Our Man in Antigua

I don’t remember a night like this in Antigua….disco balls/strobe lights(some kinda party i passed), people in  suits wearing Venetian Ball type masks,  after being accosted earlier by city women…well, only one…we talked, i gave her my real phone number…’did the puppet show on Calle de los Nazarenos early on…Cafe Bourbon, with PM and Moriah setting up for the evening’s show(and packed at ten, later..folks in the street, hanging on the window bars..) Ocelot early..La Esquina doing just fine…La Sala cranking up…Cargo Room dead..El Shaman for Lisa’s going away party..’havent’ been there in a year and they’ve added lights on the ruins next door..one of the better patio views(if you like ruins and i do..i gotta look in the mirror every morning)…Karla H working there too..besides Fusion 2…alex’ wife workin’ F2 tonight, Robto de Oro, Ed and the visitor at F2…Ed perked up when I mentioned two babes..Robto offered his house..Barb’s away for the night..hey..i gotta house..gotta deranged javelina in front but i gotta house..Angie Angies! fabulous duo…12 string and Gautemala’s most famous entomologist..stay with me here..a violin whiz…no, wiz but tonight on the electric mandolin? incredible picking…Concierto del Mister Jueves and i’ll go back to hear them any time…xlnt…Desiree and husband there, place moderately packed..Emma and friend on the sidewalk at Cafe No Se..Max and Yo Yo on the street at El Muro..quietest night all week, per Max..Yo yo and plumb bob leave wednesday..back to the US…alas..Pangea’s lounge? yeah, stopped for a pop…Whiskey Den packed..IxNay dead, Red’s dead..Mercedes singing/playing at o’lot…Sobremesa doing fine..where was I? Cafe Opera for a listen to the most xlnt Adan pounding the keys of the upright..whew..damn good..the masked people? a birthday party at a hotel on 1st calle…new restaurant on 4th calle, uphill from Weltan..motorcycle themes..El Escape…beer only..at least tonight..big/huge property, many rooms of empty tables..rotsa luck..two or three Harleys on display, one with ape-hangers…walls festooned with motorcyle parts/accessories…dont’ know if this is gonna work…ape hangers? the handle bars extended and turned upwards…work with me…ATM problems continue via BAC…walked by early morning and a gringa tourist popped..recently moved AL member popped..Kelly C popped..’sent a note upstream to the country manager of BAC, saying ‘do something”…anything..thank you, MDC, for a superb foot massage today: I knew this evening was gonna be pounding the cobblestones…DV taking down/moving more fixtures..too late for Hectors..Ron F sittin’ across the street by la merced,upper 5th packed..folks heading for church or for Cashbar…I’d pick ‘B’…’been to church…the babes dress better at Cashbar..ah..the thousand year old dancer? working at  D’Jinn…damn..forget to go back..told her I would…beat me, whip me..well, just a little bit..you know..’green light, red light?’ obscure san francisco reference..whew…good thing i’m retired and don’t have to hold down a real job…o..and the ‘danish bank’ rumor? at this point, it’s only one bank..details to be confirmed in a week or so…maybe..hasta la pasta..