Tybee Breeze

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By Saturday Martini
The first annual pirate convention was held in
New Orleans and several members of Tybee
Fest were off to check it out and learn how to
make our pirate festival here on Tybee better.
Check Out photos on page 50.
“We drove our Chevy to
the levy, but the levy was
gone!“
Alright, everyone was checked
into the hotel and we were on
Bourbon Street by noon. I know that I said
that you can not drink vodka all day, but after
5 days on Bourbon Street – I now know that
you can! Ok, since I had been to New Orleans
before I briefed the group on the scams: these
people have been working the streets since
they were two; there is no way you will beat
them. A very popular scam that can be used on
anything, shoes, watch, etc., is that, they bet
you money that they can tell you exactly where
you got your shoes, what city and state, and for
extra $$, narrow it down to what street!
Ummm, on your feet in New Orleans, Louisiana
on Bourbon Street (as they walk away with
your cash)! No sooner had this story left my
lips… Geno was falling for that EXACT same
scam! Ok, after I rescued him and turned
around, every one else
in the group had hats
in their hands??
What did I tell
you? This guy has a
“security” hat on
and is well into his
speal by the time I get
over to Mr. Breeze, and I told him to go ahead
and ask the guy to cut to the chase and tell you
how much?? After they heard… they all gave
the hats back! Now repeat after me, “dude you
already got me” and keep moving. There were
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many pirate parties, meetings, a pirate parade
and a pirate ball. All the ladies were dressed
in pirate garb, while the guys represented
and wore their Tybee Island Pirate Fest
Shirts. Rob had his hair braided with beads
in it and a bandana on (like he always does),
but still, he looks like a pirate right? As we
all went into the bar where the ball was, I
noticed that Rob was still outside with the
bouncers? I went out thinking that he had left
his pass behind, but they were not going to let
him in… because he had a bandana on!! I said,
“Seriously?” and they said, “yeah, no colors!”
Well you all know “Gangsta’ Rob” in his pink
bandana will mess you up!! So, we proceeded to
go to the bar across the street, where we
discovered it is a small world after all. The
bartender saw the Tybee t-shirts and asked if
we might know her cousins (she said, “I know
you probably won’t and everyone always says do
you know so-in-so from so-in-so
and you never do”). We said,
“What are their names?” and
she said, “Cam and Kelle”, and
we looked at each other and
said, “Actually… we do!” We
snapped a photo, she wrote a
note to the cousins on bar stationary and we
delivered it back to Tybee! The bars on Tybee
need to check out how New Orleans does
Happy Hour!