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WPB Review (last but not least)



Well I'm alittle late and Lou beat me to the post about the Ritz-Carlton
but only because we took 2 extra days in WPB and I left my laptop at home=

so I wouldn't be tempted to work.

Before I continue I have to get a few things out of the way:

1)   Jeff - Yes we made it to WPB and I'm sorry that you couldn't.  I can=
't
deny that it cost a fortune between airfare, tickets, car rental & hotel
but it was well worth it.

2)  Fidyl - Sorry that we missed you.  We got to the venue late & earlier=

that day a friend from NJ had left a message at our hotel to tell us that=

he had changed his mind and was coming down for the show.  Left us with
meeting instructions & I felt that the priority went to him.  Side bar: =

What the f@$* happen to you Bruce!! You never showed up.  I hope you are
still alive.

3)  Alan -  I can't believe I missed you again.  You were at the WPB show=
=2E =

Crap!

To get on with it:

Someone posted about Pete pointing & playing to someone in the audience. =

This happened twice during the show.  We were 5th row center and there wa=
s
this guy in the first row dead center to Roger & Pete.  The guy was great=
 -
singing, cheering, dancing - my kind of guy.  Well he got the water bottl=
e
that Roger has been tossing into the front row & when he got it, it was
half full and he just turned it upside down over the top of his head and
let the water splash down on him.  Pete seemed to love this move and beca=
me
infatuated with him for about a minute.

The second time was when this guy in the 3rd row Pete's side decided to p=
ut
his 3 year old son up on his shoulders during TKAA.  The kid smiled and h=
ad
both hands in thumbs up mode.  Pete spotted it and pointed it out to the
camera man and for those of you that noticed the kid made it on the
jumbo-tron.

The show ofcourse was incredible and the highlight for me was when Pete
clearly stated that  "THIS IS THE LAST SHOW OF THIS TOUR".  It gives me
hope anyway.

In Lou's post he put in the short version of the Ritz-Carlton excursion. =

Well I feel the need to elaborate.  I don't think I need to describe the =
RC
(TO MUCH MONEY FOR WORDS).  Well, I'm expecting that the lobby would be
filled with concierge & security (it was); that there would be fellow fan=
s
milling in the lobby just to get a peek or possible entry but low & behol=
d
we walk into a weekend at the Catskills!!!

There are approx 15 octogenarians sitting in what appeared to be a piano
bar area.  There was Grandpa Moses tickling the ivories with Grandma
singing some kind of mambo song with 2 of the more lively silverettes
showing the rest of them what they still got.  My first reaction was "I'm=

in the twilight zone!!!" " This has got to be a joke the lads aren't
staying here!!!"

Still in shock I turn around and come face to face with Zak.  I instantly=

slip in to high gear because "Dis muz be de place" and grap Zak.  Well I
really don't grap him but I shake his hand tell him what a great job I
think he is doing and all the while grapping for my *sharpie* and ask Zak=

if he will sign the shirt that JAE signed last week in VA Beach.  He says=

sure and as I turn to grap my husband (who insisted on wearing the shirt
again against my wishes) he's gone.  GONE I TELL YOU!  I am standing with=
 a
hand on Zak Starkey's arm, sharpie in hand, with an approval for a
signature and what I want him to sign is nowhere to be seen!!!!!  At that=

very moment Simon comes flying around a corner (too fast for any type of =

contact) Zak sees him tells me he's sorry and takes off after Simon.  Wel=
l
by now I bet you are all wondering where my Husband is with *the shirt*? =

IN THE BATHROOM!!  The man took off to go to the bathroom.  What nerve he=

has to think about his blatter with The Who in the building?  Lou's wife
Ann gave me a great idea for the next time (if there ever is one)  buy hi=
m
depends.

That pretty much ends the saga.  We really didn't see anybody else that
night.  1 or 2 of the horn players and that Waters kid.  We didn't approa=
ch
him for 2 reasons

1.  He spent just about the entire time standing in the lobby playing
tonsil hockey with his girlfriend &
2. In the eloquent words of my husband "Who the f@%k is he?  Just a kid
that got real lucky"  (Needless to say my husband missed Billy Idol.  He
thought he was the perfect  Ace Face).

Lou & Ann had a great time.  Talk to you soon!

Sorry for the length.  But please always remember length is good!

Kathleen (my normal life may now resume) Pasquale