Our Man in Antigua

yeah…the initial field trials with the new croquet set are mostly okay except that a longer and maybe thicker handle for the mallets might be better….hunching over doesn’t seem quite right.

s’posed to maybe rain later tonight…maybe some lightning also…be good for the crops/lawn…..why was a Muni worker taking photos of Jardin Bavarias little plant pots hanging from their outside window, being used as ashtrays? is the Butt Patrol coming around again? it’d be a surprise, considering that the Muni/City Hall folks seem to be paralized….dam spel chuk…into mostly not doing anything. They’re probably waiting to see what happens with their previous office holders, some of whom are languishing in the clink/carcel/jail…wonder if Adolfo  still has any say/juice in town? I see his daughter once in a while, checking things at the hotel and she doesn’t look as stressed out as she was..

‘heard that the chicken who was the main guest at Franks’Farm Mayan ceremony yesterday was ‘completely incinerated.’….i was once a guest at a  voodoo/hoodoo/juju Santeria’ ceremony in Havana, where the chicken didn’t make it either but we all got a splash of blood and a shot of rum…that chicken got served up later..

who winds the four clocks in the Arch? one key and how big is it? why four clocks? some kinda price break?

more folks leavin’ on a jet plane…Tuesday’s flights out will carry at least 3 that I know of…Ponzi Bob and his pal, for 2..and more the following week…Mike D, Reid, maybe Joe M..O’Lot’s Happy Hour profits are gonna drop like a….

how about a little side bet or two? how many of these places will still be open in 6 months? Mango Verde, Papatown, 13, La Rumba, Azul 39, Dishualded, Pan e Fantasia, Akai Sushi, Le Petit St Malo, Earthborne Produce, PachaMama coffee/chocolate, Cafe Late, Kathy/Kris Cafe, Cargo Room and if more people get sick from the food, Rafa’s Bistro…most of all, it’s location, then high rents and lack of traffic…in a month or so we’ll have the backpackers/spanish school students and christians, none of whom are high rollers….well, if they were  holy rollers…nah, not even.

the may version of  Our Man in Antigua-stan ran thru Amazon’s proofing process in a day…a record….twice the size of the same version last year, with more additions/changes already slated for June and yes, the table of contents now reflects the version date…’May 2013’….i once had an aversion date…she was awful.

races tomorrow at the ‘Drome towards Escuintla! cars, that is…the spandex babes will be there…i won’t..and it looks like a little trip to Iximche is shaping up…’gotta check it out’, per Mr Mellen of Epicure…any guy who can sell 60 boxes of Triscuits in 2 days is someone to listen to, the way i figger it….a longer handle? take a mallet to the Mercado or the  hardware store and watch their expressions…o you crazy gringo…yep, that’s me..have a great weekend and if it rains tonite, be sure that you have your rubbers with you.