Our Man in Antigua

whew…the lunar orb…great view from El Caminante’s ‘El Mirador’…’gotta hand it to Peter the G and a few others…small businesses have a failure rate of some 80-90% in the first year and given the current economic climate, that figure probably tops out even higher…Alex Bell’s Fusion 2? doin’ biz, as is/was El Muro and Sobremesa(why does that name always make me think of an AA meeting?)….Ocelot’s in the groove…’hand’s on, innovative, attention to details and owner’s involved…even then, even then, the odd’s aren’t in their favor…a round of applause, please…

new stars in town

 

‘piano mike’ and moira…tinkling and warbling, without benefit of amplifiers…perfect dinner music, courtesy of Pangea…talk of Don Marco earlier,up for sentencing tomorrow, assuming that the end of the world, vis a vis 2012 in 2010 doesn’t occur tomorrow…

looking for a new name for your bar?  cut to the chase…no confusion about the concept…damn..missed Monday Night Manly Night at El Muro…again…guess my testosterone level isn’t high enough…or did they cancel it?  ‘gotta give Jhn and Max credit for workin’ the shit outa that location…Kevin somebody playing at Ocelot Dec 29/jan 5th..DV low on change, as usual…slow night for everyone, except El Caminante…go Peter! beats the hell outa flogging the real estate market, eh?

a new bar?

creative artistry

Antigua, where reality blurs and the stories never stop….supposedly some ATM’s in town, specifically at BAC, have been messing with people’s accounts…i heard that the middle ATM had a card reader(steals your PIN#)last week…no word if it’s still in place but the same source said a couple of Canadians had some unauthorized withdrawals, one from Peru…and word of extortion attempts by Mara Salvatruchas…MS-13, those lovable boys from el salvador….telephone calls and letters….letters? WTF? who knew they could write? and not even cut-out pasted notes from magazines…hand-written…B5 dead, as was most of 4th Calle…most of ’em closed on Monday’s anyway…Reilly’s scheduled for a grand reopening this week…22nd and the 23rd…5th norte? lotta broken glass in the street yesterday, indicative of some kind of scene the night before….no word on the as-reported closure of 5ta norte for New Year’s Eve….read it in La Prensa…’have the street monitored by the Gallo Girls…give ’em clubs/tasers and ‘get out of jail free’ cards…ooh, beat me, whip me…

new name for a bar