Our Man in Antigua

no, not ‘that’ kind of fairy land…and no snide remarks about singing ‘don we now our gay apparel’ either…it was the night…Agua at sunset, wreathed in white cotton candy, the park lit up…the Cathedral…El Cazadore Italiano’s great Christmas lights blazing away, as a beacon in the night to hungry diners…of which there was a dearth(shortage)….where the hell are tourists/locals eating out tonight?  don’t go there, either…the places that were closed added up to about the same that were open..closing on a Tuesday night is a good decision, given the season..alas, Pangea didn’t even have their lights on, except for the kitchen..looks like they’re throwing in the napkins on that deal…odd, how fate dealt such bad cards to that location/business…

I, however, have had embraces(hugs)from two of the most beautiful women in town today,  so on my planet, all is exceedingly well..John K, massive truck seen on 5ta norte and tracked down to the bar at Dona Leonor’s…back from a shortened trip to Argentina…medical problems with a family member…fixed and he’s leaving in a few days…talking about our Top Five Faves for restaurants in this burg..he mentioned Epicure for dinner…hmm..haven’t done them…Alex of Sobremesa now up to 50 different flavors of ice cream…is this some kinda Guiness record thing? who cares?…they’re all dynamite…wait a minute! that could be a new flavor! pow! goes off in your mouth…(dont’ go there)

JM Cervantes con familia plus Gina C at El Portal..he’s one of the more interesting people (to me, anyway)in this town…cop, yes…mind, yes…thinking, yes…and where the hell is Fred of Ravenscroft? two Sundays in a row a no-show at the park…yeah,he’s 83 and biz is ‘slow’…i worry about him…another great intellect with an amazing  past…a true Antigua ‘character”

ah..the demonstrations in front of the Palacio de Capitanes General? all day…great and good for them…renting out the place is atrocious and a slam  in the face for the city, the consejo and whatever…where’s Da Mayor in this? Adolfo…you’re great and you’ve done wonderful things for the city…step up, dude…get on the picket line, dammit. You’ve got another term in office(which pays 8 grand a month..USD)so what’s the problem?

yeah..i stopped off at Ricardo’s T&V…no ice for the vokda…vodka…alas..the marvelous Marvel of Hug#2 there, looking smashing in black…tight black..use your imagination..I did.

no news on the ATM ‘workaround’ with the new PIN# trick…the old number worked again this morning: i’m not sure whether to be happy with more $$ in the pocket or disturbed that I’m still at risk from the ‘Boys from Bogota’

Allan of Travel Menu on top of things..a few plates, a few imbibers..one of my favorite places these days and yes…i’m still thinking about Peter and LM checking out in a few days..seems to have been a year of people leaving…some well-deserved, others missed…Mark Francis, JP..Category #1…Carla Berryhill and now these folks..as they said…’hey Jake, it’s Chinatown’..o well..and I miss that pirate aka John Wilbur.