and home by ten…drum roll…another day of days”…miss altman runs a tight ship with a vicious schedule…runs me into the ground at any rate…this Venetian Masked Ball thing is ruining my nap/drinking schedules…feb 17th…don’t miss the debut of the immoderate moderater and i have no f….king clue what the job description entails…er, means..ok?
Seth Montford, our famous celebrity pianist (no pianist envy here)? playing at Cafe No Se?..yep…boggles my mind for juxtaposition(and that’s not in the Kama Sutra)…a class act in our best dive bar?…ok…
yeah…the 11 o’clock pickup of the 20 copies?..12, 1pm and thence back to Joco to the print shop(again) and out the door with same at 2pm..ok, it’s guatemalo…parked in front? a very very cherry turquoise blue and white ’62 Buick Skylark…V8…kinda made me drool a bit..hood open and i could recognize every ^%$#@! part..starter solenoid, etc..yeah, i’m an old fart..62? i graduated from f…..king high school that year..
ah…I met the new Director/Head Cheese of INGUAT today…eating lunch at Epicure…John and he are old pals..and no, I didn’t say a word about Walter’s disappearance..what was his name? CRS…but he took a copy of the book and my business card(can’t hurt)…
Juan Mario Cervantes, our local version of Kojak…at el Portal…yeah, he got a freebie copy, signed…hey, i’m covering my bases here…we spoke of yesterdays ‘bam bam at BAM” the Antigua version of Dog Day Afternoon..
the ever tasty Maggie M hanging out on the patio at Ocelot tonight?…yep..the usual suspects in/outside, long after sappy hour, glazed grins/eyes…hey, for 5q..why not?
el muro off to a slow saturday night, el caminante not…angie angie’s packed, como lo mismo as cafe no se…bistro cinq packed!…la pena del sol? packed..5th norte? doin’ great, except for tacodiscontento..but that’s par for their course.
barb and robto walking home…jaime apparently indulged in one of his quirks..el hooker cheapo and getting rolled afterward..ask Robto…weddings in town, fireworks and photo ops..’saw one bride in a gown that must’ve been commissioned at a tent and awning store..never saw so much fabric since i saw a square-rigged frigate…frig it?..’dont’ go there..that’s the groom’s job later…ah, what a perfect evening: the fire is laid and i’m not..cu around tomorrow…hey, it’s the day of the Stupor Bowl..hasta la pasta and thanks, again, for the very kind words about the ‘booklet’…2nd Edition coming out next week..more pages, more content, more more…
Our Man in Antigua 
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