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Hey! So it’s almost 5pm and we’re so excited for all the fun things happening in Cleveland over the long Memorial Day weekend…Great American Rib Cookoff, Tremont Greek Fest, Lake County Captains home-stand and more. On top of all that,  filming for Captain America: Winter Soldier is happening as we speak! Because filming is happening mostly outdoors in the heart of downtown Cleveland, you can get close enough to get a glimpse of the action. You’ll find some streets are closed but fear not, alternate routes are always available. Read on for help navigating the city. You should know: Cleveland’s West Shoreway will be closed (east and west bound) from Lake Avenue to E. 9th Street from May 30 through June 14. Edgewater Park and the marinas north of the Shoreway will be accessed via West 49th St. Vehicles exiting Edgewater Park and the marinas will be directed out through the closed Westbound lanes of the Shoreway back to West 49th Street. Other street closures and re-routing will occur in Downtown Cleveland, primarily between May 19 and June 14th. Additional closures may occur between June 14 and June 28. Additional Police Officers and Traffic Controllers are on hand to supplement the standard traffic detail for rush hours, special events and routine travel; and to ensure that the coordinated effort is effectively assisting traffic flow. Make a plan: Call the movie traffic hotline number at 866.999.4959 for an audio recording of closings. It will be updated weekly during filming. Visit www.clevelandmovietraffic.com for updates. Heading to downtown CLE to catch a Tribe game during filming? There’s a site for that. The Indians have put together some info especially for you at www.Indians.com/planyourtrip. Keep your eye out for a Downtown Cleveland Alliance Ambassador dressed in a yellow shirt. They’d be happy to guide you in the correct direction. Subscribe to a twitter list of folks offering updates and follow the hashtag #CLECaptTraffic. Utilize this map: Or these details: DETAILS OF STREET CLOSURES FOR CARS AND PEDESTRIANS STREET DATES ALTERNATE ROUTE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Rockwell Ave Btw E9th St & West Mall Drive May 19 – May 25 Superior Ave. A lane will be maintained for parking garage access between E. 9th & E. 6th Streets. E6th St Btw Superior Ave & St Clair Ave May 19 – May 25 E. 9th St. E. 6th St at Theresa Ct.: ABM Lot closed from May 18 – May 23 E6th St Btw Superior Ave & Euclid Ave 20-May Intermittent traffic control A lane will be maintained for access to the 515 Euclid garage. Garages Vincent Ave. have access via E. 9th St. E6th St Between St. Clair Ave & Lakeside Ave 23-May E. 9th St. Access to parking garages will be maintained. Lakeside Ave Btw E9th St & East Mall Drive 23-May Intermittent traffic control Access to parking garages will be maintained. Euclid Ave Btw E6th & E18th St May 24 – 25 Superior Ave. Buses will be re-routed to Prospect. E. 9th St Btw Euclid Ave & Bolivar Ave May 24 – 25 E. 18th St. Prospect Ave Btw Ontario & E18th St May 24 – 25 Open for car traffic No parking on this street to allow for the rerouting of buses from Euclid Avenue. Prospect Ave Btw E2nd St & E17th St 26-May Superior Ave. Access to the Horseshoe Casino Parking Garage will be maintained. Huron Rd Between Ontario Ave & Prospect Ave May 26th, May 28 – June 1 Carnegie Ave. No through traffic. Access to parking garages and local businesses will be maintained. Bolivar Rd @ Prospect Ave 26-May Carnegie Ave. Access to Gateway East Garage will be maintained. Bolivar btw E9th St & Prospect Ave will be a 2 way street to allow traffic access and egress. Prospect Ave Btw E4th St & E17 th St May 28 – June 1 Until 5pm Carnegie Ave. Access to parking garages will be maintained. Prospect Ave Btw E4th St & just West of Bolivar Ave May 28 – June 1 After 5pm Carnegie Ave. Access to parking garages will be

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Welcome to Eater Tastings, where Eater SF editor Allie Pape shares the best restaurant and bar news of the week. Chez Panisse before the blaze. [Photo: banky177/Flickr] BERKELEY—Chez Panisse is finally coming back from their fire on June 21, but don't touch that OpenTable reservation just yet: opening-night tickets are a whopping $2,500 apiece. FINANCIAL DISTRICT/OUTER RICHMOND—Two SF standbys inked deals to expand to other cities this week: Tadich Grill will open location #2 in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s political district, while Pizzetta 211is getting a spinoff, Paladar 511, in New Orleans. SAN FRANCISCO—Guy Fieri has been all over SF this week shooting Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, with stops at Nopalito, The Front Porch, Show Dogs, and food trucks Senor Sisig and KoJa Kitchen. Only one problem: the DPT ticketed his Camaro. SFO—We updated our dining guide to SFO for summer travel season, with the latest and greatest food at the airport (hello, Three Twins Ice Cream). THE MISSION—A nasty fire on Valencia has taken out Thai House 530 and We Be Sushi; no word on when they'll be returning. TEMESCAL— New bakery Barkada is now open, serving up tasty pastries and locally-roasted Scarlet City coffee. BERKELEY—Also premiering this week in the East Bay: the new brick-and-mortar from local pop-up veterans Easy Creole, who'll also maintain their standing date at Castro bar The Residence. NOE VALLEY—Chris Cosentino now has a meat-and butchery-themed fashion line with Betabrand, because chefs are celebrities now and celebrities get fashion lines. BURLINGAME—After a bunch of public outcry, Burlingame izakaya Mokutanya decided to drop those $70 lion-meat skewers from their menu.

Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen is making the most of his offseason. After recently selling a pair of blue curtains painting for $43.8 million, he has now purchased, restored and displayed a 46-foot tall V-2 rocket used by Nazi Germany in World War 2 at his Flying Heritage Museum in Everett, Washington. Bill Sheets of the Herald Net reports that there are now only six such rockets in the United States and 16 total in the world. Even better, the paper filmed time-lapse video of the rocket being assembled (below). Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen added the rocket to his collection of World War II-era aircraft and weapons in 2003, and its restoration was recently completed, military aviation curator Cory Graff said. The restored rocket was brought to the Flying Heritage Collection museum at Paine Field in three sections on Monday, and crews worked all day to have the rocket reassembled and ready for display today. ... "It's definitely an iconic piece of machinery. It fits very well into our technology theme," Graff said. "It's great to have that as an example of a milestone of World War II aviation and technology." Aubrey Cohen of the Seattle PI has more details. Just like Christmas here, except you know what's in the package," Graff said. And most Christmas gifts aren't 46 feet tall, with the ability to carry 2,000 pounds of explosives 200 miles at 3,400 mph. V-2, short for Vergeltungswaffe (Retaliation Weapon) 2, was the commonly used name of the Aggregat-4 rocket, which Germany deployed in the last year of World War II. It was the world's first long-range ballistic missile, the first human-made object to travel into space and the basis for future U.S. and Soviet rockets and ballistic missiles. Image via HeraldNet video on YouTube -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter

Travel app Waze has found itself at the centre of a bidding war between Google and Facebook, according to new information.Waze, a community driven GPS social navigation app, is one of the main data suppliers for the rather-maligned Apple Maps. In January, it was reported that Apple and Waze were in takeover talks, with Apple putting $500m (about £330m, AUS $516m) on the table, which Waze rejected.Then Facebook came in offering around $1bn (about £660m, AUS $1.03bn) - and now Google is said to making its own offer as well.Clash of the Titans Waze took the spotlight in the wake of Hurricane Sandy when government agencies contacted the company to ask its users which gas stations were running low on fuel. Both Google and Facebook see Waze as a way to improve their own standings in the mobile arena.Google will want to incorporate Waze's real-time traffic updates and social elements into its revamped Google Maps, whereas Facebook will see Waze's 40m users as a perfect advertising and mobile expansion opportunity. Which will come out on top? The ball certainly seems to be in Waze's court, so stay tuned.

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As we get set to head off to destinations far and wide for the holiday weekend (whoo-hoo!), those of us with a plane ride in our future are suddenly reminded of just how much air travel sucks for our skin. Like, a lot. Fortunately, this awesome all-natural line now exists to save us from sad, oxygen-deprived, broken-out complexions. This Works' new In Transit collection features an array of products aimed at tackling some of the specific beauty woes one faces when flying the (not-so) friendly skies. The line features a natural antiseptic stick, to solve any minor ailments; an SPF 30 moisturizer that's safe enough for even the most sensitive of skin; a hydrating and fatigue-fighting mask, moisturizer, and primer in one; an essential oil rollerball stick, to soothe sore muscles; and cleansing pads to help moisturize, tone, and remove all traces of makeup, dirt, and oil. And, of course, each product weighs in at less than three fluid ounces, so you don't have to worry about a cranky TSA agent relieving you of your new favorite skin-saving regimen. Now if only they could help us deal with all the other headaches that come with airline travel. Guess we're on our own with that one. Safe travels, everyone! This Works In Transit Collection, $29-$55, available at Beautyhabit. Read More

Today's pick comes from Racked National editor Kerry Folan. Helen Kaminsky sun hat, $195 at HelenKaminsky.com Want to ruin a perfectly good summer weekend? Go get a sun burn. (I speak from experience here.) So with Memorial Day Weekend kicking off the summer travel season, I am sharing my absolute best hat trick so that you, readers, can learn from my mistakes. This Helen Kaminsky rafia sun hat will save you for the next three months. Unlike most straw hats, it's rollable and packable—there is literally nothing you can do to it do mess it up—yet it still manages to retain it's shape. (That is pure magic, as far as I'm concerned—some kind of crazy Australian voodoo.) Also, it has an ingenious sweat band at the inner forehead so you don't get itchy. Yes, $200 is a lot of money to spend on a hat, but you will have it forever. I'm on my sixth season with mine, and my skin is extremely grateful that I am. · All Kerry's Picks [Racked] · All Editor's Picks [Racked]

Mark your calendars, Ohio State fans: The Buckeyes' 2013 homecoming game has been set.Ohio State will host the Iowa Hawkeyes on October 19 for its homecoming game, with a scheduled kickoff of 3:30 p.m. EST.Ohio State spokesperson Jerry Emig made the announcement via Twitter Friday afternoon: Ohio State’s 2013 Homecoming game will be 10/19 vs. Iowa on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, the networks announced today. Kickoff is 3:30 p.m.— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) May 24, 2013 The Buckeyes will be coming off of a bye week heading into the Iowa game, so the Hawkeyes will be facing a rested team and an anxious crowd when they travel to Columbus. The 3:30 kickoff time will inevitably increase the anticipation for the game, making it a more hostile environment for the Hawkeyes to overcome.The last two matchups between these teams have been absolute nail-biters.In 2010, the Buckeyes overcame a four-point deficit when Terrelle Pryor converted a 4th-and-10 on Ohio State's go-ahead touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter. The Buckeyes would go on to win, 20-17. The victory that was later vacated because of NCAA violations.A year before, the Buckeyes and the Hawkeyes battled in Ohio Stadium with a trip to the Rose Bowl on the line. Ohio State held a seemingly comfortable 14-point lead five minutes into the fourth quarter, but a 99-yard kickoff return by Derrell Johnson-Koulianos and a gutty touchdown drive from Iowa forced overtime.The Buckeyes stiffened in OT, forcing Iowa out of field goal range to attempt a desperate pass on 4th-and-26, which was intercepted by safety Anderson Russell.Three straight runs up the middle from Dan "Boom" Herron set up the chance for Ohio State to win the game with a field goal.This was the result.The Buckeyes have already announced three prime-time matchups for the 2013. Two of those games—Wisconsin on September 28 and Penn State on October 26—will go down in Columbus while the other—Northwestern on October 5—will be played in Evanston, Ill.All three of those matchups, in addition to the Iowa game, will be aired on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.You can view Ohio State's 2013 football schedule and the games with announced kickoff times here. David Regimbal is the lead Ohio State football writer for Bleacher Report.Follow him on Twitter @davidreg412.

ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDAY 24 MAY 15 2013 I had breakfast this morning at Bobs Grill in Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks. The sign over of the door said this Eat and get the hell out. Probably should have got the hell out before eating. They served me burnt potatoes. Gasoline cost 30 cents per gallon more than anywhere else in the state. The reason for