Grapefruits On Fire
Categories: Diva-Colored Glasses, Diva-liscious, Featured, Night Life Diva
Contributing Diva: Isabella Martiner
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I don’t know where one sock goes in the dryer. One day, I am sure, we will all go to heaven to find our said deity waiting for us along with all our missing socks. Much like the sock, I cannot explain where good reasoning goes when one has, placed in front of them, a shot glass of some overly sweet liquid with a half grapefruit placed on top with more alcohol within and then you are handed a straw.
I recently joined some friends, for some drinks at a bar named Chupitos in Barcelona on Passeig de Colon. After some grown up drinks, (the ones that aren’t dependent on how fast you can drink them and do not include the words “body shot” and/or cost around 12 bucks) someone has ordered a round of something I couldn’t pronounce. This concoction, that apparently includes Alejandro, the Harlequin cover model from cheesy romance novels, to pour it directly into the mouths of babes. Traditionally, Chupitos is a tourist bar and since we with out of town friends, it seemed they should be honored by gracing them with this fraternity house fiasco. Let me preface this… Chupitos in Barcelona means shots. And shots is all they have on the menu. I’m sure you can get a beer. Maybe… but no one seems to ask. There is a long and varied menu, including the Monica Lewinsky. I have never seen it done but I can imagine its contents and how one is expected to drink it.
But wait, let’s get back to the grapefruit on fire…
Now, here is where good reasoning might have stepped in and said, “Yes, that does look interesting, but do you think it’ll taste good? Do you think that it will lead to anywhere good?” But alas, reasoning, and my sock, found their way to dryer heaven in that moment and with my straw in hand, myself and 6 of my friends waited for the fire to settle and then sipped our molasses-like liquid. We were beside ourselves, just like some prepubescent boys who discovered the naked tribe ladies in National Geographic for the first time….
So, if you ever have the need to do something for no reason… fruit on fire is fun.
