they come out at night…speaking of stars, they were out and visible tonight…a golden half moon overhead, Venus over there. One forgets (I do)just how magnificent the night skies are….Lake Atitlan, por ejemplo, where the Milky Way is so bright that it blazes. The Great Trip up north? ‘postponed til after the first of the year and the new (Mano Dura man)gets his place…the reason for the delay? narco-traffic in the area…maybe after Christmas, when the demand is covered?…no, don’t think so…and i even bought new boots…damn..
dreamin' of a white Christmas
fine…El Caminante is closed…at least they were tonight…hmm…very slow at El Muro, especially on a Friday nite..same-o for a lot of watering holes…the town was jammed today with tourists…15 tour buses (mid size)and a couple of the giants…more white folks with cameras than I’ve seen in a looong time…Reilly’s Guatemala City is definite…opening date to come…oddly enough, their old location on 5ta norte? renovations goin’ on…whats going to be there, who knows, but that part of the avenida could use more action (ask Gaia or Studio 35…now they’re doin the Ladies Get Hammered Free night…9-11…Ricardo’s T&V just fine..Frida’s packed…more so than I’ve seen in many a moon (or even a year).
I’ m walkin’ by Caffe Bourbon earlier…parked in front is a new SUV with a bouquet on the hood…gift size..inside CB is the wedding party, having dinner…the bride, the groom and two others…party of four, please…probably after buying the SUV, the $$$ were gonzo..but they’ll always remember the night…later, Piano Mike and Moriah, as usual drawing a crowd at the windows..told Sarah to have ’em play more often..o, that vacancy i said was on 5th calle? wrong, pavlov breath..4th calle up from Burger King…
golden location
El Cazadore doin’ the ‘SUV with guards’ crowd tonight, everyone else just doing a few tables here and there..Angie’ and Cafe No Se quiet..and the new place that replaced Nokiate? empty but there was another new BMW outside…BMW? Break My Windows..
ah…my personal delight of the season? when Luis Miguel of Da Vinci ‘does’ the Christmas tree…they’re always a bitch to photo…send over Gina C…she’s got an ‘eye’ for photography..hmm..’need to tell her about the tree..
Our Man in Antigua 
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