Our Man in Antigua

we’ll try this again…fingers betrayed me and what had gone on…ah, who cares?  The Mime Index? not looking good…small crowd and the japanese dude doing kanji  the same…some are saying that the summer season has peaked, with the departure of the Salvadoreans..who knows, anymore? its like the idea of shutting off sales of alcohol in Antigua, within a 500 meter distance of a church..HELLO!,,,there’s 30 plus churches…and at least one Maximon shrine inside a garage by the mercado (yes, i’ve been there and they only accept Johhny Walker Red Label…none of this cheap  swill)…altho, that said, as reported by a usually reliable source who heard it from another equally reliable source, the ban has been extended some 60 days…but from when?  WTF? who  knows when the clock started ticking…Aug One, Sept One..Ignacio…Mr Vista del Corazon…not doing LA Esquina on Wednesday night…now he’s at Cielos…aka Riki’s…who does a great pizza, btw..Henrik of Reilly’s when asked for the best in town…and he is reputedly(same ‘reliable source’) to be a pizza hound/fanatic, couldn’t come up with an answer or recommendation..Riki’s pepperoni…smoky flavor, very different…ok, one more slice..a spiffy photo-op and demo in front of City Hall this morning…PNC troops setting up a road block for stolen vehicles, lack of registration or any other way to harass and look good…’Hey! we’re working here!’ after an hour, and about a dozen cars/vans…hasta la vista, baby…and an early start to their weekend, keeping guatemala safe for all of us…I wuz gonna piss/moan about my medical problems but an old friend from SF sent me a note, saying he’s gotta brain tumor…’trumped the shit outa me, so i’m feeling much better, thank you..Ron on alto sax at Ocelot…on time, the professional..people drifting in to Pangea, slowly…it’ll take time…El Pescatore/Cazadore Italiano is sucking business from everyone..restaurant-wise…Neil should be able to withstand that…Ron and Scott Stanton…both playing sax…envision this…it could/should happen…kinda like Alex Ferrar of Sobremesa going in to full on production of his designer ice creams..30 flavors and counting..y–‘know…when you eat pepperoni pizza and then…after another glass of red, a cigarette..want/need/must have CHOCOLATE! gelato, preferably, and a triple serving…is it worthwhile to go to Hector’s for the double chocolate fondue? Lex Cargo…calls up Ocelot and says he’s coming over later and bringing people…hello…I’m bringing you business!…gotta like that…kudos(congrats)to shawn…why didn’t i pick up ice cream earlier? will a cuba libre suffice? in cuba, those are known as ‘mentiritas’…little lies, because there’s no ‘libre’ in cuba..don’t ask, don’t tell…kinda like their slogan of ‘socialismo o muerte’….es lo mismo, the people answer…i’m in…screw it…no film at eleven…hasta manana. for whatever reason, this ain’t getting published…satan, santa…who knows?