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PARROT PRESSMetro Parrot Head Newsletter February 2009
NY, NJ, CT Vol. 17 No. 2
TALES FROM MY BANK OF BAD HABIT
A WORD OF THANKS I’ve avoided naming names when giving thanks in my writings in this newsletter because of the fear that my innocent omission might offend someone. So I apologize in advance if I may have forgotten to mention you, but thanks are due, so here I go. Thanks go out to our Treasurer Peter Bosshard for always keeping us in the black and handling all of our membership duties. To our Vice President Lorraine Bosshard, especially for her important work on our breast cancer benefit. To our Secretary Marianne Straaik for her constantassistance and keeping Al under control these last four years. To our area coordinators. On the east end of Long Island, Joe Lombardi, especially for his work on the family picnic, road cleanup and keeping his eye on all things Buffett within our Metro Parrot Head Nation. Our newest Long Island area coordinators Matt and Karen Smith who bring new enthusiasm to their work organizing this year’s Frosted Party and the Festival of Trees. To our area coordinator Terri Amundsen who has singly kept all of NYC in line for years. To our Rockland County coordinators Larry DeGennaro, especially for his work on the Rockland Memory Walk and to Linda Peter who’s donation didn’t blow off the truck last year and made it all the way to Captain’s Cove. Our New Jersey coordinators Jim and Ellen Hill and their yearly beach cleanup. To our Connecticut coordinator, my wife Carol, who not only has to put up with your crazy president, but has spent hundreds of hours over the last seven years organizing our spring fundraiser in Bridgeport. To Tom Dalton who has had the thankless job of ticket coordinator and merchandise manager. To Larry Kiewra who gave birth to our first website. To Kerry-Anne Willett who, in my opinion, has the hardest job in the club putting out this great newsletter month after month and her instant news updates in the Banana Wind. To Denise DeGennaro, Dave Levey and Helene Pino for organizing the Memory Walks. To Ed Travers for playing the Long Island happy hours and this year’s Frosted Party. To all of you who made and donated items, stuffed the baskets, made the signs, hung the balloons, cleaned up the roads and beaches, walked the walks and chased the donations, I thank all of you on behalf of the entire Metro Parrot Head Club membership and dedicate this year’s Frosted Party to you. Here I go almost forgetting someone. Thanks to Jimmy Buffett, not only for the music, but for giving us the dream and the purpose. Your president,
Dave Pohorylo
One More Candle… and A Trip Around the Sun
A Message From MickieIt doesn't seem all that long ago that Rich and I were happily singing and dancing along with all the rest of our Parrothead Friends. We always spoke of the good times and the dear friends we made in the Metro Club. When we were really active, we had the time of our lives. But, we needed to slow down a bit due to Rich's ever-increasing health issues.Now, Rich has left us ... but not really. He is with us in mind and spirit and he would want each and every one of you to toast him with a Margarita (with salt) that he was forbidden to have the last few years. He would always say, "Just let me
Cindy Haber 1 Jolly MonJoseph Ciccia 2 Mental Floss
Christian Miller 4 IslandsH.Lee Blumberg 7 Too many to name!Regina Guerva 9 Changes in LatitudeChris Borovsky 11 A Pirate Looks at 40
Lori Sullivan 12 Brown-Eyed GirlKerry-Anne Willett 12 All the Ways I Want YouCasey Rae Travers 13 Little Miss Magic
Bill York 15 Six String MusicEric Rosen 15 Coconut Telegraph
Joe Petrocelli 16 MigrationBrenda Ries 16 It’s My Job
Violet Shapiro 20Alex Leist 21 Only Time Will Tell
Diane McWillaims 21 FinsJohn Baldwin 22 MigrationDavid Slakin 23 Margaritaville
Melissa De Maio 24 Come MondayDaniel Frey 25 Come Monday
Debbie DeMulder 26 MargaritavilleRich McCarthy 26 Pieces of WorkAl Greengold 28 The Weather is Here
February 2nd
February 14th
February 24th
smell yours". On behalf of Richie, my six children and nine grandchildren, I want to say thank you to all of those we had the privilege of knowing these many, many years, and also to the ones we had yet to meet. Your kind words and sentiments, and attendance in New Jersey to pay your last respects were so very much appreciated during a time of great sadness for my family much, but truly feel he is "up there" looking down on us and toasting us all with that long-awaited Margarita!! We all take great comfort in the support you have all provided to us. Once again, thanks so much ...With Sincere Gratitude ...~~ We miss him so Mickie Bautista and Family Frosted Parrothead Party Checklist
Send check to Peter Bosshard ($68/members-- $73/non members)Reserve room at the Huntington Hilton for Feb 7th (MPH rate of $115/room)Pack Island Wear & hangover magic pillsPurchase & pack non-perishable goods for Long Island Cares Gather decorations for “Best Room Contest”Contact Matt Smith to volunteer for the FPHP @ [email protected]. Enjoy hot/cold buffet & open bar from 8PM to midnightPurchase 50/50 raffles at FPHP for Long Island Cares in memory of late Metro PH Ken-Do Party & Dance with phriends to the sounds of the Ed Travers Band
“Look at all this liquor Look at all this food! It’s only going to waste,We’re not really being rude!”All for the newly reduced price of $68 for members
($73 for nonmembers)
“Ed'll play his music loudWe'll party just like Bubba doesWe'll do the old man proud”That would be Ed Travers & the Band
Checks to:Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview CourtFort Salonga, NY 11768
Deadline for tickets is January 31st
Ask for the Metro PH Room Rate $115Huntington Hilton phone:1-631-845-1000
Vs .
Join Metro PHs as the NY Islanders take on the Buffalo Sabres
Saturday, Feb. 28th at 7PMNassau Veteran Coliseum
Tickets are $31 ($51 face value)
Deadline: January 31st!
Checks to: Metro PHC Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview Court Fort Salonga, NY
11768
ATTENTION METROSMetros attending the Frosted Parrot Head Party and can volunteer some time to help Matt & Karen
Smith should contact Mr. & Mrs. Smith ASAP at [email protected]. Also, any Metros heading North for the New England Parrot Head Convention should
email me as I am trying to compile a list of Metros who are in search of colder temperatures to party and mingle.
2009 New England Parrot Head
Conventionis being held
March 5 - March 8, 2009Raffles~Vendors~Pool Party~Games/Races
Enjoy the sounds of Scott Kirby, Peter Mayer, Jim Morris & the BB Band, the Boat
Drunks and many others!The Marriott Sable Oaks is where ALL activities will
be held. The Holiday Inn Express at Sable Oaks will also be
available.
http://www.phcofmaine.com/phcofmaine_web/convention/index.shtml
The February Long Island Happy Hour is POSTPONED due to the Metro Parrothead Club's "social event of the year" a.k.a. The Frosted
Parrothead Party!!!Club members can still party & socialize in February, AND see the Ed Travers Band LIVE at the
Huntington Hilton on February 7, 2009 at the annual Frosted Parrothead Party benefittingLong Island Cares.
Club members are encouraged to bring non-perishable food donations to the Hilton, and drop them off as they enter the Savoy inside the Hilton.
There will also be a 50/50 raffle to benefit Long Island Cares in the memory of former Club member Ken-Do Scotto.
Raffle & door prizes, buffet dinner, open bar, dessert table, Ed Travers Band LIVE, dancing + more for an all-inclusive bargain price!
Remember...$68.00 for Club members & $73.00 for non-Club members ($4.00 reduction per person from 2008's party!).
Checks payable to Metro Parrothead Club are due in Pete Brossard’s hands NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, JANUARY 31,2009!! The Frosted Parrothead Party (officially) starts @ 8:00PM, but, based
on previous year’s success stories, actually starts hours earlier!Who will have the best decorated hotel room this year? To quote JB..."only time will tell". Happy Hours
will resume Saturday, March 21.
Buffett Blurbs
Jimmy Buffett’s Beachcomber will open Feb 2nd in Oahu’s Waikiki Beachcomber. A private concert is slated for the end of February.
A New Release On the HorizonA new LIVE acoustic CD is expected to be released soon. Jimmy’s newest recordings will be a compilation of some Jimmy’s greatest final encores. Some of these recordings will be solo, while others will include fellow songwriter Mac MacAnally. The last studio recorded album Jimmy released was in 2006 “Take the Weather With You”, however live in Anguilla” was available in 2007.
The Rumor Season is now in full swing! Will he? Won’t he? Three shows of the Summerzcool Tour are now confirmed:
April 21- Charlotte, North CarolinaApril 23- Raleigh, North Carolina
August 13- Detroit, Michigan
The Smuggler’s Hold at Margaritaville’s Mohegan Sun has now opened it’s online store. Shop now at
http://www.margaritavilleretail.com/mohegansun/
The Wii RockBand 2 system has just announced the addition of 2 Jimmy Buffett songs that are now available. The downloadable tunes are “Volcano” & “Margaritaville”.
UNCONFIRMED LOCAL SHOWS!!Two ticket venues,
TicketsNow and TicketNetworkare showing Jimmy Buffett scheduled to perform in
the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden NJ. Although the shows ARE NOT CONFIRMED, they are
listed as Thursday, June 18th & Saturday, June20th. Stay tuned for more info.
If you happened to be at the Anegada Reef Hotel on January 13th, you were one of the lucky few to catch a Buffett concert! Jimmy stayed long enough to serenade the intimate crowd with ten songs. Jimmy also popped into the Margaritaville’s in Cozumel on January 6th and then at Grand Cayman on January 8th
If you haven’t checked out Bubba’s journal through the Outer Banks, it’s time you make yourself a
Margarita and head right over to http://www.margaritaville.com/index.php?page=obxOnce there, you will find Jimmy’s 3-part journal as he
made his way from Ditch Plains to Florida in November.
Meeting of the Minds 2009November 5th-8th
Registration will close on September 15th of 3500registrants (whichever comes first)
$75/PHIP member
HOST HOTEL Casa Marina ResortROOMS AVAILABLE NOW!!!
1500 Reynolds St.Key West
KW FL 33040Ph: 800-626-0777
Cost: $215.00 to $295.00 plus fees (Ocean View one bedroom Suites $365)
Ask For Parrot Head Rates.This is the Host Hotel, many of the events and all of the meetings will be held here
ALL ROOMS ARE NON-SMOKING... SPECIAL ON LINE RESERVATION LINK: www.casamarinaresort.com/parrotheads2009
MOTM Logo Contest
“Floridays”Design DEADLINE - must be received by email or postmarked by March 31, 2009.
Email: Charlotte Skinner, Director of Conventions, PHIP Inc. for More INFO. at [email protected] If using postal mail, please send or email your 8 x 10 copy to:
MOTM 2009 LOGO ContestCharlotte Skinner655 Whidden Dr.
Satsuma, Al. 36572
Viva MargaritasBy
Carrie Alexander:The Orlando Sentinel (KRT)
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Margaritas aren't just for celebrations. They are one of the top concoctions of choice for bar-goers, beach vacationers and come on, we just have to say it Jimmy Buffett fans. "It's a pretty popular drink here at Margaritaville," confirms Sherry Young, assistant general manager at Buffett's Margaritaville, the popular tourist spot at Universal Orlando's CityWalk complex. In fact, it's the top drink sold at the restaurant, where, at one of the bars, bubbling margarita mix spews from a volcano before it cascades into a giant blender to the delight of partying patrons. The margarita hails from Mexico, although the drink's origin is as hard to pin down today as Pancho Villa once was. Credit for the drink is sometimes given to a bartender in Ciudad Juarez, and at other times to a bartender at a Tijuana hot spot who, legend says, created it for an actress unable to drink other kinds of alcohol. Yet another story attributes the drink's creation to Texas socialite Margarita Sames, who supposedly whipped up the cocktail for guests at her Acapulco villa. Whoever the true cocktail pioneer, we do know that the margarita showed up sometime around the 1940s, and continued to draw attention thereafter. This intoxicating elixir is served in a variety of ways on the rocks, frozen or infused with fruit flavors in salt-rimmed highball glasses, large martini glasses or, of course, the ever-popular classic wide-brimmed margarita glasses, which can sport brightly-colored rims, swirls of color imbedded in the glass and even kitschy green-cactus stems. Variations have evolved, but traditional margaritas are concocted of three key ingredients. The basic recipe consists of three parts tequila (liquor distilled from the core of the agave plant), one part orange liqueur and one part fresh-squeezed lime juice, although you'll find it mixed in varying combinations. (And just for the record most bartenders worth their salt consider it a faux pas to toss a pre-made margarita mix into the blender with tequila and ice cubes.) Order a margarita and you'll get a drink served with any number of different tequilas and orange liqueurs, but some mixologists say it's important to use the small round Mexican limes (or, as we call them, Key limes), which tend to be a bit more sweet than the more-common limes found in grocery stores. Others say it's how you make the drink that matters most. A margarita shouldn't be too strong or too tart.
"The most important thing, for me, is to make sure you shake the margarita," says Young. That can be with or without ice, she says. Kyle Hemmer, bartender at Orlando's Adobe Gila's at Pointe Orlando, also suggests shelving your blender and serving margaritas on the rocks. "When you blend a drink it waters it down," he says. "When you shake it, it's fresh and crisp." On the other hand, he adds, margaritas infused with fruit flavors are best served frozen. "You still have the flavor of margaritas, but you've added a little bit of raspberry or mango," he says. Looking for exotic ways to mix a margarita? Check "The Great Margarita Book" by Al Lucero which offers more than 85 specialty margarita recipes.
Phlocking Phun
The Metro Parrot Head DirectoryPresident:
David Pohorylo35 Boot Shop LaneMonroe, CT 06468
(203)[email protected]
Executive Vice President:Lorraine Bosshard
6 Mountainview CourtFort Salonga, NY 1178
(631) 757-4043
Treasurer:Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview CourtFort Salonga, NY 1178
(631) 757-4043
Secretary:Marianne Straaik
25 Rhode Island AveMassapequa, NY 11758
(516)795-4126
Parrot Press/Banana Wind Editor
Kerry-Anne Willett12 Sylvan Road
Rocky Point, NY 11778(631)821-1170
Ticket LiaisonTom Dalton
(631)[email protected]
LI CoordinatorMatt Smith
(631)209-9691
NJ CoordinatorJim & Ellen Hill(973)994-2575
Upstate & Ct CoordinatorsCarol & David Pohorylo
(203)261-1381
NYC Metro North Long IslandBrother Jimmy’s BBQ
8th Ave & 31st St.2nd Friday of each month
at5:30 PM
East Side Café232 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM.
There will not be a February Happy Hour due to the FPHP. HH
will resume in March.
Eastern LIJoe Lombardi
(631)324-9354
NYC CoordinatorTerri Amundsen(718)956-5658
Western CoordinatorsLinda Peter/Larry
12 Sylvan RoadRocky Point, NY 11778
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!February 7, 2009-Frosted Parrot Head Party The Savoy at the Huntington HiltonFeb. 8, 2009- CJPHC Mardi Gras CelebrationSawmill Café, Seaside Park, NJFebruary 28, 2009-NY Islander GameNassau Coliseum, NYMarch 6-8, 2009 New England PH ConventionPortland, ME
The Metro Parrot Head ClubRequests the honor
of your presence At the 2009
Frosted Parrot Head Party:
June 5, 2009- Jim Morris Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, CTJune 6, 2009 -Jim Morris & Big Bamboo BandCaptain’s Cove Bridgeport, CTJune 13-20, 2009 Belize with Jim MorrisNov. 5-8, 2009- Meeting of the Minds Registration is now open!
“The Year of Still Tiltin’ the Hilton”
Saturday, the seventh of February 2009
From 8PM-12AMAt the Savoy, Huntington
Hilton
