Jimmy Buffett: Big Top Concert

Wow.

A few weeks ago, Paul got an email from American Express offering him two free tickets to a Jimmy Buffett concert in Houston at the Toyota Center. We thought it was a hoax and I could find nothing of the event itself online anywhere until I called the Toyota Center myself. The woman confirmed it was a “private event” that only certain invited American Express customers get to attend. It wasn’t a hoax! As it turns out, it was an additional show that American Express solely booked them for as part of his “Big Top” tour.

 

Just so happened my mom was in town and was able to watch Anna for the evening while he and I attended. When we got through the doors, the attendants told us that all the food and drinks (except alcohol) were FREE! Here we are, late 30’s, grown adults, and FREE FOOD makes us as giddy as college kids. So of course I had the Cheeseburger and margarita in honor of Jimmy himself.

 

We even found a close parking spot for FREE.

 

I am so proud of Paul for this because I know it’s a benefit for all the hard work he does at his clinic. Basically, it’s a game that he charges much of his business expenses to his American Express in an effort to reap the rewards program. Last night was American Express’s “appreciation” event for certain users and we surely felt like we were “among the elite”. Sounds a little silly but we surely recognized how far we’ve come since we were kids and we enjoyed every minute of the event. It was really great to feel treated so special and I am really proud that Paul’s a great example if you do what you love, the hard work at it comes naturally, and it’s true that so do the rewards. We were 7 rows up from the floor seating. Hello, really nice.

 

And might I say, Jimmy Buffett and his band are fun and flawless in concert. Seriously. And their rendition of Southern Cross was really amazing. It dawned on me that I was also lucky to hear that original song when I went to the Crosby, Stills, and Nash concert this October as part of the AARP conference in Orlando with my mom (I was the AARP conference for NASA). Jimmy Buffett just genuinely seems like a nice guy who enjoys doing what he is good at and is getting paid well for it. In the meantime, having fun. The theme for us was obvious.

 

WOW, what a night! Keep it going! Thanks Paul!