don’t ask…it was/is just ‘one of those nights’…a crisp evening, a light jacket, a half moon above and Jupiter hanging over Esquintla..probably illuminating events at the infamous Jet Set…frankly, Scarlett, I don’t like Esquintla but that’s not a problem since I never go there…again.
the apartment appointment? scheduled and confirmed…no show by the landlady..but…a perfect location for moi…and i brought a pocket fulla 100’s..maybe tomorrow night…cross your fingers/legs or whatever else one rubs for luck…i gotta get outa this place…old Animals song..very old, more so than the Beatles…kinda contemporary with Louie Louie (the Kingsmen)….hello, Guy Lombardo…walked up 3th calle…El Muro closed on a Wednesday night? yep…El Caminante? open? yes…Nelson and Karla there, at the bar…wtf? when did this happen? (the reopening)…yes, another new BMW in front of what was Nokiate…place empty and dead…Cafe No Se relatively quiet, except for the presence of our/the premier blues band, Otis Brown and the Blue Dawgs, chowing down…Angie Angie’s quiet…
flip side…Welten dead, Fusion doin’ a few tables, Sobremesa almost packed…Ocelot fine, Edy and Pangea wishin’/hopin’,..alas…the perfectly beautiful Mss C of DV and pal at Ixcot, having a girl talk..great talks with Mario and then a loop thru the park…DV dead, Chez Chris los mismo, the newly opened Los Cebollinos dead, per Mario, they got their start from getting the contract for supplying prison food..dos Reilly’s with a few slurpers…cover’s the overhead but no more..Ay Robot with people browsing…cool..they are unique..Nadoosh t rying the loud music trick to lure customers..upper 5th dead..
how strange..El Muro closed on a Wednesday night and el Caminante is open? again? yeah, i’ve heard the stories from at least one side of the old equation..’guess i need to hear the other side..more Antigua chisme…great talks with Jon Mellen of Epicure re San Francisco in the 60’s/70’s…memory lane…Carol Doda, North Beach, the Playboy Club…good god..i’m older than dirt…and lastly, the xlnt Adan the Cuban pianist..making the old upright piano at Caffe Opera resonate…he’s so f….king great, under appreciated and so on..I love this town…great restaurants, bars and music..what else is there? and bless you,MDC, for yet another superb pedicure/foot massage…you’re the best..ran into Paolo, my old landlord..yes, he’s wants an autographed copy of the book…assuming that the advance copies hit town tomorrow or Friday…etc..CreateSpace and Amazon are waiting for me to order more proof copies..for an ebook download, go to https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/114724 or you can try the Amazon site…google amazon, our man in antigua and try your luck…100 copies coming in by early february via boat..more on the way…thanks for all the kind words. I’m hubled..no, humbled…
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