Our Man in Antigua

Day Three of moving the books, shelves and bricks from the American Legion library on lower 4th avenida to the new location on Ave 7th..next to the Bavarian Gardin restaurant…30000 volumes of dusty books…’ruined my manicure, etc..Day Three of no power in the casa…’gave the bill and bucks to the o so spaced person who lives in the front casa…she goes to the bank, stands in line and pays her bill…not mine…por que? WTF? seems that i need to go back in the morning and pay for the re-connection charge…whoopeee…cold showers and worse? no ice…o well…candlelight is just so fucking romantic,no? by yourself? no…closures and changes around town..Tapas y Tintos gone per the death of the owner…Zaika, the replacement for El Palacio de India? gave up the the ghost this week..upper fourth, my barrio…the portuguese*incense place on 5th calle..gonzo but Da Vinci is taking over next month…Alex of Sobremesa’s ice cream joint opened today…close to Ocelot on 4h ave…Raul Freyre and friend doing their opening stint at Las Palmas tonight…Las Palmas! packed with reservations..big group…Eddy of Pangea spotted there in a dark corner with friends..Ocelot’s big closed to the public Steve James concert tomorrow night…9pm, ticket holders only.’great conversations with Sarah Graham and Nelson at Caffe Bourbon earlier..Sarah being an old timer here in the restaurant biz and we all share memories of the northern california coast..notes from the Antigua Masked Ball next week per costumes…’hope they do well…Hector’s? quietest night in memory..Piano Mike, Moriah and a pal of his..moving to town and a jazz person..Bobby Dailling…hard to read the card in the candlelight…’thinking of adding to the mix of music..big spanish concert in the church yard at 4th ave and 6th calle…music, lights, sold out crowd, which might explain earlier empty spaces at some restaurants…no  ATM card yet…$$ in the bank in California…so what? can’t access ’em..’being poor is an interesting concept, but thanks to friends, I’m alive and running on batteries and candles..’both burning down as i write..go by the AL library by the Bavarian…sign up..dollar a month, open 7 days a week…greatest assortment of books you’ll ever find…hello Matt Bokor and Brendan Byrne!…they/we need more athletic supporters…per Shaun of O’lot, Brahva Brewery isn’t making deliveries..outa beer? only in Guatemala…same o same o getting his hands on Bailey’s or Drambuie…WTF?…ooops..gotta go…battery running down..same for me..hasta la pasta! ooops·2…the mercadito next to the condesa and portal cafe? closed march first…emptied by noon…wtf? owned by the same person who owns el portal and dos mil…and what´s up with that? is it reilly´s or dos mil? one never really knows, especially in this town of wierdness..just observing…the Steve James concert at Ocelot, Thursday night, 9pm…by ticket only and there aínt many left, if at all…go talk to the Ocelot people pronto…