Metro Parrot Head Newsletter

Vol. 15- No. 8

(NY, NJ, CT)

August 2007

That’s My Window On The World

HAPPY 15th ANNIVERSARY to the METRO PHC

It was fifteen years ago this month that the METRO Parrot Head Club was formed by Marty McAteer. The club started with about two dozen people and has grown in population to 460 +... each month we add new members, drop old members that have not sent in their yearly dues...then they are returned to the roster when their check finally arrives. I have to give a lot of credit to our club Treasurer/Census Taker Peter Bosshard for keeping up with the club population, which changes month after month.

BUFFETT 1992

April 1, 1992: Jimmy and Jane Buffett's second daughter Sarah Delaney is born.

1992: Jimmy's second novel “Where Is Joe Merchant” is released and makes it to #1 on the NY Times fiction bestseller's list.

1992: “Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads” is released and becomes one of the best selling box sets ever for MCA.

1992: Jimmy starts his own record label in Nashville with the help of his ex-wife's husband Bob Mercer.

1992: Jimmy does some vocals and produces Evangeline's self-titled album under the Margaritaville Records label.

1992: Jimmy Buffett, Gloria Estefan, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Paul Simon, Crosby Stills and Nash, the Bee Gees and Ziggy Marley took part in a benefit concert in Miami to raise money for the victims of Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki.

1992: A Margaritaville Cafe and store opens in New Orleans on Decatur St.

 

 BUFFETT 2007

January 1, 2007 : Jimmy Buffett showed up at Baz Bar on St Barts at 2:30 am and played a few songs on New Year's Eve!

January 8, 2007 - Land Shark Lager debuts in Florida. The beer is manufactured by Anhauser Busch under the name Margaritaville Brewing Company.

January 2007 - Jimmy takes delivery of a new boat called "Groovy" in St Barts.

February 2, 2007 - Jimmy Buffett received a CMT Music Award nomination for the video "Bama Breeze" in the category Wide Open country video of the year. February 14, 2007 - Jimmy does the video "Getting the Picture" for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. An autographed guitar signed by the models and Jimmy is auctioned off for charity.

Continued on Page 3…

MONTHLY NOTABLES: One more candle and a trip around the sun….

August ‘07

Welcome New Members!

Bill Blanchard

Cristina Blanchard

Jennie Reilly

John Reilly

Julie Davenport

John Davenport

Robert Davis

1

One Particular Harbor

Stephen Frey

1

Last Mango In Paris

Thomas Vogel

1

Cheeseburger in Paradise

Maria Flick

2

Changes in Latitude

Donna Von Kroge

2

Volcano

Scott Willett Jr.

2

Math Suks!

Richard Ries

3

Cuban Crime of Passion

“Wild Bill” Marion

5

Sending the Old Man Home

Richie Bautista

7

Gypsies in the Palace

Traci Donaldson

7

Boat Drinks

Robert Chase

8

12 Volt Man

Ron Condron

9

Love & Luck

George Pagnotta

11

Boat Drinks

Bill Rudge

13

Migration

Marianne Straaik

13

A Pirate Looks At 40

Julie Davenport

14

One Particular Harbor

Craig Steuber

17

Trying To Reason…

Dennis Ench

17

Fins

Jim Totino

18

One Particular Harbor

Pat Monnia

18

Floridays

Shawn Byrne

18

Come Monday

Scott Lubliner

22

Tampico Trauma

Scott Willett Sr.

22

Happily Ever After

Jean Keyes

23

Floridays

Saul Alter

24

Barometer Soup

Sue Terry

27

Desperation Samba

Ken-Do Scotto

28

Trying To Reason…

Marty McAteer

29

The Wino & I Know

Jim Hill

30

One Particular Harbor

The Metro Parrot Head Club would like to extend its deepest condolences to Mike Yelenovic whose mother passed away on July 15th. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.

That’s My Window..continued

March 23 & 24, 2007 - Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform in Anguila. On Friday March 23rd there was a special acoustic show on the beach, and on Saturday March 24th there was a concert for around 4,000 people. The shows were recorded for release on DVD.

March 31, 2007 - Margaritaville Cozumel the largest Margaritaville in Mexico officially opened. It's the 13th Margaritaville Restaurant Cafe.

April 3, 2007 - “Live At Texas Stadium” is released. The album contains 15 songs from the May 29th 2004 concert with Alan Jackson, George Strait and Jimmy Buffett at Dallas' Texas Stadium. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

April 21, 2007 - Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band kicked off the 2007 Bama Breeze tour with a show at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX.

May 5, 2007 - Jimmy made a surprise appearance at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting with Warren Buffett. He sings a modified version of Margaritaville with the chorus: "Wasting away in Berkshire Hathaway-a-ville."

May 15, 2007 - Harrah's Entertainment and Jimmy Buffett announced a Margaritaville Casino Resort will be built in Biloxi. Construction begins in the summer of 2007 with a completion date of 2010.

November 27, 2007 - Jimmy Buffett's upcoming book called “Swine Not“ (hardcover) is due to be released.

Happy Anniversary METRO PHC & many more,

Al

FAMILY PICNIC

& ROAD CLEAN UP

WHEN: Saturday, July 28th

TIME: 11:00 AM-???

WHERE: Fresh pond Park, Amagansett, NY

RSVP: Lon Ormanian (631) 399-5540

BRING: Potluck Dish & New Dog Toy

JR EXPRESS FISHING TRIP

Captree State Park

Sunday, July 29th

Meet @ dock by noon

Adults-$39

Keets under 12 - $25

Members & Nonmembers are welcome

No pre-registration necessary

T-shirts on sale Saturday for $15 (reg $18) or visit www.METROphc.com

Don’t forget those Boat Drinks!

“IT’S 80 AND THE HOCKEY GAME’S ON!”

The 2006-2007 season only wrapped up in June, but Matt Smith is already thinking 2008! With Islander tickets hot off the press, Matt has managed to book a Metro Parrot Head game for March 1, 2008.

The puck will be dropped at 2 P.M. for the Saturday game. Tickets will be $29 (face value $55). Although Matt doesn’t need the money until January, let us know the number of tickets you will need at buffettfans@gmail.com.

Attention Metros Going To MOTM –

Your official one of a kind' T-shirts are being designed as we speak –

Final prices and details will be available soon. 

Be ready to show your pride as a Metro!Order early!

For a sneak peek at the design, check out the MOTM logo contest submissions on phip.com andlook at the Metro entry.........thanks a lot!  Tracey Markland

CHANGES IN LATITUDE

Captain's Cove Seaport

Bridgeport Connecticut

Friday, August 17 (9PM -mid). 

 

The show is sponsored by......drum roll please........ LANDSHARK LAGER!!!!!!!!!

 They will be raffling of a pair of tickets to see Bubba at Mohegan Sun Casino.

 

Pass the word.... Thanks and Phins Up!!!

 Steve Kareta  / Changes In Latitudes

www.Changesinlatitudes.com

IT’S ALMOST TIME TO WALK!!!!!!!

Once again it is the moment for METRO PARROT HEADS to gather for an extremely worthwhile cause – THE 2007 ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION MEMORY WALK.

Every Metro Parrot Head Club Member is urged to come out and participate in the walk (and PLEASE bring friends and family too!)

NOTE TO BOSCO: As always I hope you will be there with your boom box playing Jimmy Buffett as we walk. Your new “niece” Jennifer Jaclyn Alana will definitely be there!!

Regrettably, we did not have a large turn out last year; however this year presents a wonderful opportunity for MPHC Members to show their support for this worthwhile cause!!!!

Long Island 5K WalkOld Bethpage Village RestorationOld Bethpage, NY

DATE:

Saturday - September 15, 2007

LOCATION:

Old Bethpage Village Restoration

TIMES:

8:30 AM – Registration Begins

10:00 AM – Opening Ceremonies Begin

11:00 AM – 2007 Memory Walk Begins

Breakfast and Lunch will be available.

Please let me know if you are going to be walking so that I can add you to the Metro Parrot Head Club Team Roster. You can call me at 516-633-7185 or e-mail at malibublue@hotmail.com. Please provide me with your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.

If you cannot participate in the walk and would like to make a contribution please feel free to send your contribution(s) to me and I will hand them in the day of the walk.

Please make sure ALL checks are made payable to: ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION – LONG ISLAND.

See you at the walk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Helene “Malibu” Hibshman-Pino

Team Captain – 2007 Memory Walk

117 Cameron Avenue

Merrick, NY 11566

parakeet cage

From the mouth of parakeets...

As the end-of-the-year schoolwork trickled home, my fourth grade daughter, Georgie Anne, brought home her "Writer's Notebook" from school. As I read her thoughts on the variety of topics that the teacher had the class write about and share with the class, I found this one and thought I'd share it with all you Parrot Heads. I hope you get a kick out of it like I did. ~Susan Mantovani

Here it goes:

From the Writer's Notebook of Georgie Anne Mantovani dated 5/05/07

On May 30, 1901 the Hall of Fame for Great Americans opened. If you could nominate 3 people for the Hall of Fame, who would they be and why?

"My three people are Carrie Underwood, Jimmy Buffett and Teddy Roosevelt. (I'd choose these people because they are great leaders.)

I chose Carrie Underwood because she is a great singer, she believes in herself and she won American Idol.

I chose Jimmy Buffett because he loves kids, is a great leader and a great person.

I chose Teddy Roosevelt because he made history, he was very nice and loved animals."

Ed. note: Any parakeets that wish to contribute to the Parakeet cage should send articles to buffettfans@gmail.com

MARGARITAVILLE NIGHTS

WITH ED TRAVERS

SAYVILLE

Aug 17th @7PM

South Main Street Parking Lot

MORICHES

Aug 25th 7-10PM

Clayton Elementary School

Join Ed & Company and escape to Margaritaville.

Don’t forget your lawn chairs, Buffett attire, and tropical attitude!

East Meets West

By Scott Willett Sr.

Recently, we had the chance to get back to Southern California for a little R & R. The waves & weather were great and it was easy to see why Jimmy Buffett likes it there so much.

After a morning of sailing in San Diego Bay, it was recommended that we walk down the wharf to Seaport Village. It turned out to be a great suggestion because not only did we have a nice lunch, but also we discovered a real Parrot Head treasure—Captain’s Cove.

You hear the Buffett music as you approach Janice Berube’s Captain’s Cove. Inside, it is a plethora of Parrot Head, pirate, and nautical paraphernalia. Janice keeps her store well stocked with a large assortment of Goin’ Coastal products (formerly known as Caribbean Soul), clothing, jewelry, and household décor items.

You may ask yourself, why would someone have a store that caters to Parrot Heads? Well, not only is Janice a Jimmy Buffett fan, but she is also the treasurer of the San Diego Parrot Head Club. Janice invites all Metro Parrot Heads that can’t make it to the west coast, to visit Captain’s Cove at www.captainscove.net. Metro Parrot Heads are urged to use our own code- Metro4- for a 15% discount.

Captain’s Cove has been serving San Diego’s Parrot Head community for 26 years. You can email Janice at captainscove@sbcglobal.net

JIMMY DEBUTS IN ATLANTIC CITY

Jimmy Buffett’s June 30th concert in Atlantic City was well represented by the Metro Parrot Head Club. In fact, Scott Cronick of The Press caught up with our very own Alan Kantorowitz:

Allen Kantorowitz, of Fort Lee, however, was one of the most festive, wearing a parrot foam hat, sunglasses with a palm tree and a parrot on each side, a grass skirt, beads and a Hawaiian shirt.

“Life doesn't get much better than this,” said Kantorowitz, who has seen Buffett a couple of hundred times around the country. “If you're looking for a few hours of escapism, this is it. There's perfect weather, perfect scenery and a good mix of people who don't know what's going on and other people who have been doing this for a long time and want to get those people involved in this crazy Parrot Head world we live in.”

Buffett fans find that it's 5 o'clock all day in resort  

(Published: July 1, 2007)

9th Annual "Stars Fell On Alabama"

March 6th - 9th, 2008~~Orange Beach, Alabama 

Registration opens Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

A non-refundable registration fee of $50 per person covers:

Entertainers/Bands, T-shirt, Goodie Bag, Name tag, the Unforgettable Bus trip to LuLu's Homeport Marina and Shuttle To and From Host Hotel and Live Bait.

 

"Event Includes Venues Where Alcohol Is Served, Must Be 21 To Register"

  

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON FEBRUARY 4, 2008

OR 375 PEOPLE

Island House

1-800-264-2642

Book under "Stars Fell On Alabama"

 

Room Rates Per Night

Plus 11% Lodging Tax

$108.00    Standard Double Queen/King Rooms

$132.00    Executive Double Queen/King Rooms

$175.00    Interior Penthouse

$199.00    Corner Penthouse

  (PLEASE READ ALL INFO ABOUT HOTELS ON OUR WEBSITE BEFORE CALLING)

 We do have an overflow hotel the Hilton Garden Inn...I will be reminding you about the overflow hotel at a later date.

 

LOGO CONTEST...Do you or someone you know have talent in design? Then this is your kind of contest. The STARS FELL ON ALABAMA Board of Directors is looking for a logo to feature on our lanyard tags & tees for the 2008 event to be held Mar 6th – 9th, 2008. The winner will receive registration for two plus two nights (Friday & Saturday) at the Island House.

 

The registration form, all the hotel information and the Logo Contest can be found on our website http://www.starsfellonalabama.org

 

We are still working on the schedule for the 9th Annual "Stars Fell On Alabama" that will be coming to you as soon as we complete a few more details.

Would you like to see the entertainment lineup for Stars 2008...it looks pretty dang good.

Brent Burns

Calypso Nuts

Hanna's Reef

Jim Hoehn

Jimmy & The Parrots

Jim Lainer

Latitude

Howard Livingston & The Mile Marker 24 Band

K. D. Moore

12 Volt Band

Stars On The Water

Tall Paul & Crawdaddy

There you have it all the information.... don’t be left at home...get those registrations in the mail and book your room...one more thing YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED TO STAY AT THE ISLAND HOUSE.

 CharlotteMotherHen

Thursday, Jul. 05, 2007

10 Questions for Jimmy Buffett

By Jimmy Buffett

Is it still fun? Be honest.—Peter Smith, MERRIMACK, N.H.Yeah. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun. You know, I just played a show in Virginia where 26,000 people stood in the rain to hear us. That makes a mark on you. We're showing people how, in a pretty crazy and whacked-out, dangerous world, you can still have fun.

"Party with a purpose" is the motto of many local Parrothead fan clubs. Do you have any new plans for helping your followers do more good in the world?—Julie Eliza, TALLAHASSEE, FLA.I think if I lead by example, that's the best thing. I come from a pretty environmental kind of background, but I've got toys [yachts, planes, etc.]. So you know, the obvious thing next is to try to green myself up first and lead by example. It's a hard one, but I'm working on it.

To read the entire article, go to http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1640377,00.html

~~~/\~~ Club Bidness ~~~/\~~

METRO CLUB MONTHLY “HAPPY HOUR” GATHERINGS

NYC Parrot Heads are still looking for a place to phlock. Contact Terri Amundsen with any suggestions.

Metro North

East Side Café

232 East Avenue Norwalk, CT

2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM.

Long Island Parrot Heads on sabbatical. Will migrate back in October!

METRO PARROT HEAD CLUB DIRECTORY

President: Al Straaik

25 Rhode Island Ave.

Massapequa, NY 11758

(516) 795-4126

Ticket Liaison-Tom Dalton (631) 979-8337

ragtoptom@optonline.net

Newsletter-Kerry-Anne Willett (631) 821-1170

buffettfans@gmail.com

AREA COORDINATORS

NJ: Jim & Ellen Hill (973) 994-2575

Treasurer: Peter Bosshard

6 Mountainview Court

Fort Salonga, NY 11768

(631) 757-4043

Executive Vice President: Lorraine Bosshard

Upstate NY & CT: Carol & David Pohorylo

(203) 261-1381

Long Island: Peter & Lorraine Bosshard

(631) 757-4043

Eastern Long Island: Joe Lombardi

(631) 324-9354

NYC: Terri Amundsen (718) 956-5658

Secretary: Marianne Straaik

(631) 795-4126

METRO Parrot Head Club

New York, New Jersey, & Connecticut

12 Sylvan Road

Rocky Point, NY 11778

“CHECK THE DATE

ON YOUR MAILING LABEL!”

The METRO Parrot Head Club is a not-for-profit organization whose purposes are to assist community and environmental concerns and to provide a variety of social activities for people with similar tastes & interests. Anyone wishing further information should inquire by mail to the return address above.

KEEP THE DATE!

July 28, 2007 – Family Picnic at Fresh Pond Park, Amagansett, NY

Aug.17, 2007 – Margaritaville Night

Sayville, NY

Aug. 25, 2007 – Margaritaville Night

Center Moriches, NY

Aug. 30, 2007 – Jimmy Buffett @ Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT

Sept. 15,2007-Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, Old Bethpage Restoration Village

Sept 18th & 20th, 2007- Jimmy Buffett @ Madison Square Garden, NYC

A FINAL THOUGHT…

As you pack for your trip, don’t forget to throw in a copy of Tom Corcoran’s Jimmy Buffett: The Key West Years. It’s a 64 page, behind-the-scenes look at JB’s early life in the Keys. Order it today at

http://www.margaritavillestore.com

If you have an event you would like to see added to our newsletter, please email it to buffettfans@gmail.com