Our Man in Antigua

a full-on arco iris over the Cathedral, looking east….’gone by 6:30 but it was spectacular while it lasted(like some of my relationships)…yep, gone by 6:30 pretty much describes it..me/them

there’s a better than usual art/craft fair in the park this weekend…don’t know if it was ‘juried’ or how they chose the vendors but I saw very few clinkers…i.e, crap…and who should emerge outa that crowd? Erez the Israeli surfer, just back from taming the waves of Nicaragua(the Pacific coast thereof)yeah, we talked about the demise(hopefully temporary)of the Salty Beaver and the rotten string of bad luck that befell there, almost Biblical in a way…I personally hope that ‘it’ all works out, the karma/bad juju has been paid and so on…

am i turning into a ‘smoke nazi?’….now that I’m not puffin’ i seem to be avoiding bars where there’s a hint of that….good gawd…nope, i’m not ever buying birkenstocks.  Lava? that upstairs burger emporium? turning into a destination bar? maybe it was the rain(really just a sprinkle)but Lava had more people than the lower 4-some combined..diners inside, dining early….the horse-drawn carriages carrying loads of Guate’s..’counted a party of 7 in one conveyance and there were some hefty babes: is there a discount for anything?  Thank you Carla of O’Lot for the ‘Lemontini’ recipe…simple is as simple does(that’s me)

ever walk by and observe couples at the window/street side tables? there’s an entire gamut of expressions, facial give-aways and body language as to how they’re doing (or not) I’m referring to gringos, as i haven’t learned to read Guate’s yet or if at all…for the most part, they all seem to cluster around a table, chomp away at ice cream and laugh a lot.

one last observation, which i’ve made before…if you’re staying in a street level hotel room, consider closing the windows unless you’re: A…into displays…B. trolling for passersby..the Posada Don Rodrigo is Ground Zero for this, if this is what one is looking for..mmm, good ‘lemon-tini, miss carla…one frosted martini glass left, wtf? wendy fucking wever leaves tomorrow…bon bon voyage…turkey will never be the same.

yet another shot in the dark, a hope of retail madness…upper 5th a new boutique called Casa El Patio…since it’s part of a residence, the rent’s gotta be minimal, as are the contents…coupla men’s bath robes appealed to me..left mine in SF/Sausalito, along with all the winter clothing.