PARENTAL ADVISORY – CONTAINS “ART” I seem to be taking a lot more photos of pub toilets recently. What you can read into that, I wouldn’t like to say. Perhaps it’s just than loos are often one of the architectural and artistic highlights of a pub visit. As part of my irregular spring cleans of… Continue reading PUB TOILETS – THE DECORATION EDITION
Tag: Havana
THE CASE FOR A CUBAN BREWDOG
Yesterday I tried to sum up Havana’s non-beery appeal, but I didn’t cover the things for which it’s famous (and likely to be much more so once Americans are allowed back in). I don’t get cars (Pop Plus/Ka/Aygo is my history), and I couldn’t even tell you what the one above is (it’s blue), but… Continue reading THE CASE FOR A CUBAN BREWDOG
HAVANA – DON’T GO FOR THE BEER
But DO go for everything else. Mrs RM had always wanted to go to Havana. In the end, I think I fell for it even more than her. It has a shambolic beauty, characteristic of Genoa and Naples which I also love. Although lacking the hills of those two, it’s possibly even more aimlessly walkable,… Continue reading HAVANA – DON’T GO FOR THE BEER
EL PATCHANKA, HAVANA
The bar scene in Manchester has a bit of a head start on Havana, but Patchanka wouldn’t look out of place on Tib Street, or anywhere in East Berlin. Patchanka has the massive advantage of no obvious Hemingway connections, or inclusion in the usual guides, having seemingly opened a year or so ago. Very basic, covered… Continue reading EL PATCHANKA, HAVANA
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