my observation that the new reality for A-town is Thursday, Friday and Saturdays, with a bit of Sunday biz thrown in for the ‘day trippers’ from the City seemed to fit tonight…exceedingly slow/dead for restaurants/bars, the only exception being El Cazador Italiano. Scott S and lady seen at Chez Chris, dos Reilly’s doin’ some bar biz…El Gato Negro not..wtf?
we’re losing a great guy soon…Matt Bokor is apparently flying the coop, probably in coach class and off to the Dom Rep…alas..a gentleman of the old school, who’s absence will be felt…buena suerte and thanks for the comments about Carl Hiassen(sp?)of the Herald…and more…damn..a few other departures might be coming also..tis the times, the o so negative economic times that are hitting this town…chat earlier with another codger, PM, showing up to play tonight at Ocelot…we both agree that from our personal Antigua times, ranging from 2007 to the present, that the town has taken a hit, a dive and it aint’ what it was. Speaking personally i can recall being here in May of ’08 and it was rockin’…Sangre was jumpin’, and so on…now? might have to change the name of the town to Tombstone.
‘passed the very delicious LucyLuscious aka Andrade Iris in the street earlier…she is so f…..king tasty, sweet and whatever else you can think of…and she’ll be 23 in a week or so…i can hardly remember being that age…let’s see, that would’ve been in the late 1900’s..
one of the newer establishments on 5ta norte lost their latest chef…sobremesa doing a few tables tonight..F2 empty…alex and family in FL…Lauderdale? ‘heard a rumor that a restauranteur has been posting negative comments about other joints on Trip Advisor…’be kinda hard to do this without identifying yourself…I’m one of their ‘reviewers’ and so on..and no, I don’t/never write a review unless I ‘m prepared to eat my words.
Adan the great Cuban pianist was at Caffe Opera last night…empty…damn..Ximena and lady friend at O’lot…Mario hanging at the bar…no sign of Emma…Pat off to the States and then Israel..Lava doing biz!…seems to have become ‘the’ place to be and be seen on Wednesday nights…Pangea? ooops…taking inventory of the fixtures/furniture…getting ready to bail, pull the plug, etc? looks that way…six months from now there’s gonna be a few places not here…as in empty…those with deep pockets might be fine…or not,depending on their finances…things are in a spin..downward spiral and it ain’t gonna get better for a while…Pablo A of ReMax and i are of similar opinions…’years’…
‘trying to talk Piano Mike/Moriah into doing the old Sonny/Cher song of ‘Bang Bang, Shot me Down’ song, but in half tempo..could be some kinda anthem.
not sure if I can take credit for this but Fotographo, the upscale photography store in Nim Pot?..changed their window display and now is offering smaller lithographed/signed versions of their superb photos…695q for one, two for 1200q…that works..and a lotta gringos in their tonight, shopping/looking…
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