Our Man in Antigua

got some? i have one…compliments of a fireworks factory.

I’ve been wanting to ‘do a fireworks factory’ story for a long time, as there’s something about the smell of gunpowder that gets me…after hearing that the only factory around was in San Juan Obispo, it was ‘cosmic’ that the players came together…Heyor the tuc-tuc driver whose grandfather had a factory that blew up in Coban years ago, Luis the Guide…anyway, the photos are great, the story xlnt and I’ve gotta souvenir lead ball(used for smoothing out the mixture of charcoal, nitrates and sulfur)the size of an avocado pit..

Walter Fischer! late of INGUAT (too good) and a few pals are starting up the reincarnation of the Original Antigua City Bus Tour…four buses, being painted red and going into action in 10 days…mas or menos..per Walter, the main reasons for the Park being purged of vendors is thus: they’re not from Antigua and they take money outa town..plus creating trash, garbage and allowing thieves to come along(no, NOT the Mayor)..so, we’ve got 8-10 Tourist Police guarding the plaza(at what cost?)and now, the newspaper lady who had a table(ack!)by El Portal has her table no more…selling newspapers from a window? yep..

CRIME rears its ugly head, yet again…selling newspapers! like Lili the corner newspaper lady, selling my silly little book(let)…busted…

for those who haven’t gotten the message, ‘read the Disclaimer’…this isn’t a place for for insightful information,  great comments or anything to take seriously…got it? People tell me stuff…sometimes weird, and some stuff that i don’t repeat…wanna hear about the prime property for sale on 5th Avenida? nope..’heard chisme about my ex-ladyfriends sister that surprised me this morning…nope..

Riki’s now doing ‘afterparties?’…yep, apparently…how they get away with it is anyone’s guess…($$) probably..Part Two of the funerals/wake for the kids wiped out on Sunday took place on upper 6th avenida this afternoon..as someone who has lost friends prematurely, i can only sympathize..life/death/a turn of the cards, a twist of fate..

the afternoon downpours? from my vantage point,it was the heaviest of the season…a gully washer..downtown San Felipe awash in sand.. oh, and the great ‘book box project’?….waiting on the price stickers, promised a week ago…a good thing that i’m retarded(thanks)and/or retired..this town? small and just right..get those uppity Mayan ladies outa the park and let some local artists sell their stuff! wait…where ARE the local artists? let’s see…there’s the 3 cartoonists..but are they Antiguenos? ‘got Andy the Mime…the duo Peruvian band..show me your DPI…(I got one, do you?)