and another opens: an old Mexican proverb which might apply to La Esquina, darkened for at least two nights in a row, same-o with Studio 35 but in 35′s case, workmen were seen bringing in lumber a few days ago…Frida”s the only cafe on that block doing tables tonight….even TacoUncontento doing biz…things goin’on around La [...]
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One Door Closes,
Posted in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel Safety, Travel, central america, guatemala, What to Pack, tagged caffe bourbon, elle patille, Guatemala, guns, ocelot, pangea, strippers, travel, whiskey den on September 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Sidewalks Were Red
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Restaurants, Travel, central america, guatemala, What to Pack, tagged Angie Angies, el caminante, el muro, john rexer, ocelot, pangea, sobremesa, strippers on August 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
some of them…here and there…it was a horrific night Shaun of O’lot…whatta long day and a night of bad memories…’BTDT’ but it doesn’t make it any easier…Lava packed, Pangea doing biz up/down, Sobremesa doing some trade…i’m wondering if the new location hasn’t somehow changed the ‘draw’…time will tell..Peter the G’s burlesque show? killer…Lucy Lucious is [...]
It ‘s a sick time, even in
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Mexico, Restaurants, Travel Safety, Travel, central america, guatemala, What to Pack, tagged atms, BAC, drugs, el caminante, el muro, Guatemala, guns, ocelot, Reillys, strippers on August 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
this Brigadoon/semi/DisneyLand we call home: five people ram-dumbly attacked in town last night…2 outside El Muro, one outside dos Reilly’s, one on 6th calle somewhere and the last? a guatemalteco who lost a lotta blood and an ear…one of Ocelot’s bartenders stabbed…no, not Camilla or Carla…that would’ve been cause of a public lynching. four of [...]
The Rum-Soaked Night
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Restaurants, Travel, central america, guatemala, What to Pack, tagged beretta on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The rains are here…at last, at least in the afternoons and evenings…too late for the farmers and too late for the rivers: as a precaution, I’m keeping the ice cube trays full. Civil Defense, as we were taught, begins at home..Duck, Cover and pass the rum. Manana…off to the Pacific Coast with she of the [...]
The Rum-Soaked Beach
Posted in Guatemala, Travel, central america, guatemala, What to Pack, tagged colombians, dancers, guns, puerto san jose, rum, strippers on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the best of intentions. I would go to Puerto San Jose, do the charter boat marina, go to Puerto Quetzal for the cruise ships and talk with captains/boat drivers and get the story of being on the waterfront, hooking up those sail fish….alas…the shuttle from Antigua dropped me off at the offramp for [...]
