This collection also arrived Saturday in the mail. Another nice quick way to own all the essential Wakeman album in one place real cheap but of course I own these albums so many times already.

No need for me. I have all the Quad re-masters for the first 3 and recently reissued stereo re-masters for the other two so I'm good.

On a side note Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman sold out its September concert in Clearwater in less than 24 hrs. And this was done on pre-sale before public even had a chance to "smell" them. Of course I missed out as well, damm.

Rick A.

Rick, can you name a good hotel on or near the water in Clearwater? I'm gonna be in Tampa on 2/6 and then 2/11 and need a nice place to stay between the cruise dates.

I'll take a look for you. I will probably use the internet as you will. I just go there every once awhile to walk around and girl watch (I mean, to say hello to tourists and all).

When in Tampa you should check out Ybor City, it's only 2 miles from your cruise departure. It's the historic district of the city, once the Cigar making capitol outside of Havana, Cuba. http://ybor.org/


There is also a great restaurant where we can meet up known as the Columbia Restaurant.

http://www.columbiarestaurant.com/

http://www.columbiarestaurant.com/Menus ... c-District

My personal favorite, Paella “A la Valenciana” Our version, prepared in a traditional paella pan, features clams, mussels, shrimp, scallops, calamares, chicken and pork, baked with Valencia rice, extra- virgin olive oil, green peppers, Spanish onions, ripe tomatoes, garlic, spices and splashed with white wine. Going to take a family friend there this Saturday, she's a retired Air Force Major and just loves the Paella. You will too.

Getting hungry yet?

Rick A.

Yum.

My barber said he spent some time in Clearwater recently and liked a hotel near the water saying there are new hotels over there but of course didn't know any names. I find people are like that, they can't remember anything.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I spoke to a fella at the gym the other day about something that I don't recall but I forgot what his name was.

Rick A.