Our Man in Antigua

or in my case, simply absent. That post-Renaissance multi-talented guy we know as Alex Ferrar put a bug in my ear a couple of weeks ago and the bastards hatched…no, not earwigs…tis a project that’s kept me up late nights/early mornings, tearing off Johnny Walker’s head in between…so, if i haven’t been seen or posting, blame it on him…jeez…he’s having an anniversary tonight!…Sobremesa, 4th calle, up from Citibank on the corner..

It finally sunk in(duh)that with the elections tomorrow, likker sales stop after noon today, hence my early morning trudge to Bodegon’…let her rip, cowboys…barring the unforeseen I suspect that lil Otto will be the next Prez…too bad they couldn’t just work it out, mano a mano…big stage, the ring, the smell of the crowd…satin shorts…arm wrestling? blindfolds and Berettas at 20 paces?

whatever, its a gorgeous day in this burg we call home…since I seem to be planning on going out tonight, maybe we’ll run into each other, and there’ll be more fodder for this grist mill…Lori Shea of Guate Medical Travel had to change plans for the ‘visa run’…originally scheduled for El Salvador but the bridge was out(still)took off instead, with a car ful of gal friends, for Copan…told her to check in with Don Udo and Twisted Tanya (and bring back a bottle of 7yr Flor de Cana)I coulda gone with ’em…four ladies in a car and me? jeez…work reared its ugly head…not complainin’…so far..

in from the ‘stroll”…our Mime, wowing the crowds, as always…i like this guy…if you remember Shields and Yarnell of Mime ‘fame’ from San Francisco, a long long time ago…he’s almost in their class..so…it’s Saturday night, the town’s packed and no booze? the most important profit center for restaurants? dos Reilly’s closed, as was/were Lava, Ocelot, Whisky Den, Cashbar and….Como Como set up for a party of 14!…Sobremesa doing a few tables, likewise Fusion and El Cazadore Woppo…even Tartines doin’ an early deuce…5a norte, block one just fine..even TackoContento..Cimino’s on the square trying out more ways/inducements to entice customers…no go..I’m not sure that  i ‘get’ the no likker concept: anyone with a brain and a few Q will stock up before…does this mean that tomorrow’s communion in the church won’t serve wine? cheese and crackers and no Chardonnay? Lori S checking in from Copan, at Twisted Tanya’s…having a great time…’told ya..’wish i was there…next time..tomorrow? who cares? if the scotch runs out, then i gotta problem..