Here we have one of the coolest bars  in Calle del Cristo on Old San Juan, sporting its new Electronic/Industrial club redesign. Don Pablo has become one of the most stand out bars in the zone by always keeping the party into the late hours and always having thumping music on deck. And I’m sure that the huge drink size and their comfortable prices also have something to do with its success.

I’m sure that they get straighter as you get drunker

The nightclub ambiance is ever present, even though it might look like its just a bar. The place is spacious, with room to sit and places to rest drinks all over, so if you’re dancing, your drink wont end up on the floor. And when you’re tired lounge it up till you can get back up again.

The bartender didn’t want to be in the pictures, so I got her in the shadows

The place looks amazing, serves great big drinks, has a cute and able bartender in the back, and packs in the people as the night goes on…what more could you want?

Look at those big cups..of drinks.

So go and party the night away and then comeback and tell us what you think! Cheers!

]]> http://www.livesanjuan.com/night-life/the-neon-glow-of-the-electric-night-don-pablo-redesigned/feed/ 0 http://www.livesanjuan.com/day-to-day/whine-and-eat/ http://www.livesanjuan.com/day-to-day/whine-and-eat/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:45:59 +0000 aponton http://www.livesanjuan.com/?p=108 A Wednesday, nothing really happening other than coffee and daily television programs. Fortunately, my friend Roberto called me to “walk around” Old San Juan since he was already there. I dressed casually, put some wax on my hair, and grabbed some cash lying around (these days that’s what it takes).

We met at Plaza de Armas, where the heat was unbearable. We walked to St. Germain on Sol Street where I had an amazing red pepper soup (room

temperature, with a cold ginger and brown sugar tea, mmm!). What was really interesting was the table in front of me. There was a group of about

eight high class women paying a thirty dollar bill with their hundreds. I commented how they were presumptuous and greedy, Roberto backfired me with how they were pregnant and middle aged. Maybe both of us are jelous.

We kept talking about money and how low income limits you to spend on nice things. But, this financial dilemma was not enough to keep us from having nice cold beers at four in the afternoon in what it felt a hundred degrees. So, we walked in to a cool and chic café at the corner of Cristo Street and Caleta de San Juan called Karamelos, where we had about three beers each before getting into the question of money again. Of course, Roberto and I brought the topic of winning the lottery and how we would spend our money. “The bread of the world is wrongly distributed”, I commented. “Well, keep spending on lottery tickets and maybe you’ll gain some”, Roberto backfired (again) with sarcasm.

We (and this time, included the waitress of Karamelos) kept on rambling about what we would do with lottery money. She said she would travel all over the world, Roberto seconded her opinion but added how he would also pay his student loans, and I added how I would spend my money in properties (big surprise). Well, I’m not used to being greedy, in fact, I had a “feedback conversation” with my best friends yesterday and they all agreed on how I was a free spirit (being vegetarian and all). But yeah, I would spend my money in investments like houses, stock market, art and, of course, alcohol. We had nothing else to talk about, so, we said goodbye.

Now, it’s all about being greedy and whiny. When it comes to a hot Wednesday, sometimes it’s allowed to whine and eat. And San Juan is the great place to that before five in the afternoon (and not getting judged)!