Vegas Rocks Once Again!!!

Honey Do · Post by **Honey Do** » September 21, 2003 6:38 pm

Well folks, it's sunday morning, okay afternoon and I'm trying to recover a little bit. I think it's gonna be a long week. The concert was great!

Just wanted to tell any of you who were looking for the BuffettNews sign at the MGM - oops........... I really did make one, but it somehow didn't make it from Tommy Rocker's party on friday night to the MGM on saturday! It was a cool sign too!!!! Sorry guys. Hope everyone ahd as much fun as I did and it was great to meet those of you that I finally got to!

So...........any of you computer savvy folks got some good pictures to post??????

It was a lovely cruise...................

FINSUPinIdaho · Post by **FINSUPinIdaho** » September 21, 2003 10:05 pm

Will post soon, must relieve hangover first....

hikingontuesday · Post by **hikingontuesday** » September 22, 2003 12:01 am

Glad to hear you all had fun -- again! I won't make the mistake of missing Vegas again.

Looking forward to Shoreline on Thursday...!!!

mason · Post by **mason** » September 22, 2003 1:21 am

well, while i was walking around mgm looking for the bn sign, i did spot a few bn'ers with the fancy name tags. lets see, daddymention and secrets in the crust come to mind. i spotted jr mint as he was getting back to his seat during the break.

the flashing mini lites were a nice idea, was that something the lvph club came up with?

"listen to the stories i could tell"

on to shoreline.............

"no plane on sunday"

SoNvPH · Post by **SoNvPH** » September 22, 2003 10:03 am

We sold the flashing parrots and dolphins at Last Man Standing, it was pretty cool to see them flashing thoughout the concert.

LMS went very well!! we haven't done the final accounting yet, but we had over 400 in attendance and raised at least $5,000 for our charity. Everyone I talked to had a great time. Many thanks to all that attended!!!!

Parrothead Bob · Post by **Parrothead Bob** » September 22, 2003 10:58 am

Oh the stories we could tell...........and I will. Here is a report on my trip to Vegas.
What a great time! We rolled in to town Friday around 11:00am and had to wait around for a while to check in to the Key Largo. I met Eric "The Whaleshark" Pietsch and talked with him for a while. He is a hell of a nice guy. The guys hung around the hotel while we sent the women out shopping. It was a good move to let them get that out of their system early. By the time they got back, we had checked into our rooms and had a big headstart on the coctails. We then headed over to Tommy Rocker's. A big Fins Up! is in order for those who helped put that party on. The weather was perfect. Jerry Gontag, Eric, and The Fiesta Brother (that's right, we lost a brother to the Flu), Tommy Rocker and Conched Out were Fabulous. Thanks to the Las Vegas Parrothead Club for a great time! Dean and Honey Do, this means you! As some of you may have experienced, getting a cab after the party at Tommy's takes a long time. Luckily my wife volunteered to be the driver so we took our own car. Near the back of line for the cabs was FINSUPinIdaho. He came along with us and we had a fun ride back to the Hotels. Idaho was missing Phunminnie who had to take an unexpected trip back to her Hotel room a little early. A great piece of advice we all should follow, "Don't peak too early". Oh wait, who am I too give out advice (See later in the story).
The next morning the poolside party at the Key Largo got going at around 11:00am, and this was again a great party. Jerry Gontag performed nonstop for about 4 hours. Eric played a few songs, another guy who was pretty good (sorry forgot the name), and as I was leaving for the MGM party I could hear the Fiesta Brother again. The Gumbo Sluts were back with a vengance, and there was quite of few of us from here at Buffettnews.com. A few that I know were FINSUPinIdaho, PhunMinnie, Honey Do, Pirate Parrot, and Cowboy In The Jungle. I am sure there was more.
Then at around 5:00pm we headed over to the MGM for the pre-party. Wow that thing gets bigger each time. The party was going full force when we showed up. We made our way to the front of the stage where we found our Buffettnews phriends. Idaho and his Bandalero of Booze was making sure that everyone had a good time. We danced, drank and prepared ourselves to see the man.
As time for the concert neared, we decided to head back to our car where we had a few Corona's stashed in the cooler. I pounded 3 of them and another while walking to the entrance of the concert. Big mistake! This was on top of a whole day of coctails. Too much too fast. Remember what I said, "Don't peak too early". That's when I first saw the bear. Oh wait, wrong story. Anyway I was good for the first half of the show, but then just after intermission, I did the unthinkable, I puked in my pirate hat

. I then had to watch the rest of the show between the doorway and the bathroom. Major Bummer!!!! I have now seen the dark side of a Buffett concert. And it is not good.

As I wandered back and forth from the bathroom to the door way to watch little pieces of the show. I saw at least three girls who were in very bad shape. They were all being hauled out in wheelchairs and could not even hold up their heads. I am afraid they were hospital bound. I hope they ended up OK. After the show, I was still not feeling too good so my Brother In Law cruised me back to the Hotel. I was really looking forward to hanging out at Ricardo's after. I heard I missed a good time. I get a kick out of the Broken English Buffett tunes from the "Mexican Mullet" band at Ricardo's. I understand they actually cut the mullet's off this time.

I heard that Idaho took the mic and sand some tunes

. That's awesome!
Sunday morning I was feeling good again and we wandered around the strip for a while. We finally rolled home (just north of Salt Lake) at around 11:30pm last night. I needed another day! Next time I think we will stay over Sunday night too. Ohhhhhhhhh it sucks to be back at work.

Thanks again to everyone for a great time as always. Let's do it again!!!

ATLparrothead · Post by **ATLparrothead** » September 22, 2003 1:49 pm

What a show!!! Sounds like everyone had a great time in Vegas as did our group....and luckily no one in our group peaked too soon! I must admit there is nothing funnier than a parrothead in full attire playing poker! Anyway wanted to share this quick story.....we were in section L217 (side stage) and the section next to us was covered....well that didnt last too long. A couple of people starting sitting in the covered section which brought the attention of the usher who didnt like them there, but as soon as the usher left a swarm of parrotheads rushed to remove the cover and took over the section completely. The usher came back shook his head at all the dancing parrotheads and turned around and left! Parrotheads win!!!

ph4life · Post by **ph4life** » September 22, 2003 2:32 pm

Darn it, I just named and edited all my photos, but it turns out that the photo album is down until Oct. 1st.........Oh well, you'll have to wait a week to see some pix. I got some good shots tho, hope I can sneek the camera in at Coors and Irvine also. Vegas was great as usual. Excellent buffet at the Rio, the preparty at MGM was ablast, and I wound up breaking even at the tables. Let's do it again in 4 months, all right?

thetacoman · Post by **thetacoman** » September 22, 2003 4:43 pm

As usual the "Buffateers" were out in force. Thanks to JB and the Reefers it was a GREAT CONCERT, Good Times, and many Kool Phriends.
We had a blast

VEGAS ROCKS

Honey Do · Post by **Honey Do** » September 22, 2003 5:39 pm

Thanks Bob - glad you had a blast. I'm just so bummed I couldn't get the darn sign to MGM and Key Largo pool, but thanks to 7lords we had those cool name tags!

If you all ask phunminnie nicely, she may explain her whereabouts friday evening, along with telling you Pirate Parrots NEW nickname! I think phunminnie and FinsUpIdaho are still in recovery from that VERY EARLY morning flight sunday!

ohmyhell · Post by **ohmyhell** » September 23, 2003 3:01 am

hey parrothead bob. i'm from utah too. i was singing with finsupidaho. well sorta singing, he knew the words, i was drunk and just trying to fit in. i feel your pain with the vomiting. i had a lil trouble around 6:00pm. however, by 8:30 i got my 2nd wind and was going strong. i'd like to thank all the supportive parrotheads who cheered me on as i tried to regain my senses and what not. i dont know what you look like parrothead bob, but i was the emaciated asian guy with the shark and beer bong hat. i was hanging out with the gal who had the ken and barbie doggy style hat. anyone out there that saw me and my lil friend, you should say hi. always like to try to make new parrot head friends

emilia3243 · Post by **emilia3243** » September 23, 2003 8:06 am

I have to say that was a PHantastic concert on Saturday. I hadn't seem him in 2 years, so it was nice to be back in the action again. We went w/ no tickets & ended up getting some freebies thanks to a wonderful casino on the strip. I brought a virgin to the show, I think i may have converted her

Sorry about all of those that peaked too early, that doesn't sound like much phun at all. I myself tried to be a good girl all day so that I could enjoy the show a lil more than the last time (extremely hungover & operating on 2 hours of sleep). Speaking of sleep, last night I had the best dream. I was at a Buffett show & got a chance to buy JB a Corona and hang out with hime for awhile. Hopefully one of these days I'll have a bout of deja'vu & it will happen in real life!

jr mint · Post by **jr mint** » September 23, 2003 8:22 am

Aloha.
OMG. What a Fantastic time we had in Vegas. So much great energy. I still don't have my voice back 100%. I meet some of BNs peeps.
Gave away 20 Virgin Scavenger hunt list at the MGM pre party. Dang what an awesome time.

Now it's on to Irvine.

And it looks like I will be Hawaii bound in Jan.

jiggs(2) · Post by **jiggs(2)** » September 23, 2003 9:30 am

loved to hear him play Midnight and I'm not famous yet...he could have ended the concert after the second song and I would of been happy...it was a great show overall, but I am a huge fan of that song and can't wait to get it on the live CD...32 hopping and a 10 dollar yo yo yo

7lords · Post by **7lords** » September 23, 2003 9:54 am

ph4life wrote:Darn it, I just named and edited all my photos, but it turns out that the photo album is down until Oct. 1st.........Oh well, you'll have to wait a week to see some pix. I got some good shots tho, hope I can sneek the camera in at Coors and Irvine also. Vegas was great as usual. Excellent buffet at the Rio, the preparty at MGM was ablast, and I wound up breaking even at the tables. Let's do it again in 4 months, all right?

You can email me if you'd like me to host your pictures until the BN album is back up. buffett@uwbadgers.net

Parrothead Bob · Post by **Parrothead Bob** » September 23, 2003 10:07 am

ohmyhell.....
I remember you guys from up near the front of the pre-show with Conched Out. Too bad I missed Ricardo's. My wife says she may have took a picture of you guys singing at Ricardo's. I will see what there is tonite and try to get them posted.
I think most of our pictures we took on the regular film camera, but I know that we took a few on the digital.

finsupnorth · Post by **finsupnorth** » September 23, 2003 10:30 am

Parrothead Bob wrote: I met Eric "The Whaleshark" Pietsch and talked with him for a while. He is a hell of a nice guy.

Hey PHB! You met Erik and TaTiana! You are privledged. They are awesome aren't they! Just heard word back from TaTiana that they had a blast! Wish I could have been there.... now they are onto California...can't wait till they come back to Wisconsin next year....might see them at the Alpine show, keep in touch if you are interested....Utah isn't too far away

jr mint · Post by **jr mint** » September 23, 2003 11:24 am

Ricardo's was a blast. too bad they are closing in Oct. The MGM wants them out. That su*ks. They have a darn good location. Saw alot of Parrotheads there. Even a Canadian PHs. About 10 or soo. If you remember the guy with the Barbie dolls in a 69. That's me

Air M'Ville Cap'n · Post by **Air M'Ville Cap'n** » September 23, 2003 1:16 pm

So has anyone heard back from SirGumby? I am wondering if he is sitting in a jail cell in Vegas

sirgumby77 · Post by **sirgumby77** » September 23, 2003 3:07 pm

ATLparrothead wrote:What a show!!! Sounds like everyone had a great time in Vegas as did our group....and luckily no one in our group peaked too soon! I must admit there is nothing funnier than a parrothead in full attire playing poker! Anyway wanted to share this quick story.....we were in section L217 (side stage) and the section next to us was covered....well that didnt last too long. A couple of people starting sitting in the covered section which brought the attention of the usher who didnt like them there, but as soon as the usher left a swarm of parrotheads rushed to remove the cover and took over the section completely. The usher came back shook his head at all the dancing parrotheads and turned around and left! Parrotheads win!!!

Yea that was pretty darn funny--i was in 217L too.