Sunday July 23 2006
Grimey came and picked me up at 5 and Leslie went back to bed. Went to the airport and Kristy West’s mom picked us up in a giant stretch limo. We were driving to the airport and Grimey said: “I forgot my prophylactics!” and I forgot what they were. Then Kristy said “What’s a prophylactic?” and I was glad she asked because I truly had forgotten. We took 2 Southwest flights and when we got there everybody wanted to go to the beach pretty much right away, so we went, but there was something called “Red Tide” happening, and there was killer algae in the water and it made my skin burn. I got my fill of the beach and so me and Grimey and Tommy went to this little beach restaurant called “Doc’s” and had some beer and french fries. This drunken, sunburned stewardess kept interjecting into our conversation and she finally confided that she just broke up with her boyfriend who did lighting for Cher because he was addicted to crack. Went back to the Holiday Inn and I took a nap, then everyone rendez-voused for dinner and at an Irish pub behind the hotel, called “Fitzgerald’s” and it was pretty darn good. I had fish and chips and a whisky. ($15) Went to meet our host, Pam Connor, briefly, at the Hyatt Regency, and we looked at the ballroom where we would be playing tomorrow. Back to the Holiday Inn, took a quick dip in the pool and went to bed.