Our Man in Antigua

perfect timing for the rain..5 to 6 or so..almost full moon playing hide and seek with the clouds, the lights of the village Jesus de Maria on Agua’s eastern slope…say what you want about this place but at 9am this morning it was as perfect as it could get.

more ‘economic woes’ on the way? Cashbar, Studio 35 and Sangre closed on a Monday night? with Sangre, you don’t know the difference but #35 was also closed on a Friday night…dos Reilly’s slammed, packed…looks like the young and the feckless figured out where it had moved to…ooops..even Da Vinci may be feeling the pain: ‘went by to gaze at Claudia #1 but was told her hours have been cut…one day a week…and she’s family…she wouldn’t have made the transition be being a mere waitress(too classy, even to be a ‘hostess’)…passed Flor M, closing up Dasha..Hector’s running on autopilot…Uwe and Lynn doing a table, place half full/empty…note from Edy of Pangea..’always innovating, good things are coming”….hey, they’re getting unexpected ‘Lounge’ action (finally)..cross whatever needs crossing and wish ’em luck(Neils in Rio Dulce, doing exactly what he isn’t disclosing) ..tomorrow night, the ‘Raffle’ at Whiskey Den…saw Karla but didn’t ask about ticket sales: hopefully few and i can buy the winning # without competition…’heard that Willy and TLG kept Ocelot pumping after the ‘quiz…might be a clue there, kinda like Caffe Bourbon doing very well last night with Piano Mike and Moriah but slow tonight…Mediterranean Cafe, next to Como Como? still closed…saw a ‘for sale’ sign on the Casa Vecchio today…5th sur…and about time, as they’ve been closed for a year…no word on any Salty Beaver ‘action’…being shown to various people, but…it needs a certain combination of factors to make it fly…and it was so close..damn…and no, as usual, didn’t make it to El Muro’s ‘man night’…if they had lingerie shows(with women)i’d be tempted..I don’t know about you but when i go out i want to see babes…scruffy men I can see by looking in the mirror at 6am(and i did this morning)…