Our Man in Antigua

top that for a lead sentence…the rains, they kinda came and went, at least for here..some mist,some drizzle…Marcel didn’t ride the black bike tonight, so the rains held off..(my personal weather clue)…El Cazadore Italiano quiet…as was Fusion 2…709, next door? closed…stick a big fork in ’em, cuz they’re done…

Alex’ Sobremesa doing a table of 12 plus a deuce…Tartines even doin’ dinners..B5 quiet…all quiet on the Western Front except for Chez Chris…people eating!…the new restaurant on 5th calle, next to Bagel Barn? it’s a Livingstoned menu…whatever that is…rotsa luck…dos Reilly’s doing a good crowd…O’lot a bit less, even with ron on sax…El Caminante dead…el Muro? here’s a visual…their newer waitress, on a stool at eye level…reaching up and wiping the backbar mirrors…a lot of motion, wiggling shall we say..thank god i’m immune to such visuals..right…max has some serious stuff up his sleeve..let’s just say that he’s gonna be Mr Tuk Tuk soon…o, and the ‘roatan situation?’….appears to be heading for a resolution fairly soon…weeks away from a final final, go away and don’t screw with me’..please..me, i miss john..the folks who bought up el cofre probably don’t wish they had…the electric bill was waaay low per a glitch with the meter…they screwed with it…went from 30q a month to 300q..

my kinda travel agency..or bar…the Nazareno Cultural Center on 4th norte? now offering grub…hot dogs, jesus burgers…angel food/devils food cake..

5t norte dead except for Ricardo’s Tabacos y Vinos..another night, another party…Studio 35/Gaia/Sangre a cemetery…Cashbar with 4 or 5 security staff at the door..yawning..Angel at Djinn…dispensing incense with a jeweled tikka spot on her forehead…tres strange…Hectors? a twosome at the table and that’s it…WTF? Riki’s doin’ a little bit of biz at El Cielo but not enough to pay the rent or the electric bill..ok, the bucket of mercury story…Franklin of whiskey bar,working his own place,tells of a guy who found a pocket of mercury..wierd/dangerous stuff, a derivative of cinnabar…here in Guatemala..brought it in…yep, in a bucket…’hey..you wanna buy this?’…right…just what we all need…a bucket of mercury…go figure..only in Antigua…enjoy a rainless night…the roads are down,the bridges are history and there’s no money to fix ’em…we’re landlocked..pass the scotch..