Our Man in Antigua

of which I’m a Frequent Flier/participant…O’lot…breaking in new bar babes upstairs and down. Pangea’s shuttered(dead) and the rest of the patio is looking bleak. Was it the mist and fog all day? I felt like I was back in Sausalito/San Fransicko and liked it…strolling in the light drizzle was good.

A Bell & friends project next to Fusion? looking like it’ll be Easter before they open the doors..the Chocolate Museum across the street is open…Piano Mike mentioned that he’s found a superb Spanish tapas place in the same place that Abassi moved to…1st Ave norte, across from what was El Caminante…small, great good, Spanish wines..3 thumbs up, he said..(I made that up)

5ta Ave norte? strollers, shoppers and the restuarants doing biz…the Divine Miss C on her way to work at Da Vinci…and no sign of Marvel at Ricardo’s for a week now…has she left us? I was gonna ask Flor at Dasha about rentals(Luis Miguel next door said she was a source) but even she wasn’t in tonight…yep..gotta move..the noise in Bangalore Bob’s has ‘got’ me..

ran into Ilegal John Rexer tonight…in town till sometime..his words..what a story about the rise of Ilegal Mescal, with no end in sight…world wide…huge..uploaded updates into the Create-Amazon site for Our Man today…fine..until you get the message that you gotta buy ‘proof’ copies…that’s what i did last week or the week before..publishing $, shipping $ and..handling(of course) can’t get away without ‘handling’..and yes, i’ve been accused more than once of doing exactly that..assuming that Customs here in Guatemala gives the green light($$)I’ll supposedly have actual print versions this week…$$ and a boat load in a month(visualize a dinghy)..someone asked me in the park this morning if I expected to be ‘rich and famous’…chortle…figure that i net 2 bucks per book..multiply by 50…right..’infamous’, perhaps…rich..naw, been there, done that, too many times..I’m happy, with only two keys to worry about(to the door, not the blow)and shopping at the Paca…tis one of the many reasons I moved here (and love the place)…and I’m still shaking my head at Panza Verde firing Gabi…she does a monthly art thing, acts as the General Manager and just put on the greatest party of 2011?  Hellooo…Thank You and by the way, train this new person and don’t let the door hit you in the culo on the way out…for a joint with a semblance of class, this eats at that perception..IMHO, she was too beautiful, dressed way too well and made everyone else look like dog …..

‘great conversation with Brian Wilson today(i was checking out their rentals)of C21…didn’t mention that i ‘d been an agent with C21 in the late 70’s for a brief moment in time..damn, does he have some stories about this town…El Muro’s been oddly quiet: is Max maxed out or have the holidays just taken their toll? and yes, we’re in the 2012 madness…end of the world, cha cha cha…so? been there, done that..remember the Harmonica Convergence? Y2K?