Wilfrid Posted September 19, 2024 Share Posted September 19, 2024 The total that ended up on my bank account for Hisop (three courses plus amuses, a glass of Cava, a half-bottle of Albarino, cognac, mignardises): $141. That includes everything. Also all-inclusive, three savory courses and dessert (I ate a dessert!) with wines BTG at La Sosenga: $68. Much as I love Manhattan... Actually, let's talk about Queens. $173 total last night and not anywhere near the level of the restaurants above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted September 22, 2024 Share Posted September 22, 2024 I just came into Camarón de la Isla’s complete discography. “Pig in shit” would be an understatement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 22, 2024 Share Posted September 22, 2024 That sounds good. Bar Leo is crazy about Bambino and he’s great but I am more about the Shrimp and Terremoto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted September 27, 2024 Share Posted September 27, 2024 Having delved into my collection, I'm not kicking Bambino out of my CD player tray, either. Listening to Leonard Cohen after Flamenco is um illuminating. He wasn't bullshitting about that influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 27, 2024 Share Posted September 27, 2024 I did not know Cohen claimed that: interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 This suddenly got real. Just over two weeks away. I have La Sosenga reserved and I am looking at the Hisop menu. The good news, my usual hotel is hilariously cheap mid-January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 For anyone not following my obsessions, I am flying to Barcelona to see Hinds at Sala Apolo. I will also see my godson, who lives there, and his father who will travel from the UK for post-punk pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Booked Hisop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Barcelona in the sixties. I just have to get out of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 12/30/2024 at 2:32 PM, Wilfrid said: Booked Hisop. Are you meeting Ana for dinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 13 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Barcelona in the sixties. I just have to get out of here. I hear it was really nice there back in the '60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 19 hours ago, hollywood said: Are you meeting Ana for dinner? Breakfast, I thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Thinking about the old dancehall where Hinds are playing, I guess there has to be just one "l" in the Apolo part or it might be perceived as Chicken Coop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I'm curious whether they expand beyond what appears to be their typical setlist. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/hinds/2024/brighton-music-hall-boston-ma-5357af5d.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I expect that's the set. They are still selling the new album of course. It will be different seeing them addressing the audience in Spanish. Bobby Van's at Terminal 8. Last stop before the late flight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 SadIy Bobby Van's is shutting down. It has been my last post before the BCN flight for a while. Devoted readers will remember me drinking with a Finnish metal band called Cliff Barnes on my last trip. I remember anyway. In other minor annoyances, after considering my packing for several days, I forgot a travel adapter. And I have a bunch. Post-martini schlep around the terminal until I found one in a remote kiosk. Boy, does Ana owe me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Cliff Barnes, the Dallas character? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Yes indeed. Why I do not know. Find them on YouTube. Very smooth trip that I am now celebrating with a Hanky Panky in Boadas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 More detail about food later but again, smacked in the face by the prices. This lovely bar, huge plates of potato chips and crackers, the best charcuterie and cheese, more charcuterie comped, two glasses of the most expensive cava, a reserve red, a shot of good cognac = $40. That's it, no gratuity. I just retreated to a cozy bar behind my hotel for a digestif which will cost pennies and I get a bread/tomato/tortilla snack with it. The two high end cocktails at Boadas did reach $27, kind of NYC happy hour, but as always no tip on top of that. If I eat and drink enough I will pay for my flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Well this has been a long day but always worth it. Seven hours of sleepless squirming on a plane, but look what it gets you. It gets you here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 1/13/2025 at 7:19 PM, Wilfrid said: Boy, does Ana owe me. Well, she owes you, however, through the power of transitivity, Ana, you owe me. Give Wilf a handshake and nothing more. I will see you in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 If Ana is not in a relationship, the world is mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Last night's food was at Bodega 8 that I discovered last time I was here. It's an attractive room in an old building on Placa de Merce, sweeping modern bar, mainly locals and regulars and big cute dogs. The owner remembered me so comps followed. In addition to superb ham and fuet from the family carnisseria and cheese with walnuts she sent out pepper bacon and longaniza. Cava, Pla del Blages tinto and a chupito of cognac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 45 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: If Ana is not in a relationship, the world is mad. Or! Or! She just likes being on her own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Excellent two-floor show of Catalan artists in Paris (1900-1914) at Museu Picasso. Lunch a few steps away at Tapeo, opposite El Xampanyet. This is Tapeo by Daniel Rueda who apparently used to be at Commerc24. Very good pincho moruno with mint yogurt; a hunk of morcilla de Burgos with piri piri sauce and a scoop of housemade cream cheese; a plate of eggplants in honey and lime which was good, but too large and too rich for one person. With a glass of wine and mineral water, 26 euros. Walked it off at the Leger show at Palau Martorell. Last photo is Bodega 8 spied from a window of the Palau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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