A lot has changed since the first time we saw Jimmy in concert. That point was driven home a few years ago as I stood in a 300-person long line outside Hechts at SouthPark Mall waiting for tickets to go on sale. Around me people were dialing for tickets through to TicketMaster on their cellphones and staying in constant touch with people at home who were snapping up tickets on the Internet. This year when tickets went a sale, a friend graciously got them for us over the Internet because we were too busy to stand in line that Saturday morning. It s hard to believe we would ever be too busy to stand in line for Jimmy Buffett tickets.
Time does change things.
I drive a station wagon, wear a shirt and tie to work, and worry about things like retirement accounts and bank balances. Last week my wife had to tell me to, well, lighten up. So I closed my mind and imagined myself at a Jimmy Buffett concert and the world was a better place. Come Tuesday, I ll be in the parking lot at the Charlotte Coliseum grilling up my cheeseburger in paradise, looking for my lost shaker of salt and doing some Havana daydreamin. Will MacDonald is regional editor for The Gazette.