a long conversation with our local golf pro in Ocelot last night…he lamenting the lack of vision with his employers…to put it in some kind of perspective we live in a country the size of Tennessee but with twice the population…’run by a small group of oligarchs, similar to the Jack Daniels folks, the Coors [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ocelot’
Banana Rama Republic
Posted in golf, Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Travel, central america, guatemala, tagged ocelot, Reillys on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Off-White Bucks
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Travel, central america, guatemala, tagged ocelot, Reillys on May 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
referring to the $200 a pair Cole-Haan shoes that I had to have as part of an Art Deco Society wing-ding in San Francisco back in the late 1900′s…the dark closet let some mold attack ‘em…no, not even a wipe-down with cheap vodka killed the microbes..a dusting with the ‘buck bag’ made a little difference…ah, [...]
May Day! May Day!
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Restaurants, Travel, central america, guatemala, tagged Angie Angies, ocelot, Reillys on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Roger/Wilco/SNAFU/FUBAR and any other acronyms that apply…thanks, Smashwords, for the quarterly $$ from the sales of the first ebook. an unconfirmed John Wilbur sighting in town this week, preceded by yet another rant from another local somehow linking my having been a real estate appraiser, the ‘troubles’ on Roatan and my friendship with John…call it [...]
What a Tangled Web we Weave
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, central america, guatemala, tagged ocelot, Reillys on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
or so I’m led to believe….this town, as always ‘ground zero’ for weirdness…the ‘unidicted co-conspirators’ circle contines to shrink as the seasonal players pack it in and head for home…Robto de Oro leaves Tuesday…Reed? don’t know..that’ll leave about four or so, churning new conspiracy theories, recycling tales of deals gone bad, folks hauled off by the [...]
Just Another Day In the Life
Posted in Guatemala, Living in Antigua, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, central america, guatemala, tagged Casbah, el cazadore italiano, ocelot on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
another day of laughs, absurdities and ‘can you believe that?’…in a nutshell, that sums up life in Antigua, where the weird is commonplace, the insane is a daily event and….well, isn’t that why we live here? The National Enquirer couldn’t top a single day in this jacuzzi of chisme, history and/or past/present scoundrels. ah…Dan of Ay [...]
