeks ago, county Class A and B basketball teams found out their district assignments, the rest of the county hoopsters will find out their district fates on Thursday. The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association will announce the Class 2A, 3A and 4A district assignments for district tournaments next month to begin postseason play. Look for them to appear in the Poteau Daily News either Friday morning's edition (should they be announced early enough on Thursday) or Saturday morning's edition.
Stilwell at Poteau, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Bokoshe at Arkoma, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Howe at Cameron, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Pocola at Heavener, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Buffalo Valley boys at Leflore, 6:30 p.m.
Keota at Panama, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Hartshorne at Talihina, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Smithville at Whitesboro, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
McCurtain at Wister, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Spiro at Roland, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Keota at Cameron, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Panola at Whitesboro, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Arkoma at McCurtain, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Roland at Poteau, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
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Wister at Howe, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Whitesboro boys at Leflore, 6:30 p.m.
Pocola at Talihina, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Muldrow at Spiro, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Arkoma at Keota, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Cameron at McCurtain, 6:30 and 8 p.m.
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Re: Who''s living on what??
Good morning,
We have lived on two different sailboats on the hook in St. John, US Virgin Islands. A 40' Hunter and we currently live on a Hunter 37C.
Although it took some adjusting to live on the smaller Hunter there are definite advantages. A smaller sailboat means maintenance is a bit cheaper which is a plus.
We sleep in the v-berth which at first really annoyed me(having to climb into bed), but now I really like it. The plus is we are rarely hot due to the nice breeze that blows through. The downside is making the bed is a real drag and I like having a neat cabin.
The other downside is that working on the engine is at times difficult. We have to haul everything out of the quarter berth (which is our storage area) to access the back part of the engine. (Our 40' had an aft stateroom which made access to the back of the engine easy, peasy. Sometimes storage can be an issue but we've learned to live quite minimally so that we don't have too much clutter. Clean spaces are a must for me.
My husband regularly sails her single handed as well, which makes her a good choice for us.
We have a blog as well that we continue to document our updates and our travels. Mountains and Seashore
Great question and I am curious to read what others have posted.
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In response to comments on the "stuff" - - -
Many years ago, I went from a 5-bedroom house to a 27' boat. The only mistake I made was keeping too much in a storage locker - mostly books and the such that I (thought I) couldn't part with. It was a big locker. Eventually I was able to give just about all of it away, and don't miss a bit of it. I can't even remember what it was. I kept a small storage that morphed from boxes of household stuff into a paint locker, with hoses, spares, extra sails, and so on. That, to me, is the hardest stuff to keep on the boat. For my last move, except for a motorcycle, if it didn't fit on the boat it didn't go. So now I have a small locker again, with boat spares, old photos, and off-season clothes that get swapped twice a year. I often have to explain to people that if I buy a pair of jeans, I have to throw a pair away, and that I have twice as much clothes in the Summer, since two shorts take up as much room as one pair of long pants. I think starting small and moving to a slightly larger (32') boat helped, since I had to make a break with "the stuff" in a big way.
So after 25 years of living aboard, and another year in a Japanese apartment that was possibly smaller than the boat, I look at "stuff" as just that much more to maintain. I also find the best way to keep the boat tidy is to take her out regularly. That way I *HAVE* to keep stuff put away!
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maybe its an age thing. what on earth is a zip car? and what kind of membership is worth $6?
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We are in the process of moving aboard a Morgan OI 33. I like the advice of adjusting your life style to the size of the boat.
We've sold the house and are in a short term apartment for less than 30 days. The only furniture I own are 2 lawn chairs that are locked to my wife's bike on the porch as theft protection. When we move the bike to the marina the chairs go to goodlwill.
There is a process to getting rid of stuff. 95% of the people we talk with think this is a great idea, 5% just don't get it.
My last day at work is in 5 days. I no longer need my suits, sport coats, shirts and ties. Gave them to someone at work who is my size and needs a better wardrobe. You can see the light go on in people's eyes when they realize I included the hangers with the clothes because I don't have the room for them.
Only 5% didn't get it? Most people I talk to, find living aboard inconceivable.
I lived aboard my Pearson 30 for almost a year, during my divorce. Loved every minute of it and it's not nearly as roomy as a Morgan OI or Catalina 30.
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maybe its an age thing. what on earth is a zip car? and what kind of membership is worth $6?
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In Marathon Key, Florida, $5 gets you anywhere on the island, bridge to bridge, Island Taxi Service.
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my car was last to go. I figure occasional rentals and 1-2000/yr taxis just about a wash.
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I've been on my Morgan 33 OI for about 5 years. I basically emptied my house mostly to Goodwill. things you might need to keep or acquire. apartment size freezer and refrigerator. separate units better when one fails. buy cheap, consider as non-repairable. dump most of your clothes, leather shoes don't like marine environment if you like to grill consider a 20# tank with adapter for your on deck grill 1 burner hotplate (small propane bottle) and microwave in galley. even if you dump almost everything as I did you be amazed ar how fast your storage spaces fill up. my car was last to go. I figure occasional rentals and 1-2000/yr taxis just about a wash.
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Matt, you really don't need clothes hangers. While I was performing in the Florida Keys, most of the night clubs I performed only required shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. The shirts, which I acquired from Ebay, were wash and wear, required no ironing, and always looked good. Mostly polyester/cotton blend.
At the locations where shorts were taboo, I wore black, dress slacks, and they stayed good looking if I carefully folded them and placed them in one of the drawers. The one thing I love about the Morgan 33 OI is the storage space - there's lots of it. I converted my hanging locker to a shelved locker, which allows me to store a lot more things in it. Something to consider.
Most of the time, when I was not playing music in the Tiki Bars, the attire was shorts, flip-flops and a short sleeve shirt. That was almost considered formal in the lower keys.
All the best,
apparently there are inmates worried about that freshly ironed look.
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Ricky Nolasco (1-0) tossed eight frames, scattering six hits and giving up three runs while striking out five and walking none. Heath Bell pitched a perfect ninth in his Marlins debut.
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Hi What is the right procedure for doing downhill welds?
I find the molten metal running down under the arc & getting in the weld pool,
Doe's it take more current to blow the slag out Or less to keep the heat down
Any paticular rods suit better? I know vertical up is the way to do most joints But what is thr recommend , easiest way to go downhill in lighter material?
Ive seen perfect pictures of the so called stack of dimes look,
Anyone share the technique for doing this?
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Used to run 6013 downhill on thin (up to 10 ga or so) sheet stock in school.
120 or 125 amps or so with an 1/8" rod. You have to be very careful at the start or you'll get a lack of filler on the face of the weld. Hold the rod about 60-70 degrees pointing uphill and go like heck LOL (no whipping or pausing)
I'm sure some of the pipeline guys can tell you more about other rods and techniques. .
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I was never a fan of 6013 rod.
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You can down hand 7018 as well you wanna keep your rod about 90 degrees to the steel and turn your heat up to approx the next rod size heat. Example if you run 1/8 normally around 120. Run 3/32 down hand at around the same. We use down hand 7018 for welding membranes to boiler tubes. And don't worry about the flux you'll burn it all away as you go.
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I use 7018 downhill occasionally to fill before running back uphill.


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Marussia sporting director Graeme Lowdon admitted that his the team feared a repeat of the heartache they suffered during last year's Brazil Grand Prix this past weekend at Interlagos.
In 2012, the Banbury-based outfit headed into the season finale in Brazil ahead of Caterham in the Constructors' Championship and in line to finish 10th.
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Stephanie of the East Village shared the following story with us about meeting a very quirky kitty named Mr. Snaggles at the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan, and how he seamlessly became a part of her family:
Many months after our cat passed away, I surprised my husband on his birthday by taking him to the ASPCA to adopt a cat. He had no idea where we were going, and was actually grouchy at first because he thought I was dragging him to a museum.
We spent all day looking at cats. We had such a pleasant experience at the Adoption Center. It is immaculate and has a friendly and well-informed staff.
My husband noticed him first—he was the one cat that was really responsive to us—a sweet, sad looking orange tabby with saucer-shaped eyes.
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During his stay at the ASPCA, veterinarians tried to correct an extensive injury to his leg, but when his injury would not heal, they had no choice but to amputate it.
Once we brought him home, we followed the suggested procedure of confining him to a smaller room at first to let him get acclimated to his new surroundings. My husband, the new cat and I were all stuffed in our tiny bathroom. He immediately jumped into my husband's lap and started purring, so we decided to let him out into the rest of the apartment. He sat between us as we watched a movie and slept at the foot of the bed that night.
We named him Mr. Snaggles, homage to his less obvious but cuter flaw, his missing canine tooth.
A new amputee, he took some time getting used to his lack of leg. For about a month, he would forget it was missing and attempted to scratch with his phantom leg by stretching out and wiggling his stump. I was conflicted between laughing and crying when I first witnessed this, but now I just brush his side.
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Every year, thousands of puppies are sold over the Internet and shipped to consumers like any other product. Websites advertising happy, healthy puppies commonly conceal a grim reality: They're often fronts for puppy mills—large-scale, commercial breeding operations that rear dogs in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions with complete disregard for the animals' wellbeing. Breeding dogs typically spend their entire lives in tiny, wire-bottomed cages churning out litters of puppies until they can no longer reproduce. All of this happens hidden from public view because outdated laws haven't applied to Internet breeders. Until now.
Today, the USDA steps into the Internet age by issuing a rule that brings breeders selling animals to consumers sight-unseen under the regulatory umbrella of the Animal Welfare Act. That means for the first time, USDA inspectors will be laying eyes on animals who have been ignored for too long.
It also means that the ASPCA will be able to provide the public with a window into Internet breeding facilities through our No Pet Store Puppies campaign. The No Pet Store Puppies site boasts over 10,000 photos taken by USDA inspectors at licensed breeding facilities, allowing you to see where pet store puppies really come from. Once the USDA begins inspecting Internet sellers, we will be able to expose the bleak lives of puppies sold over the Internet, too.
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Last week, we told you about our massive dog fighting bust that spanned multiple states and resulted in the removal of 367 dogs and puppies. We gave you an inside look with our on-the-scene video, and now we have a first-person account from the rescue. Below is a guest blog by Tim Rickey, Vice President of the ASPCA's Field Investigations & Response Team, reflecting on what he found during the raid and the terrible fate of dog fighting victims.
When I first walked on the property, I stared across the yard and saw more than 100 dogs, most of them tied to heavy log chains, anchored to dilapidated dog houses. The dogs ranged from old to young, living on a worn dirt ring that likely had seen generations of dogs come and go to a sad fate.
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I first thought of what a grim fate many of these dogs would have met without our intervention that day. But as I looked at a young, weeks-old puppy with one glance, and an aging, 10-year-old senior with another, my thoughts quickly turned to the long, lonely and painful journey of a fighting dog's life.
This cycle begins with being chained at such an early age with little to no positive human or animal interaction. The burden continues with heavy chains, often with additional weights, to drag around their entire lives. The constant noise, arousal and anxiousness push them towards aggression to or from their yard mates. If they don't respond, their life may end quickly, but if they do, they have sealed their fate of a long, torturous life.
Their only reprieve from the chain is death or brief release to be tested against another dog, eventually going back to the chain with little attention to their wounds. What follows is weeks of intense training and significant human interaction with the person who will commit the ultimate betrayal and force them into a barbaric battle for entertainment and profit. If they survive, they go back again to the chain: A vicious cycle that could go on for years until these dogs finally have no value or fight left in them and are discarded.
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Nearly a decade ago the State of California took a bold stand to ban the production and sale of foie gras, a luxury food item produced by shoving pipes down birds' throats several times a day to force-feed them until their livers become fatty and diseased.
Major retailers including Safeway, Target and Costco refuse to sell foie gras and, according to one poll, nearly three-quarters of Americans want to see it banned nationwide. But as the implementation date of the California ban neared, it was not surprising that some groups rose up to challenge the law, taking their case all the way to federal court.
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Longtime chow stalker, first time poster. First of all wanted to thank the many contributors to this board and the France board as many of the places we went to on our Honeymoon were direct recommendations from this site. We had an amazing time eating our way around Barcelona and wanted to show our thanks via a trip report of our culinary adventures. Hope you enjoy!
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El Vaso de Oro - seared foie gras & onions, padron peppers, patatas brava, granjero sandwich, steak and foie gras, 4 beers. 62E. Outrageously good tapas bar, filled with friendly locals. Packed at 3pm when we walked in(we started out standing), had slowed done by the time we left around 4:30ish.
Hisop* - 9pm reservation. Reef blue mussel with lettuce and cucumber sorbet amuse, fresh sardines with almond milk soup amuse, wife - smoked king prawns with shiitake mushrooms, me - "after eight" foie gras with mint foam and shaved chocolate, me - monkfish suquet romesco sauce saffron Bon Bon potato purée, wife - sole with cap i pota (veal head and foot gelatin terrine) and caviar, peach sorbet and green tea sauce, chantrelles ice cream with passion fruit and white chocolate, bottle of Penedes Chardonnay, two glasses of cava, bottles of sparkling & still water. 124E. Outstanding meal, ingredients & techniques are the stars. Didn't order tasting menu, but still received two amuse, and palate refresher before dessert. Great value for this Michelin starred gastronomic experience.
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Cafe con leche and a small croissant each from a little cafe near our apt for breakfast. We knew our upcoming lunch was going to be a feast and made sure we had room to fully indulge.
Took the 1 hour train ride from Barcelona north along the beautiful coastline to Sant Pol de Mar. Carme Ruscadella's Sant Pau*** - 2pm reservation. What entailed was quite easily the BEST meal of our lives. We've ate at fine dining establishments all over the US, especially in our hometown of San Francisco. However, this meal made all others pale in comparison, even in direct relation to another 3 star Michelin we've had the pleasure of dining at, the French Laundry. Our meal at Sant Pau was pure magic. We decided we'd be hard pressed to find a more beautiful setting paired with a more delicious meal anywhere else in the world. Our table was front and center overlooking their garden patio with the blue ocean almost close enough to reach out and touch stretching just beyond the garden to the horizon. We did the tasting menu which consisted of a palate awakening gazpacho-like broth called Oliaigo, followed by four amuse bouche tastes ("Bloody Mary",mini vegetable pie,rice & Roquefort fried croquette, and vegetable and pork sausage) presented in a mini stove, 5 seafood dishes (king prawn, crawfish, squid, and parrot fish), two meat choices (iberio pork & challans duck), of which we decided to supplement and get both each (it's our honeymoon we reasoned!), 3 creatively different preparations of Capricho cheese, a palate refresher of aromas of Montserrat "snow", two wonderfully creative and playfully plated desserts, finally followed by a beautiful two-tiered tray of mignardises, which we happily indulged upon in their beautiful garden. We opted to let the sommelier guide us and ordered the wine pairing. There was not a single dish or pairing that was a miss. Each dish's flavors we're impeccable and each pairing fully enhanced and complemented the subtleties of each dish perfectly. Easily the best pairing we've had. Words really do no justice to the dining experience. It is magical and transcendental and a must visit for food and wine lovers. Our meal finished just after 6pm and the sound of the waves crashing on the beach as we sat in the garden was the perfect finishing touch to a meal of a lifetime. 146E tasting menu + 46E meat supplement, 57E wine pairing + 6E supplement (11 generous pourings where in fact the sommelier topped us off multiple times as well), sparkling & still water, coffees. 479E total.
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Breakfast at La Boqueria. Pinoxto Bar - Walked up at 8:30am and got the last two seats at the bar. White beans and baby squids, potato and onion tortilla, and bread. Walked around the market taking in the sights and smells of all the amazing meat, seafood, and produces. Stumbled upon El Quim and decided we were still hungry. Gambas and razor clams. Don't remember how much we spent at each place at the La Boqueria, but Pinoxto was definitely less expensive and we enjoyed the food more and actually returned for the white beans and squids on another day, they were just so good.
Tickets - 7:30pm reservation made 2 months in advance to the date. The waitress explained there was an option where they would surprise us and bring us tasting sized portions of many things on the menu. That sounded great to us and the experience began. Watermelon infused with sangria, the Olive-S, joselito's gran reserva iberian ham, mini manchego cheese "airbags", tomato salad with gazpacho jello, avocado cannelloni with crab, oysters with oriental vinaigrette, tuna belly tartar with radish and plum, macerated prawns, truffled egg, mini pork sandwich, confit potatoes with boiled iberian ham, liquid ravioli of payoyo cheese, the animated forest, chocolate lava balls, catalan cream role. 2 beers, bottle of Cava, still water. 210E.
Day 4
On our way to Parc Guell, stopped right on the bus line at Catalana Cerveseria. Walked in at 12pm. Various Montaditos of iberian ham, foie and roquefort, seafood salad, smoked salmon, and iberian ham/lettuce/mayo, and sauteed mushrooms. 1 beer and 1 glass of wine. 40E. Delicious and inexpensive. We ended up going here 3 times over the trip for various snacks and delicious inexpensive white and red wine glasses and cold "Claras". Really a great place, easy to get into for the most part, due to it's large size. Only waited once for 15 minutes. Tried a lot of the menu and liked everything.
La Vinya del Senor - Walked in at 7pm. Foie meatballs, iberian ham, salmon tartar, salami sticks. Bottle of Rioja red. 50E. Cool wine bar with great location on square in front of Santa Maria del Mar church. Bonus of being walking distance from our apt.
Bubo pastry bar (next door to La Vinya) - Various bombons, rasperry sacher cake. Two espressos. 25E.
Day 5
Tapas 24 - walked in at 11:30am. House made peach and mint juice and orange juice. Bikini "Commerc 24" (ham/cheese/truffle bocadillo), Mc-foie burger (mini burger with scoop of foie butter to apply ourselves :), grilled squid bocadillo. 43E. Upscale tapas, good rich flavors. The fresh juices were great as well.
Neighborhood tapas crawl:
Sagardi - walked in at 7pm. Various Montaditos as this is a serve yourself Montadito bar. Standout was the smoked salmon with minced garlic and dill. 4 glasses of house white. 33E.
Taller de Tapas - walked in at 8:30pm. tomato bread, fried squid, gambas, seared onions and foie, Bottle of Rioja red. 47E.
Day 6
Breakfast at La Boqueria. White beans and baby squid from Pinoxto. Tuna and Salmon sashimi from Ma Lluisa Sanz Gana stand. Delicious super fresh tuna and salmon in it's purest form. Shopped for our picnic lunch at Parc de la Cuitadella.
Cal Pep - walked up at 7:15pm and there was already a big line. First day back from 3 week vacation for Cal Pep. Ended up narrowly missing the first seating at the bar. 45 minutes later and we had our seats in the middle of the bar. Tomato bread, clams, assorted fried fish and squid, tuna tartar, fried artichokes, grilled monkfish and vegetables, 4 beers, 4 glasses of cava. 100E. Great fun. Tasty simple food where they let the freshness of the ingredients shine. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Day 7
Cinc Sentits* - 2pm reservation. Amuses of green olives, spiced marcona almonds, and fried fish skin (which was like an amazing potato chip, but made of fish skin). "Cinc Sentits" shot: maple syrup, bourbon foam, fleur de sel. Wild Mediterranean albacore escabeche with smoked apple sorbet. Heirloom tomato with watermelon granita, catalan mozzarella, and micro basil. Foie gras, crisp coca crust, leeks, and chives. This was possibly the most delicious foie preperations we've ever had. Truly mind blowing dish. Perfectly balanced in flavors and textures. Pyrenees trout with zucchini, cucumber, smoked roe, Rias alta cheese, and pear. Organic milk-fed lamb with creamy herb rice, mustard ice cream, and fresh peach. Catalan farm house cheeses with carrot marmalade, melon and maldonado jamon, and nectarine accoutrements. Strawberries with vanilla bean, lime, and fresh herb cream. Chocolate and saffron ice cream scoops over coffee orange and hazelnuts crumbs. Assorted mignardises. Bottle of still water. Premium wine pairings. 295E.
re: SusanB
No problem! Tickets was amazing, I'm sure you will enjoy it! Part 2 is now up here, it's Paris: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/8693...
re: foodcoupleSF
I'm kinda surprised to see this comment. Because this was the only place that you didn't praise, I was wondering if you were disappointed. We have res in November.
re: c oliver
I wrote these as I went so my memory would be fresher and can only say that my lack of praise must've resulted in my gushing over Sant Pau from the day before :) We did really enjoy our meal at Tickets and even ended up sitting next to a couple from Berkeley that we chatted with, such a small world!
Thanks for the report and tips. I am visiting for a conference in a few weeks and very much looking forward to the food in Barcelona. :-)
Thanks so much for reporting back.
Agree with you - that meal at Sant Pau was the best of our lives - we were there the same day (and meal) and spoke to you in the garden.
And missed you at Tickets - we were at 41 degrees that night and it was better than Sant Pau!
But Sant Pau doesn't get the respect it deserves - doesn't even get its own thread here.
Just too far for us to get to El Vaso de Oro (we stayed in Eixample) - but also hit Tapas24 - one of the better tapas places IMO (although I'm not generally a tapas fan).
And a hint for those who can't make it to Sant Pau - the chef (Carme Ruscalleda) oversees the restaurant Moments (in the Shangri La in Barcelona) - her son is the chef there. Because Sant Pau itself was so good we cancelled a lunch at Moo and went to Moments instead. Can't talk about dinner, but the lunch prix fixe at Moments is outstanding. 45€ for a 3 course (optional 9€ upgrade for a fourth course). But extreme caution - this may ultimately be the most expensive meal of your life, because you will discover what fine dining (Michelin style) is all about and you risk becoming addicted - it's the gateway meal to fine dining!
And, of course, congratulations to you both - welcome to the Community.
And for clarity - the pictures in the original post are from Sant Pau.
re: estufarian
Thanks for the clarification about the pictures and for the well wishes! Still dreaming about that meal at Sant Pau, now over two weeks ago. Our mouths were watering as we relived the tremendous experience as we went through our photos!
Can't believe 41 degrees was even better! You've definitely added that in permanent pen to our list of places for our next visit to Barcelona.
Wanted to mention that we only got to El Vaso twice, but would've gone at least twice more we liked it that much. However, they started their 3 week annual holiday a few days after our arrival. Oh well, more to try for our next trip!
Agree with you about Tapas 24 and definitely want to go to try the whole menu on our next trip. A good hint though, when we went for early lunch, we walked right in and had almost the whole place to ourselves and although they didn't offer the full menu they still had two of their signature dishes, the bikini and the Mc-foie, which both were delicious!
Glad we got to chat a bit in the garden, maybe we'll run into you their again as the wife and I've decided it must be a yearly pilgrimage! Good meeting you and looking forward to hearing about more of your culinary adventures here on the boards!
Thanks for this great report. I also have a 7:30 reservation at Tickets in a few weeks. How did you find the atmosphere that early in the Barcelona dining schedule? Was it mostly tourists? Would you recommend going with the "surprise" menu, or if you had to do it over again, would you go a la carte?
re: Chicas
Tickets is nearly all tourists - locals won't (generally) pay those prices.
The 'surprise' menu isn't really that - it's just a selection chosen by your server (or more cynically, what may not be 'moving' that evening). So scan the menu, choose what you fancy and if you want more, THEN ask for recommendations. It seems to me they push the 'famous olives' and also the oysters very hard.
Don't miss the Manchego Airbags - or the Joselito jamon (unless you've already pigged out on the latter).
re: estufarian
Thanks for the ordering tips. As far as "tourists," I always see CHs wanting to go where the tourists don't go but let's face it, WE'RE tourists when we travel so doesn't bother me one bit :) Chicas, we have a res at 7. I'll just look upon it as everything will be available :)
re: c oliver
Probably it is a lot of tourists, but I'm looking forward to it. And the owner of the apartment that we're renting (a local from Barelona) has been a couple of times and really recommended it to us.
re: Chicas
Glad you liked the report! When we arrived at Tickets just before our 7:30pm reservation there was a line of about 8 people hoping to snag a cancellation. However, the restaurant was only about 3/4 full when we were seated. By the time we left a couple hours later, there wasn't a seat empty. Like estufarian said it's a surprise in that you don't know what's coming next, but everything was listed on the menu. We liked it because the menu is rather long and it gave us a chance to just relax and let the dishes come. We made sure to peruse the menu thoroughly so that if something we really wanted to try didn't seem like it was coming out, we'd be ready to add to our "surprises". The waitress did a great job and picked everything we would've picked and more. The only item that came out that was underwhelming was the confit potatoes with boiled ham, but that might be attributed to the fact that it came towards the end of the savory part of our meal and everything else was just so good. Also going the "surprise" route we got half orders of items that allowed us to try much more of the menu than if we had ordered a la carte. Also second estufarians rec to not miss out on the Airbags, they were sublime.
re: foodcoupleSF
Thanks for your 'add-on.' I'd planned on going the surprise route also and the fact that you go half orders is great. I really love to try all sorts of things. Funny about the Berkeley couple. Small world indeed.


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