Our Man in Antigua

I was in a quandary earlier(no, not the Toyota model) about the big decision of the night…long or short sleeves? tis a terrible thing, the weather here…I’m also trying to place the face of the guy who just opened the Mayan Moon cafe down the street from me…associated with some restaurant/bar in town but where? A mind is a terrible thing to waste and if you see mine anywhere, there’s a small reward(per size & weight).

‘ a very very quiet night in the bar/cafe biz this evening…4th calle empty, and a little action on 5ta norte but not much…Cashbar appeared to be ramping up for a Botran VIP event, Ricardo of Tabacos y Vinos holding down the fort solo, Los Arcos chef/waiters in the street hoping…VIP! does that mean that the VIP Girls will be there? damn, man…put on your clothes and go find out…they are, at least in my humble opinion some of the finer ‘models’..Hector doing a decent night but he always does, one way or the other. On the other hand (five fingers) it would appear that the Rum Bum has returned: passed Cafe Flor earlier and the chalk board reads ‘Cafe Flor and Rum Bar’…i was in the old Rum Bar last week and it was somewhat trashed: no question of getting the deposit back, especially after ripping out the iron spiral staircase…and the back rent, water and electricity bills, left unpaid for Claudia to deal with. I’m truly amazed at the return, unless the alternative was worse and he was fit to be thai’ed.

The ever popular Salty Beaver aka el Castor Salado for the PG audience, holding another day of celebration(monday the whatever)for ‘service employees’…transportation laid on, beers chilled, pool perfect…i’d go but i’m going to the US Embassy for a ceremony aka Memorial Day, to remember some of the dumbass wars recently…where did it all go wrong? LBJ/Viet Nam…money, lives and for what? WMD’s?

A quiet perfect evening on the Lava terrace: i like their view, which i think is one of my top four or five. El Caminante’s and Blue Sky, el Chaman and yours? One of the two publications in this burg ought to be doing a ‘Top This’ list…the best bar for …., best view, best massage, cha cha cha..a reader’s poll, snag some advertising $$$ (helllooo!) best cigar lounge, liquor store, ice creamery…see how easy I’m making this for you?  Angie and Bob Dylan’s birthday…see any similarities?

Tomorrow night, Round Two of the Foreign Exchange Event at Lava…furriners/guatemaltecas drink fer free then furriners of the female persuasion and guatemaltecos get to do-si-do…’gotta go see this one, fer sure, dude…ah…Ignacio the Cuban! in the corner behind Pangea with a guitarist i haven’t heard. I’m always amazed by Iggy’s changes in style, musically speaking: I heard it but couldn’t tell who was playing until I looked…per my calendar, this Thursday is the last ‘free drinks til you drop’ event at El Muro, put on/thought up by two of the wildest and crazy guys in town (and that’s saying a lot). I’m waiting for the VW bus/condom event..where the rubber meets the road, as it were…bada bing…who IS that guy? Caffe Opera?