Our Man in Antigua

after two nights of ‘deadness’ in the bar/restaurant biz, things picked up tonight…rumor(unconfirmed)has it that Mel the Gibson is in town, esconsced in the Hotel El Convento…Alex’s lady/fiance designed superb piece of architecture..yep..the whole enchilada, as in all the 8 or 12 rooms..I forget…go with me here…likewise supposedly seen at Cafe No Se last night, sipping Coca Cola….gotta be a tough decision, going to a dive bar and not imbibing alcohol.

Alex of Sobremesa’s night of fine dining…curtailed by swarms of termite queens, hither, thither, yon and on the f….king tables…however, he took it in great stride/good spirits and went by O’lot for some medicinal help…’saw a new painting of his on the wall in Sobremesa…damned erotic…damn me..might  have to change the Rule about no more than 2 nudes in the house.

Franklin of Whiskey Den? planning of bringing in the actual farmers of his o so superb coffee this weekend…screw juan what’s his face from colombia..this is local news. ..Whiskey Den? whoda thunk it? a nightly crowd in a  place the size of my bathroom..go Franklin/Allen!

Max  of El Muro with yet another tasty waitress…is he a babe magnet or what? Peter the Hodge and Rich Neel comparing stories, as kids, riding behind the municipal trucks who were dispensing clouds of DDT …this might explain some of their later ‘behaviors’…Ixnay! doing a table of 6 or 7! best  night in months! and the recently fired employees of a nearby biz? one returned, cleared by the ‘test’..the other? hasta la vista and i woulda never thought he’d be the one with the sticky fingers…but then again, observe my taste in women…or lack of taste..

Alex B of F2  doing just fine…Abbasi, the indian joint in the persian rug store? scene of the venerable Antigua Curry Club dinner tonight…with Nelson on piano? weird concept…but hey, it’s a gig…’as my sitar gently weeps?’..PM Mike and Moriah at O’lot…and yes..she’s had an idea about doing an ‘elvis’ series of songs…yay! Heartbreak Hotel, Jailhouse Rock? she had some kinda part in a jailhouse rock thing in school..a play, notta a sentence…i think..can’t see her in a cell..too sweet…Eduardo of La Esquina? at the bar earlier and then seen with a group in the Ocelot patio..

4th calle? dead…B5 slow, welton dead..Le Escape, the ‘motorcycle bar?’…closed..dead batteries, wrong concept..Cafe Flor? looking good but empty…lo mismo for Las Conchas…pearls and a bistro don’t mix…Como Como and Cafe Med? graveyard..dos Reilly’s? slow/medium night..Las Palmas? doin’ the ‘group thing’…DV? thanks to Luis M for telling me the difference(en espanol) for sombrilla vs agua..whatever..i forget…like being there a few nights ago with Claudia the Delicious explaining the difference between ‘bonita’ and ‘linda’…I tried to listen but her blouse(bonita)was unbuttoned down to ‘there’…god knows i love black lingerie…not on me, you understand..well, only if it’s been strewn hither, thither and yon..i wish.