Our Man in Antigua

credit Maria Muldaur for that song….but in this case, it might be both…Lava, Shaun/Jason’s new  ‘gourmet burger’ restaurant is ramping up to unheard of levels (at least in Antigua)…SF,  from whence I hail, has two great old time hamburger joints…the best is Joes’ Cable Car Burgers in the outer Mission…Mish/Tingley…where he’s been dishing out superb platters for 30 years…the key? he grinds his own chuck(meat, not the boyfriend)on the premises…which is which way Lava is going…brand new meat grinder on the spot, ‘imported’ smoked bacon from the Lake and so on…attention to detail and no expenses forsaken…go Lava!…Pangea’s new lounge is a blackhole…same for Ixnay…adios until next year for Robto de Oro and sis Barb…who gigged Brendan about Doris Duke..nope, it was Peggy Lee…Brendan scrolled up the foto on his Blackberry…yep…Peggy Lee..and not Pinky Lee..(my guess)thanks, Carla for the shot of ….wtf…Royal Crown…jeez…senior moment there…memories of such with the exceedingly wacked out Brianna Wildman of Vegas..whom we shipped back from Amsterday after less than 24 hours..ask me for details..or not…Ron on sax at O’lot…Nelson and Karla dining tete a tete at Chez Caz Italiano before he does his musical gig later…is she going to sing again? please say yes..Ignacio the cuban dressed to play somewhere tonight..LM of DV getting the nuts/bolts/electrical problems of the new location dealt with…hey…30000q and it still isn’t quite solved..per LM, the Rum Bum left a water bill of some 20000q for Claudia to deal with..fireworks, music and expensive cars in town tonight..and another call from some sweet young thing…Lisa? don’t remember her..she’ll call tomorrow..and i probably won’t remember by then, either..huge tip of the panama to the El Muro gang for their May/thursday nite free drinks concept…’better reserve my stool…no, the chair…insane idea but why not? Erez, the Che Guevara look-a-like Israeli surfer/jack of all trades at the Salty Beaver? seen this morning in A-town…here for a week and then south to surf the beaches of Nicaragua..a loss/blow to Peter/Lisa but Peter’s foot/ankle should be back/functional fairly soon…even though…Erez was a great addition..and a loss…best of luck…rode around in tanks in Israel…whew..he’ll be hard to replace…but it frees up a sleeping space/tent/hammock/room..anyone want to replace him? room/food and no one but you riding the waves..north 5t ave is still quiet…hector’s doing tables, everyone else waiting for customers..has the center of biz shifted to the center of town? when DV is complete, that should be some kinda clue..dos reilly’s very quiet, las palmas doing some trade..even chez christophe seating a few people..Lava? i’m a thinkin’ that BLT’s, bacon/egg sandwiches and gourmet burgers might just work..and doing their own french fries from scratch..(no, potatoes)..Neil of Pangea back in Washington State, ‘signing papers’…per Bill, anyway..whew..Crown Royal…Mesquite/Casa Blanca…Brenda Lee…