Our Man in Antigua

or anyone elses´,  for that matter…yep..disappeared Tuesday and spent 3 perfect days at the el Castor Salado..quiet, peaceful or at least it was until  Thursday when the Semana Santa flockers started filling up the streets of Sipacate..if you´ve ever considered running a  restaurant/hotel, observe Peter Hodge in  operation..´running´ is the operative word altho in his case, at least for a  short while…hopping  on one foot and  dealing with crutches…Erez the Che Quevaralookalike surfer/waiter/is bailing for Nicaragua sometime soon..the Beaver is serving up the best beef I´ve found outside of Nicaragua..either in chunk/lomita style or as hamburger…Peter has some source up in the Peten…hamburgers? right… Shaun and Jason´s new creation…Lava..on the upper level above Pangea…a gourmet hamburger plan…the chairs/stools/counters are in, which implies a fairly recent opening…Pangea? a freshly bearded Neil observed, back at the helm/oven..for long, who knows?    John Wilbur´s makeover of his Cafe Cofre is done…completely changed the  lay out…ran into a somewhat weary looking wendy wever on early friday morning there, as i dodged the crowds trying to  get in/out of Bodegona…yep, the exceedingly long way around…´spooked by the dudes in black…serious looking cofradias..kinda like  medieval nazis..the rains are here..yay..and moviestar is down, office closed, so this edition and a few more are from remote locations…wish i was at the coast..no shoes, no socks and no worries..