theMangoTimes

WHERE DID THE NAME COME FROM?

This is an easy one. Jimmy Buffett had a paper newsletter back in the nineties called "The Coconut Telegraph." There were articles about his music, how to make the perfect margarita, and assorted other items from my favorite musician. The name of Buffett's newsletter was based on one of his songs. In the song, Jimmy sings about a fake gossip column that chronicles all the weekend happenings in a small island community. The gist – you didn’t want to end up with your name mentioned in “The Coconut Telegraph”. You can listen to a clip of the song here!

I always liked the idea of “theCT” and the idea of sharing family gossip that would make others laugh, but I didn’t want to just steal the name of an existing newsletter. I decided to keep with the tropical theme and at the same time, pay homage to another Jimmy Buffett song, “The Last Mango In Paris” so i combined both of them and came up with theMangoTimes. I added my own personal flair by keeping it one-word and only capitalizing the M and the T…that’s how you know it’s original material from theMT and not some cheap knockoff (yeah right…as if anyone would ever take the time out of their life to be a “knock-off” of theMT).

So, that’s it…plain and simple…if you want to read more about theMangoTimes and it’s origin, you can link to it here.

Also, one other funny fact I like to mention…I don’t like mangos. I like coconuts, pineapples, papayas, passionfruit, kiwi, and any other tropical fruit that goes into a drink…but I’ve never been fond of the mango – they are too bitter or something…it works for my blog…just don’t buy me one thinking I’ll be excited.