Our Man in Antigua

’emerging from the bat-cave about 6 or 7pm….the grey clouds to the south coast were tinged with red…and then it struck me…’have i ever seen a sunset in Antigua? we’ve got those fucking dud volcanos to the south…Fuego, not really a complete dud but Acotenango?…can we level them off, just a bit? fine…’guess it’s time to go to the coast…a rape in monterico last week..guest(gringa) trying to get back to her hotel, a few yards away..’reading the US Embassy crime report this morning  was a bit sobering, as there’s more ‘action’ in Antigua than is mentioned or whatever the word is…what happened to the local paper, AntiguaNet.net?  ‘haven’t seen it around lately..o happy labor day, to those of us who used to be gringos…

labor day....roast those weinies!

Chris, new bartender at O-lot….neil craig, outa the hospital and at his joint tonight…no, that doesn’t sound right…at his restaurant and looking better than i’d expected…don’t forget…8pm, Thursday, pangea, low-key ‘welcome back, jack’ kinda night..i watch people walk in, look around and walk out…hmm..wonder what would happen if they ditched the waiter/hustler who isn’t and got someone like odessa, the soviet blonde to hang out(so to speak)at the entrance?  give her a piece of the action from whatever trade she brings to the table…she was working Cafe Flor for a while…Alex! goddamm…close to getting the storage freezer, which will enable him to go into mass production of his specialtry ice creams…now, up to 32 flavors…as i said to him…’you have no competition’…he hadn’t thought of it that way…but he doesn’t and Gaute folks love their ice cream…just a thought, spot…Reilly’s and the Sunday night trivial/pub quiz…Michael R and Corinna with newly lightened, almost blonde hair(i like it)streets quiet, otherwise…if Guatemala had a Labor Day celebration, would anybody show up? if so, you know they’d be late as hell…or call in sick…the Mime Index!….small crowd, a few gringos, but neverthe less…a crowd..Antigua isn’t dead yet…’thought I”d pop into Zai-ka on the way home, have a pop, see the tasty Blanca/Bianca/whatever…wrong…closed on sunday..

dry me to the moon

to those who’ve asked about the authenticity of the images….both of these are of ‘close personal friends’….tomorrow is a holiday in the US…call  in sick or don’t…ask me if  I care…