Last night while you were watching So You Think You Can Dance? I was dancing with Pirates! Or at least on a boat with Coronas. The gf, Erik, and I hit the Hamstravaganza, a promotion for The Pirates! books I mentioned last week.
If you’ve never been to The Frying Pan, get there. It’s an old lighthouse ship that is now a party venue. Guests get full run of the ship, so even without pirates and ham it’s quite an experience. Today’s shot is from the dance floor in the main hold, looking up to Erik on the gang plank wearing a party favor eyepatch.
The party suffered slightly due to the nice weather. Many of the guests chose to enjoy the lovely night on deck, perusing the free copies of The Pirates! everyone received, rather than take in the bands below. We did check out Rob Paravonian, a guitar playing comedian. His last number was a real hit. He sang about his loathing for Pachabel’s Canon in D, which has been repurposed for a thousand modern pop songs, including hits by Green Day, U2, and Twisted Sister. There are no original chord progressions.
The pirate fashion show didn’t take off as planned, but the MC dressed as a pig dressed as a pirate still brought it home. There was also a display labeled “Notable Pyrates in Hystery* *The terms ‘notable,’ ‘pirates,’ and ‘hystery’ may or may not be applied loosely to this exhibit. ” Read the blurb on Pittsburgh baseball great Honus Wagner to get a bit of the sensibilty of the book.
Unfortunately, the author Gideon Defoe was either not there or I never saw him. I was hoping to get an autographed copy for Dan and Jer, but instead I got them the more pristine un-autographed copies. Aarghh! Ye can pick them up anytime.
Links:
– Hamstravaganza
– The Frying Pan on Citysearch