Our Man in Antigua

the f$%#@! LaSalle School Marching Band….half a block away from the secret mountain laboratory where i live…in proximity to the Troll from Hell…5pm…boom boom…boom boom…fine…’get up, coffee up, into the cleansing chamber and out the door…wait…they’re lined up in front of City Hall…boom boom…Semen Santa is underway, whether you like it or not..ran into Peter the Hodge, LM and the delicious Alison at Whisky Den…Pete’s on crutches, following the accident where he sliced his heel..he’s got meds and they looked good (no, he didn’t offer to share) but the good news is that the grand opening of the overnight units at the ‘Beav are coming soon..I have a tentative (90%) chance of being Numero Uno next weekend(19th)…O’lot doing decent numbers, and a light show bouncing off the Cathedral? WWJD? ..marimba band, crowds…La Esquina looking better all the time…Wed night music, Thursday night movies and I forget what goes on Fridays..sue me…rambled along 6th calle towards Angie Angies and passed a new restaurant…’thought I was in France…Chef Pierre’s…been open for five days…5 tables, ambience..breakfast, lunch and a couple of dinner specials…seriously, this is the most ‘frenchified’ feeling place in town..6th calle,between 4th and 3rd avenidas, below the Tanque Verde..Angie at the helm, talking 100 words to the minute…love the place…saw the bbq…a 50 gallon oil drum cut in half, on a stand, with a vent…looked serious..La Esquina is now doing a Sunday bbq…El Caminante? better furniture on the upper patio…El Muro? Max has some kinda mysterious event happening Friday at 6…he said to come by at 8pm…La Esquina showing the Yellow Submarine on March 31st…dig that last hit of blotter acid outa the drawer and go see if it all still works..jeez…how long has it been? the movie, not acid…’69..i’m running charter boats outa newport, oregon during the summer…talked my mom into..she musta been in her 40’s then…here, smoke this…I don’t think that she ‘ got’ the movie but she sure as hell had red eyes and the munchies…flashback…Fusion 2 doing the only biz on 4th calle…go Alex!…right, he’s leaving next month before Semen Santa…Florida bound…I don’t know where I’m going but I’m not doing another round of the madness…Alex of Sobremesa welcoming the delicious Camilla with a group of Texans…Adan at Caffe Opera, taking a break..and the Caffe doing biz…unusual but good..Hector’s packed, as usual..Red’s dead..as usual..looked like Cashbar was gearing up for a night of whoopee..the shiny cars from the City…Tobacos y Vinos..Ricardo’s place, offering a ‘blind tasting test’ for 75 q and with a small crowd..no, not tasting blind people…wine…dammit..500 more words to go on the definitive Nicaragua article…$$$ and so on..wierd feeling having money again, after the debacle with the atm card..and having paid back everyone who fronted me bucks…thank you…