another successful outing

I can’t remember the last time I saw 8am on a Saturday. But there it was. The JGLB held a band meeting at 8:00 in the highly sought-after back room at Nicko’s. The meeting was a success in the sense that we eventually decided that having your choice of eggs, griddle cakes, and breakfast meats was a great idea. Much love to the great cooks and all our friends at Nicko’s. All other items on the JGLB agenda were shelved for the next meeting, scheduled in 2009.

Directly afterward, the band headed down to Cotanchobee Park. Anytime you can grab a beer and help out the Friends of Tampa Recreation it’s a good thing. When you can do all of that before 10:30 in the morning, Karma is on your side. Well, either Karma or Nilo. Saturday morning it was Nilo Menendez and company taking care of the live entertainment. The Land Sharks and Pocket Change joined your favorite band to raise a ruckus for all of those crazy denizens very healthy people that ran in the Gasparilla races on Saturday morning. I’m still trying to determine what, exactly, they were running from.

I’d like to say hello to all of you who showed up to party with us first thing in the morning. I saw Kathy milling about, as well as Tom and many others. Thanks also to all the runners there that morning. I have seen some of you out and about in Ybor or elsewhere before. Let me tell you: You people look a lot different in running shorts.