Our Man in Antigua

so who are these guys? fashionistas in Egypt?..one shop on 6th ave norte is advertising themselves as a ‘Barista’ school. Ask yourself the question: how many espresso machines in Antigua are actually working at any given time? maybe the idea is unique but it’s also dumb but then this town exhibits a long of dumb behavior…and put me on the list: yep, the middle ATM at the BAC branch…lotta people coming out of the woodwork and ‘fessing up to being tagged/scragged and or otherwise contributing to the lifestyle of the boys in Bogota…this ain’t over, folks..and after reading of it in the Moon Travel Guide, Que Pasa et al, this ain’t what Antigua needs….perfecto…come to Antigua, have a great time but don’t use your ATM card…one would think that maybe INGUAT or Da Mayor might weigh in on this issue..WTF is INGUAT doing, if anything, to put this fire out, dispell the bad PR and?….sigh…right..the usual, absolutely nothing except eat up their budget on ‘overhead’…I wouldn’t mind a little over head myself, especially on someone else’s dime..Nelson at Caffe Bourbon, doing his thing..no, the keyboard..Sobremesa slammed, Hector’s impossible to get in, guys from El Cazadore hanging at Ocelot, the vivacious Carla doing her usual magic, Matt B back from somewhere…o right, that’s right by ‘overthere’…hey..it was a hard day…running around with a scarlet C on my forehead for Chump..thank you, Jim Durbin, btw…if opium is the religion of the masses, then I’ll convert immediately..more slander and innuendos…a local builder finding unpaid invoices to send out for payment..’consultation fees’…after the fact…and counter-lawsuits..I wonder about the sanity of these people, having spent years doing litigation work and coming around to the realization that attorneys are the only winners..ok, fine…my passport is in the City, for the final final on the residency thing..yep, got the DPI but will that fly when I go to the bank this morning and try to extract $$?

travel agent Alice, still fending off the old gringo, now taking birthday cakes to her daughter…another question of sanity: if you keep on doing the same thing over and over and expect changes…pass the opium, please..