compliments to Stanley Kubrick’s prescient Clockwork Orange…’ran into ‘Big Paul’, Wendy Wever’s dad at dos Reillys..and yes, she’s doing great in Turkey…sightseeing, teaching and ‘doing’ London for Christmas…and we were worried? well, after all the earthquakes over there, etc…but,no…Istanbul aka Constantinople is just fine, one of my short lists of places that i haven’t seen.
Wayne the Urbane Hooper, setting up early for a gig at Ocelot…the patio crowded early…Brendan B and lady checking in/out for a party, the bar packed. Between O’lot and Lava, they suck up all the biz…Karla H stepping in for the Whisky Den, taking the rest of the $$…Ixcot/Pangea oughta sublet their spaces to O &L, fire the staff and go home early.
the turkey torpor wore off in town today…people everywhere, walkin’, talkin’ etc…Sobremesa doing an early dinner crowd..Tartines? dead…change the name, redecorate…so that it looks like that briefly open french joint on 6th, Chef Pierres’…the one that looked like a real Paris bistro. not that it did him any good(the location)because he’s been cooking at La Pena del Sol for a few months, but it looked authentic..makeover’s aren’t a bad thing, given this towns taste for newness..
El Cazadore Italiano? added strings of Christmas lights and it looks great…Peter the H and LM checking in early for din-din…I get the feeling from the FB posts about the last of the furniture being sold that we’re losing PH’s presence shortly…’not pleased about it, but to quote the Duck…no, the Duke..’a mans gotta do whatta mans gotta do’…
Bull Durham, after delivering the great pork chops earlier..complaining of sciatica…’gave him my personal medical recommendations..The Rule of Two: a double ziploc bag of ice, two tabs of codeine and two shots of rum..funny but I never heard back from him…hmm..it worked for me…yeah, I know…the ol ‘pain in the ass’ routine…could be describing a lot of us..or me.
Alex Bell’s Fusion taking in a good dinner crowd…B5, Robbin Haas’ place further up same-o..Caffe Bourbon oddly dead tonight…bring back Piano Mike or get Nelson to play…do something…that block of 5ta is gold..well, except for TackoDiscontento but they only have themselves to blame..and no, i didn’t go around the corner to see if the new place, Nadoosh or whatever is open..who cares, anyway? let’s see..is it time for the anti-sciatica meds? ice cubes..check…rum..check..tabs…check..hum a few bars of ‘White Christmas’ and awaaay we gooo…have a great weekend, however/whatever..
Our Man in Antigua 
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