I was driving past First Beach in Newport, RI, this past weekend, watching the waves from Hurricane Lee forming an offshore break from a northerly wind. It was peaceful. And it reminded me of the song “Oldest Surfer on the Beach” by Jimmy Buffett. Appearing on the 2013 album Songs from St. Somewhere, it was […]
Jimmy Buffett’s Formula for Your Success Is This
When Jimmy Buffett gave the commencement speech to graduates at the University of Miami, he explained his formula for success: Talent is 10%, luck is 20%, work is 30%, and passion is 40%. Hearing that about work and passion, Your Survival Guy exclaimed to himself: “So you’re saying there’s a chance! If I can control […]
Survival Guy’s Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
“We’re initiating the hurricane protocol,” he said. “We’ll have your boat out by tomorrow morning.” “OK, great, thanks,” I said. And that’s how the call from Your Survival Guy’s boatyard went yesterday. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. If there’s a chance this Cat 5 Hurricane Lee is going to make landfall, I don’t […]
Do You Know What Stagflation, Deflation, and Inflation Are?
Have you been out to lunch or dinner lately and looked at the astronomical prices on the right side of the menu? Did you think, “With these prices, you’d think someone, anyone, would like to take my order?” Then, you get your cheeseburger, in no paradise of yours, and it’s missing one of the fixings […]
RIP Jimmy Buffett: Death of an American Treasure
Jimmy Buffett—just writing his name makes me think of a different place and time—will be remembered as a pirate who brought his listeners treasure. What a blow it was Saturday morning after learning that he died the night before. In an instant, I knew what it felt like the day the music died. My life […]
R.I.P Jimmy Buffett
The music world is mourning the loss of the iconic singer-songwriter, Jimmy Buffett. Jimmy Buffett passed away peacefully on September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music, and dogs, writes Anne Steele of The Wall Street Journal. She writes (abridged): Jimmy Buffett, the understated crooner whose escapist songs became a symbol of kicking back on […]
Jimmy Buffett Playing Key West
The locals are always fired up to have Jimmy Buffett back in town in Key West. Buffett played his second of two shows at the Key West Theater last night and will play two more on February 9 and 11 at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater. The whole town has been buzzing. It will be great […]
Jimmy Buffett’s: A Pirate Looks at 40
In remembrance of Jimmy Buffett, who passed away on September 1, I think you’ll like the following piece I posted in April of 2019 on Jimmy and his friend Jerry Jeff Walker and the Key West “Pirate,” Phil Clark. Make sure you have a chance to appreciate where you’re going and where you’ve been. Jimmy […]
VIDEO: Jimmy Buffett/George Harrison/Ringo Starr
Jimmy Buffett played an amazing 30 song set last night in Key West. I’m sorry to have missed it in person, but I enjoyed watching it on Margaritaville.tv from chilly Newport, RI. You can watch JB’s show from last night, live at the San Carlos Institute in Key West, FL, below. In 2008 he played the Newport […]
Jimmy Buffett Key West
J.B.will be playing at San Carlos Theater on April 1st. Wish we were still going to be down here for it.
