Metro Parrot Head Newsletter
(NY, NJ, CT)
Vol. 15- No. 7
July 2007
That’s My Window On The World
My Last Revolution around the Sun
Time flies when you’re having rum, I mean fun. It is very hard for me to believe
that I’ve just finished my third trip around the sun as the President of the METRO
Parrot Head Club. I have now begun my last 365 days filling this position. On
July 29, 2008 a new person will be taking over control and head the METRO
PHC in a new direction. Marianne and I still have a lot of things to do before we
say good-bye and step down as the Club leaders; we are not finished yet!
Over the years there have been a number of very special people who have made my job as the
METRO Parrot Head Club President an enjoyable journey. I would like to recognize a few this month:
Eddie Travers
who helped our Long Island group find a new home for our monthly Happy Hours. We left the smoke
filled, dark and dingy “Fins Pub” and began a quest for a new location. After several failed attempts
the METRO PHC Troubadour Ed found us a home at Zoink‘s, for that I will always be thankful.
Corrie Sanchez
for helping us take the METRO PHC Silent Auction for Breast Cancer up a notch by finding us a
new bigger and brighter location at the Huntington Hilton. The room size has helped us expand and
display more items which has increased our donation to this wonderful cause.
Barbie Riley
from Margaritaville Tequila for setting up her “Tequila Bar” at this outstanding event. Adding to the
festivities and enjoyment of this METRO PHC annual function.
While I’m on the subject of the Silent Auction a special thank you to our club DJ Herman Tumm for
bringing your skills and supplying continuous music all night long.
Carol
and Dave Pohorylo from our METRO North PHC branch for the Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo
shows for the annual Swim Across The Sound charity. This event grows bigger and bigger each
year.
Also from METRO North, Larry and Denise DeGennaro for making my Annual Report to PHIP look
good with their big donation to the Alzheimer Memory Walk in Rockland County.
Marianne, my beautiful wife and the METRO PHC First Lady and Secretary, for all the time, effort,
energy and ideas that she has put into each and every detail of the Frosted Parrot Head Party. The
FPHP has been transformed from a yearly dinner party into the party of the year. Thanks once again to
Corrie for helping us find a new home for the Frosted after the old place folded up. Marianne also set
up, collected and delivered our Toys for Tots items and she did the same for our Cat & Dog Toy
Drive for The North Shore Animal League.
Continued on page 3
MONTHLY NOTABLES:
One more candle and a trip around the sun….
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Congratulations!
"Malibu" and Anthony Pino
welcomed their first keet on
Wednesday, May 16th. Jennifer
Jaclyn Alana weighed in at 7lb
20 oz and 20” long!
WELCOME ABOARD!
Jerome & Maria Varriale
Ed Meyer
Annie Aversa
Gerry Travers
Kelly Farley
Jennifer Porter
Rich Hinrichsen
Amanda McDorman
Martha Nash
Patti Bell
Margaret Gill
Peter Kieseheuer
John Winston
Bob Cohen
Lynne Creamer
Terri Romeo
Kathleen Fitzgerald
Stephanie Jacobs
Sally Anne Udalovus
Paula Foote
Nancy Robertson
Irene Scotto
Tim Osborn
Cindy Ciccia
Kristin Negri
Cathy Malone
Jo Ann Form
Kathi Hanrahan
Beth Alter
Beverly Wilson
Linda Worthman
Michelle Neats
Annie Aversa
Ellen Hill
Ed Yaker
Suzanne Cavaliere
Jeff Flick
Rosey Kelly
Pat Stretch
Peter Tufanisco
Michele Brodtman
John Albin
Jack Durkin
Jodi Lawsky
Terri Amundsen
Joe Lienau
Mike Wieszczek
Bob Wieser
Marcia Greengold
Richard Caravan
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Favorite Song
Boat Drinks
Margaritaville
Fins
Margaritaville
Fins
A Pirate Looks At Forty
When The Coast Is Clear
They Don't Dance Like Carmen
It's My Job
Everlasting Moon
Come Monday
Ho Ho Ho & A bottle of Rhum
Cowboy In The Jungle
Come Monday
USS Zydecoldsmobile
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Margaritaville
Cheeseburger In Paradise
California Promises
Happily Ever After...
Cheeseburger In Paradise
A Pirate looks at Forty
Boat Drinks
Changes in Latitudes
Holiday
Growing Older But Not Up
Margaritaville
Southern Cross
Fins
Cheeseburger in Paradise
One Particular Harbor
School Boy Heart
Come Monday
Margaritaville
Trip Around The Sun
Knees of My Heart
Some Gothic Ranch Action
Cheeseburger In Paradise
Come Monday
A Pirate Looks At Forty
Margaritaville
Continued from page 1- My Last Revolution…
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree how lovely are thy branches... special thanks to Pete and
Marilyn Tufanisco “Our Ambassadors to the Trees” and to all the club members who have donated
items and time decorating our club tree at “The Festival of Trees”.which helps support the United
Cerebral Palsy Association.
Kudos to Matt and Karen Smith for the New York Islander outings, Tracey and Bruce Markland for
the Long Island Ducks games.
To Al and Marsha Greengold and their great effort putting together both our Long Island Harvest
Food Drives and the Clothing Drives for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Long Island.
A tip of the hat to Joe and Marie Lombardi for running the annual Family Picnic all those years. A
special thanks to Lon Ormanian for taking over this job. Also thanks Joe & Marie for all the Road
Clean Ups along Route 114 in East Hampton and especially for the luncheon afterwards.
Thank you Larry Kiewra for putting together and updating our club webpage @ www.metrophc.com.
Let me not forget our Ambassador of Goodwill and Jim Morris’ #1 fan Bosco Thurer.
Thanks to all the members of the METRO PHC Board of Directors:
Lorraine Bosshard
: Executive Vice President, Peter Bosshard: Club Treasurer, Tom Dalton: Ticket Liaison & METRO
Marketplace, Joe Lombardi: East Long Island Area Coordinator, Terri Amundsen: NYC Area
Coordinator, Peter & Lorraine: Long Island Area Coordinators,
Carol
& Dave Pohorylo: Connecticut Area Coordinators, Jim & Ellen Hill: New Jersey Area Coordinators.
A very special thank you to our new METRO PHC Editor of the Parrot Press: Kerry-Anne Willett.
Let me stop here or Kerry’s first edition of the “Parrot Press” will have no room for anything else.
Last but certainly not least Ralph Wotruba for bringing his two friends to our MOTM METRO PHC
Happy Hour at The Drunken Parrot: Robert Greenidge and Michael Utley. Thanks once again
Corrie for finding our Key West Happy Hour home.
Mahalo,
Al
Al Straaik - President
METRO Parrot Head Club
FISHING ANYONE?
Al is trolling the waters to see if he gets any bites for a Saturday sunset fishing excursion
out of Captree. Sounds likes this one may be a keeper! Here’s a little “chum” for thought…
JR EXPRESS
ADULTS-$28
KEETS & SENIORS-$16
(keets 12 and under)
Willing to take the bait? We need a minimum of 25 people, so email ASAP with the number of
people in your party: buffettfans@gmail.com
DRINK IT UP (JOE & LON), THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!
Let’s be honest. We know you do it. You see the mail has arrived. Eagerly, you rush to
the mailbox and grab the newest edition of the Parrot Press. Quickly, but carefully, you stir up
that “frozen concoction that helps you hang on.”
As the Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker does its thing, you turn up the volume
on Sirius channel 31. You pour your tropical refreshment as you head southeast of disorder—or
just simply ignore it all around you. You escape to your Margaritaville as you sip your drink
and peruse the articles, updates, and stories that have been laboriously compiled by Joe
Lombardi & Lon Ormanian for 13 years!
Many of us have counted on Joe’s issues of the Parrot Press to keep us abreast of “all
things Buffett”. The hours Joe & Lon have dedicated to the Parrot Press run into the thousands.
Their hard work, perseverance, and sense of humor (not necessarily in that order) are what have
made the Parrot Press the success we all enjoy and rely on each month. With 162 newsletters
under their belt, Joe & Lon have passed the pen leaving me some mighty big shoes to fill.
I look forward to the challenge that awaits me. I am overwhelmed with the votes of
confidence and support I have received from Joe, Pete, Al, and fellow Parrot Heads, and of
course my husband Scott. Thank you.
I anticipate receiving your contributions, reviews, and schools of thought. If you would
like to add to our monthly newsletter, email me at buffettfans@gmail.com prior to the 20th of
each month.
Now, raise that Boat Drink and let us congratulate Joe & Lon for a job well done!
Okole maluna
Joe & Lon!
LANDSHARK SIGHTINGS!
By Matt Smith
Pholks,, Check out www.landsharklager.com
Here you can not only listen to the radio commercials for Jimmy's beer, but also type in
your zip code to find out where to buy Landshark Lager in your area, or where to
partake in a Landshark Lager at your favorite bar/restaurant.
Check out www.landsharklager.com
P.S. (I can attest that if you type in 11777, you will see Tara Inn. I can also attest that
Tara Inn is not a misprint, as I enjoyed some there as recently as yesterday!)
MARGARITAVILLE
COMING TO CONNECTICUT
June 28,2007, Boston Globe:
High-rolling parrotheads and other fans of Jimmy Buffett will be happy to learn that a Buffett
Margaritaville Restaurant is now part of Mohegan Sun's expansion plans.
Mohegan Sun, a casino complex in Uncasville, Ct., announced in November a $740-million
expansion plan; at a ground-breaking ceremony today, casino officials were expected to disclose
that a Margaritaville restaurant, replete with tiki huts and a "cheeseburger in paradise" menu
entree, will be part of the mix, along with a previously announced 1,000-room hotel.
Part of the Buffett legend is that his love songs are not just about beautiful women, but also about
stupefying slush drinks - a.k.a. the margarita.
To ensure that patrons don't suffer from tequila deficiencies plans call for the restaurant to feature an eight-foot
tall blender that fills with margaritas every hour, according to a publicist for the project.
(Chris Reidy, Globe staff)
Buffet vs. Chesney
Catherine Artman, Vaunda Bonnett and William Loeffler of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review recently
published this fun quiz that shows that maybe Kenny Chesney really does know how Jimmy Buffett feels!
See if you can match the singer with the correct items below.
Answers on the next page.
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Penned No. 1 hit, "Beer in Mexico" at Sammy Hagar's pool in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Didn't get his first guitar until his freshman year in college
Began his career in Nashville, where record company conveniently "lost" the master tapes to his
second album, only to "discover" them again after he became famous
Arrested in Buffalo in 2000 after a brief ride on a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse
His holiday album is titled "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan"
Wrote the No. 1 New York Times best-seller, "Where Is Joe Merchant?"
Recorded song "Guitars and Tiki Bars"
Ex-wife listed "fraud" as the reason for request of annulment of four-month marriage
Recorded "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus"
Recorded CD "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
Joined onstage by a sax-playing President Bill Clinton at 1993 inaugural
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is a close personal friend
Sang on a remake of "Hey Good Lookin'"
Spotted boating on the river near Heinz Field when he was in town for a concert last summer
MARGARITAVILLE NIGHT”
IN
SAYVILLE & MORICHES
Ed Travers Band
Party with Ed and his gang
Friday, August 17th at 7 PM
South Main Street Parking Lot, Sayville
Saturday, August 18th at 7-9 PM
Center Moriches Elementary School lawn.
Montauk Highway, Center Moriches.
THE L.I. HAPPY IS BACK!!
THE HARBOR CRAB RESTAURANT
JUL/AUG/SEPT
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116 DIVISION STREET
PATCHOGUE, LONG ISLAND.
ED TRAVERS EVERY THURSDAY 9 PM
RADIO MARGARITAVILLE IS ALWAYS ON
COME ON DOWN TO THE TIKI BAR!
WWW.HARBORCRAB.COM
ANSWERS to Buffett vs. Chesney Quiz
Buffet: 3, 6, 9, 11: Chesney: 1, 2, 4, 5-8, 10, 12, 14 Both: 13
ANNUAL FAMILY PICNIC
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Fresh Pond Park, Amagansett
11AM-????
The day will begin with a Road Clean-Up
Contact Joe for details. metrojoe@optonline.net
Burgers, soft drinks & hot dogs will be provided.
Bring a potluck dish to share.
DON’T FORGET A TOY FOR FIDO!
Marianne & Al Straaik will be collecting dog/cat toys for
North Shore Animal League……WOOF!
$11,000.00 + for Charity
By Al Straaik
Yes, that is the amount of money that Carol and Dave Pohorylo and the entire METRO North’s
well-oiled machine took in at the “5th Annual METRO & MORRIS” show held on Saturday, June
9th at Captain’s Cove Seaport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This year Jim Morris and the Big
Bamboo were better than ever! If you missed this fundraiser make sure you plan to attend next
year, remember it is just a ferry trip away.
Parrot Heads from eleven states made the journey to Connecticut and were able to drink all the
Land Shark Lager they could. The total number of people attending the annual show was an
unbelievable 300. Swim Across the Sound will be given a check for $11,187.65 from the
METRO PHC.
If you were lucky enough to purchase tickets for the Friday, June 8th show: Jim Morris Acoustic
Cafe, you got to hear Jim tell stories on what inspired him to write each song and hear him sing
each one.
It was an awesome weekend of music, stories, boat drinks, beer, auctions (both silent and live),
good times and money, nothing else needs to be said except THANK YOU Carol & Dave we are
all looking forward to Swim Across The Sound 2008.
ANNUAL TROOP FEST
Sunday, July 15th
1pm - 5pm
Entertainment by Jimmy & the Parrots
Tickets $25SAVE $5 W/ MILITARY ID
2 hour Open Bar!
Delicious Buffet!
Prize drawings! Give-aways!
The Lagoon Essington, PA
Tri-State ParrotHead Club | TSPHC | PO BOX 65274 | Philadelphia |
PA | 19155
The Great South Bay Music Festival
JULY 13,14,15. FRI, SAT, & SUN.
SHOREFRONT PARK, PATCHOGUE, NY
WWW.GREATSOUTHBAYMUSICFESTIVAL.COM
OR CALL- 631-331-0808
Please Check ….
Take a moment to check your name/address as it was with bloodshot eyes—not
from the Mantovani or the Smith’s Memorial Day BBQs or the newly available
Landshark Lagers—but from allergies, that they were typed up. If any corrections need
to be made, please don’t hesitate to let me know at buffettfans@gmail.com. Also, take
note of your expiration date located on your mailing label. July ’07 has expired!
Kerry-Anne
FINS UP
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Club Bidness
METRO CLUB MONTHLY “HAPPY HOUR” GATHERINGS
NYC Parrot Heads
Metro North
Long Island Parrot
are still looking for a
East Side Café
Heads on sabbatical.
place to phlock.
232 East Avenue
Will migrate back in
Contact Terri
Norwalk, CT
October!
nd
Amundsen with any
2 Tuesday of each
suggestions.
month at 6:30 PM.
MSG CONCERT
BAREFOOTIN’
ANGUILLA DVD
Tickets available for the
Where
were you March 24th at
KEY WEST
Thursday show. Contact Tom
Dalton by Aug.1st.
(631) 979-8337
ragtoptom@optonline.net
16TH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE MINDS
NOV.1-4TH
CHECK www.phip.com FOR
DETAILS.
3 PM? Chances are you
WEREN’T in Anguilla
watching JB perform at the
Dunes Preserve. But, you are
in luck…a DVD of Jimmy’s
concert for Project Stingray,
Anguilla Tennis Academy,
and the Anguilla Community
Foundation will be available
in December.
METRO MARKET PLACE…
1 stop shopping for all your Parrot Head needs
Stock up on Summer Necessities
Bottle Jerseys..$3~~Can Kozies…$0.50….Baseball Hats…$17
VISIT www.METROphc.com FOR A FULL LIST OF AVAILABLE MERCHANDISE
METRO PARROT HEAD CLUB DIRECTORY
President: Al Straaik
25 Rhode Island Ave.
Massapequa, NY 11758
(516) 795-4126
Executive Vice President:
Lorraine Bosshard
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
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
Treasurer: Peter Bosshard
6 Mountainview Court
Fort Salonga, NY 11768
(631) 757-4043
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!
A FINAL THOUGHT…
July 13, 2007 – Luau Night @LI Ducks
Central Islip, NY
July 13-15 – Great American Music Festival
Shorefront Park, Patchogue, NY
July 28, 2007 – Family Picnic at Fresh Pond
Park, Amagansett, NY
Aug.17, 2007 – Margaritaville Night
Sayville, NY
Aug. 18, 2007 – Margaritaville Night
Center Moriches, NY
Aug. 30, 2007 – Jimmy Buffett @ Mohegan
Sun, Uncasville, CT
Sept 18th & 20th, 2007- Jimmy Buffett @
Madison Square Garden, NYC
We pride ourselves on being Parrot Heads.
We phlock to all kinds of events &
fundraisers. We even dress in parrot
paraphernalia! But. do you know the origin
of the nickname used to describe the fans of
Jimmy Buffett?
If you have an event you would like to see added to our
newsletter, please email it to buffettfans@gmail.com