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Aside from his career in music, Buffett is also a best-selling writer and is involved in two restaurant chains named after two of his best known songs, Cheeseburger in Paradise® and Margaritaville®. He owns the Margaritaville® Cafe restaurant chain and co-developed the Cheeseburger in Paradise® restaurant concept with OSI Restaurant Partners (parent of Outback Steakhouse), which operates the chain under a licensing agreement with Buffett.
Buffett is a licensed pilot, holding instrument, single and multi-engine land and sea ratings.
Buffett continues to tour throughout the year, although he has shifted recently to a more relaxed schedule of around 20-30 dates, and rarely on back-to-back nights, preferring to play only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, thus the title of his 1999 live album Buffett Live - Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Purchasing tickets is difficult -- with most of his concerts selling out in minutes.
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Jimmy Announcing the 2009 Tour Dates...
2009 Summerzcool Concert Schedule
- 02/24/09 MAUI ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER Maui, HI
- 02/28/09 WAIKIKI SHELL Honolulu, HI
- 04/16/09 LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE Atlanta, GA
- 04/18/09 PIZZA HUT PARK Dallas, TX
- 04/21/09 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE Charlotte, NC
- 04/23/09 TWC MUSIC PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK Raleigh, NC
- 04/25/09 FORD AMPHITHEATRE Tampa, FL
- 05/14/09 CRICKET WIRELESS PAVILION Phoenix, AZ
- 05/16/09 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA Las Vegas, NV
- 05/19/09 SLEEP TRAIN PAVILLION Concord, CA
- 05/21/09 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER Irvine, CA
- 06/18/09 SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER Camden, NJ
- 06/20/09 SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER Camden, NJ
- 06/23/09 POST-GAZETTE PAVILION Pittsburgh, PA
- 06/25/09 COMCAST CENTER Mansfield, MA
- 06/27/09 COMCAST CENTER Mansfield, MA
- 08/06/09 RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER Cincinnati, OH
- 08/08/09 TOYOTA PARK Bridgeview, IL
- 08/11/09 VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER Indianapolis, IN
- 08/13/09 DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE Detroit, MI
- 08/15/09 TOYOTA PARK Bridgeview, IL
- 08/23/09 BOARDWALK HALL Atlantic City, NJ
- 08/26/09 NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATRE Wantagh, NY
- 08/29/09 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATER East Troy, WI
- 09/03/09 NISSAN PAVILION Bristow, VA
- 09/05/09 NISSAN PAVILION Bristow, VA
- 10/15/09 CRICKET WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE Chula Vista, CA
- 10/17/09 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA Las Vegas, NV
- 10/21/09 KEY ARENA AT SEATTLE CENTER Seattle, WA
- 10/24/09 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA Las Vegas, NV
- 11/19/09 AIR CANADA CENTRE Toronto, Ontario
- 11/21/09 MOHEGAN SUN ARENA Uncasville, CT
- 11/24/09 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York, NY
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What is Your Favorite Jimmy Buffett Album?
Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection
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Songs You Know by Heart : Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s)
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Live in Anguilla
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Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
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Jimmy Buffett - Live at Wrigley Field Double Header
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Take The Weather With You
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Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
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License to Chill
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A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
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Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes
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Live at Texas Stadium
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Far Side of the World
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Son of a Son of a Sailor
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Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
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The Best Summer Job Ever
Jimmy Buffett Career Highlights - Part One of Two
Jimmy Buffett was born to James Delaney "J.D." Buffett Jr. and Mary Loraine "Peets" Buffett in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Buffett spent part of his childhood in Mobile, Alabama. As a boy in grade school, he attended St. Ignatius School. He later lived in Fairhope, Alabama -- considered by Buffett his "Home Town" during a 2001 concert.He graduated from high school from McGill Institute for Boys (now McGill-Toolen Catholic High School) in 1964. He began playing guitar during his college years at Auburn University and The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he received a bachelor's degree in history in 1969. He was initiated into the fraternity Kappa Sigma (%u039A%u03A3) at the University of Southern Mississippi.
After graduating from college, Buffett worked as a correspondent for Billboard Magazine in Nashville, breaking the news of the separation of Flatt and Scruggs. Buffett and his second wife Jane (Jane Slagsvol) have two daughters, Savannah Jane and Sarah Delaney, and an adopted son, Cameron Marley, and reside in Palm Beach, Florida. They were separated in the early 1980s, however, they reconciled in 1991. He and first wife Margie Washichek were married in 1969 and divorced in 1972.
Buffett began his musical career in Nashville, Tennessee during the late 1960s as a country artist and recorded his first album, the folk rock Down to Earth, in 1970. During this time Buffett could be frequently found busking for tourists in New Orleans. Country music singer Jerry Jeff Walker took him to Key West on a busking expedition. Buffett then moved to Key West and began establishing the easy-going beach bum persona for which he is known. Following this move, Buffett combined country, folk, and pop music with coastal as well as tropical lyrical themes for a sound sometimes called "gulf and western." Today, he is a regular visitor to the Caribbean island of Saint Barts and other islands where he gets inspiration for many of his songs and some of the characters in his books.
Buffett's third album was the 1973 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean. A1A followed in 1974, Havana Daydreamin' appeared in 1976, followed by 1977's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which featured the breakthrough hit song "Margaritaville".
During the 1980s, Buffett made far more money off his tours than albums and became known as a popular concert draw. He released a series of albums during the following twenty years, primarily to his devoted audience, and also branched into writing and merchandising. In 1985, Buffett opened the first of the "Margaritaville" restaurants in Key West, bringing new visibility and life to the Margaritaville name. During the 1980s Buffett played at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He briefly changed the name of the band from "Coral Reefers" to the "Coral Reef Band" to suit the HLS&R's request as they thought "Reefers" was a drug related reference. HLS&R is a charity event that provides student grants to children and young adults that compete in agriculture contests (FFA).
Two of Buffett's more out-of-character albums were Christmas Island, a collection of holiday songs, and Parakeets, a collection of Buffett songs sung by children and containing "cleaned-up" lyrics (like "a cold root beer" instead of "a cold draft beer").
In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist Herman Wouk to create a short-lived musical based on Wouk's novel, Don't Stop the Carnival. Broadway showed little interest in the play, and it only ran for six weeks in Miami. He released the soundtrack for the musical in 1998.
In August 2000, Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played on the White House lawn for then President Bill Clinton.
In 2003, he partnered in a partial duet with Alan Jackson for the song "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," a number one hit on the country charts. This song won the 2003 Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year. This was Buffett's first award of any kind for his music in his 30 year career.
Buffett's album, License to Chill, released on July 13, 2004, sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan. With this, Buffett topped the U.S. pop albums chart for the first time in his three-decade career.
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Margaritaville DM0500 Bahamas 36-Ounce Frozen-Concoction Maker
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The Jolly Mon: Book and Musical CD
The Jolly Mon: Book and Musical CD
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Reader Review:
"I ordered this for my niece, I read it and it is wonderful! I will be puchasing another copy for my child as well. This book takes your imagination far away to Bananaland where things are peaceful and happy! If only the real world could be so wonderful. This tale will delight readers of all ages! Buffett has done a great job with his awesome imagination! All of his books are a breath of fresh air for the weary mind. He should write more than he does! And Lambert Davis did a great job with his colorful images, you felt like Bananaland was real!"
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Jimmy Buffett Career Highlights - Part Two of Two
In the summer of 2005 Buffett teamed up with Sirius radio and introduced channel 31: Radio Margaritaville, and as of November 2008 is also on XM radio channel 55. Until this point Radio Margaritaville was solely an online channel. The channel broadcasts from the Margaritaville restaurant at Universal CityWalk in Orlando, Florida. The channel is still available online at http://www.RadioMargaritaville.com.In August 2006, he released the album Take The Weather With You. The song "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On" on this album refers to 2005's Hurricane Katrina. Also on the album he pays tribute to Merle Haggard with his rendition of "Silver Wings" and covers, with Mark Knopfler playing on the track, "Whoop De Doo."
Critical Accolades
Of the over 30 albums Jimmy Buffett has released, as of October 2007, he has 8 Gold Albums and 9 Platinum or Multi Platinum Albums. In 2003 Buffett won his first ever Country Music Award (CMA) for his song "It's 5 O'clock Somewhere" with Alan Jackson, and was nominated again in 2007 for the CMA Event of the Year Award for his song "Hey Good Lookin'" which featured Alan Jackson and George Strait.
Buffett has written three best-selling books. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list. His book A Pirate Looks At Fifty went straight to number one on the New York Times Bestseller non-fiction list -- making him one of only seven authors in that list's history to have reached the top spot on both the fiction and non-fiction lists. The other six authors who have accomplished this are Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom.
Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, The Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls, with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett. The original hard cover release of the The Jolly Mon included a cassette tape recording of him and Savannah Jane reading the story accompanied by an original score written by Michael Utley.
Buffett's novel A Salty Piece of Land, was released on November 30, 2004, and the first edition of the book included a CD single of the song "A Salty Piece Of Land", which was recorded for License to Chill. The book was a New York Times best seller soon after its release.
Buffett's latest title, Swine Not?, was released May 13, 2008.
Buffett is currently writing a follow-up to his autobiography, A Pirate Looks At Fifty, which he says may take up to ten years to write and complete.
Film & Television
Buffett wrote the soundtrack for, co-produced and acted in the 2006 film Hoot, directed by Wil Shriner and based on the book by Carl Hiassen, which focuses on issues important to Buffett, such as conservation. The film was not a critical or commercial success. He also wrote and performed the theme song to the short-lived 1993 CBS television series Johnny Bago. He also co-wrote and performed the song "Turning Around" for the 1985 film "Summer Rental," starring John Candy. He also wrote "I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)" for the film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
In addition, Buffett has made several cameo appearances, including in Repo Man, Hook, Cobb, Congo, and From the Earth to the Moon. He also made cameo appearances as himself in Rancho Deluxe (for which he also wrote the music) and in FM. Buffett reportedly was offered a cameo role in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, but declined the offer. In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist Herman Wouk on a musical production based on Wouk's 1965 novel Don't Stop the Carnival.
The Business of Buffett
Buffett has taken advantage of his name and the fan following for his music to launch several business ventures, usually with a tropical theme. He owns or licenses the Margaritaville® Cafe and Cheeseburger in Paradise® restaurant chains. As a baseball fan, he was part-owner of two minor league teams: the Fort Myers Miracle and the Madison Black Wolf. Between his restaurants, album sales, and tours, he earns an estimated $100 million a year.
In 1993, he launched Margaritaville Records, with distribution through MCA Records. His MCA record deal ended with the release of 1996's Christmas Island and he took Margaritaville Records over to Chris Blackwell's Island Records for a two record deal, 1998's Don't Stop The Carnival and 1999's Beach House On The Moon. In the fall of 1999, he started up Mailboat Records to release live albums. He partnered up with RCA Records for distribution in 2005 and 2006 for the two studio albums License To Chill and Take The Weather With You.
In 2006, Buffett launched a cooperative project with the Anheuser-Busch brewing company to produce his own beer under the Margaritaville Brewing label called Land Shark Lager. Buffett has also licensed Margaritaville Tequila, Margaritaville Shrimp and Margaritaville Footwear.
In June 2007, Buffett, in partnership with Harrah's Entertainment, announced plans to build the Margaritaville® Casino & Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi not far from his birthplace of Pascagoula. When completed in the spring of 2010, the resort will feature 798 rooms, a full-service spa, a pool/deck area with cabanas, and tropical landscaping. Another Margaritaville® Casino will be opening in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Collectively Buffett's business interests make up Margaritaville Holdings based out of Palm Beach, Florida. John Cohlan is his Chief Executive Officer. In 2006, his annual amphitheater tour grossed over $41 million and his Margaritaville restaurant and stores earned more than $15 million.
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Heaven on Earth with an Onion Slice...
Cheeseburger in Paradise is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" has become one of Buffett's best-known songs and was selected as the first track on his greatest hits album Songs You Know by Heart.According to Buffett's Margaritaville® web site, the myth of the "cheeseburger in paradise" was inspired by a boat journey Buffett once took in the Caribbean. Buffett states that while subsisting on canned food and peanut butter, he envisioned eating a "piping hot cheeseburger." He reports that upon finally arriving in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, he was surprised to find a restaurant serving American cheeseburgers:
"...we gave particular instructions to the waiter on how we wanted them cooked and what we wanted on them -- to which little attention was paid. It didn't matter. The overdone burgers on the burned, toasted buns tasted like manna from heaven, for they were the realization of my fantasy burgers on the trip."
In 2002, Buffett's company Margaritaville Holdings LLC licensed the name of the song to OSI Restaurant Partners as the name of the Buffett-themed Cheeseburger in Paradise® restaurant chain. As of 2006, the restaurant has 38 locations in 17 states in the United States.
A Cheeseburger in Paradise is also a menu item at Buffett-owned Margaritaville® Cafes located in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
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Parrotheads®: The Devoted Fans of Jimmy Buffett
Partying With a Purpose
Parrot Head or Parrothead is a commonly used nickname for fans of Jimmy Buffett. "Parakeets" is the term used for younger fans of Jimmy, or children of Parrotheads.The term "Parrot Head" began at a Jimmy Buffett concert at the Timberwolf Amphitheater outside Cincinnati, Ohio. This term basically means you are a fan. At the show, Gwen commented about everyone wearing Hawaiian shirts and parrot hats and how they kept coming back to see his shows, just like deadheads. Timothy B. Schmit, then a member of the Coral Reefer Band (now with The Eagles), coined the term "Parrot Head" to describe each of those fans.
The common stereotype is of a person wearing a Hawaiian shirt, flip-flops and board shorts, or a grass skirt and a coconut bra while drinking a margarita. Many fans are members of Parrot head clubs. The general theme of being a Parrothead is one of relaxation, even while working. Some prefer the spelling "Parrotthead," reflecting the double "t" in Buffett.
The more "professional" aspect is to wear high end tropical vacation clothing, such as Tommy Bahama, though this is likely seen by many as a departure from the "true tenets" of being a Parrot head as it references a more expensive lifestyle than is commonly associated with being a tropical beach bum.
Some regional groups will focus on one or two key charities, while others may switch between several. Environmental causes, cancer research, Alzheimer's research and the March of Dimes all have received large donations from Parrothead organizations. In 2005, 2.2 million dollars were raised by these organizations, along with toys, blood, canned goods and many hours of manpower to support various charities in the US and beyond. To find out more about the organizations, or to join a local chapter, visit http://www.phip.com.
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The Cocktail that Launched an Empire...
Margaritaville is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. He wrote it in Key West, Florida after touring Texas with his group, the Coral Reefer Band.
Named for a cocktail, the margarita, and with lyrics reflecting a laid-back lifestyle in a tropical climate, "Margaritaville" has come to define Buffett's music and career. The relative importance of the song to Buffett's career is referred to obliquely in a parenthetical plural in the title of a Buffett greatest hits compilation album, Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s).
Meet Me in Margaritaville:The Ultimate Collection is a Jimmy Buffett greatest hits compilation album consisting of 2 compact discs and 38 songs. The album is notable for several newly recorded and updated versions of songs considered as classics in his repertoire. Strangely missing from the mix is fan-favorite and concert-standard "Boat Drinks."
The song is a narrative overview of the singer's life for the previous season. He sings about laid-back living in a drunken haze in a beach community. "Margaritaville" is the mental state in which he exists during this period, induced-presumably-from the perpetual imbibing of margaritas. This is best illustrated in the last verse, when the singer goes for a walk, cuts his heel and returns home to ease his pain with the eponymous alcoholic beverage. The singer says that some friends surmise that he is reeling from a failed romance.
The "Lost Verse"
There is also a "lost verse" to this song, as described by Buffett, which he often adds when performing in concert, which was reputedly edited out before recording the song in order to make the song more airplay-friendly. Ironically, the song was shortened even further for the radio edit.
"Old men in tank tops,
Cruisin' the gift shops,
Checkin' out chiquitas, down by the shore
They dream about weight loss,
Wish they could be their own boss
Those three-day vacations can be (or "become") such a bore"
There is some confusion as to whether Buffett sings "Wasted away" or "Wastin' away" in the chorus of the song. The original unedited lyrics, that appear on the record sleeve to the Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes LP, read "waistin'" [sic]. Also, most guitar tablature and sheet music read "wastin'". Buffett has never made a statement on the issue. When the studio track is slowed down, Buffett can be heard singing "wastin". However, he has also been known to use "wasted" in some performances, as well as in the video-game re-recording for
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Buffett the Humanitarian
Buffett has been involved in many charity efforts. In 1981 the Save the Manatee Club was founded by Buffett and former Florida governor Bob Graham. The Save the Manatee Club is the one of the world's most aggressive, confrontational and leading manatee preservation efforts. In 1989, legislation was passed in Florida that introduced the "Save the Manatee" license plate, and earmarked funding for the Save the Manatee Club. One of the two manatees trained to interact with researchers at Mote Marine Laboratory is named Buffett after the singer.
On November 23, 2004, Buffett raised substantial money at his "Surviving the Storm" Hurricane Relief Concert in Orlando, Florida to provide relief for hurricane victims in Florida, Alabama and the Caribbean affected by the four major hurricanes that year.
Buffett performed in Hong Kong on January 18, 2008 for a concert that raised $63,000 for the Foreign Correspondents' Club Charity Fund. This was his first concert in Hong Kong and it sold out within weeks. Not only did Buffett perform for free, but he also paid for the concertgoers' tequila and beer.
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- Included accessories: Shot glass, quick set-up guide, recipe guide, instruction manual, 4 coasters, and drink charms in a tin can
Customer Review:
"This isn't just a blender, it's a wonderful drink maker. You do need to read the instructions, unlike a blender. But once you do, this this cranks out the most wonderful margaritas and frozen drinks you can imagine. Unlike what some of the other reviewers said, it has adjustments to make your drinks as thick as a snow cone or thin with just a touch snowy ice as you like. It of course shaves the ice so you get a snow like texture not hard ground ice like a blender makes. Our big test was a party of around 150 people. During the course of the evening we causally made around 500 all perfect margaritas . Everyone was very impressed and I bet at least 20 of those people ended up buying one within a month. Everywhere we go now our friends have these makers. Truely the bomb! Can't imagine a world without them any longer. Our Kitchen Aid and top of the line Warning blenders, we love them too -- but they are out of the frozen drink making business now."
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101 Margaritas
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/25/2009)
Customer Review:
"This is an amazing compilation of margarita recipes. Who knew there could be so many delicious and mouthwatering recipes for margaritas. I've always been a classic margarita gal, but this summer I'll definitely be serving the pink lemonade or lemon meringue margarita at a Sunday brunch with good girlfriends. Cheers!"
The Perfect Margarita Recipe
Courtesy of Church of Buffett Orthodox
The Road to the Perfect Margarita - http://www.cobo.org/1. Our journey starts... Fill shaker with broken cubed ice.
2. Squeeze TWO fresh lime wedges into shaker.
3. Savor the fresh lime aroma (AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!)
4. Add 2 oz. Cuervo 1800.
5. Sniff the cork.
6. Add 1/2 oz. of Jose Cuervo White if ya wish (white for bite!).
7. Add 1-1/4 oz. of Roses Lime Juice (accept no substitutes!).
8. Add 1/2 oz. of Bols Triple Sec (nothing but the best!).
9. Add "a splash" of Bols Orange Curaco (shh... secret ingredient).
10. Cover shaker tightly!
11. Shake vigorously.
12. Flip shaker in midair twice (three times if you're a pro).
13. Uncover shaker and savor the flavor!
14. Rim glass with Lime peel (outside only!).
15. Salt the outside only.
16. Add fresh ice.
17. Strain mixture over ice.
18. Squeeze in 1 lime wedge and toss rind over left shoulder.
19. Now kick back, turn up the tunes and enjoy!
Margaritaville® AD2000
Salt Rimmer and Lime Serving Set
Margaritaville AD2000 Salt Rimmer and Lime Serving Set
Amazon Price: (as of 12/25/2009)
Customer Review:
"This is the perfect accessory when making margaritas. I actually leave the salt in the tray using the cover which allows me to use the salt over again. The small size of the tray, cutting board for limes & cover works just right. There is no mess on the shelf when putting the salt rim on the margarita glasses. I would recommend this to everyone as it is just the right size, very convenient to use and priced right."
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Margaritaville® DM3000
Tahiti Frozen Concoction Maker
Margaritaville DM3000 Tahiti Frozen Concoction Maker
Amazon Price: $455.24 (as of 12/25/2009)
- Three 24-ounce blending jars automatically creates of 72-ounce of frozen drink per cycle
- Capability to create 6+ different drink types (margarita, daiquiri, colada, mudslide, mojito, smoothie)
- Rotating ice chute creates spectacle appeal
- Constructed from premium bamboo wood and brushed aluminum finishes, polished stainless steel accents and heavy duty die-cast components
- Measures 19.34 inches by 19.5 inches by 19.5 inches; Limited 1-year warranty
Customer Review:
"The product works great. It is the perfect addition to an outdoor living area by a pool or any back yard bbq. We had a big party and it worked well and it was fun to be able to make three separate drink mixes at a time."
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