Our Man in Antigua

in honor of Mother’s Day…one thing you never ever see on the streets are the remains of such…the City is making a Trojan effort to increase the voter registration rolls and collection plate takes in the churches..’just kidding but in Antigua this might be reality…Vino y Quesos hosting the SUV/security guard crowd tonight…the guys with the bucks..er, quetzals…spotted the Warthog in the Ocelot patio tonight…does this mean that I need to find another watering hole? Carla and I bemoaning the lack of venues for those of us(me, in particular) in our respective age brackets..i’m older than dirt and the choices for moi are…PV, Santo Domingo or the rest homes..and I want to go pay to hang out at PV? Angie Angies had a great musical group tonight…the Sterling Hayden look-a-like on electric mandolin/violin…his accompanist has an unusual set of bells/whistles…

Pangea’s Edy and friend eating at the indian joint/rug emporium on 4th calle…El Escape, the new motorcycle-themed place uphill from Welten? front room with a big plasma TV and no customers…Clue#1..if you’re going to be/do a leather/biker bar, get greasy and grimy..a real juke box and sleazy waitresses…some hella weddings going on tonight…fireworks, big dinners (will it be mother’s day in the morning?) Peter the G’s el Caminante coming up with some new twists..no, ideas…a cabaret and perhaps a Gong Show…the casting call is out for midgets, dwarves, freaks and burlesque queens…B and C should be easy to find in Antigua…passed a babe dressed to kill/thrill tonight..short skirt et al…and another call from another admirer this morning..is my name on some kinda list? old gringo with $$ seeks secret rendezvous? as Larry Flynt of Hustler once said..’I may not be able to cut the mustard but i can lick the jar.” Nokiate going the twofer route…seviche? get sick twice as fast? dos Reilly’s doing a moderate crowd..El Gato Negro? packed and folks on the sidewalk..por que?

lookin for a gig

 Nelson, Karla and the kids packing up their gear to play somewhere tonight..Phil and Christine Wilson (EcoFiltro) seen dining tete a tete at a quiet Hector’s…some kinda new trio at Los Arcos…guitar/singer, keyboardist and a well/nourished babe doing the ‘shake and bake’ routine..

my fave

 Frank of Nim pot and Michael Tallon seen at the La Antigua Art Gallery tonight…I truly love Alvarado’s work..’wish i could afford at least one piece but the ‘starving writer’ syndrome/wish came true…why do you think i drink PolioKov?…

is this what el Caminante is looking for?….’works for me…’went by El Muro to hear the band that started at 7:30…oops..G.S.T time…late-so…the only one there was the French jeweler…and the wait-staff..Alex of Sobremesa announcing yet another flavor…lavenderblueberry…staff didn’t know where/what it was…he’s topping out on the TripAdvisor charts..#1 this and #1 that…and well-deserved..Ixnay deader than dead, so what else is new? I’m waiting for a Lava burger next week and thence a return to the scene of the crime at El Muro for the ‘all you can swill for free’ on Thursday night..a tip of the panama to Scott Stanton/Que Pasa for pointing the “Finger of Blame and Shame” at BAC and their ^%$#@! ATM’s…no excuses…