METRO (NY, NJ, CT) Parrot Head Club Newsletter Vol 15 - No 2 Feb. ‘07 That’s My Window On The World the “A,B,C’s”: Jimmy Buffett Style I received a 13 page report on what Jimmy Buffett demands before each and every show. The “Mayor of Margaritaville” won’t perform if the doors are opened during his sound check but he will still banks his full fee. It also reads that Jimmy should be the first person in line at dinner! Here are just a few items I found interesting and I wanted to share with you. What Jimmy demands before each show: A. Six private dressing rooms. B. 180 large, clean towels and 1 dozen large bars of soap. C. Meals for 80 people before each show: 10 Vegetarians, 45 Meat Eaters and 25 Seafood Lovers. D. One Hot Homemade Soup. E. One Chicken Entree, one Meat Entree & one Seafood Entree F. Three different vegetables & one starch brown rice. G. A large salad with an assortment of lettuce and the appropriate dressings, including one homemade Caesar dressing. H. Fresh Dinner Rolls and assorted breads and butter. I. Various desserts including chocolate something. J. Freshly brewed Unsweetened Iced Tea, Mango or Passion Fruit flavored. K. Six Arizona brand iced teas, 2 Green Teas with Ginseng and four assorted flavors. L. Hot Coffee and hot water for teas. M. Three gallons of Mineral Spring Water. N. Two gallons of Whole Milk and one gallon of 2% Milk. O. Two quarts of Half & Half. P. Four six packs each of Regular & Diet Coke. Q. One carton of frozen Snicker Bars. R. Thirty (30) cases of beer. (Would that be Landshark Lager now?) S. All drinks should be iced down by 3:00 PM in the dressing rooms. T. All food should be in the dressing rooms one hour before show time. U. Jimmy’s Dressing Room: four liters of Evian Bottled Water, one dozen large Solo Cups & four Balance Bars. V. J.B.’s Dressing Room: one couch long & nice enough to sleep on. W. J.B.’s Dressing Room: one nice chair. X. J.B.’s Dressing Room: one coffee table, one end table with a lamp. Y. J.B.’s Dressing Room: one area rug Z. J.B.’s Dressing Room: must have the nicest bathroom and a good shower. So much for the image of an easy going laid back kind of guy and you wonder why we don’t have him at the “Frosted Parrot Head Party!” We would have to triple our Club dues just to keep him happy BEFORE the party! Time is running out, if you plan to attend this years “Frosted Parrot Head Party” make sure you are in the top 200. Please remember the doors of the “Savoy” will open at 8:00 PM...NOT BEFORE. Happy Valentine’s Day to you all, Al Straaik Monthly Notables: One more candle and a trip around the sun... Date Favorite Song Cindy Haber 1 Jolly Mon Ryan Campbell 1 Coast Of Carolina Joseph Ciccia 2 Mental Floss Phyllis Marion 3 Fruitcakes Katie Foster 3 One Particular Harbour Christian Miller 4 Islands Keith Ward 4 One Particular Harbour H. Lee Blumberg 7 Too Many Vivian Romano 7 One Particular Harbour Rachel Sumerson 8 Barefoot Children Regina Guevara 9 Changes In Latitudes John Wagner 12 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Lori Sullivan 12 Brown eyed girl Casey Rae Travers 13 Little Miss Magic Kerry-Anne Willett 14 Come Monday Bill York 15 Six String Music Eric Rosen 15 Coconut Telegraph Doreen Marrero 16 Hey Good Lookin Julia Mead 16 Son of a Son of a Sailor Joe Petrocelli 16 Migration "Laissez les bons Brenda Ries 16 It's My Job Jennifer Porter 17 Come Monday temps rouler!" Donna Rudge 20 Take It Back (Mardi Gras is Feb. 20th) Violet Shapiro 20 Alex Leist 21 Only Time Will Tell Diane McWilliams 21 Fins New Members: Kate Thorpe 21 Trip Around The Sun Tina Posterli 22 Gypsies In The Palace Thomas Vogel David Salkin 23 Margaritaville John Ruggiero Bryan Damato 24 5 O’Clock Somewhere Joanne Ruggiero Melissa De Maio 24 Come Monday Daniel Frey 25 Come Monday Debbie DeMulder 26 Margaritaville Rich McCarthy 26 Piece Of Work Al Greengold 28 The Weather Is Here You can be Jimmy Buffett’s Neighbor And set a record too... A waterfront estate on 55 acres in the village of North Haven, has just gone onto the market for a mere $80 million - the highest listing price on residential property in the history of New York State. The property includes a long beach, a deep-water lagoon with a dredged entrance, two large docks and a saltwater pond. There are two four-bedroom residences of about 4,000 square feet on the property, both with waterfront views, and a barn. What a steal! You can live in one house, rent the other and turn the barn into a Clubhouse (don’t forget about your Parrot Head friends). Just think, the possibility exists that one afternoon you can board your yacht, depart from the dock in your dredged lagoon and sail south towards Sag Harbor passing Jimmy house and dock enroute. Maybe he’ll be sitting on the deck having cocktails and you can shout out ... "excuse me sir, do you have any Grey Poupon?" To paraphrase the NY Lottery slogan, “All you need is $80 million and a dreaam”. LAST CALL!FROSTED LAST CALL! PARROT HEAD PARTY When: Saturday, February 10, 2007 LAST CALL!8:00pm - Midnight (Note newLAST times!) CALL! Where: The Savoy at the Huntington Hilton 598 Broad Hollow Road (a.k.a. NYS Route 110) LAST CALL!Melville, NY LAST CALL! Directions: The Huntington Hilton is located two miles south of the Long Island Expressway (495). Take Exit 49 South. LASTWhat: CALL!Food (Hot & Cold Buffet), OpenLAST Bar including frozenCALL! drinks, Dessert Bar and Coffee, Door Prizes all night long and much, much more. LASTTheme: CALL!JUNKANOO, LAST PIRATES, CALL! LAST CALL!PARROTS LAST& FRUITCAKES CALL! Junkanoo is the Bahamian version of Mardi Gras. The celebration consists of parades, COSTUMES (Yes, costumes. Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts simply won’t do.), drums, cowbells, whistles, feathers... LAST CALL!Well, you get the idea! If youLAST don’t, visit WWW.JUNKANOO.COM CALL! Entertainment: Back by popular demand... LAST CALL!JIMMY & THELAST PARROTS CALL! Cost: $65 - Club members and sanctioned PHiP Club members and LAST CALL! $70 forLAST Non-PHC members CALL! LASTPlease keep in mindCALL! that there will be LASTno tickets sold atCALL! the door ! ! ! Checks should be made payable to the METRO Parrot Head Club and mailed to: Peter Bosshard 6 Mountain View Court LAST CALL!Northport, NY 11768 LAST CALL! DEADLINE FOR CHECKS RECEIVED IS FEB. 2, 2007 LAST ORCALL! 200 PEOPLE ( WHATEVER LAST COMES FIRST! ) CALL! Accommodations: It may still be possible to reserve a room at the Hilton The “Parrot Head” rate is $119. Contact Corrie Reinhart-Sanchez via email LAST [email protected] orLAST phone 631-577-1525. CALL!Make sure that you mention “METRO Parrot Head Club”. Don’t delay. Landshark Lager: A NEW, BREW REVIEW!! By Matt Smith Karen & I took a quick long-weekend trip to South Florida just after New Year's to meet our tenant (typical snowbirds) who were checking in for a winter stay in our condo on Hutchinson Island, Florida. After they checked in on Sunday, January 7, we headed two (2) hours north (since we now needed a place to stay for the final night) to Universal Orlando. After checking into the Hard Rock Hotel, we immediately headed down to the pool bar to watch my J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets, L-O-S-E, lose, lose, lose to the Patriots on "wildcard weekend". After the game, we got ourselves ready for a trip to City Walk, and our favorite Universal attraction: "Margaritaville...the Ride". We've been on this ride many times (and in various cities I might add). Upon settling in at our favorite of five (5) bars in Margaritaville, I asked for a Lone Palm Ale (Jimmy's award winning microbrew, sold exclusively at Margaritaville Orlando). The bartender asked quickly if I would rather try a Landshark Lager. I'm like a horse with blinders on, because I did not notice the signs for Landshark Lager scattered all over the place. I asked if it was really out yet, since it was supposed to be unveiled on February 10 at the Tallahassee, FL show, and then statewide in Florida in February, and eventually across the country after that. It is, what has been described as a "Corona-like" beer. I had my first without lime to get a true taste of it. The second (and I'm not sure how many after that) all included lime, which I think really makes this brew taste best (or was it the Margaritaville Calypso Coconut Tequila that accented it so well?). It really is a good beer, and Anheuser Busch will get even richer once this brew starts sponsoring shows in a few weeks. It's served in a clear bottle with yellow writing, and a green (fins up logo) on the cap. They gave me a bottle to take home without asking for it (along with the cap!) We've been to Margaritaville's in Key West, New Orleans, Las Vegas & Orlando (so far), and clearly there is the ever present danger of spending MANY hours in the cafes, and then heading into the retail store to buy stuff you already have!! Phins Up for Landshark Lager ^^^ LANDSHARK LAGER and Margaritaville Tequila Presents..