Our Man in Antigua

gotta love jesus, mardi gras and feathers

i know..it’s s’posed to be ‘bon temps”..as in ‘let the good times roll’ but after this weekends’ dog show and the doggie bon bons left here, there and everywhere…so…’Fat Tuesday’ aka Mardi Gras…’heard that there was a proposed procession of the garbed/masked participants to take place prior to the opening of this evenings festive event…starting at La Merced and thence down 5th avenida..’gotta be a strange sight, even for Antigua…Que Pasa!..late getting out the March edition per a minor matter of firing two key staffers…no, not Manuela or Keri…somehow they(the two departed) thought that they could start up a restaurant publication…ooops…same clientele, same advertisers? i don’t think so and neither did Scott…who’s still in Peru..holed up in Cuzco, doing god knows what…’last I was there, after buying two baggies of dried out coca leaf(research, dammit)and nipping on the usual bottle of Flor de Cana…i ventured out for a walk and ran into a small flock of Hare Krishnas…white racing stripes on the nose, orange sheets, a banner and the inevitable…’hare hare, krishna, krishna..”in India or LA…fine…Cuzco? WTF? ‘once had an interesting adventure with a defrocked Krishna devotee…secretary to the founder, adviser to George Harrison..’my sweet lord’ and his driveway in london paved with uncut rubies..’

correction about the jB’s and such…its JT of CIRMA..heard from two people that the JP is the one who bought Cafe Flor..one presumes that the legal beagles will be consulted…if not now…when? when hell begins to freeze..progress on the Nica article! 2400 words in a day..a 3rd of the way, before editing..’hope that I haven’t turned off a lady that i care about…dumbass latenight texts when the breathalyzer wasn’t plugged in..so what else is new, o you of little self control? LM of DV tells me that Chez Christophe does a good late night business…hey, i’m usually in bed by then and then later,at home i go to sleep..i wish..imagination is everything when your a sexagenerian…what, you didn’t know? I may not matriculate as often as i used to, but..Peter the G’s next extravaganza…Pimp’s n Ho’s coming soon (so to speak)..to the El Cam/El Mirador roof top…where’s Rico? no see long time…another twisted tale of weirdness..from a few observations it appears that upper 6th avenida has/is become a dead zone for business(aside from Luna Miel)…so? so what? its the economy,stupid..or the lack of it..folks probably counting their chickens(and quetzals)praying for a decent Semana Santa, a short May and hopefully the summer crowds..I’m looking for a new abode after SS…any clues, hints, directions(other than go f…k yourself) gratefully appreciated..Note to Peter The G…i’m not on twitter…yes, i signed up a year ago but have never been active(and with a lot  of other things, as well) ergo…tis a waste..question #7..will the event at San Jose el Viejo actually hold 150 people? the birthday party? no…last year’s Venetian thing? 120 or so…i’m stayin’ close to home tonight…on a roll, word-wise…get this thing written and thence onweird to a couple of other things rolling around in the mostly empty noggin..tomorrow? Ash Wednesday…go out and make an Ash of yourself..in my case, all too easy..in from the ‘stroll’…Ignacio the Cuban dressed to play…no show of his group early on…Whisky Bar picking up a steady trade of aficionados…Marcel of el Caz showed up, keeping an eye on Neil…who’s doing a steady early dinner crowd…Alex and his latest ice cream flavor, Black Vanilla…a hit with tasty Lisa, Camilla, LM and Alison…when he gets going, he gets the same gleam in his eye as does Fernando of Chocolate fame…we talked books and the ‘zone’ that a writer has to/needs to in order to write, create or fantasize…he got it that my neighbor, the beast from the 7 th Circle of Hell, is a major distraction…his new ice cream shop? doing the daily expected gross…and on a slow Tuesday? Hector’s packed, Red’s dead, Road Kill living up to their name..DV dead except for the two Claudias, both luminescent if not incandescent..she’ll survive this problem with the Rum Bum…o…great news from the IRS today…they want 14k and change for my 2003 returns plus a few bucks for 2001…WTF? as if…go talk with the Boys from Bogota..they’ve got it…did anyone actually walk down 5th at five, dressed in costume? o, the dreams and expectations of some..chutzpah might describe some of it…stick a fork in me, I’m definitely done for the day.