Our Man in Antigua

a day later, the city got the Christmas lights turned on…the Andean/Peruvian duo still playing 8 ours later…you know, i like them better as a duo rather than the quartet that they used to be..and a serious work ethic. Yep, standing by the fountain we’ve got two Santas…ready for the photo ops..not sure about granting wishes but the eternal question of ‘who’s been naughty and who’s been nice?’ still applies…if i had to confess, i’d pick #1

the place to be tonight? Travel Menu…the going away party for Peter and Lisa..actually leaving next weekend but judging from the amount of cocktails consumed by a very interesting assortment of folks, it might take a few days to recover..der Henrik there, saying that the opening of Reilly’s Gautemala City will be around the 14th-15th…I think, so to speak..nope, didn’t take notes…it’s a bold move..I like it..

cruised by Ocelot, wondering about the pub quiz…didn’t see any signs of it…at 7pm? hey, what do I know?…a lot of the regulars were at Travel Menu…I’m already missing Peter and Lisa Marie..some kinda consolation is that the Salty Beaver has been sold and is or will be open soon..it won’t be the same but it’ll be chock fulla memories…opening weekend for the new units, Peter hopping around on one foot/crutches…flipping burgers, showing the units, sleeping in the hammock…Erez the Israeli surfer helping…the shrimp, the buffalo cheese…i have a phone number for the new owner, btw…and i suspect going there will be on the ‘bucket list’ shortly..

some folks complaining about the lacka business vis a vis the influx of cruceros this week…hey..they only spend an average of $20 per..if that…cheapo retired amercanos..buy the flute, take some photos and shuffle off to the next monument..there’s gotta be a marketing plan somewhere to grab ’em by the neck…’must have’s from Antigua’..chocolate suppositories? mayan hernia devices? work with me here…this is important.

yeah..Travel Menu…on my list of Top Five Bars in the travel guide coming out in two weeks..it/they rock…hole in the wall but with charm, style, class and grace…no..wrong..Grace didn’t show up..the Egyptian lady was someone i’ve never seen…waay exotic..Pat Ferrells off to Costa Rica next week…doin’ Jaco…i personally don’t like Jaco…Manuel Antonio/Quepos, yes..but only with a companion of the feminine persuasion. And thanks to Lori S for offering to ‘drive me’…idiot that i am, i thought that the going away party was in Santa Ana…wrong, scotch-breath..she’s found new quarters, out/way from the chaos of the River Rats..party on the 23rd, as i recall..to celebrate such..

how did it get to be December already? …the usual way..