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charleshaynes has always invoked great envy in me by being able to go to the restaurants I dream about.He is also one of the most informed people I know when it comes to food. I rate his knowledge much higher than my own.He is a person who is not a foodie, but is a true gourmand. When he posted that he had an opening in a table of 8 at what is widely considered to be the best restaurant in the world I responded that he was a lucky bastard. What followed blew me away. My friends jumped up to offer frequent flyer miles to get me there. Oh, did I mention the restaurant is in Spain? Alex and Bridget jumped first, and a few others have volunteered since. Charles got me the spot, and we're making plans now for me to, honest to God, fly to Spain for dinner. I don't care if I have to sleep on a park bench, this is something that I can't even begin to explain how important it is to me.Here is a review and an explanation of what El Bulli is.
My friends are truly amazing
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Date: 2007-03-01 11:46 pm (UTC)You know, every time I've tried to donate miles they wanted me to pay some sort of horrendous fee. How do people get around that?
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Date: 2007-03-01 11:48 pm (UTC)btw, i thought of you when i read the "she's such a geek" blog's look at the recent NYT article about chicks vs molecular gastronomy.
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Date: 2007-03-02 03:25 am (UTC)yay friends!
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Date: 2007-03-02 04:57 am (UTC)Sorry, for all the 9 million miles I have flown over the years, I don't have a single frequent flyer mile to my name.... but there are other ways I can pitch in.. just let me know. It will cost you a copy of the El Bulli cook book.
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Date: 2007-03-02 12:10 pm (UTC)9 million miles? really? How did you figure that out?
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Date: 2007-03-02 05:13 pm (UTC)I finished my flying career with a total of logged in 22,000 hours. Considering an average speed of 400 miles an hour, makes this into 8.8 million miles, or 9 million in round numbers. Never mind that a lot of these miles were flown between Utica and Ogdensburg (both in NY).
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Date: 2007-03-02 08:44 pm (UTC)This is the Tech Review article I commented that you should read. If you go to the front page (http://www.technologyreview.com/) there's a video taken in the kitchen.
I'm glad you are going to be able to do this trip and have this experience.
YAY!
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