Our Man in Antigua

to the very well-connected ‘Warthog Preservation League’ for casting any aspersions, allusions and comparisons.

their lobbyists and lawyers work quickly…can you say ‘defamation of charactor?’…next up, probably tomorrow, will be the injunctions from the equally well-represented “Alligators Unlimited”…and followed, no doubt, by the Democratic lobby representing “Jackasses United”

o well…another day and it’ll all be history…smelly, yes…but as the old joke goes…’if the foo shits, wear it”…in the meantime, a Memorial Day service at the US Embassy in G city…the ambassador and consul there, speeches and a stirring(to me, anyway)presentation by a Ranger full bird colonel…one with all the medals, badges and insignia you never wanted …yeah, i’ve got some but nothing like that. From time to time I visit other embassies in Central America and talk with the military attaches…the young, the eager and the freshly made captains..this guy, today…he’d been there, done that and wasn’t the least war-like..I was honored to shake his hand and i mean that..

a long long time ago, in a faraway country….hat’s off to you, Colonel..

on other fronts…Studio 35, Sangre and Cashbar closed tonight….por que? yeah, the Salty Beaver hosted a day for ‘service employees’ but…Carla B didn’t have to go to the mountain…Mohammed came to her…yay! and yes, some restaurants are getting ‘concerned’ about the irregular flow of business..tis the times, folks..as with any situation, apply the old Rule: the odds are that it will get better(33%)stay the same (33%)or get worse…33%…if you’re sucking now, the odds aren’t in your favor…66% against…’funny, to me at least..watching groups enter the Ocelot patio, navigate thru the lack of signs and the waiters of Ixnay and the Lounge until they found the steps to Lava…determined, i’d say..Whisky Den!  whooda thunk that they’d become such a ‘destination bar?’

dos Reilly’s doing another good night…Da Vinci? zzzzz but the ever tasty…yeah,she was there..damn me…John Wilbur of el muro/el cofre off to Texas today…por que? even with a free ticket, I’d pass..Max and the V dub at 9a for the transition..