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March 18, 19th Voyage
(8th Voyage of the Second Year at Sea)
submitted by Patrick cbjngl@msn.com

AHOY MATES!   Only a few days remain until we invade the Canterbury Inn for our annual night of pillage and plunder – This Hotel Room Phlocking!  Just in the nick of time our buddy Doug Hendrix provides a drink recipe that you may want to test out at the party.  We have tales of a British invasion in Florida, and an incredible Cheeseburger story.  Catch ya at THR!  I gotta run and start laying in some provisions.  Just remember Saturday that YOU may wind up on the coconut telegraph.   Capt. Patrick    “You can hear it on the Coconut telegraph saying who did Dis N’ Dat”

3/15 Northwoods Brew Pub, Eau Claire,WI

3/17 Dick’s Bar, Hudson

3/20 Shooter’s Pub, River Falls

3/21 Dick’s Bar, Hudson

3/23 Neuman’s Bar, N. St. Paul

3/24 THR Phlocking!

March 16, 2007: BNB Bidness Meetin'

March 24, 2007:  THR
This coming Saturday, we’ll be gathering the Phlock for fun and mischief on our 12th Voyage of This Hotel Room!  Don’t forget the plastic or checkbook for the live and silent auctions. Among the fabulous items this year are several pieces signed by Jimmy Buffett and a beautiful hand made bar that would look great even in your dinning room!  Who needs a table!  This year’s event will feature both a new venue and new entertainment.  We’ll be Phlocking at the Canterbury Inn in Shakopee and have locked up the entire hotel just for us!  Details on the THR webpage.  This year’s lineup will feature the six piece band “Phins” from St. Louis, Missouri.  Several members of the club have seen them perform in Key West at Meeting of the Minds over the past few years and we think you’ll all be very pleased to have them play at our event.  You can check them out at www.Phinsband.com  As you can see from their website, they play plenty of BUFFETT!  Check out the “about the band section” on their website and you’ll see that four of the six name Buffet tunes as their favorite song, and one of the others mentions Scott Kirby’s  song “4 Good Dogs”.In addition to appearing at MOTM, and club Phlockings in and near St. Louis, they play several regional Phlockings including Pardi Gras, Stars Fell on Alabama, and Flipperstock.  So pull out the shorts & flip flops or the grass skirt and coconut bra, and limber up so you’re ready for Bra Limbo!  There is a restaurant on site but admission does not  include food –So don’t forget to whip up your favorite dish for the Buffett Buffet – and get ready to party!

This year’s Entertainment lineup: 

St. MinneSomePlace’s own: Ol’ Joe Bones,  Joe Yira

Our Canadian Friend:  Li’carr Lopez

One of our Favorite Cheeseheads: Jim Hoehn

For the first time, from St Louis: “PHINS”

May 19: Cajun Martini and Afternoon Golf Tourney

July 28:  Take It Out At The Saints Game

July 28:  Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, LIVE at Alpine Valley

• ROAD TRIP?  This looks like a pretty good party!  Illinois Club Party in Parrot–dise April 22-24

  http://www.indianlakesresort.com/parrotdise.html

• BAMA BREEZE - 2007 Tour Dates!   

  

  March 24th - Dune Preserve - Anguilla; For more information visit the Bankie Banx website
  April 21 MINUTE MAID PARK Houston, TX
  April 25 Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
  April 28  Pizza Hut Park, Dallas,  TX 

  June 23 POST-GAZETTE PAVILION Pittsburgh, PA
  June 26 Tweeter Center at the Waterfront - Camden, NJ  

  June 28 TWEETER CENTER Camden, NJ

  July 21 Midwest Bank Ampitheatre (Tinley Park) - Chicago, IL
  7/24 VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER Indianapolis, IN 

  7/26 RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER Cincinnati, OH

  July 28  Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI
  September 2 - Gillette Stadium - Foxboro, MA
  September 8 - Gillette Stadium - Foxboro, MA
   ALPINE TICKETS - We are eligible for ONLY 75 tickets this year.  At this time ticket price is $126 each and they are available to MEMBERS ONLY!  If you wish to obtain club tickets, you must send in a deposit of $126 for each ticket. Please contact Rob with any questions. stminnesota@aol.com

• The British Are Coming!! I love these next two items.  So glad that the British Senior set is so active and having a jolly good time while enjoying their golden years in the Sunshine State!  Cheerio! – Capt. Patrick  A British great-grandmother outdid her fishing champion husband by hooking a 9ft shark on a family holiday in Florida. Mary Cook, 61, from Wenvoe near Cardiff, strained her neck muscles and needed physiotherapy after battling the lemon shark.  She had never fished before but decided to join husband Colin, 59, and his friend Garry Evans, 60, on the fishing trip in the Florida Keys.  After 30 tiring minutes reeling in the 100-lb shark she let it go, but described it as "tremendous - a once in a lifetime thing". Mrs. Cook said: "It was my first time out on a boat and the boys are both experienced fishermen.  I guess I beat them at their own game  Now I can't wait to go again. "It was so tiring. I was exhausted but Colin and Garry were shouting encouragement and I knew I had to get it." After a half-hour struggle, the trio pulled the shark on to the boat, reports the South Wales Echo.  "When I looked at it I couldn't kill it. It was just such a lovely creature. I was on such a high, but I had to throw it back in."

• FORE!  A British pensioner interrupted a game of golf in Florida to save a man from a 7ft alligator.  Tom Arundel, 73, from Basildon, Essex, was playing golf at New Port Richey, in Florida, when he heard shouting, reports the BBC.  Mr. Arundel and American friend Pat McGuire, 68, rushed to help and found Vernon Messier, 57, waist-deep in water as an alligator tore at his foot. Mr. Messier gouged at the alligator's eyes and it let him go, allowing the pair to pull him out.  The victim had been collecting golf balls from waterholes when the alligator attacked him.  Mr Arundel said: "We just heard someone shouting for help and saying 'a gator's got me.'  We rushed over with our golf clubs and found this man hanging off the bank.  "The alligator had his foot and wouldn't let it go. This guy was wearing a wet suit down to his ankles and that probably saved him." Mr. Messier was left with a bloodied foot, but was able to drive himself to hospital and was thought likely to make a full recovery. The alligator was later caught and killed.

• Cocktails At SunUp  I love Mexican food, but on occasion I have to admit I'm tired of Cerveza, or Margarita's that seem mandatory for the meal.  So last year prior to a big JJW show, we decided it was time for:  OHHH, OHHH OHHH, Sangria Wine.   This one came out of Texas, and it was the biggest hit of a Patio event ever!  Give it a try at your next big bash: It was toward the end of summer and I think people were beer'd out, so this made a home run:

  4 Bottles Cabernet Sauvignon, Warm

  1 Bottle White Zinfandel, Warm

  3/4 quart orange juice (I like to use a non-concentrate, like Simply Orange)

  2 cans pineapple juice (the small ones)

  1 can Sprite

  1/4 cup Grand Marnier

  3 Oranges, wheeled

  3 limes, quartered

  6 Strawberries, halved

    Now you won't hear this often in my drink recipes, but go cheap on the wine. We used the inexpensive Chilean Cab's. but I bet Trader Joes 3 buck (chuck) Charles Shaw is just as good.  But don't skimp on the OJ or Grand Marnier.  Let the ingredients sit warm in a vat for 2 hours. Then refrigerate overnight.  When serving, pour over ice and add some new/fresh fruit for a nice presentation.  Anybody going to San Antoine, or maybe Sarasota?  Any place is alright as long as I don't have to go to Waco!  Doug Hendrix

• Support Our Man In Iraq  Speakin' a pirates, just in case you didn’t know – One of St MinneSomePlace’s own - Our good buddy Bruce Olson is proudly serving our country over in Iraq.   No matter what your personal political views are on the situation - we need to support the men and women who serve our country.  I am sure Bruce would love to hear from his Parrot Head friends so take a few minutes to send him you best wishes.   bruce.edward.olson@us.armymil
   

   

  
   

• Have 'New Friends' found a new home in Key West?   So you say you’ve been to Key West many times and don’t need another photo with the famous marker at Southernmost Point?  Well guess again my Parrot Head Phriends!  Now there’s a new attraction at the point.  The question is, will they still be there next time you blow into Cayo Hueso?  - Capt. Patrick They're here for an extended visit. Or maybe they'll stick around permanently.  The seven bronze sculptures, titled New Friends, have taken their place next to the buoy at the Southernmost Point, where tourists have posed to have their picture taken for decades.  ''They are almost lifelike -- I like them,'' said Paul Guerrieri, visiting from Canada.  But Robin Storch, owner of Chrome Horse Photography in North Carolina, was not impressed. She called the sculptures ugly, saying they reminded her of the ''Pompeii children'' who were unburied centuries after a volcanic eruption. The seven figures -- four adults and three children representing different ethnicities -- were created and donated by sculptor J. Seward Johnson Jr. as a gift to his adopted hometown.  No thanks, the Key West City Commission said. There's not enough room.  Several other cities came forward saying they'd be delighted to take the $750,000 sculpture series, said Claudia Pennington, executive director of the Key West Art & Historical Society.  Eventually, public outcry prompted Key West to rethink the gift. Last month, they agreed to give New Friends a 60-day trial.  ''Funny, I'm quite used to the art establishment being against me,'' said Johnson, 76, whose work is often panned by critics but loved by the masses. ``Here, they were all for me. It is part of the dysfunctionality of Key West that I love.''  Johnson, who lives a stone's throw away from the Southernmost Point, is an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. He has sold $30 million worth of sculptures to museums, cities and private collectors around the world.  One of his many exhibits, Beyond the Frame: Impressionism Revisited, is attracting strong crowds at the Custom House in Key West. It had been displayed at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington.  After New Friends was hoisted into place this week -- making sure enough room was left for wheelchairs to pass -- people formed lines to have their pictures taken: tattooed bikers, Princess the dog, Ralf Sehner and friend James Ratledge of Munich, Germany, and Canadian couple Tanya and Chris Carty sporting matching hats with blue butterflies.  One biker sporting a Harley Davidson vest put his hat on the sculpture of the kneeling boy.  ''It's going to be fun,'' said Key West Mayor Morgan McPherson, who has voted for the project from the very beginning. ``And I think people began to see it is not as threatening and will be more interactive than they thought.''  And, McPherson added, people have already shown their affection for the sculptures. Pointing to the one adult female statue in the group, he said: ``I think somebody already gave her a kiss.'

• Cheeseburger In Paradise Indeed!  A US restaurant has come up with the world’s biggest burger - weighing a staggering 123lbs !  It's made up of an 80lb beef patty, along with 1lb each of lettuce, ketchup, relish, mustard and mayonnaise.  Other ingredients include 160 slices of cheese, five onions and 12 tomatoes.  It is topped with banana peppers and 33 pickles then sandwiched into a 30lb bun.  The burger is estimated to have more than 120,000 calories.   Pub owner Denny Leighey, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, created it for a charity event but plans to charge for similar burgers.  He posed for photos (at left) with the local mayor to show the burger’s size.  The restaurant already held the record for the world's biggest burger, with a 105lb version.  The previous largest burger was 105lb.