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You only get one chance at life, it is best to take it in stride, live in happiness, stay calm, and cherish every moment. Our group intends on hosting quality, organized, affordable events that will allow you to Socialize, make new friends and and live life to the fullest ! In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away

08/07/2024

Perfectly timed with the centennial of the Roaring Twenties, The Great Gatsby Party® on September 21st at the to channel the exuberance, decadence, and spirit of revelry of the Roaring Twenties. The evening has been tailor-made to dazzle. Live music, aerialists, burlesque stars, contortionists, showgirls, stilt walkers, and other performers add an air of possibility as flapper ladies and dapper gentlemen sip on era-inspired cocktails and bubbly developed specifically for the event. Channeling the glamour of the ‘20s, the ethereal entertainment, elegant fare, and flowing drinks will create a truly transportive experience.

TICKETS:
https://www.gilligansadventures.com/

08/07/2024

Grand Staircase of The Breakers, a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family

08/01/2024

It was great seeing the legend Rob Lopez last night ! 25 years of friendship !

07/30/2024

38 years ago...
Live Aid at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium.
Tina Turner.
Mick Jaggar.
Neil Young.
OGZ
Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Run-D.M.C.
REO Speedwagon.
Simple Minds.
Judas Priest.
Duran Duran.
Bob Dylan.
The Beach Boys.
Bryan Adams.
Madonna.
Hall & Oates.
Led Zeppelin.
Black Sabbath.
Pretenders.
The Cars.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
Phil Collins.
The Ho***rs.

07/29/2024

Live From The Stone Pony !
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
It was a love of rock music that kept his band plugging in nightly at beach bars up and down the East coast for years before their big break, and that same passion still keeps John Cafferty on stage regularly every year with that Jersey sound.

07/24/2024

Last night Pat Benatar Rock The Beacon Theater.

On January 10th, 1953, Pat Benatar was born in Brooklyn. As we look back at some of the '80s biggest musical icons, here are 22 things you might not know about the singer: she's now 71

1. Pat’s real name is Patricia Mae Andrzejewski.

2. Pat’s father worked with sheet metal and her mom was a beautician who was also a trained opera vocalist.

3. Pat sang her first solo as an 8-year-old in elementary school. It was a song called “It Must Be Spring.”

4. In high school, Benatar took part in musical theater and played Queen Guinevere when her school put on Camelot.

5. Pat planned to study classical music at Juilliard, but decided she didn’t want to and instead went to the State University of New York at Stony Brook to pursue health education.

6. After a year of college, Pat dropped out to marry her high school sweetheart, Dennis Benatar.

7. Pat worked as a bank teller near Richmond, Virginia while Dennis, who was in the Army, was stationed at Fort Lee.

8. Pat saw Liza Minnelli live in Richmond and was inspired to quit her job at the bank and pursue singing.

9. Benatar’s first job in music was as a singing waitress at a nightclub called The Roaring Twenties.

10. The first group Pat was part of was called Coxon’s Army. They were a lounge band that played a local basement clubs.

11. Pat got her break at an amateur night at New York’s Catch a Rising Star comedy club. She sang Judy Garland’s “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” and the club owner called her back. He later became her manager.

12. Benatar spent three years singing at Catch a Rising Star. During that time she also performed in musical theater, playing Zephyr in a Long Island production of Harry Chapin’s rock musical The Zinger, which also starred Beverly D’Angelo and Christine Lahti.

13. During her Halloween 1977 gig at Catch a Rising Star, Pat wore the Halloween costume she had on from a contest earlier in the night. She was dressed in spandex as a character from a B movie called Cat-Women of the Moon. She would later wear similar costumes whenever she performed.

13. During her Halloween 1977 gig at Catch a Rising Star, Pat wore the Halloween costume she had on from a contest earlier in the night. She was dressed in spandex as a character from a B movie called Cat-Women of the Moon. She would later wear similar costumes whenever she performed.

14. In the late 70s, Pat recorded commercial jingles for Pepsi.

15. In 1978, Benatar headlined at Tramps nightclub, where record company reps spotted her and signed her.

16. Pat’s video for “Love is a Battlefield “ is the first ever to have spoken words in it.

17. The visual for Pat’s song “You Better Run” was the second video ever shown on MTV.

18. In 1979, Pat and Dennis divorced. Three years later she married her guitarist, Neil Giraldo, and they’ve been together since. They have two daughters.

19. Benatar is a huge Led Zeppelin fan.

20. The Fast Times at Ridgemont High character Pat Bernardo is based on Benatar.

21. Pat won the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row, from 1980 to 1983.

22. Pat has six platinum albums and has sold 50 million records and has been recently inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

07/24/2024

You are invited to a Exciting Zoom Presentation !
When: Aug 5, 2024 07:00 PM
Gilligan's Adventures Presents "Colors of Morocco & Sunny Portugal Tours" in 2025
Register in advance for this meeting here:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

07/24/2024

The Summer Tour stops tonight @ The Beacon Theatre to see Pat Benatar and Vindys

07/22/2024

Hot Summer July night at MetLife with your
man Luke Combs

07/21/2024

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way...

07/21/2024

Lou and Luke !
and The Girl who is going to make American Great again 🙄
luke

07/11/2024

You are invited to join us on: Saturday, October 5th, 2024. 80s party 🥳 hosted by Amici's and School of Rock. 80s music. Food, music, and guest appearances.

07/11/2024

Iceland Air is taking us to Iceland in August.
We have been traveling with group to Iceland every Summer for 10 years. Its aways nice to escape the Summer Heat. August is a beautiful time to visit Iceland. Temps in the 60s and night the 40s. You will need a light jacket. One of the most positive things about Iceland in the Summer is that mosquitoes are not found here.
You are invited to join us Questions? Please email me:
[email protected]
More Information here: https://www.gilligansadventures.com/

07/07/2024

Sook assembled these world-class baker artisans to open Sook Pastry in Ridgewood, NJ.
If you've never tried it, please, it's amazing!
The bakery had since become the beacon for exquisite French pastries, chocolates, and breads in Bergen County
Assortment of French pastries, cakes, sweet and savory crêpes, macarons, sandwiches, soups, quiches, freshly squeezed juices, and ☕️ All baked goods are hand-made in store.
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07/07/2024

Getting Ready For Summer Icelandic Adventures

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07/01/2024

Outlaw Music Festival

The 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour features an unprecedented lineup including headliners Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss,, Celisse, and Southern Avenue.

“This year’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour promises to be the biggest and best yet with this lineup of legendary artists. I am thrilled to get back on the road again with my family and friends playing the music we love for the fans we love,” says Willie Nelson.

06/30/2024

Take us out to the ballgame!
Yankees vs Mets !
105 of Us Can't be Wrong !

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." ~ Willie Mays

"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." - Ted Williams

"It ain't nothin' till I call it." ~ Umpire, Bill Klem

"A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz." ~ Humphrey Bogart

"Close doesn't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades." ~ Frank Robinson

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06/22/2024

Congratulations 🎊 to the class of 2024.
You started your high school career during the pandemic, The class of 2024 graduates earn diplomas despite their high school careers getting off to such a rocky start. Something that we've never seen in education before.

Make your luck my friends, make your future. It's up to you, You control your destiny. You survived the pandemic- it's your time

06/18/2024

It was great to run into Legend "Al Turro.
The dancing man is back...

06/16/2024

Summer ☀️ is in Air !

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06/16/2024

IN HERE, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome to the Kit Kat Club.

Kit Kat Club have created a decadent sanctuary inside Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre, where artists and performers, misfits and outsiders rule the night. Step inside their world. This is Berlin. Relax. Loosen up. Be yourself.

06/15/2024

The Oculus resembles a dove, leaving a child’s hands. Every year, on the anniversary of the attacks, the sun shines directly through the skylight and illuminates the main hall.
Visiting the World Trade Center, serves as a representation of New York City’s strength and resilience after 9/11. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava

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06/15/2024

Brookfield Place commonly referred to as the World Financial Center) is a shopping center and office building complex in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located in the Battery Park City neighborhood, across West Street from the World Trade Center, and overlooks the Hudson River.
The complex was built from 1983 to 1988 on the landfill used to build Battery Park City.
After the attacks, the World Financial Center underwent a $250 million renovation and expansion project.
A new 2,000-seat food court comprising existing restaurants, such as Le District and Hudson Eats, and new restaurants, opened in stages between November 2014 and March 2019, the food area is projected to generate about $120 million of revenue annually

06/09/2024

Take us out to the ball game.
Take us out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack.
We don’t care if I never get back.

06/08/2024

Celebrating 🥳 the end of a Fabulous School Year 2024

06/03/2024

Urban Exploration [Annual Adventure]

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05/24/2024

Like a Rolling Stone!

05/06/2024

Join us on the Cultural Treasures of Japan Tour Summer 2024
for More info or to Sign up

https://www.gilligansadventures.com/

05/06/2024

You are invited to Travel with us to Iceland in the summer, when the daylight is longer, the weather is milder, and the attractions are more accessible: More info or Sign up here:
https://www.gilligansadventures.com/

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Pat Benatar has sold 36 million albums a four-time Grammy award winner it was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2022. She has 15 top 40 singles #patbenatar #beacontheatre #beacon #gilligans7adventures #concert #nyc

You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? We gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way... #lukecombs #metlifestadium #gilligans7adventures

Live from New York w #falloutboy #madisonsquaregarden #msg

Visiting the the abandoned Gingerbread Castle on a snowy afternoon

Needing a break from the cold. Today we Journey through a warm, luscious Greenhouse w its the vibrant Holly Collection. #gilligans7adventures #plantingfieldsarboretum

The Tower of Hercules is the oldest known extant lighthouse. Built in the 1st century! , I don't have a Segway but I do fine ! Exploring #gilligans7adventure #Spain

The National #Thenational Live #msg

Live! "I Miss You" Live 20 years Later Blink-182, released on February 2, 2004, #blink182 #msg The song features an acoustic electric bass, a cello, and a brushstroked drum loop. The song was inspired by the Cure song "The Love Cats" and contains references to The Nightmare Before Christmas The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart

You were invited to join us this Sunday for a fabulous Gilligans Adventures

Bruce ! #badlands

BERGEN magazine #gilligans7adventures

Sara" recorded by Starship which reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 15, 1986. It was sung by Mickey Thomas, Grace Slick provided the backing vocals. The recording became one of the best-selling singles of 1986 in North America. It was the band's second number-one hit after the song "We Built This City #starship #gilligans7adventures

It's the Halloween Cocktail party #houseofspirits #Halloween #hauntedhouse #gilligans7adventures

There once was a Spider who sat down beside her..

#billyjoel Joel #rocking #ledzeppelin @msgnetworks @billboard.management_ @billyjoel #gilligans7adventures #classic #rockandroll #nyc #cool #music #livemusic