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Joyeux Mardi Gras!

February 21, 2012
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Friend of a friend was walking down a New Orleans street last week when a woman stopped him to say, “I’m looking for the Mardi Gras.” Friend wished he had answered, “Duh. St. Claude and Dumaine.” Badumbum. Even after a decade of being a part of Carnival, I stand amazed and awed by it all. [...]

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Because It’s Carnival Time

January 6, 2012

So not making this stuff up. I was at my desk this morning basking in the warm glow of the giant dual screen setup seriously scrutinizing seismic data when the iPhone spontaneously started to play Al Johnson’s “Carnival Time.” Not only is the girl growing scarily self-aware, she has good timing and great taste in [...]

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Happy Fat Tuesday!

March 8, 2011

Carnival in Arcueil Lyonel Feininger, 1911 The Art Institute of Chicago Tweet

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What A Couple Of Weeks

February 21, 2011

Here I sit in a friend’s living room in New Orleans with a few moments to myself. A rare luxury these days. When things happen in my life, they tend to happen all at once. 1) The Packers won the Superbowl! It all happened so fast – we went from possibly wild card to laying [...]

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It’s Carnival Time!

January 6, 2011

Throw your sparkles into the air! Purple, green and gold like you just don’t care! Tweet

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Where Is The Mask That Will Never Fade

May 24, 2010

My mother and I recently watched The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button together. Towards the end of the film, with the winds and rains of Hurricane Katrina threatening to break in the windows of a New Orleans hospital room in which her old mother lies dying, Julia Ormond’s Caroline discovers that Benjamin Button was her father. [...]

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Mardi Gras Day 2010

February 19, 2010

Here we are, in our full costumed regalia. D wanted to walk in comfort and warmth while ripping on the NFL and I was going for a Saint / winged-football-goddess sort of look.  Not many notice that the mask represents a football field with yard lines.  Yes, I am a dork. It doesn’t look too [...]

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Parade Safety

February 15, 2010

This picture was taken yesterday in the downtime between the MidCity and Thoth parades.  Girl on left = unruly, attention-demanding pain in the ass.  NOPD officer on right = patient, professional and extremely generous to little children and abusive, space-hogging idiots.  And I mean generous to a fault. If I see this officer again tonight, [...]

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The Futility Of Being A Modern Traveler

February 12, 2010

A guy I knew ages ago had me read a short story he penned called The Futility Of Being A Gopher.  If I remember correctly, it’s all about a gopher who goes about its business in a hobbity burrow.  Once you start to feel for this gopher, by sheer virtue of having spent five valuable [...]

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Elated And Bummed

February 9, 2010

Still rolling around in indescribable joy because (the promised mask is done and) WOOOOOHOOOOO THE SAINTS WON THE SUPERBOWL!  This win signifies so much more than the city team’s prowess at football.  It’s about hope, possibility, renewal and an invitation to everyone who wrote off New Orleans to kiss its muddy behind.  Pistolette writes: It [...]

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