Funny pic with me & Rod Stewart

**Darkislander** · 9th February 10, 03:48 PM

Great - thanks for showing us.

**Paul** · 9th February 10, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by NorCalPiper

That was 1990-Paul, were you even born yet?[/IMG]

Josh, it depends what month it was!
My birthdays the 30th of August on 1990 - so you tell me!

**gordontaos** · 9th February 10, 11:38 PM

In 1989-90 I was the Director of Guest Services for the Ritz Carlton BuckHead Hotel in Atlanta. That was during the Rod Stewart Tour which lasted about one year. Rod and the rest of the band stayed at the Ritz for at least 5 out of those 12 months.
They would fly to a gig at 3PM in Miami, or Cleveland, or St. Louis, do the show, and be back in Atlanta, and the hotel, by midnight. On their frequent two week vacations they would all also stay in Atlanta.
I would handle all of their "special needs" while they were with us. Private parties, bowling at 1am, limos, the works...Needless to say it was quite a time.
Most of the rock groups were up and about during the midnight shift, and the front desk agent tended to be the main source of contact for the entire band. During that time the front desk agent on the midnight shift and I were courting (against company policy of course). That front desk agent and I got blissfully married on August 25th, 1990, at 3:30 pm (a mere 19 years,5 months and 16 days ago or so, but who's counting)( and also against corporate policy) and went on our honeymoon to New York City and stayed at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Central Park South.
On the third night of our honeymoon we walked into the cocktail lounge at the Ritz, and guess which rock group we ran in to.
There are no photos, the police were not called, but we all did stay way past last call.
Those were the days. Now darlin' Maggie and I lead an idyllic and quiet life in Taos, New Mexico.

We twa hae run about the braes
And pu'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary foot
Sin auld lang syne.