Radio Margaritaville on Sirius Satellite Radio is giving away a trip to Las Vegas to see Jimmy Buffett in October:

Hey all you Parrotheads out there! If you haven’t checked out a Jimmy Buffett concert yet or you’re aching to go to another one, what better place is there than Las Vegas to party Margaritaville style? By entering now, you could win a trip for two to see Jimmy Buffett LIVE in concert in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 25, 2008, and backstage passes for Radio Margaritaville’s Live Pre-Concert Tailgate Party! That’s not all — the lucky winner will also receive an autographed guitar and a Sportster 5 satellite radio with vehicle kit and 3-month subscription to SIRIUS. Entrants must be at least 21 years old and a legal resident of the contiguous USA and D.C. to enter. For more details and how to enter see the Official Rules.

Click here to enter!

(hat tip to Brea of Sirius XM Radio for passing this along)

Congratulations to Patti Abbott for receiving the most votes in our first Caption Contest. Here was the photo:

photo by Guillaume Desjardins/IHT

Here was Patti’s winning caption:

“Finally, I found the elusive ATM for the Bank of Bad Habits! Hmmm…now what…….pizzaaaa!!!”

A total of 376 votes were cast and Patti received 122 votes (32%), barely edging out Carolyn L. who had 120 votes.

Here are the full results:

• “For once I get to use the photo booth by myself without Mac jumping on my lap making a monkey face.” – Wayne (38 votes, 10%)
• “Hey! This is pretty cool….a surfboard vending machine!!” – Derek (38 votes, 10%)
• “What…no Junior Mints?” – Carolyn L. (120 votes, 32%)
• “Finally, I found the elusive ATM for the Bank of Bad Habits! Hmmm…now what…….pizzaaaa!!!” – Patti Abbott (122 votes, 32%)
• “H’mm Margaritaville, # B-17” – Dennis Orth (58 votes, 15%)

Congratulations to Patti! And thanks to all who entered! Stay tuned and we’ll have another caption contest soon.

Introducing a new feature here at BuffettWorld: “From Under My Lone Palm”, a monthly column written by Justin (you may know him as Bamafan).

So the last few weeks I’ve been struggling to connect with a certain member of the opposite sex. While I hopelessly try my hand at love, something I’ve always thought I was nowhere near ready for, I’ve looked for several sources of wisdom. One constant source of that for me has and might always be music. I mean think about it, you can always find a song for anything your going through in life. With that in mind, I started thinking about Buffett music and what that had to do with my great struggle for the love of a particular woman. And as I was enjoying the “Fruitcakes” album, I realized that Jimmy has addressed this issue more than you might think over his career.

Read the rest of “From Under My Lone Palm” here.

Jimmy Buffett’s latest Margaritaville Cafe opened Monday at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. The Day and the Norwich Bulletin have articles on the grand opening:

Mixed in with the executives and tribal members in suits, there were self-proclaimed “Parrotheads” donning their usual regalia: colorful leis and Hawaiian shirts in every color of the rainbow.

The pack of proclaimed Jimmy Buffett fans gathered Monday morning for the grand-opening of the entertainer’s only eatery in the Northeast.

”You can never have a bad time at Jimmy Buffett’s,” Mohegan Tribal Chairman Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum said. “So rock on.”

Read The Day article here, and the Norwich Bulletin article here (video and photos included).

Learn more about Jimmy’s Business Empire here.

(hat tip to Melissa for the photo!)

Last week we showed you the below picture of Jimmy Buffett and asked you to provide your own caption for it. We compiled five of our favorites and we now want you to vote on the one that is your favorite:

photo by Guillaume Desjardins/IHT

Got a Buffett-related photo that you think would be good for a Caption Contest? E-Mail it to Josh. Also check out our daily caption contests with non-Buffett-related pictures on our Forum.