Our Man in Antigua

what the hell is ‘partial’ about a meltdown? is this a variation on Chicken Kiev where you glow in the dark?…alas…Caffe Bourbon? Piano Mike and Moriah belting out the songs, people in the streets lined up at the windows, listening…’can’t get any better…when their long-awaited CD comes  out, I’m buyin’ one…Dos Reilly’s! packed with Gautemaltecos!…packed…’went by to say goodbye to Eric aka Broken Stone, goin’ back to the US for medical treatment…was that his twin/doppleganger at Hector’s later? no sling but they looked liked twins..El Cazadore doing just fine…the shiny SUV crowd..thanks, Marcel, for the news/report on ‘her’….hmmm..a husband in Miami? that works..Pangea! packed!…even that perennial black hole known as Ixcot doing a few tables…and I’ll get a replacement shuttle card tomorrow per losing the original last night(they’re numbered)onweird to the salty beaver next weekend…too bad there wasn’t some kinda chocolate action…’chocolate beaver’ sounds so much tastier..to me, at least..’speaking of chocolate, ran into Fernando (mr chocolate) earlier..now that the AL library has moved next to the Jardin Bavaria, my commute time is a third…a bar/german food and a superb chocolate/coffee source? ..ooh, good changes/karma..Dos Reilly’s packed, Jean-Marc on the curb…Henrik looking/sounding glum..por que? Chez Christophe, per Luis Miguels’ observation  that late night traffic picks up…yes..Adan the pianist at Caffe Opera, just closing out the evenings set….missed him by that much…o well..Monday…Mercedes coming into Ocelot to set up…I left..4th Calle? Fusion 2 jammed, Tartines empty…the cuban joint next door equally dead..Rich and Marian at O’lot…recently the target of thieves…damn..first the target of the builder/contractor and now this? being philosophical only takes you just so far..hey, its a Saturday night…go out and sow your wild oats…go to church in the morning and pray for crop failure…i’m outa here..pray for japan…they need it..even godzilla couldn’t help this one.