Late News (or early, depending on your time zone)…Ignacio and the Cubans are NOT playing at ocelot tonight…they’ve got a wedding gig (more $$) but will be there Tuesday night…they’re workin’ five nights a week..Nelson’s schedule is as busy as that…whew…two of the hardest working bands in town, aside from Sol Latino…guess how many times Ignacio has been married? answer…somewhere between 6 and 8…five in cuba, dos in guatemala..the Galeria La Merced? what new store/service offered? right, travel/shuttle service…expect a spanish school next week…up the street from me, a new dress/accessory store, close to Don Martin’s…why? 4th Ave norte isn’t on the bus/tour route..Alex Bell, working a double shift, doing tours while Mom is in Africa, taking care of family and running Fusion 2…a recipe for new wrinkles, i call it..Rainbow Cafes’ anniversary tonight…13 years? I forget (typical)the town? packed with tourists and folks from the City…Chocolala? looking better than ever in their new digs on 5th norte, where Ricardo’s Tabacos y Vinos was..
Noticed Ocelot’s new billboard on the hill from the City…kinda petite in size but its a good visual…El Salvador? thanks to Scott S, i went to Suchitoto…’great little town and reminded me of Copan..’met the local/national character, Alejandro Cotto…re Ashley of Lips…she’s gone…pregnant…replaced by a sweet young thing that offered to console me…i had to go back twice for more extensive consolation…bus trip back was from hell: El salvador customs busted one guy for bad papers and the Guate customs busted two girls for contraband…ooh…blankets without papers!…’missed Hector’s shrimp thing last night(I c onked out early) but i’m doin’ the cuban quartet at ocelot tonight, and find out what’s what about what (or squat) film at eleven..’had a chance to talk with someone else about the ongoing gold mine saga…something about an ‘indian cave’ they found..what next? i’ve got some worthless shares, if you’re interested.
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