let s face it. i like a procession and all, but who likes a bunch of guys in hoods coming in your general direction? i don t. frankly, it creeps me out. time for a drink, perhaps. this is tabernacle, as best as i can understand it, an eastern jesus and mary themed drinking establishment where between drinks one can ponder the agony of christ. but with some sausages. is it like this all year? the whole year. you have incense all year. eastern music all year. is this a week for quiet contemplation and worship or is this a party week or both? both of them. throughout the course of the week, over 40-odd processions will creep slowly from these streets. there are different brotherhoods, each with their own sacred colors, crests,
it s time to pursue that greatest of spanish traditions, tapas. you may think you know what a tapa is. like if you ve had small bites at a fusion hipster bar where they do a lot of little plates. yeah, that ain t a tapa. how often do you do this a week? i do it five days a week. it s rare not to do this. but, you know, it s like on a weekend, you come out for a bunch. weekday, you come out for one. this is latana, a little place run by jesus and louisa, brother and sister, one bartender, one cook, taking care of everything. tapas are free. that s the main issue of the tapas. so you re just paying for the wine. so if i m a wino, i can still eat well. as long as i can afford my wine, i d eat. that s right. cheers. let us put this theory into practice. with our first round of drinks
insignia and so on. it s their medallions of particular christ images that adorn the bar. and frankly, they re kind of bumming me out. maybe it s just me, but when i m getting a nice late morning buzz, i don t particularly want jesus looking down at me from, like, everywhere. how drunk can you get here? don t you feel a little guilty for getting really drunk here? of course. this is one of my favorite things. this is your favorite thing. try it. it s amazing. gaze away disapprovingly all you like, jesus. i am happy now. overlooking granada, the hillside of sacramonte is riddled with caves, many older than anyone even remembers. spanish gypsies have lived here in caves turned homes like this for hundreds of years.
it s time to pursue that greatest of spanish traditions, tapas. you may think you know what a tapa is. like if you ve had small bites at a fusion hipster bar where they do a lot of little plates. yeah, that ain t a tapa. how often do you do this a week? i do it five days a week. it s rare not to do this. but, you know, it s like on a weekend, you come out for a bunch. weekday, you come out for one. this is latana, a little place run by jesus and louisa, brother and sister, one bartender, one cook, taking care of everything. tapas are free. that s the main issue of the tapas. so you re just paying for the wine. so if i m a wino, i can still eat well. as long as i can afford my wine, i d eat. that s right. cheers.
let s face it. i like a procession and all, but who likes a bunch of guys in hoods coming in your general direction? i don t. frankly, it creeps me out. time for a drink, perhaps. this is tabernacle, as best as i can understand it, an eastern jesus and mary themed drinking establishment where between drinks one can ponder the agony of christ. but with some sausages. is it like this all year? the whole year. you have incense all year. eastern music all year. is this a week for quiet contemplation and worship or is this a party week or both? both of them. throughout the course of the week, over 40-odd processions will creep slowly from these streets.