no. not strawberry preserves…tourists! a ton of tourists….a lot of cruise shippers in the day, being hounded by the vendors in the park(no Tourist Police to dampen their ardor) and the evening full of overnighters…I don’t remember a busier day/evening but then my memory is….subject to a lot of things.
Michos’!….walk in and you won’t recognize it…what was a cozy, semi-funky coffee shop by day and a quiet bar at night? stemware, full on wine-liquor racks, and a big new curved bar…new tables/chairs and….a full size restaurant kitchen out in back…Neil got his 6 burner gas range, Spiro is serving up delicacies and…a big smile on Henrik’s face…if the short-lived ‘Pangea’ experience, where Neil had a tiny kitchen and a weird partner is any clue, this may well be the premier dining place on 4th calle…Sobremesa finally has competition, chef-wise…
Ricardo’s Tabacos y Vinos, on 5th Ave, by the Arch? if this town had a Fire Marshall and an occupancy code, they’d be in violation tonight: ‘never saw so many people packed into what is a small space…so? so what? $$$, that’s what.
ah, the ever luscious Flor Moran? ducked into El Portal briefly…dressed in white(tight) and a spangled top…says she’s reopening her store, Dasha, in two weeks…no, I didn’ get the new location but I did get two hugs/kisses…whew..if i weren’t ‘off’ blondes, I’d consider…
Reid C, complaining that his watch lost the second hand(bobbing around inside, at the bottom of the face) so? so what? who needs a second hand anymore? are we timing greyhounds or race horses? hell, trade it to Francisco for a used Movado with a Timex inside…after more than a few changes, it looks like the next expedition is set to go in about ten days….’looking for the lost Mayan stele/carved rock in the cane field, by Santa Lucia Cotmalguapa is coming together….word of caution re the Posada del Quetzal in Puerto San Jose…their posted room rates on their web site changes often…the posted rate is 1000q a night but the real rate, via the splendid girls at Mayan Kingdom Travel, is 150q a night…yeah, back to PSJ and the strip clubs..maybe even the Bamboo Club..’adult entertainment’ at its Guatemalan best…we’ll need Reid along to ‘compare/contrast’ with his adventures in Joco…god, I love field research..
Shaun of Ocelot ‘road testing’ a series of ‘fishbowls’…a giant glass bowl full of various fluids(mostly fruit juice/alcohol)…tonight’s version was something called the ‘Pink Panther’ and deadly…imagine a giant glass bowl and six straws…no pricing, as of yet…road testing, as it were..
ok, a vision of what one might expect in Puerto San Jose…never posted/published before..
Our Man in Antigua 
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