Antigua! great idea, to be formally known as ‘Moist FM’ and probably transmitting around the 101 spot on the dial…to be up and running soon, bringing us old rocknroll/disco stuff…70’s/80’s sounds…hmm, i might even turn on the stinkin’ FM/AM/CD player that gathers dust in the living room. I had to crank up Puccini high a couple of nights ago, if only to blank out the noise of the chicken buses and tuk-tuks…and yes, i starting packing today: clothes, not my pistol.
El Muro? yep, looking better all the time..fresh paint, upholstered chairs and three new barmaids…where in the name of freezing jesus on a corndog does max find these babes? whatever/wherever….the main thing is that he does…Lex back at the freshly opened Cargo Room after a couple of weeks of being gone…different atmosphere, displays and his 2nd anniversary of being open in this dog-eat-dog town will be next month…expect a party…
Caffe Bourbon? closed all day and no…I know not why, specifically but i can guess…speaking of dog-eat-dog, the usual antigua chisme of vicious lies, slander and unsupported gossip has cost Ocelot the services of a recently hired barmaid, Lucy Luscious aka Iris Andrade..she was sweet and showed up on time: maybe she got a little sloppy after work but who doesn’t? i never saw it…’wish her well and success elsewhere…
what in fresh hell is in the water at Monterrico? Mario B gets married and Yann is scheduled to go down the aisle soon…Nick’s sister, whom i passed in the street this morning, looking superb…oh, INGUAT? another bold move by Walter Fischer…they’ve opened up a streetside info booth at the entrance to El Jaulon, on 4th calle…Mr Fischer is making INGUAT’s presence known in this town…and a good thing, given their dismal record of past performance, other than spending outrageous amounts of money on themselves…up the street, finally went thru the new Chocolate Museum…people in there, lookin’ at stuff…and nice ‘stuff’…decorated/laid out very well and i wish them success…altho, given the location and rent$$, they better sell a lot of chocolate and knick-knacks.
the previous short-lived Cafe Livingston on 5th calle, west of the park? now another mini-store and #4 or 5 on that block…gee, let’s open a snack stop, sell a lot of pork rinds and retire on the proceeds..sorry about the mis-direction of the newly opened Sopas on 7th ave..north, numbnuts, not south, between 3rd and 2nd calles…and everytime i walk by that bistrot on 4th and read the sign that says ‘best terrace in town’ i’ve gotta ask the question…has he every been to El Chaman or Sky? or even, god forbid, El Caminante’s top deck? yep, they’re open and it looks quiet except for friends popping in for a Gallo or two.
Travel Menu doing just fine…der Henrik and Pat F…Allan, behind the bar and on top of everything, as usual. Angie, her usual effervescent self..and a toot of the ….no, a tip of the panama to www.guatemala-times.com for their insightful reflections on the Colom presidency….I see him in a totally different light now, even Saaandra…politics…just like the chisme in Antigua…a little blood in the water and the sharks make up shit..some of our seasonal snowbirds are leaving us…back to the States…poor bastards..and I ran into “….” at McDonalds on the way home: we agreed not to mention names. I’m cleaning out my food in the place, so this is a good excuse to go for the four basic food groups: fat, grease, sugar and carbs and if it’s true that we are what we eat, i s’pose that implies that i’m fast and cheap.manana? hump day and you know what you’ve gotta do…go do it…lastly, I
heard that a new chain of restaurants are opening in the YouEssof A…Elvis themed…”Greaseland”
Our Man in Antigua 
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