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NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY / JIMMY BUFFETT / MARGARITAVILLE
translation services Tomorrow is National Margarita Day. Of special importance to Key West. Many Key West tourists order margaritas. Drinking enough makes for a well lubricated holiday. Jimmy Buffett and margaritas go hand in hand. The song Margaritaville. Followed in due course by the Key West restaurant bearing the same name. Recall Margaritaville. Jimmy Buffett singing I "blew out my flip flop." The world famous song begins: "Nibblin' on a sponge cake / Watchin' the sun bake / All of those tourists covered with oil / Strummin' my six strings on my front porch swing..... / Wasting away again in Margaritaville." Buffett wrote the song in 1977. One of Key West's craziest times. The entire song was not written in Key West. Two places. Begun in Austin, Texas and finished in Key West. It started with the drink. Buffett … Read More →