A White Sport Coat and a Black Crustacean? Buffet says spill will pass

[IDemo]

Singer plans to open 162-room Margaritaville Hotel despite oil

By Melissa Nelson
Associated Press
updated 6/6/2010 1:31:19 AM ET

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — The timing might be a bit off for tourists hoping to waste away in Margaritaville. But that doesn't bother Jimmy Buffett.

The singer — whose tunes are as much a part of life in this beach town as fried grouper sandwiches, Land Shark beer and the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels — is planning to open a 162-room Margaritaville Hotel in a week.

As tar balls came ashore Saturday from an oil plume shooting out of the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, Buffett said he had no plans to delay the opening.

"This will pass," he said as walked along the city's beachfront and fishing pier with Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37534970/ns/today-entertainment/

[Scuba]

1. I hope he's right, but my pessimism meter is redlined.