Our Man in Antigua

not…’amazing how many folks fell for the ‘rapture’ much less contributed $$$ to the deal…’heard last night that the JennyStarDVD place is gonzo, she’s in Texas and the basic problem was that pirated DVDs killed her business. The implication being that if anyone wants any particular DVD, it’s down in el mercado, somewhere in the rat-maze.

I don’t know about you but I’ll miss her smiling face…’heard that they’re selling off what’s left for 15q  a pop..Antigua was a better place for her presence.

The drug trials? the vaunted No-Dik 500 didn’t do the ‘trick’…’had to up the ante to Wehrmacht…no, Ver-MoX, the one shot deal that doesn’t take prisoners…if you haven’t seen much of me lately thats because i’ve been running on fewer cylinders than usual(I know, what’s the difference?).

and yet another stab at starting a restaurant…in the space on 7th ave,  where the Korean joint was, up from el Shaman? yep..does the City make any money off these places? you know, licenses, fees and stuff? ah! a great new place..Organica or such…5th calle next to Chez Christophe…the most well-put together store i’ve seen in town…lighting, shelves, displays and contents…heathy organic stuff and no exploding watermelons…is there organic vodka? ok, fine..’see you out and about tonight, those of us rejected christians who didn’t make the cut.

The newly opened “Mayan Moon’ on 4th ave norte/1st calle? aggressive street marketing and cheap Cuba Libres…8q? wonder what the ingredients are? down 4th to the always empty El Sereno, doing a closed door private function, complete with DJ/swirling colored light show.

4th Calle, lightly glistening from the earlier showers…F2 full, Tartines empty, Adan the Cuban pianist in the doorway of the Cuban joint,Sabor Cubano, passing out flyers advertising yet another Ignacio/Cuban All Stars venue…Friday and Saturday nights, starting on Cuban time around 9pm..

so, we had a small taste of the rainy season tonight…’guess i go to the mercado manana and buy the first of many umbrellas before the deluges start..o, the proposed rental? we had, in the words of Strother Martin speaking to Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke)’a failure to communicate’…she said ‘dos mil’ and I assumed that was quetzales…wrong, burger breath…dollars..rotsa ruck..damaged interiors and a very tough rental market: at that rate i can see why the previous tenant went under…El Muro, or Animal Kingdom, filling  up early…’had the #7 at Lava earlier…most xlnt burger combo…the smoked bacon is as good as you’ll find anywhere, unless you find yourself in a little town called Corralitos southeast of Santa Cruz(nor cal)..