Our Man in Antigua

so? touch something and it becomes a muffler…sort of like the Ottoman Empire…who knew that foot stools would become so popular? and the VA provided a ‘stool softener’ didn’t make a bit of difference.. a touch of class at the Casa Blanca on the weekends? Nelson, doing ‘honky tonk’ piano, that’s what.
rain! finally!…and the reincarnated La Vineria Antigua? nope, not coming back as a carnation but as ”La Trattoria Italino’ as perceived by Da Beppe and Paulo..opens Wednesday night, about 7pm, GST…it looks classy..yep, I’m in…lower 5th ave, south, next to San Jose El Viejo, more or less.
‘read that a recently escaped criminal with a great name was nabbed…’El Perverso’…given all the ‘colorful names’ of previous convicts, what the hell does one have to do to become ‘El Perverso?’…don’t ask, don’t smell.
so, with the rains, I’ve got ten foot tall coffee plants…given that the average coffee picker is five feet tall…this would imply some ‘deferred maintenance’ or some serious steroids…want another cup of crank? no, thanks.
so, the rain and the umbrella ‘futures’?…gotta hunch there’ll be some after market sales soon..
James Mullen? I saw his doppleganger a couple of days ago..except that she was a…woman…same size, long hair, black outfit and with…uh, secondary sexual features…..a chest, no tattoos..spooky,very..A Year of Driving Dangerously moving well at Fernandos..the other stuff, moving/selling on Amazon/Kindle.good, I need the bucks..
and the Italian based Samsung?…got it figured out..finally..
and, again..thanks to all who’ve asked ‘how am I doin’?..I’m getting increasingly itchy/antsy and I think that in, about another month, ready to ‘hit the trail’ wherever that will lead..and where o where are the Gallo Girls or the Brahva Queens?…what was Sangre is now painted over..soon, to be? travel agency/spanish school? we do need more of those…and this year’s crop of language students seems to be the largest in several years..
fine..light the fire, top off the whiskey/soda and I’ll see you in the park in the morning..