Our Man in Antigua

the last of the bigger/thicker/longer….’don’t go there….croquet shafts came out perfect!…now, when i can afford to throw a wing-ding…nope, wrong word…some kind of a semi-genteel event, eh?  fresh out of wing-dings after yesterday and the much anticipated

‘Author’s Night’ at Sophos in the City….the day was a classic screw-up/chinese fire and boat drill…GG Foto was to be my interpreter and she thought I was driving…and I thought she was driving…wrong, vodka breath…last minute shuttle to the City…200q…taxi home, 200q…two hours early…ok, gave me time to set up/write on the white boards, check out the o so spiffy city women in zone ten…7pm…7:15…7:30…no one in the 20 chairs…zip, zero, nada, bagels and zilch….fine…i can take bad news, humiliation, and scorn…hey, I’ve been married 4X, ok..the good side is that i got to know/talk with GG for several hours…a very interesting lady..

the latest edition of the monthly series of ‘Our Man in Antigua-stan’  is out…on time…whew..bigger, better, thicker, longer….wait..this is sick..

food/bar news….Micho’s Gastropubs new menu is xlnt…Spiro might..repeat..might be doing a regular Greek food thing…moussaka/giros…god, i wish…i miss good greek food…Pappy’s BBQ is now doing sandwiches etc at Ocelot and I had a taste of the brisket….fabulous…if I wasn’t still stuffed from lunch and the two vodkas, I woulda etc…check out their menu…this is a good thing for those of us who miss the weekends only BBQ at the usual Pappy’s on 6th calle..

and the newly vacant ex-Wokco space, previously La Esquina? yep…new tenants, old time bar owners in town, looking to move outa their place on 6th avenida..they used to be just past the Arch, if that’s a clue…dunno…Wokco spent a ton of money on remod…some say 50k, some say 100k…but they did it well..the question is…that space is cut up into little rooms…how well will they do going head to head or mano-a-mano with La Sala?…remember the mantra about ‘critical mass’ and i’m not talking about La Merced..Sobremesa  is kicking out their walls/jams and that might work… and this town has some very tasty women, even if it’s not Zone Ten…

Mayra of Mama’s….Flor of Dasha, Claudia #1 of Da Vinci…Marbel, where ever in the hell she’s working this week..and the ex-Mayor’s daughter, Carmen? whew…tight pants, tight blouse this morning, fabulous smile…good thing that I’m  old, decrepit and only my  imagination still works….this is Friday, right?

go out and whip it up…yeah, Ocelot has changed a bit..its still ok…change is good…repeat that..change is..