Our Man in Antigua

‘down Mexico way…’ pre-Margaritaville for some of us sexagenerians…’ran into Bill Harriss of La Pena del Sol…reporting overflow crowds Fri/Sat nights and yes, Ignacio the Cuban did pay for himself this week(the $$ vs the crowds)…more than the Pangea/O’lot crew can say for Iggy on Tuesday night…’some kinda rampage re $$/music/whatever…if there were ‘mental health police’ in town, they would’ve been called..and he alwas seems so mellow whenever I run into him around town…maybe because i don’t hire him…who knows? just more Antigueno chisme..progress of a sort, I s’pose…the indoor craft market, la mercadita between the Condesa Expresa and the el Portal? after being cleaned out a week or so ago, they (the vendors)are back…place looks the same…WTF? they probably had to do inventory and make sure that every stall has exactly the same goods/crap that everyone else has…hematite beads, check…bad oil painting of El Arco and/or Volcan Agua…check..hasn’t anyone heard of nudes on black velvet? Nicaragua has better souvenirs, Honduras…et cetera…fine..Costa Rica and Guate are tied for bad taste….slogan looking for a t-shirt…Puta Vida! the Nica article is up/out and gone…a bottle of Flor de Cana to celebrate and the Cubanitas ain’t bad…will i blow off the sunday bbq at Angie Angies? again? who cares? my slogan of the day appears to be ‘if a little is good, more is better’ MDC working in her salon today…my faux paux earlier this week appears to be forgotten/filed/put away…but with women, you just know that it’s gonna come around again and thrown in your face just because you’re a heartless bastard like every other man on the planet…’yes, dear”…practice this mantra.. and work on the contrite expression in the mirror…as an old friend once said, fresh outa divorce court…’if they didn’t have a ….y, there’d be a bounty on ’em..’ JH working on a secret project that might end up in the Smithsonian..nope, can’t tell..’promised, etc..pub quiz tonight at the o’lot…the perennials champs were dethroned last week..can you say ‘grudge match’?….I may go watch…or I may not…voyeurism is highly underrated, especially today with some exceedingly fine senoritas in town..latina lolitas and dressed to thrill,if not kill..more later, maybe…its that kinda day..Burning Question #6…where the hell is Wendy f……g Wever?

Part Two…P Mike and Moriah wowing the crowd and wooing bystanders at Caffe Bourbon…the first of the many processions..Santa Catalina de Bombero or something like that…Ocelot, packed to the gills…pub quiz night, Carla working full tilt…Alex of Sobremesa organizing some restauranteurs into donating their nightly food scraps for the homeless(good karma)his ice cream store showing vacancies in the inventory…out the door..$$biz…long chat with Luis Miguel of DV re leases,licenses and rents..his cousin, the divine Claudia is basically hosed per the lacka rent not being paid by the Rum Bum..only the lawyers win in this country…Peter the G…would love to compare notes re leases/licenses with you…after being a real estate appraiser(commercial/res)for over 25 years i thought I had a handle on such…wrong…Guatemalo is kinky…and yes, there is/was a crack house on my block…sorry, Jennifer…’didn’t believe you..I’m used to black dudes in pimped out cars, gold teeth and high volume rap music advertising their presence..i must be channeling Polly Anna…my head still spinning out leases/licenses…where’s the Flor…de Cana, not Flor Moran, altho given the choice…tough call..onweird