Our Man in Antigua

so…what is granola composed of ?  fruits, flakes and nuts, all of which we have plenty of…read the last few comments here, in case you’re not clear on the concept…ah…no rain, at least not of this early hour.

Ocelot’s Happy Hour? deadly dull, empty and two people…WTF? even dos Reilly’s had at least 10…and probably more, after the ever delicious  Ms M showed up for her evening shift..thank, Ryan, for the offer of a cocktail..I was already under the spell of two..one at Neil Craig’s new great score, Micho’s and one at Alex Long’s new/improved Fusion with the wall kicked out, door into the patio and so on..Neil has a helluva deal(ask him for  details) and so on…the ever sweet Miss Dona Gavi heading for home..

is it the new economy or is it just a combination of things? the anti–smoking laws  snuffed a lot of businesses..as little as a year ago or less, the patio at Ocelot was packed at 5pm…every table, every amount of space taken up with smokers/swillers…yes, I smoke/drink and with a glass of scotch, I’m inclined to light up…today, you get to get up, leave your drink and go stand in the street…breaks up conversations, etc…there isn’t  the usual Friday night convocation of the “Unindicted Co-Conspirators” nor the semi-erudite conversations that used to pass for an hour or two..and the bar biz($$) is sucking..as it is in many a part of town…upper 5th avenida? ghost town…walk down 5th ave at 8am…not the usual litter of cigarette butts, the puddles of puke or the detritrus of the night before…o good..no smoking..protect us from smoke..how about the chicken buses, the taxis and the….? if you walk down 6th avenida norte at rush hour, not only are you assaulted by noise pollution but the carbon monoxide and assorted other carbons(hello, tuk tuks)are enough to cause some serious wheezing…safety inspections? sorry, your taxi doesn’t pass the vehicle code…hah! double hah!

“steamboats a’comin’!  Cruise ship due tomorrow! Mayan ladies ready to rock…’heard that there’s more this year than ever before…ah…a ‘helpful household hint..’ got mold?

so….the pre-scotch guard treatment and the post scotch guard treatment…cheap scotch, btw…if you saw me with a lump in my left rear earlier, that was pork chops…JamesDurham2@gmail.com most xlnt pork products…the chops were frozen, my butt was hurting so i stuffed the two chops in my shorts….they defrosted nicely, killed the twitches and and we were all happy as hell..thanks, MDC , for yet another great hair cut..