Our Man in Antigua

what has two motorcycle outriders, three SUV’s, four PNC pickups and a truckload of soldiers with an M-60 machine gun(finger on the trigger)bouncing along the cobblestones of 4th avenida?…o, just a quiet weekend in the country..have you seen the posters of the ex-Mrs Colom? “i’m doing this for my cuntry’…if she looks that bad after being airbrushed, made up and so on…imagine what she looks like at 7am…hey, i ‘know’ make up..wives 1 and 2 were relatively au naturel but #3? she shopped at wholesale beauty outlets for all the paint, stucco and spackle that one could walk out with…ok…passed Ignacio the Cuban outside the Cuban bar on 4th calle..looking spiffy(as always)…bar/restaurant owners with a piano? Adan the pianist with all the right moves…outa work and hanging out at the guitar shop across from the park…you know, the shop that never does any business…Ron on sax at Ocelot, PM and Moriah at Caffe Bourbon…two great musical acts…Edy and guests at the patio…is the lounge working? i kinda doubt it..Shaun/Jason’s hamburger emporium scheduled for the grand opening next thursday, 7-1am…this might clash or fit in with El Muros’ second thursday of ‘all you can swill’ from 9pm onweird..

‘guess who/where for these unlikely objets d’art…hint…he drives a bad motorcycle..jean-marc and lady friend seen…mario on the walkabout..he always reminds me of a champion cricketeer i met in india once…is upper 6th avenida dying or dead? ah…restaurant daikari rating two Gallo Girls tonight…the B team..but, nevertheless..Peter the Hodge and LM of el Castor Salado in town this morning…he’s ditched the crutches and now has a cane..i offered him my sword cane but he seemed strangely uninterested..those Canadians just don’t ‘get’ the concept of self-protection…’guess they need more wars/crime/enemies..’not goin’ to Xela next week…the publisher nixed the idea of a Guatemala article…probably read the Rosenberg article, the ATM articles and whatever else that has put the kibosh on Guatemalo..Peter the G’s el Caminante upping the ante…package deal for rooms/food/booze…i suggested ‘theme rooms’…bondage, elvis, school girls, jungle…what he is gonna do…and the details remain sketchy or at least under wraps…involves T&A…can i volunteer for road testing? interviews, coaching or whatever? hey, I’m just trying to help..got some phone numbers/names to share..yes, ‘she’ called again today..must’ve sensed my animal magnetism from afar..what part of ‘no’ don’t you understand? I’m trying to quit, turn over a new loaf…er, leaf..it’s not easy once you’ve gotten the rep of being a test pilot for white slave rings..is El Muro the new version of the old Reillys? the old Reilly’s was a den of stale beer, piss and cigarette smoke…kinda like a hooker with torn fishnet stockings and blotchy makeup..the new  dos mil/Reillys is too clean, neat and cavernous..El Muro is  a close second…dark, dank and vaguely sinister…and it rocks…thursday nights this month? gotta go and check in but don’t do the number i did last night, kissing the cobblestones on the way home..kinda like Neil/Eric Stone but without a moto..oopsy..Neils’ outa town, up in washington doing something with ‘papers’…hopefully not rolling papers..Angie Angies now doing lunches…mon/friday…El Pena del Sol, Bill Harriss’ superb establishment on 5th calle? tonight/tomorrow and Sunday…great Andean bands(nine)…rockin’ pipes/piccolos/charangas..a truly BFD…what’s a ‘charanga’? you ask…not a food item…just go…the cover charge includes dinner(which is always great)..150q…noticed a crew re-wiring two of the 5B ATMs next to Barista…your guess is a good as mine..