Our Man in Antigua

wanta lose a quick five pounds? La Casaca, off the plaza, has been serving up same fruit dishes that probably should’ve been washed a bit more thoroughly, I’m told and what’s up/or not up, with Sangre (finally) doors locked on a Friday night? maybe with the departure of Djinn, that was the last straw(and $$). As with a few places in this never-never land we call home, the profit motive doesn’t seem to be Job One…did Sega Freddy’s give up? ah, segue way! notice the folks riding around on a Seg Way? there’s at least two and per Brad, the owner, they’re trying to start a business here…he said the cobble stone streets aren’t a problem…hell, they are for me, just walking.

Nelson filling up Micho’s Friday night…good crowd…Bistrot 5 doing some…Mamma’s dead/Fusion lo mismo but…folks are finding the new bar in back, La Calle…’funny how interior space attracts certain crowds/people…like the Snug, the new La Morena…Blakes new incarnation of Pappys’ BBQ opened with a bang on Saturday…he’s going to a full week of serving, up from the 3 or 4 day a week previous model…must be doing something right, not like me trying to get a new/larger monitor per my eyes…maybe tomorrow, the new guy said..

one thing about living in Antigua is that you learn to keep your expectations low…very low.

And maybe another ‘sign of the times’….Hector’s or what was Hectors, now with a permanent street sign…’inspired by French cuisine’….dunno but the ‘old’ Hector’s never needed a sign…and yes, a couple more part-timers leaving soon: Nazi John and the ‘Perfesser’ is the rain driving them away? yes/no…maybe we’ll get a break today and it was good to see Evelyn reunited with Alabama Bob…ain’t love grand? don’t ask me, btw…damn, this all boring stuff….I’m sorry…I wasn’t out last night, you see, and missed all the latest gossip. I’ll try to do better(or worse, actually) and yes, the $ trickles in via amazon et al

www.amazon.com/author/michaelsherer     this years long awaited series of road trips might…o please, be starting up soon/again/maybe…Salama’ and the long lost City of Dummies is looking gooder by the day, rain permitting, with a few changes in the personnel.