PARROT PRESS
Metro Parrot Head Newsletter
NY, NJ, CT
January 2009
Vol. 17 No. 1
TALES FROM MY BANK OF BAD HABITS
Another sad year end with the untimely passing of long time Metro Rich Bautista. Our deepest
sympathy goes out to Mickie and the Bautista Family. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know
Richie, but after the many kind things I’ve heard about him this past week, I certainly wish I did
know him. Richie is the inspiration for the story I want to tell you.
My doctor had pestered me for several years to get a stress test. He said you’re getting fatter and
older by the day, and you have to start taking care of yourself. Well, I managed
to avoid that stress test many times. But, the shock of the loss of our friend Ken Do last year
changed that. I got that stress test, and then that test lead to others whose results showed that I had
a minor artery blockage. It didn’t appear serious, may not have required any further treatment, but
my doctor insisted that I get an angiogram, a definitive test to show any artery problems. During the
angiogram they found that my circumventing artery was 95% blocked, and they inserted a stent.
They said I would not have seen 2009 had I not have taken these tests that uncovered my hidden
condition. Well today I’m 80 pound lighter, full of energy and feeling great. I write with the hope
that it my just lead to someone else going to the doctor for a long delayed checkup, and maybe
saving their life too. That you Ken Do for saving mine, and thank you Richie for giving me the
inspiration to tell my story.
Dave Pohorylo
“Growing older, but not up”
-Jimmy
Not So Important Dates &
Correlating Songs
Jan. 3rd-Fruitcake Toss Day
“Fruitcakes”
Festival of Sleep Day
“Can’t Remember When I Slept
Last”
Jan. 9th- Play God Day
“God’s Own Drunk”
Jan, 10th-Peculiar People Day
“We Are the People”
Jan. 22nd-Blonde Brownie Day
“Who’s the Blonde Stranger?”
Jan.24th-Compliment Day
“The Weather is Here”
Jan. 25th-Opposite Day
“Cowboy in the Jungle”
Jan.26th—Spouse’s Day
“Honey Do”
Jan.28th-Fun At Work Day
“It’s My Job”
Joann Blumberg
Marilyn Tufanisco
Dawn Everett
Fred Gallagher
Joe Lombardi
Geri Ostuni
Fred Wilson
Ralph Wotruba
Larry DeGennaro
Mike Yelenovic
Ed Lloyd, Jr
Kevin Karmel
Ed Kelly
Kerry Ann Douglass
Dan Martin
Helen Kritsas
Kevin O’Rourke
Linda Weisentein
Anne Nomer
Christine Baldwin
Martha Goldner
Andie Psilopoulos
Ed Demulder
Bobbie Ann Kelley
Russell Nomer
Mitch Goldberg
Wendy Way
Bill Blanchard
Kelly Farley
Louis Iannaco
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Come Monday
Son of a Son of a Sailor
One Particular Harbor
No Plane On Sunday
Fins
Fruitcakes
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Jimmy Dreams
One Particular Harbor
Dukes on Sunday
One Particular Harbor
TOO MANY!!!!
Changes in Latitude
Trying to Reason
Fruitcakes
Jamaica Mistaka
Volcano
A Pirate Looks at 40
Door #3
Frank & Lola
Fins
Somethin’ So Feminine
A Pirate Looks at 40
Changes in Latitude
The Weather Is Here…
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Margaritaville
Take Another Road
Richard Bautista : December 22, 2008
On behalf of the Metro Parrot Head Club, I would like to extend our deepest condolences to Mickie
and the Bautista family. Richard was a charter member of the Metro Parrot Head Club and played
an important role in the formation of our club. Along with Mickie, they organized the Frosted
Parrot Head parties before moving to New Jersey and hosting their annual pool party.
Frosted Parrot Head Party
2009
The Year of Still Here
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009
Place: The Savoy @ the Huntington Hilton
Time: 8-12 AM
Cost: $68
Room rate: $115
Entertainment by
The Ed Travers Band
Open bar/boat drinks
Hot/cold buffet
Dessert bar
Coffee/tea
Checks to:
Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview Court
Fort Salonga, NY 11768
Directions & info
**From New York City: Take Long Island Expressway East to Exit 49S and proceed one mile. The hotel is on
the right
**From Eastern Long Island: Take Long Island Expressway West to Exit 49S and proceed 1 mile. The hotel is
on the right.
598 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York, United States 11747-5002
Tel: 1-631-845-1000 Fax: 1-631-845-1223
At this moment, it really is 20* (& snowing) & the hockey game is on.
Home team scored on their own rink (again)
Nobody cares they are way too far gone
Because once an Islander fan, always an Islander fan.
Oh I know,
you should be leaving this climate heading to St. Somewhere,
but before your fin sinks too low..
Join fellow Metros & scream for more boat drinks...something to keep us all warm.
New York Islander vs. Buffalo Sabres
Saturday,Feb. 28th
7PM
$31 ($50 value)
Deadline Jan. 30, 2009
Checks to Metro PHC
Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview Court
Fort Salonga, NY 11768
The 11th New York
Knights of Columbus
Presents
An Evening
in
Margaritaville
Featuring
Barometer Soup
Saturday, Feb 7, 2009
7-11PM
$35/ticket
To benefit the Gardell & Soluri families
Hot buffet~/\~ beer ~/\~
wine~/\~ soda
Hawaiian dress encouraged
Contact Metro Greg Warnokowski for tickets
(516)293-3429
Stuart Thomas Manor
2143 Boundary Ave
Farmingdale, NY
Thank you!
The Metro Parrot Head Club once again participated in Long Island’s Festival of Trees, the
annual fundraiser for United Cerebral Palsy. Our tropically dressed tree looked great, and could
not have been done without help from our members. Thank you to all who donated ornaments
and a great big thanks to the following members who helped with the decorating:
Matt Smith
Jim Martiello
Doug Smith
Megan Martiello
Rodney Olsen
Sue and Ray Leudesdorff
Cindy Haber
Larry Sullivan
Peter and Lorraine Bosshard
Arlene Rosenthal
Mitch Goldberg
Annual Breast
Cancer Benefit Recap
Please find a copy of the letter we received thanking the Metro Parrot Head Club for hosting our
annual Breast Cancer Benefit. This years' event was held on Oct. 24th at the Huntington Hilton
who provided the use of the ballroom including food at no cost to our club. Sixty seven Parrot
Heads and friends joined in this worthy cause. Funds raised that night through the sales of raffles
and checks received via the mail (thank you President Dave for your very generous donation)
totaled a contribution of $4,000.00. All funds were given in support of the Susan G. Komen For the
Cure. Kudos PARROT HEADS!
I would also like to thank all club members and friends ( too many to mention here) for their
continued support in donating a count of sixty prizes* including theme gift baskets, Islander
tickets, hotel packages, restaurant certificates, JB photos, CD's and even a microwave. Our gift
items were outstanding this year and I really appreciate all your hard work and continued efforts
in helping this event be so successful. A BIG thank you to those members ( Tracey Markland,
Lauri Mina, Karen, Matt and Brittany Smith, Caitlin Condron, Kathy Lucano**, Ralph
Wotruba, Al and Marianne Straaik, my three children) who attended early to help in setting up
the tables and decorations. Thank you to our very "own entertainer", Eddie Travers for providing
our club his sound system for the evening and to my husband for the making of the set list on his
IPOD. Already looking forward to next years' event. Wouldn't it be great if by next year, we
could live in a world without breast cancer! Let’s HOPE!
With Thanks,
Lorraine Bosshard
* It was reported to me the SCRATCH-OFF prize board was a winner!
$538.00 (not too shabby for a $2 investment)
** In desperate need of "blowing balloon" instructions! Anyone qualified, please contact Kathy.
Lorraine’s Tale from Margaritaville
By -Lorraine Rosen
Friends of mine were down in Orlando at Margaritaville in September of last year. My friend
Sal asked JD (Stratland) to autograph a postcard from the table. He wrote "Hi Lorraine, you should
be down here, JD." So Sal gave me the card when he came back up to New York.
When I went down in November we made sure we went to Margaritaville on a day when JD
would be broadcasting. I asked JD to sign a card to Sal stating "Hi Sal, she finally made it down here"
So he signed the card but he also asked me to do a little commercial in the booth with him. At the
time they were going to run a contest regarding finding someone to be on the show and introduce a
Buffett song. He asked me to have a little conversation with him and then introduce a song off the
Anguilla CD. So I did. Then he gave me the disc of the whole time I was in the booth.
After the session, I asked him about any local places where I could have a nice tattoo done. He
told me about a place in Universal where I went. I had complications after it to the tune of 6 weeks
of antibiotics and 2 hospitalizations, but it had nothing to do with the business. I got the infection
from going on the safari ride at Sea World the next day. Anyway, JD and I E-mailed each other a few
times after that regarding what had happened to me. When I met him again at MOTM 2008, he
remembered the whole story and therefore remembered me.
Editor’s note: Send your personal tale from Margaritaville by the 15th of the month & see it in an
upcoming newsletter
Before you run off to the Caribbean
Santa’s stressed out as the holiday season draws near…
Aren’t we all?
He needs a vacation from bad decorations and snow…
He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun
Where did Santa go?
Santa’s run off to the Caribbean!
Hopefully, before Santa climbed aboard his cruise ship out of Fort Lauderdale he grabbed a bite to eat
at the Grumpy Gator located in the Harbor Beach Plaza, just outside of the cruise terminals.
If you, like Santa, will be escaping the winter doldrums and will be in the Fort Lauderdale area, be sure
to stop by Grumpy Gator’s restaurant and grab some gator tail. We stumbled upon it & loved it!
Grumpy Gator’s Florida Sea Grill & Bar is a Buffett-styled restaurant specializing in the ball games of
the day, gator tails, Havana banana chicken w/ black beans, and of course great burgers & wings. Be
sure to wash all that down with an Alligator Alley punch, a Gatorita, a mojito or one of each. Buffett/Trop
Rock music is heard throughout your meal as wait staff clad in BUFFETT FOR PRESIDENT and IT’S
5’OCLOCK SOMEWHERE shirts scurry about serving boat drinks and good food.
A week in the tropics and we’ll be alright
Sporting a tan as we ride out of sight
*Grumpy Gator is not part of Jimmy Buffett’s enterprises
No wasting away in Margaritaville
Associated Press
December 29, 2008
Buffett, who turned 62 on Christmas Day, long ago became an
icon of certain baby boomers — perhaps the least-hip
demographic in the country — by offering the dream of throwing
off their responsibilities for his tropical party vibe.
But in the past decade, this chronicler of Margaritaville has really
cashed in on his image.
How big is Buffett?
With an estimated annual income of more than $40 million, you might mistake his portfolio for that of
Warren Buffett (not a relative). And he's done it by sailing beyond most musicians' ticket, T-shirt and poster
revenue stream. The title of his most popular song is showing up on restaurants, clothing, booze and casinos.
Among the products he's involved with are Landshark Lager, the Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise
restaurant chains, clothing and footwear, household items and drink blenders. The Margaritaville cafe on the
Las Vegas strip is said to be the top grossing restaurant in the nation.
Buffett writes best-selling novels. There's Radio Margaritaville on Sirius. Even his recording career is
booming as the music industry tanks: His recent album, "License to Chill," was the first No. 1 album of his
career.
In October, Buffett was chosen by Vanity Fair as No. 97 on a list of the 100 most influential people. In the
world. He's nestled between Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris and anti-poverty crusader Jeffrey Sachs.
But the exact scope of the Parrot Head empire is secret. Buffett's privately held Margaritaville Holdings LLC
does not publicly disclose its finances, and his publicists declined numerous requests for interviews with the
singer or anyone connected with Miami-based Margaritaville Holdings.
"He wants to be known as an artist and musician, but he's an extremely savvy businessman," said Brian Hiatt,
an associate editor for Rolling Stone who covers the concert industry.
Buffett is somewhat unique among aging crooners in that his fan base is broad, and is not tied solely to a
string of past hit songs. For most of his career, Buffett had only one Billboard Top 10 hit, "Margaritaville," in
1977.
What he offers his fans is an accessible fantasy.
"Anyone of any age could imagine retiring to a tropical paradise and drinking margaritas," Haitt said.
"There is something extra-musical about the whole thing."
You don't have to go to a concert to buy his stuff. Margaritaville boat shoes and flip flops are found in
shopping malls. Margaritaville Foods sells salsa, hummus, tortillas and dips in Wal-Mart and other stores.
Landshark is sold in grocery stores, and Margaritaville tequila is in liquor stores.
And concert tickets sell out in short order, despite prices that run well over $100. The Buffett brand is on a
growth spurt, usually as a result of marketing deals.
The Cheeseburger in Paradise chain was founded in 2002 and owned by OSI Restaurant Partners, owners
of Outback Steakhouse, among others, under a license from Buffett. Landshark Lager, made by AnheuserBusch, and Margaritaville Tequila, made by Seagram, are sponsors of his concerts.
Last May, the Trump Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was purchased by Coastal Marina, LLC, which will
convert it into a destination resort under the "Margaritaville" label.
"Jimmy Buffett and his team at Margaritaville have created an extraordinary brand that is instantly
recognizable to an enormously large and dedicated fan base," said Richard Fields, CEO of Coastal
Development. "The brand implies quality, value and good times."
Meanwhile, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., has teamed up with Buffett to develop the $700 million
Margaritaville Casino & Resort in Biloxi, Miss., near where Buffett was raised. That project has been delayed
by the downturn in the nation's economy. But Harrah's and Buffett already have a profitable relationship.
According to Buffett's Web site, the first Margaritaville opened in Key West, Fla., in 1987. The chain has
since grown to 16 outlets, including a new one at the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut .
Margaritaville at the Flamingo Las Vegas takes in more than $43 million a year, said casino president Don
Marrandino.
"It's been pretty consistent for five years," Marrandino said. "It speaks to the Buffett lifestyle."
Phlocking Phun
NYC
Metro North
Long Island
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ
8th Ave & 31st St.
2nd Friday of each
month at
5:30 PM
East Side Café
232 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT
2nd Tuesday of each
month at 6:30 PM.
Zoinks
West Islip, NY
January 17, 2008
7 PM
Ed Travers Live!
Annual Clothing Drive
The Metro Parrot Head Directory
President:
David Pohorylo
35 Boot Shop Lane
Monroe, CT 06468
(203)261-1381
carpoh@aol.com
Secretary:
Marianne Straaik
25 Rhode Island Ave
Massapequa, NY 11758
(516)795-4126
LI Coordinator
Matt Smith
(631)209-9691
liparrothead@optonline.n
et
Eastern LI
Joe Lombardi
(631)324-9354
Executive Vice President:
Lorraine Bosshard
6 Mountainview Court
Fort Salonga, NY 1178
(631) 757-4043
Treasurer:
Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview Court
Fort Salonga, NY 1178
(631) 757-4043
Parrot Press/Banana
Wind Editor
Kerry-Anne Willett
12 Sylvan Road
Rocky Point, NY 11778
(631)821-1170
Ticket Liaison
Tom Dalton
(631)979-8337
ragtoptom@optonline
.net
buffettfans@gmail.com
NJ Coordinator
Jim & Ellen Hill
(973)994-2575
NYC Coordinator
Terri Amundsen
(718)956-5658
Upstate & Ct Coordinators
Carol & David Pohorylo
(203)261-1381
Western Coordinators
Linda Peter/Larry
DeGennaro
funnfins@aol.com
ldgenn93@aol.com
12 Sylvan Road
Rocky 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!
Jan 23-25 Midwinter Meltdown
Manassas, Virginia
February 7, 2009-Frosted Parrot Head Party
The Savoy at the Huntington Hilton
Feb. 8, 2009- CJPHC Mardi Gras Celebration
Sawmill Café, Seaside Park, NJ
February 28, 2009-NY Islander Game
Nassau Coliseum, NY
March 6-8, 2009 New England PH Convention
Portland, ME
June 5, 2009- Jim Morris
Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, CT
June 6, 2009 -Jim Morris & Big Bamboo Band
Captain’s Cove Bridgeport, CT
June 13-20, 2009 Belize with Jim Morris
Nov. 5-8, 2009- Meeting of the Minds
Registration is now open!
Final Thought:
It is estimated that Jimmy
Buffett makes in the excess
of $40 million annually.
To help wrap your head around
that number, here are a few
items that cost $40 million:
1) President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration
2) an upgrade to Philadelphia’s police radios
3) flight aboard the Russian space shuttle to the
International Space Station
4) total coaching, financing, training & medical costs
for an Australian athlete to earn an Olympic Gold
Medal
5) Bono’s new musical production of Spider-Man