per El Periodico (thank you Peter the G), the authorities are planning a ban on alcohol sales with a 500 meter distance from schools, churches, sport events…given A’guas abundance of churches and schools that makes Antigua a dry town…spanish schools also? fallen-down ruins? the hotel Santo Domingo? my mind,what’s left of it…reels at the chaos, cries, tears and severe whimpering that’s gonna come…will the Botran/Gallo people take this lying down? hello, private clubs and home-made beer…there could be serious money in opening rehab clinics and just when we thought the insanity had died down…when booze is outlawed, only outlaws will….its kinda like the Butt Police they hired last year…some 300 trained professionals to sniff out and crush the evil habit…do we get the Liquor Squad tramping up and down the calles? A new tour idea: the Booze Cruise to the Jet Set in Esquintla?
i walk out last night at 7pm and the crowds are lining the streets…another religious procession…the calendar says this is San Wilibordo’s day…if it were San WillyNelson, i could get behind it…WTF? …so…off tomorrow for a week in El Salvador…its, work, godammit…
time to throw the towel
there’s a few kinks in the plans…The Whiskey Bar cum non-profit coffee shop for As Green as it Gets…the other half of the players broke both ankles in Xela a day or so ago…some kind off street accident..unsubstantiated rumor that Angie’s Angle/Angie doesn’t have a license to sell alcohol…whew..that’s were the profit is. In a quart, there’s 25 shots and in a liter, perhaps 16-17…sell two drinks…or 3-4 and the net is pure profit…yikes..Peter the Glover seen on Saturday…or was it Friday, passing out flyers for his new hostel…El Caminante on 1st Ave norte, near 3rd calle poniente…near El Muro..Sean and Henrik, working Reilly’s…i think Shawn is/was doing the Sunday night quiz show but i didn’t ask or stick around…Alex of Sobremesa, packing ’em in…Hector’s..minus him…jammed…look..I didn’t get any further than o-lot south-wise…Karla working the door, Nelson off to play Cafe No Se later tonight and people still talking about last night’s jam with the Cubans and the smokin’ violinist..word is that Eddy of pangea upped the ante…$$$..just to get them locked in to playing…Tuesday and Saturdays..if i weren’t in San Salvador this week, i know where i’d be tuesday night..but i’ll damn sure be there saturday night..no word on the request for ammo…’got several people workin’ on it..right…typical guatemala response..missed seeing travel agent alice and another…hey, i’m girding my loins for travel….ergo, i go and this froth/commentary will be on hold til i return…late friday…i don’t make this shit up, i just spread it..and if you don’t like the news, go out and make some yourself…Piano Mike and his daughter’s planned debut…on hold til December…she’s goin’ home for Thanksgiving…go by ocelot Tuesday and hear the Cuban miracle…they rock…Emma and what’s his name, pushing a bicycle on 5th calle..i call it peddling ass on the street.
hasta la pasta and vaya con queso…
Our Man in Antigua 
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