Our Man in Antigua

or, in other words, lighting off the Sai Baba/Nag Champa incense to impart a sense of the weird to the new quarters that I’m calling ‘home’ these days…in India, where I’ve spent far too much time, they recycle the cow flops/residue for everything…cooking fires and incense..add some scented ingredients and bingo!…burning bullshit, kind of like what goes around in this town on a daily basis.

If a couple of familiar faces aren’t seen tomorrow at a popular venue, blame it on their version of a ’employee profit sharing plan’ that wasn’t authorized or put up with, once discovered…they may have been seen later at Travel Menu, where I ducked in briefly while strolling with Matt B and lady friend…TM? popular with locals and nope…’haven’t eaten there (either)..La Pena del Sol, ‘Crash’ Harriss’ cafe? packed…yes, there was a week or so in May where the head count dropped but that was typical for May and not just there. He related ongoing overcharges from Telgua per the credit card line…as did other proprietors…check your bills but don’t count on any relief at the store…

other cafes/restaurants now on the ‘burger train’…offering a variety of choices but nothing like Lava…the only complaint I have is the size of their meat…nope, patties/pattys? nuff left over for a bolsa de perro…Jason aka goldfinger coming back from the Russian wastelands june 24 or so…’found a new recipe…is this #11 now? Neil of Pangea due in town this weekend, to take over the helm at said place: ‘hope he can pull it up/out or whatever the right phrase is, cuz the Lounge aint and the few dinners they’re doing, well…El Caz doing just fine, F2 lo mismo…El Muro? The Gang of Two is extending the Thursday Night ‘All you can swill for free’ events and doing just fine, thank you…other bar owners are complaining…so? come up with a better mouse-trap or shut up. Sangre still trying the ‘all you can drink for 75 q in two hours’…no takers…tough titty, said the kitty…tomorrow night, per Adan the Cuban pianist that I’ll go outa my way to hear? Caffe Opera @ 8pm…is that on G.S.T or Cuban Standard Time? plan on 9pm, is my advice…

Peter the Hodge! besides fresh seafood, now offering the most xlnt buffalo cheese from up the street(Otto Perez Molino’s farm)…I placed an order but…too late..sold out..I know…visualize these black great-horned beasts giving good cheese. Trust me…ah, the Beav…’wish i was there this weekend, but still stumbling around in the dark, finding light switches…and inhaling indian-flavored cow shit, without any good side effects, that I know of.

Como Como of the new disco ball…doing just fine..the Mediterranean Cafe next door? sucking, as always. Cafe Flor? lo mismo and the removal of any mention of the Rum Bar from the chalk board..per one or two people, JP ain’t coming back…’heard that one of the more popular places didn’t renew their ad in Que Pasa this month? que paso? por que, in other words…cash flow? no cash flow? Glenn Wilson of C21 raising minor hell about a story in the Huff Post re prices in Antigua…$30 for breakfast? my ass..’get ’em, Glenn.

‘saw the A-10 in the park today, looking exceedingly pissed…short story..alas, a mind is a terrible thing to waste, assuming that one had one to start with…Mayan Moon, 4th/1st? a few people…Don Martin? open 3 nights in a row..’she’ and i used to go there,from time to time..it was close to the old abode..wonder what they do with the unused food? hey! dry it and make incense! add some of the increasing noted piles of dog shit on the sidewalks and find a good brand name. I digress or possibly regress…blame it on the scented bull shit..