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Paul Hillgren - North Hollywood, CA USA
Eras Magallanes - Bangkok, Thailand
- I started collecting shot glasses in November 11, 2003, a friend went
to Munich in 2001 and gave me one shot glass as a souvenir then another
friend gave me one as well and it was 2 years after that I decided to
collect them.
- My first shot glass was from Munich, a Black Letter Times Font.
- I have 1,012 shots in my collection as of January
2008. I display all of them in shelves in my living room and bedroom.
- My favorite shot glasses in my collection are the
city shots series, they look good on my shelf and people who don’t understand my hobby
appreciate it because of the colorful designs.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass is water since I don’t drink at
all and just pretend to drink together with my friends.
- The coolest HRC related item I own that is not a shot glass is a
guitar shape business card holder from Bangkok.
- The first HRC I visited was the renegade café in Manila, Philippines.
- I have personally visited 12 Hard Rock Cafes and my favorite cafe is
Bangkok since it is my café for 10 years now.
- My favorite food at HRC is back ribs.
- I wish I had visited all cafes before they closed.
- I don't collect other themed shot glasses. I started with
Planet Hollywood and decided to get rid of them.
- My favorite sport is bowling.
- My favorite color is blue.
- I think life is incomplete without my family and friends around me.
- I have 1 brother and 2 sisters and I am on the 3rd rank.
- My Zodiac sign is Libra – well balanced.
- I am an advertising executive.
- The last book I read is Playing for Pizza by John Grisham, he’s my
favorite writer and I have a complete collection of his books.
- I hate cigarette smoke.
- I have one cat and his name is Guwapo.
- If I had a super power it would be something like Spiderman – dunno
why but I just like it.
- Something people probably wouldn't know about me: I used to play bowling professionally but that was years ago.
Check out Eras' websites:
http://rasrock.blogspot.com/
and http://rasrock2.blogspot.com/
Christoph Haase - Langendorf, Switzerland
- I started collecting shot glasses in 1997 because I thought them to be
a nice addition to my t-shirt collection that I started in 1995.
- My first shot glass was from …I don’t remember…
- I have about 1080 shots in my collection. I display all of them in 2
cabinets. I should buy one more, it looks way overcrowded right now.
- My favorite shot glasses in my collection are the frosted gold logo
shots, simply beautiful.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass is rum.
- The coolest HRC related item I own that is not a shot glass is a
beauty of a city tee from Puerto Vallarta.
- The first HRC I visited was the renegade in Amsterdam, followed by the
1st real café in Dallas, both back in 1995.
- I have personally visited 148 Hard Rock Cafes (plus 6 renegades) and
my favorite cafe is Bangkok.
- My favorite food at HRC is a tuna steak.
- The café I wished I had visited before it closed: all of them! But
Choctaw, Shanghai and Shenzhen hurt the most.
- I collect other themed shot glasses from Planet Hollywood, All Star
Cafe.
- My favorite sport is tennis and my favorite player is Roger Federer.
- My favorite color is dark yellow.
- I think life is incomplete without making your day, at least from time
to time.
- I have 0 siblings.
- My Zodiac: Capricorn – but I don’t care about it.
- I do this for a living: I’ve studied Cultural Anthropology, Political
Sciences and Linguistics. Now I work as a language teacher at an adult
education centre. I do a lot of administrative work too, like organizing
courses and marketing activities.
- The last book I read: Fatherland by Robert Harris
- I dislike hypocrisy.
- I have 0 pet(s). But I’d love to own a dog or a cat.
- If I had a super power it would be the control of time by using a time
machine, and by being able to act in almost no time.
- Something we probably wouldn’t know about you: I have a complete
collection of Swiss silver ounces. And oh yeah, I could live very
well without work!
Check out Chris' website:
http://www.arrakeen.ch/
JoAnn Faucheux - Joshua, Texas USA
- I started collecting shot glasses in about the year 2000, not long after getting
internet. I already had a few shot glasses that I had picked up along the
way.
- I cannot even recall what my first shot glass was.
- I have around 500 shot glasses. I have 2 curio cabinets full of them
and happen to have another curio that I have in layaway at the antique
mall that I work at 2 days a month.
- My favorite shot glass in my collection is the Orlando “No snowflake”
shot glass from the Winter Carnival pin collectors event that took place
in about 2003.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass is tequila, preferably Quervo
Gold.
- The coolest HR item that I own that is not a shot glass is a Crockery
style container with a cork in the top from Mazatlan. Not a real location
but it is pretty cool. Got it on e-bay. Looks authentic.
- The first HR I visited was San Francisco, in their old location on Van
Ness.
- I have personally visited 18 cafes and 2 hotels & my favorite is San
Antonio.
- My favorite food at the HR is nachos.
- I collect other themed café shots from Planet Hollywood, Fashion Café,
Rainforest Café, House of Blues, Harley Davidson Café, Motown Café, NASCAR
Café, All-Star Café and probably a few others that I can’t think of right
now. But, I have mainly been collecting the HR shots in the last 2 years.
- My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite team is the Dallas
Mavericks.
- My favorite color is red.
- I think life is incomplete without family & friendships. And don’t let
me forget - Marble Slab ice cream J!
- I have 1 brother, who is now deceased. Growing up alone “sucked!!”
- My zodiac sign is Aries and that does not make me stubborn…J
- I had not worked out of the house for 13 years till Sept. 1st of 2006.
I am now working for Kroger as a cashier/customer service person and it’s
not so bad. I love working with the public as long as they are nice.
- I seriously cannot remember the last book I have read, it has been
that long. But, the last movie I saw was Rush Hour 2. I love the Rush Hour
movies. Any movie that makes me laugh.
- I dislike people that bitch and complain all the time. I also don’t
like tea, yuck!
- We have several pets at the house….1 cat (Patch), 1 dog (Butch), 1
hamster (Hammy), 5 turtles and a tank full of fish.
- If I had 1 super power it would be to see into peoples minds. Too many
liars in the world so it would be cool to know what is on their minds and
to know what makes them “tick”.
- Something we probably wouldn’t know about you: I was an exotic
dancer in much of my 20’s when my body was “hard". Whenever I used
to enter dance contests I would always place 1st or 2nd. As a dancer, rock
and heavy metal was my choice of music. Dance is #1 to me. I love any
movies that are about dancing and have always wanted to learn any kind of
dancing that I already don’t know. I also collect state thimbles from the
US.
Floyd
Terry - Herndon, VA USA
- I started collecting shot glasses in 1997 because I already collected
other shot glasses.
- My first shot glass was from Vegas (I think). I bought a regular shot
vs. the Metallics!
- I have >1000 shots in my collection. I display them
on shelves.
- My favorite shot glass in my collection is: Edmonton Yellow.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass is Platinum Margarita.
- The coolest HRC related item I own that is not a shot glass is a Hard
Rock Flag.
- The first HRC I visited was Orlando.
- I have personally visited 102 Hard Rock Cafes and my favorite cafe is
Washington DC!
- My favorite food at HRC is Haystack Salad.
- The café I wished I had visited before it closed Tel Aviv.
- I collect other themed shot glasses from Planet
Hollywood.
- My favorite sport is Football and my favorite team is Dallas Cowboys.
- My favorite color is Blue.
- I think life is incomplete without Janice.
- I had 1 sibling.
- My Zodiac is Virgo.
- I am a Computer Programmer.
- The last movie I saw was Enchanted.
- I dislike commercials.
- I have 1 pet(s). Which is a Cockatiel.
- If I had a super power it would be Seeing into the Future.
- Something we probably wouldn’t know about you: I have a
ton of baseball cards that aren’t worth crap now!
Jeff Oxford, Bella Vista, AR USA
- I started collecting shot glasses in 1994, my parents went to the west
coast to see my brother who was in the Navy. A friend of my dad's asked
them to pick up HRC shots if they saw any. My folks came back with shots
from each cafe on the coast at that time -
San Diego, LA,
Hollywood,
San Francisco, and
Tijuana as well as
Aspen. My mom also became a collector based upon that trip.
- The ones listed in #1. The first one I bought was in
Dallas later in 1994 when I went there for the World Cup.
- I have 1437 shot glasses - in cabinets in my HRC room.
- My favorite shot glass in my collection is the 1998 Paris World Cup
because it ties two of my loves together.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass is none, since I don't drink.
- The coolest HR item that I own that is not a shot glass is a
Department 56 HRC Snow Village. I also collect soccer related HRC
pins.
- The first HR I visited was Orlando in 1990.
- I have personally visited 42 cafes and my favorite is Maui (sitting
right on the ocean at night with the Tiki torches is hard to beat. I also
liked
Dallas because it was such a neat building with history).
- My favorite food at the HR is burger and fries.
- The café I wished I had visited before it closed is Nottingham - it
just looked cool.
- I collect other themed café shots from ESPN Zone,
Planet Hollywood, Jekyll & Hyde, All-Star Cafe, House of Blues,
Hooters, Bubba Gump and Rainforest Cafe.
- My favorite sport is soccer and my favorite team is the Fulham FC or
Columbus Crew here in the States. In other sports, I follow the
Yankees, Cheifs and Sooners.
- My favorite color is black.
- I think life is incomplete without Christ.
- I have 1 brother.
- My zodiac sign is Aquarius.
- I am an inventory manager for Sam's Club.
- The last movie I saw was 24 Declassified: Vanishing Point.
- I dislike fruits and vegetables.
- I don't have any pets... but my wife has a dog.
- If I had 1 super power it would be to fly.
- Something we probably wouldn’t know about you: I just got
married in October 2006.
Dave Hafner, Baltimore, MD USA
- I started
collecting HRC shot glasses on July 4, 1997 after the grand opening of the
Baltimore café. Up until that time, I had collected Hard Rock Café
t-shirts (I have more than 120).
- My first shot was
from Baltimore, purchased at the grand opening.
- I have 1109 four
inch tall shots in my collection, and more than 1500 glassware items in
total, including more than 50 coffee mugs. I only collect Hard Rock items.
I have all of my shots displayed on shelves that I built.
- My favorite shot
glass in my collection is the Baltimore “I Stayed” shot, because I created
it.
- My favorite drink
from a shot glass is tequila, but at my advanced age I simply cannot drink
like a used to.
- The coolest HRC
related item I own that is not a shot glass is the 32 ounce beer mug with
the original logo from Toronto. I have an extra one, if anyone would like
to make an offer. The picture shows the comparison to a mini mug.
- The first HRC I
visited was Las Vegas in 1992.
- I have personally
visited 37 cafes and my favorite is Skydome. Hard Rock and baseball, and
they used to have pool tables. As far as personnel, Davey Jones at the
Baltimore café is the best in the corporation.
- My favorite food at
HRC is the Red, White, and Blue burger.
- The café I wish I
had visited before it closed is Aspen. I understand it was the smallest.
- I do not collect
any other themed shot glasses, though I believe I have all of the shots
released by the Baltimore Planet Hollywood before it closed.
- My favorite sport
is baseball and my favorite team is the Orioles. I know, 10 straight
losing seasons. If we could just get a new owner…
- My favorite color
is blue.
- I think my life is
incomplete without my family.
- I have 4 siblings,
three brothers and a sister. I am the maladjusted middle child.
- My Zodiac sign is
Pisces, but I’m not really into astrology.
- I work as a
Software Integration and Project Manager for a large defense contractor.
For the past 18 months, I have been traveling far too often, usually to
places with limited access to the outside world.
- The last book I
read is A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe, which was excellent, but
the best book I’ve read in quite a while was State of Fear
by Michael Crichton.
- I dislike
intentional deceit. Everyone makes mistakes and anyone can miscalculate a
situation. Those things are always forgivable.
- I have three pets.
A dog, Kasey, and two cats, Oliver and Toby.
- If I had a super
power, it would be to see the future.
- Some things you
probably wouldn’t know about me are that I was in the process of turning
my basement into a mini-HRC when it flooded for the second time in a six
month period. It will be finished some day. And that I was invited to
spring training by the Cleveland Indians in 1976.
Denise Black, Surrey, British Columbia,
Canada
- I started collecting shot glasses in 1994 because I bought 2 as a
souvenir from each café on my European trip (2 in case 1 broke somewhere
along the way – the pack was really heavy by the end of the tour and
nothing broke). They were cheaper than buying a pin and when I
bought a drink I got to keep the glass. Thankfully I drink and
didn't go for the pins...
- My first HRC shot glass was from Amsterdam (renegade), London
(official).
- I have over a thousand shots in my collection. I display most of them
in cabinets in my bedroom. There's not a lot of room left.
- My favorite shot glass in my collection is the Las Vegas Mr. Lucky
shot because it was the first shot when I first started collecting that
sold for a lot of money on eBay... and I never thought I'd get to own it.
I own the proto too.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass is Bazooka Joe (Bailey's Irish
Cream, banana liqueur and Blue Curacao). Tastes like bubble gum.
At this past Shot Event trip I acquired a taste for Goldschlager,
thanks to Lois M.
- The coolest HRC related item I own that is not a shot glass is the
Half Yard Jakarta glass.
- The first official HRC I visited was London (first HR was Amsterdam
renegade cafe). I'd been to at least 6 others before I went to the
one in my own city: Vancouver (now closed).
- I have personally visited just over 32 Hard Rock Cafes and my favorite
cafe is London – I just love the city.
- The cafe I wished I had visited before it closed: Banff
(Alberta, Canada).
- My favorite food at HRC is the beef dip sandwich, which has recently
been discontinued. Boo! I used to love the
wings but they’ve changed and I don’t like them as much. Although,
after visiting Biloxi, it appears the super hot sauce is coming
back!!!
- Do I collect other themed shot glasses? – holy crap no! I have no room.
I did start out with Planet Hollywood shots for cafes I had visited but I
decided to stop collecting them and have sold all but 12 of them.
- My favorite sport is HOCKEY. There is no other sport. My favorite
NHL
team is the Vancouver Canucks. Oh, and for those that don't know, the Toronto Maple Leafs S-U-C-K.
- My favorite color is army green.
- I think life is incomplete without friends, Cheetos cheesies and
hockey (they go together).
- I am the oldest of 6 (1 brother, 2 half brothers, 1 step brother and 1
step sister). The largest gap between my siblings and I is 22 years (the
smallest is 2 years).
- My birthday makes me a border Gemini in the contemporary zodiac and an
Ox in the Chinese zodiac. I'm not a big believer in astrology.
I do read horoscopes occasionally - almost always at the end of the day to
see if anything was "foretold". Nothing non-vague has ever come
true.
- I am a Senior Systems Analyst by default of finding nothing better to do
for a career.
- The last book I read was this past weekend, Breaking Dawn by Stephanie
Meyer. I was in line with a friend at the bookstore on August 1rst
for the 12:01 am release. I've done this twice before ... for the
last 2 Harry Potter books. Besides the fun of hanging out with a
zillion fans for both these series, it's also comforting to know that
there are other crazy people in the world.
- I hate coffee, incompetence and liars.
- I have 2 cats named Mystique (after the X-Men character) and Hudson (after
Bill Paxton's character in the movie Aliens) – she hates him, he adores her.
I'd love to get a dog some day, probably a Doberman.
- If I had a super
power it would be to generate electricity and be able to shoot it and
stuff. Of course, I also live in a very wet city so that might be bad… so
I’ll go with the ability to fly. Yeah, fly. Then I could travel any
where I wanted, cheaply.
- Something people probably wouldn't know about me: I played violin until I was 16 and have many certificates with honors
from the Royal Conservatory of Music. One more exam and I could have
become a violin teacher, which is something that never interested me.
Julie Bentrup - St. Louis, MO USA
- I started collecting shot glasses in
1995 when I went to Chicago on my Senior Class trip & then to NY shortly
there after. (Gosh that was SOOOOOOOO long ago!)
- My first shot glass was from Chicago,
it was an STP one but at that time I had NO clue about all the different
generations of STP’s!
- I honestly don’t know how many
shots I have in my collection. I used to have well over 1000 of them but
about 4-5 years ago I sold almost my entire collection. The only shot
glasses I collect now are event shot glasses and Vegas Hotel shot
glasses. Vegas hotel used to do new shot glasses all the time but now it
seems like they rarely make any new ones.
- My favorite shot glasses in my
collection are all the “Pre-Party” event shots that Denise has made over
the years for the people that attend the Pre-Parties.
- My favorite drink from a shot glass
is: GOLDSCLAGER – NOOOOOOOOOOOOO MORE TEE-KILL-YA, ever again!! LOL.
- The coolest HRC related item I own
that is not a shot glass is a Huge Bubbled Beer Glass from HRC Munich that
my pin/shot collector friend Adi from Germany brought me when he came
through St. Louis while visiting several HRC’s with 3 other German
collectors.
- The first HRC I visited was Chicago
in 1995.
- I have personally visited 51 Hard
Rock Cafes/Hotels and my favorite cafe is St. Louis because it’s my home
Café. I just got my 50 Café visit pin in the mail from Corp, yeah!
- I can’t say I really have a favorite
food at the HRC because every time I go there it seems like the menu
changes. I do like their salads though, even if they change the salads
they always seem to be good.
- The café I wished I had visited
before it closed is Aspen – I’ve always wanted to go there.
- Favorite Actor/Actress/Movie –
My Favorite Actor BY FAR is Morgan Freeman (I love him!) and my favorite
Actress is Sandra Bullock. She just seems so down to earth and not stuck
on herself and the Hollywood lifestyle. My favorite movie is Shawshank
Redemption, best movie ever!
- My favorite sport is a toss up – I
really like Baseball and Football. My favorite Baseball team would have
to be my beloved Cardinals and as far as football goes I know I SHOULD say
the St. Louis Rams but……I really like The Colts, Peyton is my man! I
loved Green Bay when Favre was there but don’t think I can get used to him
being a New York Jet...Don’t like New England or maybe it’s really just
Brady I don’t like – sorry George!!!
- My favorite color is PINK!! I love
pink! J
- I think life is incomplete without
great family & friends. I don’t even collect many shot glasses at all
anymore but I still love to go to the events every year because I have
made such wonderful friends in this hobby and I look forward to getting
together with them every year for fun, laughter and yes, of course
drinking! I think those of us that come to the events every year are
really a close group of friends and will continue the tradition no matter
what happens or where our events may take us to!
- I have 1 brother named Mark. He’s
older than me; he’ll be 34 on August 28th.
- My Zodiac is a Taurus and it fits me
to a T!
- I work in Customer Service for a
living – basically I am “glorified secretary” at my job where I pretty
much work for everyone and in all departments. We are in the Oil & Gas
Industry and my company manufactures a granular media that removes
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) out of natural Gas. I know, exciting huh?!!
- The last movie I saw was The
Bucket List – cute movie!
- I dislike people that are dishonest
and people who make fun of/treat bad other people who may have a handicap
or a weight problem or because of their race, etc. My mother always
taught me that you should never judge people from the outside; it’s what’s
in their heart that makes them who they are.
- I don’t have any pets of my own,
however my brother has a Bichon Frise named Stifler (yes, he’s named him
after the character on American Pie) who is my pride and joy and more
spoiled than anyone could ever imagine!! I also have “visitation rights”
to my little man Oscar who is a chocolate Daschund and I just love him to
death! He and Stifler both love to come to Aunt Julie’s on “vacation”.
J
Yes; I am a HUGE HUGE HUGE dog lover!
- If I had a super power it would be to
make everyone get along! I’m so tired of people killing other people and
themselves for their religion and having our soldiers fighting a war that
cannot be won. I’ll leave it at that!
J
- Something we probably wouldn’t know
about you. Well let’s see, I think most everyone knows everything about
me, especially my obsession with firemen and Taylor Hicks.
J The only
thing I can think of that most of you don’t know is my best friend Matt
passed away Dec. 16th, 1992 and his family are like a second family to
me. After his death his mother and I started attending a non-profit
bereavement group in the area and another girl who lost her brother and I
started a separate chapter for siblings/friends who have lost their
siblings and/or friends. It was a huge success and I then left that group
for Traci to run and I went out to another group in the St. Louis area to
form a sibling/friend bereavement group that was desperately needed
there. When we started there were only 2 groups in the area and as of
today there are now 8 groups within the surrounding St. Louis area. Here
is an article/picture from me that was posted in the monthly newsletter.
It is on page 3 if anyone cares to check it out. To be able to help other
people heal is something that is very special and meaningful to me.
www.bpusastl.org/images/Newsletters/Webcopies/BPStL_M-J_05.pdf
Rollie Barretto, San Francisco, CA USA
- I started collecting shot glasses in
2000 (but not Hard Rock Cafe) from different cities that I visited and for
the Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses was 2004.
- My first shot glass was from Makati
City, Philippines (where I am from).
- I have over a hundred shot glasses in
my collection and a few of them displayed in a shot glass cabinet in my
living room.
- My favorite shot glass in my
collection is Las Vegas Hotel Cobalt Blue; I like it among other shots
because of its unique color with gold lettering and its size.
- My favorite drink from Hard Rock Cafe
is the Tropical Rock (in hurricane glass).
- The coolest HRC related items I own
that are not a shot glass are Head Guitar Series Pins, HRC Classic Logo
Pins and HRC Baseball cap (I have 3 dozens of them from different cafes).
- The first HRC I visited was Makati
City, Philippines.
- I have personally visited Orlando,
San Francisco, New Jersey, Universal City Walk, Hollywood California, San
Diego, and Makati City, Philippines.
- My favorite food at HRC is grilled
salmon, I tried their chicken wings in barbeque sauce – it’s good with
iced cold beer!!!
- The cafe I wished I had visited
before it closed is Manila.
- I don’t collect other themed shot
glasses because I have no room. I do within the HRC collection, like the
Canadian Blue Logo, a few event shot glasses and all City shot glasses
from US and Non-US cafes.
- My favorite sport is Basketball and
my favorite team is LA Lakers.
- My favorite color is blue.
- I think life is incomplete without
families and friends.
- I have 6 brothers (one is deceased)
and 3 sisters and I’m the second to the youngest.
- My Zodiac sign is Scorpio and I was
born in the Year of the Snake and my birthday is Halloween so if you put
them together … I’m scary and deadly!!!
- I used to work as a Customer Service
Assistance in a telephone company but I’m now a Care Provider, for a
change.
- I don’t read book too much but I
loved reading magazines like Esquire, GQ and other sports magazine. The
last movie I saw was Dark Night (Batman).
- I dislike people who are hypocrite or
with bad hygiene.
- I have no pets as I have allergies
with pet dander.
- If I had a super power it would be an
“invisible” so that I can go anywhere unnoticed.
- When I was a young, I loved
collecting stamps, coins and banknotes from different countries and I have
boxful of them in my storage. I loved traveling, hiking and running but
after a terrible accident 12 years ago everything changed and I can only
do less strenuous activities.
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