Our Man in Antigua

fabulous/perfect day in A Town…streets packed, the Mime working his silly tricks on a good sized crowd on 5ta..folks strolling, slurping ice cream. Dos Reillys! packed!…Chez Chris, Tartines, B5 et al empty, except for Alex’ F2…Peter the G’s mirador? serving up bomba-burguesas and a full on crowd for the roof deck. Angie Angie and Angie…what an incandescent smile she has..moderate crowd..Nokiate sucking(still) and going for  the ‘2 for 1’ trick…no takers…Ocelot? yep…got the AnaCafe crew earlier this week(a biggie)..tonight, the surprise appearance of Ignacio(Mr 7 wives) a guitarist and the return of Aniet…the Soviet blonde on flute..no, she plays the flute..whatever..El Caminante looking for a new chef…cook, whatever..’suggested that Paolo of la Vineria Antigua might be the guy…yeah, he’s a touchy italian but…for a few months, it might work..ran into..no, she ran into me…the very delicious Ms Emma…once in the park, later at Hector’s..if i were 30 years younger…let’s see..I’d be mid-30’s…hmm..no sign of Robto de Oro or Barb…’missed seeing E tonight…transport problems…’ran into john W earlier, out ‘flyering’ his cafe, El Cofre, across from the gym and the Cargo Room…the VW bus is progressing nicely(and no ‘tuck and roll’ upholstery)..west coast guys of a certain vintage will know this…infamous Tijuana/Nogales/Juarez upholstery jobs..i had an ’56 Benz i bought one time…spur of the moment purchase coming out of Mexico…did the red velvet job…wife #2 hated it..o well..#3 would have gotten off on it..Alex of Sobremesa..quiet night, painting a commission job..if i didn’t have just the max allowable number of nudes in my house, etc..paintings/art…what were you thinking? Carla returning from matriarchal duties in the States…good, cuz Shaun’s taking off in March for two weeks(back to Welsh-land, with new kids to show off) and somebody needs to run the ‘show’…Pangea doing a crowd and walking by Ixcot, i finally ‘get’ one of the problems…the sickly green light inside..worse than a surgery room or the baddest bus/train station you’ve ever seen..’never see anyone inside eating..or anything else. Luna Miel continues to soak up any kind of crepe biz..DV quiet( what else is new?) Caz italiano packing in the folks..go Marcel…Cimino’s, off the square..packed..empty last night except for the guitarist….restaurant ‘hot road’ aka road kill? empty…that location is cursed..Kafka? likewise ‘death valley’…’heard once that they were for sale…$80k..based on what? ten years of gross? if that…try and float one of the new 200q notes..oops…can’t break it but good for trying to settle your bar tab..like offering a $100 bill for a $2 beer…enjoy the waning moon, the eruptions from Fuego and the perfect weather…stupor bowl tomorrow..’might watch it, just for the memories..