Friday, March 6, 2009

Thanks, we needed that!

Isn't it great when someone surprises you with something nice?  Shana, of So Not Zen, mentioned it here, and maybe it's something in the air because it seems to be going around.

On Saturday, we went to see Jimmy Buffet at the Waikiki Shell.  Long story short, we need to work on our planning.  The concert started at 7:00.  When we were still driving around looking for parking at 7:45, we were getting a little frustrated.  To be fair, I have never been to anything that has started on time in Hawaii, so I thought we had until at least 7:15 if not 7:30 before he would actually take the stage.  Turns out, Jimmy Buffet is one on-time performer, at least he was Saturday night.  

We finally decided to park in one of our standard, go-to parking spots about 1.2 miles from the Shell.  We started walking, not quite realizing how far away we were but finally decided it would be quicker to grab a cab.  We hailed a cab, and he came to a screeching halt in the middle of the road (I think we both thought the cab in front of him was going to stop for us, so when it didn't he had already passed by us.  Luckily, the road was fairly empty.)  We jumped in and said we were going to the Shell, and he was ON A MISSION.  He started sifting through radio channels, trying to find us some appropriate Shell music.  We assured him that wasn't necessary, but he insisted we needed something to set the mood.  He finally settled on some music that soon turned out to be the local Christian station, not exactly Jimmy Buffet at the Shell, but that's all right.  He was focused on driving at that point.  He got us to the auditorium, and the meter read $5.something.  My husband tried to hand over a $10 bill, but he waved it off and told us not to worry about it.  We just wanted us to go and have a good time.        

His timing could not have been better.  We were all stressed out and a bit harumphy from missing the first half of the concert, so this was a perfect re-set.  So, thank you, friendly cab man, whoever you are!  

P.S.  If anybody found a thin blue jacket/pull-over/fleecy thing in a cab around Waikiki on Saturday night, we'd really like to get it back.  While we really appreciate the intention of the free cab ride, we are a little bummed by the actual $40 cost of it.      

8 comments:

Meryl said...

I love it when stuff like that happens!

One of my very best friends from high school was actually at that concert too. Heard it was a great show!

Dreamybee said...

Wow, small world! Glad your friend enjoyed the show. Was she visiting or does she live here?

Jimmy Buffet is always fun! We didn't think to bring our camera, and we had decent seats so could have gotten some good stage shots, but really, the crowd at a Buffet concert is more picture worthy than the show itself!

Florinda said...

I'm envious. I've seen Jimmy live once, but my husband has been to five of his shows, and we have yet to go to one together. He'll be in Vegas around the time of our wedding anniversary, though, so maybe this year...

Sorry you missed part of the show, but even so, how could you not have a great time at a Jimmy Buffett concert :-)?

Dreamybee said...

That would be fun if you could see him in Vegas.
Yeah, I am bummed about missing part of the show, but the nice thing about living in Hawaii is that Jimmy Buffet makes it over here pretty regularly (well, that's one of the nice things, anyway!). Also, he waited until we got there to play my husband's favorite song, so that was nice of him. :)

Jeanne said...

Just yesterday my 15-year-old daughter asked me what band I would tour with if I had my choice. I said Jimmy Buffett, because he goes the best places. Now I know it's true!

Dreamybee said...

Absolutely, and they just seem like they have fun. It's not all hard-core like a big rock band or anything.

Nanny Goats In Panties said...

This just goes to show, there is no such thing as a free cab ride!

Dreamybee said...

Ain't that the truth!