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St Bart Fun
Posted: December 31, 2005 12:31 am
by 1 CP
Posted: December 31, 2005 1:01 am
by ToplessRideFL
Its a shame he cant have any phun!
Posted: December 31, 2005 1:10 am
by 1 CP
and on our dime!!!
but just one tiny question: does he ever give us a 3 hour concert? And those folks presumably didnt pay!!
Posted: December 31, 2005 1:38 am
by nutmeg
Wow! I'm going to have to visit St Barts someday.
Looks like a great place. And heaven knows you might get a concert in a small bar....
Posted: December 31, 2005 8:47 am
by jonesbeach10
nutmeg wrote:Wow! I'm going to have to visit St Barts someday.
Looks like a great place. And heaven knows you might get a concert in a small bar....
How does Wino and I Know go?
"...Back to the island, honey,
Back to the sea,
Back to the only place I'd rather be..."
Here's the "Jimmy B" part:
We'd had an inkling that Jimmy Buffett, who has close ties to the island going back 30 years, was around. When we picked up our rental car at Budget, there had been a Magic Marker list of names of people with reservations. It wasn't a long list, but in addition to our name were those of Jimmy Buffet, Ivana Trump, and Prince. When Doña suggested that the list was a joke, the guy behind the counter said it wasn't. "You can see Jimmy's seaplane on the other side of the runway, and Ivana gets a car from us every year. When I delivered Prince's car to the Eden Rock Hotel, I was expecting the black rock 'n roll star, but he was some other Prince." Such is life on the little island of 6,000.
Anyway, later that night, we were cruising the waterfront, and decided to have a drink at La Bete A Z'Ails. We heard music as we edged into the bar that's about the size of the front indoor area of Sam's Anchor Cafe in Tiburon, and as we got there, we could see that Jimmy B was indeed standing in with the band. He'd apparently been singing for nearly three hours, and was cruising through some Bob Dylan material. As you can imagine, a good time was being had by all.
Jimmy B. singing up a storm before a small but adoring crowd.
Lyrics you wrote 30 years ago can be a little embarrassing later in life. ". . . I go for younger women, lived with several a while . . ."
After he finished playing, Buffett stood around for about 40 minutes happily talking to anyone and everyone. Just a regular guy. We didn't talk to him because we're not into bothering people without a good reason, but during that time we learned that it is Buffett's boat that Donny Anderson is running. Jimmy likes things casual, which would explain Anderson not being in uniform or uptight.
Posted: December 31, 2005 9:24 am
by 1 CP
Posted: December 31, 2005 10:10 am
by bravedave
Indeed, it was about an hour later, after we'd battled through the crowd a couple of times, that we once again found Doña. When we asked where she'd been, she explained that there had been a big line to take a pee, and in any event, she'd been in the toilet for the last 15 minutes with Jimmy B conducting, or at least attempting to conduct, an interview for Latitude. She had absolutely nothing to show for her efforts but a big grin.
(Don't believe everything you read on the internet.)
Posted: December 31, 2005 5:02 pm
by wannabejane
nutmeg wrote:Wow! I'm going to have to visit St Barts someday.
Looks like a great place. And heaven knows you might get a concert in a small bar....
I could freakin cry! I will be in St Barts in 5 weeks and was hoping I'd luck out and just "run in to" Jimmy there. WHAAAA
Of course he MIGHT return by then
Posted: December 31, 2005 5:53 pm
by Quiet and Shy
Wow, Jimmy actually almost looks embarrassed in that one photo!
I didn't think anything could make him blush.
And, I love the part about "mid-size boat"...the Continental Drifter's kinda big...so what's a big boat?? A cruise ship?
Thanks for sharing this, OCP!
Posted: December 31, 2005 6:06 pm
by jonesbeach10
Posted: December 31, 2005 6:48 pm
by conched
Quiet and Shy wrote:Wow, Jimmy actually almost looks embarrassed in that one photo!
I didn't think anything could make him blush.
And, I love the part about "mid-size boat"...the Continental Drifter's kinda big...so what's a big boat?? A cruise ship?
Thanks for sharing this, OCP!
Q&S, You made me want to go back and read this part...
Every space in the inner harbor has been taken for weeks. It's first come, first served, so most of these boats have been in port since the first week of December. They can leave, but if they are not back by 5 p.m. each night, they forfeit their coveted spot. The boats over 190 feet - and there are a bunch of them - have to anchor outside.
At least Jimmy's 110 foot mid-sized boat is small enough for the inner harbour.
Posted: December 31, 2005 10:14 pm
by SchoolGirlHeart
Quiet and Shy wrote:And, I love the part about "mid-size boat"...the Continental Drifter's kinda big...so what's a big boat?? A cruise ship?
You gotta see Newport in the summer..... 200' isn't unusual....
Posted: December 31, 2005 11:59 pm
by SMLCHNG
One Central Park wrote:and on our dime!!!
but just one tiny question: does he ever give us a 3 hour concert? And those folks presumably didnt pay!!
No, it's Jimmy's dime - and he can do what he wants with his money and time.
Lucky peeps to have been there!
Posted: January 1, 2006 3:13 am
by 1 CP
Right on all counts!!!
Now, why didnt I go to St Barts this week?
Yeah
Posted: January 1, 2006 4:33 pm
by DisisDave
How great is that?
I guess it's all about timing and being in the right place at the right time....someday...I hear the tropics calling me now..IT'S Time. But will JB be there...?
Posted: January 2, 2006 11:10 am
by rpnuge
Great
Posted: January 4, 2006 7:13 pm
by wanderingtoes
Looks like a lot of fun. I am moving St. Bart's to the top of my list, hopefully this year. Thanks for the information.
