Monthly Archives: April 2023

April 13, 1981 – The Ritz after the Jefferson Raid – Journal Entry

April 17, 2023 – 9:54 am

Paul Garcia, Arthur’s partner, at the Jefferson, said he was going to be at the Ritz tonight. I walked there at 10 expecting a no-show, but he was speaking with the owner at the downstairs bar. Jerry signaled the barman and said, “Give this man whatever he wants to drink. He had a rough night.” […]

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MEETING ARTHUR by Peter Nolan Smith

April 17, 2023 – 2:36 am

In the summer of 1979 I was going out with a blonde model from Buffalo. One night Lisa came back to my apartment on East 10th Street late. Her hair looked tousled by a hurricane and a button was missing from her shirt. I checked the clock on the wall. It was after 3am. Lisa […]

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DA CHICKEN FARM IN SIHANOUKVILLE by Peter Nolan Smith

April 14, 2023 – 8:31 am

In 2007 I was losing my mind. The mother of my daughter has deserted me to live in the hicks or ‘Bannok’. I had given up everything to move to Thailand and be a father. Angie’s mom was scared that I was planning to kidnap her. She was stupider than a bucket of mud. I […]

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Hope and Anchor Hotel/Bar – Phnom Penh

April 14, 2023 – 7:16 am

After a three day stay in Sihanoukville Nick and I had enough of the sea, sand, and sun. We booked the next morning’s bus to Phnom Penh and checked out of the Angkor Arms. Upon hearing about our departure the hotel owner Roland wrote down the address of a salubrious hotel in Phnom Penh. Mike’s. […]

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STINKY’S RETURN by Peter Nolan Smith

April 14, 2023 – 6:13 am

Back in 2007 Nik Reiter and I decided to avoid the madness of Songkran by leaving Pattaya for Cambodia. My wife was up-country. She was seeing family. Things weren’t good between us. Nothing like a road trip to cheer up a man,” Nick said and he booked a van for the border. The next morning […]

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