Finca Los Nietos (Raul and Christina’s)superb source of boutique coffee, back in action (I’ve ordered my fave, Grano Cubano…as good, if not better than Cubita)…they deliver, given notice…Alex of Sobremesa, usually closed on Tuesdays…doing a private party…Christmas spirit in action, eh? Ignacio, Aniet(in severely slinky high black vinyl boots)and the rest of the group cranking…on time…pro’s…Neil…only took one day off in 21 days, ok? his place dishing out food tonight, right and left..Lori S, back from Colombia and Rio Dulce…was she being a mule? nah, too straight…Palacio de Capitans Generals…lit up tonight…
money well spent
got to talking about Amsterdam tonight…the art, the hash, the food, the blow, the culture, the dope…and…Xaviera Hollander…here last February, for a long ten days…thank all of you who stepped up and let her whine, vent and try to sell overpriced books from th 70’s…that new photo gallery in Nim Pot? check out the 58 Caddy in the window…so very very Havana..and some xlnt photography, as good as you’ll see in this town..ever..
I suggested to John Mellon of Epicure that he offer gift certificates for these…a knock on the door…’hi…we’ve got a christmas goose for you.’…bend over…add a little misletoe(can’t spell for shit and spell check gagged on it) to the coat-tails and you’re ready to go…
christmas in guatemala
anybody still unclear on the concept of Guatemala being under siege by the cartels? look at the map…Gaute is the back door to Mexico, be it the Caribbean or the Pacific…the Green Beanies are in-country, teaching their brand of dirty tricks and giving away Huey’s…no, not one of Donald Duck’s nephews…the bird that goes ‘whop whop’…wonder how the Kailbiles stack up against the Green Berets? the Kailbiles have always impressed me as being tough little shits, much like the Korean Tigers…worse than Gurkhas, if that’s a clue. I’m trying to get accredited to go along on one of their ‘picnics’…the 5th Special Forces and i were ‘trading partners’ in Nha Trang a long time ago.
Sangre? advertising wine/snacks on Thursday, via a very short email list of invitees…no time posted but one assumes in the evening…stacks of party chairs in the foyer tonight…Ouch! CIRMA announched the assassination of one of their colleagues in Hue-Hue today..ack…why? Sangre? supposedly, along with Studio 35, the top two bars in town…Red’s #5…total ignorant insanity(the worse kind) can we have a recount? Some Dutch site came up with it…ask Shawn..Top Five Bars in Antigua? I’d go with any of the following..in no particular order…El Muro, Ocelot, Cashbar, Reillys, Cafe No Se, with El Mirador reaching…I’m talking about ‘noise/atmosphere, drinkability…Mono Loco, La Sala? Que Pasa! start a Top Ten contest…or a Top ‘anything’…let people vote..we all have our favorite hide-outs, which is a different category..hmmm..where to go when you don’t want to be seen with ‘her’… I’m talking bars…not restaurants with a bar…Red’s? dead…Hector’s? jammed to the sidewalk…Caz Italiano? quiet, as least early in the night.
Green Beret mascot
tis not funny about the thing in Hue Hue…CIRMA and their people do a helluva job saving Guatemala’s past..Ocleot packed with Gautemaltecos, tourists and the usual suspects.
Our Man in Antigua 
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