I Went To My First Hard Rock Cafe On March 11th 1990. When I Went On Vacation To Honolulu.

I Started Collecting In 1995. When I Went On Vacation To Las Vegas.

I Began Collecting And Trading HRC Pins On The Internet In January 1999 And Have 'Met' And Traded With Many Nice People All Over The World.

I Collect the 3-D Motorcycle Pin's,
Surfboard Pin's,
Anniversary Pin's,
Zippo Lighter's,
Laminates
Buttons,
And Anything That's COOL.

I went on the Southern Fried Pin Run. This was a 80 1/2 hour, twelve cafe, 4176 mile trip. We did this the weekend of Feb. 12 - 16 2004. I was accompanied by Paul & Ginger Coppin, Tom Stellini, and Mike Ayerst.

I went on the Toast the Coast *** East Coast Road Trip. This was a 48 hour, 6 cafe(Philadelphia, Atlantic City, New York, New York Times Square, Foxwoods, Boston) , 1875 mile trip. We did this the weekend of August 5th - 7th 2006. I was accompanied by my Daughters Jacqueline & Courtney Jacokes

I went on the "The Land of the Rising Sun" Japan Tour'09 from January 15th - 22nd 2009. I arrived at the Tokyo Narita Airport on Jan 16th 2009 at 5pm. I went to all 8 Cafe's in 66 hours. I went to the Narita HRC on Fri the 16th. I was at the Uyeno-Eki HRC at 7am Sat the 17th...had breakfast...hopped on the train and went to the Nagoya HRC...had to wait 30 minutes for the cafe to open. Traded pins with the staff...bought a zippo lighter...took pictures...off to the train and Fukuoka. After getting lost...finally made it to the cafe..took pictures...traded with the staff...back to the trains. Sunday the 18th HRC Universal Osaka..took pics..traded with the Merch staff...off to the trains again...HRC Osaka, traded pins with staff...bought a zippo lighter...off to the trains...Sun night HRC Yokohama were everybody knows my name..had dinner...traded pins and laminates with staff..Mon the 19th finally the last cafe...11am HRC Tokyo(Roppongi) traded with the Merch staff...bought zippo lighter. Cafe now open...had lunch...now what to do??? Tue 20th back at Tokyo Narita airport and off to Guam...spent 6 hours at the HRC Guam cafe trading with all the staff. What a great trip...if your thinking of going...GO!!!!!

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