Our Man in Antigua

me and a buncha bars/restaurants…hm…restau ‘rants…’could be a title for a review of such…what’s up or more exactly, not up with Ocelot and their trade? Lava’s still pulling ’em in but I’m not seeing the crowds of regulars/tourists that has been..bartenders? music? both? dos Reilly’s is pulling in both groups…hmm

ah…the Caffe Bourbon mess…’had a long chat with Sarah…whew…what a story…attorneys left and right, threats…’what we have here is a failure to communicate’ to quote Strother Martin from Cool Hand Luke..i’m amazed, having spent most of my life(sic)in/around real estate, contracts and so on..let’s just say that it ain’t over…ask Sarah for details but be prepared to spend fifteen minutes..

Junior Woodchucks! stand down…it appears that the giant fiery object in the sky as noted by Bull Durham is …Jupiter, making a very close approach to Earth…no..not Uranus…or mine…

Ricardo’s T&V doing just fine…packed around six and then the marvelous Marvel pulled up…a white outfit..yeah, i stopped in, had a scotch, talked about fiambre, kept my eyes mostly averted…mostly…

north 5ta deadzo…Sangre, Cashbar, Studio 35 closed..Gaia dreaming…Sobremesa closed, a few others ought to have…ah! Edy’s mention of the ‘7:30′ event? changed to 6:30…a party of 20! added to the existing party of 12 in the dining room…whoda thunk that Pangea was crankin’ 30+ dinners?

an interesting mix of turistas in town..lotta straight white people, mixed with some backpackers and some dreadlocks here and there..end of October? off season, Halloweeners? if nothing else, the %$#@! rains have stopped…some say its ‘over’ and some say two more weeks..at least we’re not in the path of the hurricane (so far) take that, Belize, you scum-sucking hellhole..

heard from an ex-pat just back from a few months in La Ceiba(Hondo)that the bridge in Copan, just past the Hedman-Alas terminal is gonzo..’making the transfer onweird hard and the buses from here only go as far as the station there..and return…’screwing up the schedule, obviously..if you’ve thought of going past Copan on the bus..the shuttles are doing the back route thru Copan, since they’re smaller..Copan…another problem, just what they needed..the border? a new larger immigration building but…only one window manned, making the in/out  process still glacial…the Venetian Ball’s domain name is coming up for renewal in November..’guess I need to check in to see if they want to renew it(implying another ‘Ball)…’didn’t do last years…during the time of the ATM thieves and i’d been tapped big time…hey, learning to be frugal isn’t all that bad…no, it sucks..and I’ve learned to shop at the Paca..o..good news about that place by Sipacate but i promised not to tell..