Our Man in Antigua

apropos of nothing, other than watching the sun slowly stink in the west…whatta perfect Sunday in A-Town.   Some seriously drop-dead gorgeous Capitalinas strolling about, our own Sol Latino house band in the park…I forget how good they are….our Mime, holding forth and fifth to a large crowd on 5ta. Perfect weather: sunny, warm, the air clean and clear..well, Ithought it was Sunday…not…I’m realizing that shift in my time/space contiuum has been with me since Wednesay…because I showed up the next night for what I thought was a Friday dinner invitation…oops…and even whence there(on the right night)I managed to let an escargot escape…musta been a Mexican Jumping variety cuz my shirt got it…jeez, what could this be? i’m going out less at night, sleeping better..what kind of wood am i burning?  ok, fine..it’s really Sunday and by ten am I’d seen two world-class racks..

say, did you hear about the woman who was stabbed, robbed…not raped…her dog got that one..just another silly example of the gossip/chisme that circulates amongst the bored and the restless…usually ‘snowbirds’…of which there’s the usual influx, speaking of which, there was a sighting this morning of he who shall not be mentioned or named…other than the fact that he’s been gone for 2-3 months. I have specific instructions not to write about him because he values his privates…no, privacy, dammit….spelchuk blew it again…sorry..

Spiro cranking his superb ceviche at Ocelot…whew, some serious babes at Lava…I’m fond of staking out the corner table, so as to get the view going up/down the stairs to the ladies room..and they were ladies..good thing i’m tryin’ to quit…hey, at my age, looking is about all there’s left.

‘had to  recharge the new TIGO modem today…that newish shop across from Bodegona..? FotoImagen? superb service, quick recharge…a helluva lot better than MovieStar…a lot better…tis the only drawback to being in the new digs on the finca…no wi-fi..this was what we used to call a ‘mental health day’…taking it off, not doing anything requiring thinking(and how would you know the difference?) well, just a little stuff..went by Fernandos, showed him the booklet and bang..he’s in for five..a tiny ka-ching…writes off the modem $$..

lotta turistas in town…and more to come..the maya ladies who work the park and streets are gonna be losing some weight chasin’ ’em..altho with all that jewelry and fabric they carry around you’d think they’d be slimmer..unless they’re hiding the money under their skirts…February coming soon…two things to check off…14th..Valentine’s Day in which those of us who claim to be of the male gender are required to buy chocolates, cards and flowers….a dinner isn’t a bad idea, either…and then the 3rd Venetian Masked Ball, on the 17th…San Jose el Viejo, up 5th from La Viniera Antigua…tickets at the Cargo Room and a couple other places (i forget, ok) 300q a pop…this’ll be the first year that Lynn hasn’t done/promoted/staged it..yeah, i’m in….the sweet ms A asked…what could i say? she reminds me so much of my last wife..it’s spooky…speaking of her, no word since the frantic emails of christmas from ‘vegas…’gotta get outa town in 24 hours’…too bad bout the expired passport problem…her’s, not mine…maybe, just maybe i’m over being involved with drama queens…no more “Frugal Me!”  the punchline from a joke about the word being taught in grade school as meaning to save…yeah, well frugal you too..Monday will be here sooner than you think..lastly….Alex Ferrar’s Helado Exoticos? doing a helluva day..50 flavors! remember the gossip about his past? fuggedaboutit…more chisme, made up by folks long gone…’active fantasy lives’…and ‘impoverished social lives’…gringas…alas..kinda like Don Marco asking me if i were gay…right…by this time, Don Marco, who’s in the clink, has probably…uh…jeez, how to say this..been turned…turned out? hey, you go to jail and you take what’s on your plate, whether you like it or not…this just in! another Five Star Review for Our Man in Antigua…off the www.smashwords.com site…the ebook, the original version..gotta feeling that there’s gonna be a 2nd edition coming soon, to a theatre near you..

 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/114724.

and no, i have no idea who reviewed it…and no, i didn’t pay them..actually now I do..and thank you for the very very kiinds words, Santiago.