Our Man in Antigua

probably has worms..whew, what a quiet night in the streets last night: El Muerto Martes, in other words…bit of action at dos Reilly’s, Ricardo’s Tabacos y Vinos and a few miscreants at Ocelot…Edy of Pangea on deck as was our Cuban, Ignacio…pacing and scowling at the lack of business(Iggy)

Talent Contest! Ocelot, recently losing Neil C, is looking for tasty barmaids…Iris Andrade aka Luscious Lucy was there(great hug, you little devil) and complaining of shabby treatment…nope, not goin’there…told Shaun to go raid El Muro’s babe stash…

PV’s monthly ‘art show’ tonight…seemed to have hooked up Bill Ipsan and them for a show…either January or March…he’s good, very good..oddly enough(and I do mean oddly)I ran the idea past Frank of Nim Po’t and then PV for a showing of his X-rated exvotos…if this flies, etc..

already, mid december and a few of the long time establishments are cryin’ the blues, $$ wise..the rest of ’em, if they can, are tightening their already snug belts…is it the euro mess or just everything piled up together? sure glad I dropped those futures in Greek drachmae and Icelandic kroner..frankly, Scarlett, 2012 can’t come soon enough for me…this publishing stuff is eating $$ and stressing me out…Peter the Hodge and LM departing for El Salvador about now…where they’ll end up, who knows? another adventure, at the very least..’wish ’em the best, i do..more later, most likely..

the art at PV? not bad, not great..looked like one piece sold(the red dot)..small crowd..Gina C and friend there…another restaurant bites the dust…Las Conchas…the pearls before swine concept…gonzo…at least one publisher got paid for their ads..that long vacant space by mono loco? rented..by mono loco, using it as a space to sell their logo t-shirts, etc..Los Cebillenos..Cibilleonos…wtf …that place…on 5th calle..got their sign up, so it looks like it’s official..hire the %$#@! mariachis…margaritas equals mariachis…mariachis equals margaritas…equals $$$..it’l be interesting to see what this does to that street..they’ll suck up some dinner crowds…too bad for Chez Chris and DV but they might spin off the cocktail crowd..ah, the ‘8:30’ babe? it’s an inside joke but i followed her to her place of work today…hmm..this calls for the camera, the business card and the notebook…

Shaun says he’s contacting Lucy Luscious re a job…geez..hope so..she’s so…umm..dynamic..and well worth watching…and one of the sweetest babes i know..