Our Man in Antigua

meaning to walk in the other direction from the melee/madhouse of La Merced…the teeming, steaming crowds, the generators for the food stands…passed Caffe Bourbon early…kids hanging on the bars over the windows…’look, mom…a gringa singa..’ and she was..Moriah and PM packed the place…Tacodiscontento across the street could only look only with envy..south past O/lot, loading up for the pub quiz…i thing I know why I don’t ‘do’ the quiz..it isn’t that i know the answers (‘we are family by sister sledge, Medici, etal) but in school i was always the class clown/loudmouth..or blabbermouth…C is the correct answer..El Caz doing a good early crowd..Cafe Flor nada..Chef Pierre’s? i gotta eat there..looks good..ran into Wendy at Angie’s…she’s doing a helluva job at Cashbar..Peter the G and the roofdeck, looking better all the time..exchanging comments about the recently disappeared/departed Rum Bum…and the place is locked, closed and shuttered…gonzo, in other words..Hcctor’s email must’ve been the last straw..note to the City…make money! solve a problem…how many people are in town over a weekend? 5000? where do they piss? streets, corners…bring out the porta-potties! charge a quetzal for downloading..sub the biz out to a friend/relative…sub out the toilet paper…there’s money to be made here, dammit..El muro? closed on a Sunday night? …most of 4th was, except for B5, F2 and the perennially empty 709…Nokiate and Cafe No Se very quiet..hell, even Da Vinci had several tables…Luna Miel doing very well,thank you..Angie Angies landscaping is coming along just fine…love the outdoor area and yes, i missed the sunday afternoon bbq again(I recycled the remains of the bbq here from two days ago)…tacos supreme! maybe, just maybe..next weekend..some exceedingly tasty city women in the streets today…no, on the streets..er, walking, ok? loved watching MT scrunching up his head, trying to remember who sang “we are family”…those of us who are dinosaurs, with some semblance of memory left, etc..good to run into Matt Bokor of the Review..Ixcot…poor bastards..still blocking access for Pangea..expect a velvet rope next week..the waiter comes outa the place like a ‘whack a mole’ popping up..arcade game reference..Vino y Queso uncharacteristically quiet tonight..ran into…no, talked with Bill Harriss of La Pena del Sol…says that Monday was dead, Tuesday packed..no rhyme or reason to the crowds/business…just what most everyone else says..gotta be somewhat frustrating to those planning food/beverage/staffing..Pangea dead..Sobremesa’s ice cream outlet killed today…meaning they sold a lot of ice cream..quiet dinner crowd..tomorrow? Loony Lunes…so? we of the retarded…no, retired set…don’t really give a shit, one way or the other..wierdness rears it’s head, yet again…under ‘top searches’ for this site are a few names…one of which is Brianna Wildman, a lady fromVegas….ok, here’s a photo

the adventures/misadventures we had…Amsterdam, Cancun, SF…scandalized and probably blew up one marriage(old friends, long story)..she almost moved here but i headed her off at the pass..