Our Man in Antigua

I’ve just watched Aury (La Taverna)’s video of what happened on 5th Ave, Sur last night…for the 2nd time…the few PNC that were there seemed to have detained one of the chief buttheads but that was about it…some say it was a result of a ‘Ladies Drink Free’ night at one of the 3 bars that occupy that section of 5th…I didn’t see any ladies but there were some drunken bimbos in evidence…is this a typical or weekly event? I know that sometimes when there’s a particular event or music playing, some crowds form outside per lack of space/desire to have a cigarette but I’ve never, aside from a New Year’s Eve thing, seen anything like this. Henrik/Aury driving through, stopped, eventually got thru…where the hell was the Mayor, with her ‘new plan’ to take back the streets and clean up Antigua…?was the Chief of Police notified or was he there? The city has two water wagons/trucks…this would’ve been a good time to ‘clean off the sidewalks’ if you know what I mean. I’m all for people coming here to have a good time but this was out of hand, out of control and just plain stupid.  Mayor Asencio, do what you said you were going to do and put an end to this.
Ignore the cig butts on the streets but consider the broken beer bottles and the louts who throw them and piss on the corners (and you and the cops, by omission).  This calls for some training and some kind of Plan B, babe…I know that the weekends are sometimes fueled by kids from from the City but this was different. The next time it won’t be so easy to exert what little control they did…can you say ‘flash mob?’

sorry to say that I missed Grace (and Joe Ladas’ last duet together here….heard that even MHT got up on the bar at the Londoner and danced…shades of the past..glad to see that he’s getting his mojo back..I understand, only too well, how long it takes…’member me with the hospital pants and cane?

and a rare sighting of HBT and daughter Hillary in town today..maybe the threats from last year or so have faded but who would you call, to find out? are the rains here yet?