my favorite Sinatra song…damn, a cold and starry night in A-town…the first night I can remember(which isn’t saying much)that the sky wasn’t obscured by clouds..constellations (star groups for the less educated) clearly visible…and a smattering of folks in the bars/restaurants…’checked in at el muro…wendy wever! working the early shift…buffalo wings, spicy…the food,the food…the Whiskey Bar project lurches forward,one step to the side, one step back…typical guate progress but it’s lurching forweird..
Reilly’s scheduled for their reincarnation on Dec 22…yep, Dos Mil…reincarnation doesn’t mean that you come back as a flower, btw..
Piano Mike and Moriahs long awaited debut this week…late show at Ocelot…this i’ve been looking forward to… ned and fred anderthal at the bar in ocelot, swapping outrageous stories…true, of course..the lovely emma in attendence…Alex Bell at the bar in F2, folks chomping away…take a lesson from the decor and lighting…it works….for whatever reason, i’ve never stopped in at el micho…night after night, a steady crowd..hmm? pangea/ixcot…zzzzz…it’s just the season and the night, let’s hope. altho, i don’t get the stone signage for ixcot..looks like tombstones and if business doesn’t pick up…etc..da vinci and the two sweet claudias…don marco up for some kind of court appearance on the 21st of december…probably a ‘let’s make a deal’ with the cops…i confess to having been arrested by the fbi…many years ago..a machine gun possession charge..quickly negotiated in the hall way…medals, clean record…wife #2 was always embarrassed when i mentioned that…but she was easily embarrassed by most any thing…sobremesa doing steady business…restaurant road kill took down part of the sign…now it just reads ‘restaurant’ but they’re still dead…’went by monica’s superb jungle party hostel..’just missed her but the improvements are xlnt..she’s got a lock on the hostel business…el gato negro? her only competition…she’s got a kitchen, a great bar and renovated rooms..music, tv…and a occupancy rate to kill for…shawn of ocelot doing a rare(once a year) ngo/charity event on friday…nelson and ron doing a first time duet, and a third of the gross(!)goes to el ninos de guatemala…check in..on 5ta norte, a new photography gallery going in soon…#29 i think..north of frida’s…where would that be? in the old reilly’s space or the vacant travel agency, same building? tabacos y vinos(ricardo’s)doing a steady business..wine tasting at 50q on thursday nights…and better than before at the previous space, across the street…is it feng shui? the very sweet Ms C seen earlier(she asked me not to mention her name)..we spoke/compared notes about Ed, who’s gone sideways…all about the $$…A, the travel agent? mentioned coming with me to nicaragua next month…she doesn’t have a passport(stolen) so maybe i’ve dodged that bullet…thank you, jason…the memories of india…i had a friend who was very muscular..the ruby mine thing..we’d rent two tuk-tuks(india’s where they come from)and have races…if he lost, he’d bent the overhead bars into a U shape…disconcerting to the drivers but WTF? it was india..kinda like ‘it’s china town, jake’…
Antigua, tonight
Our Man in Antigua 
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