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Holy Mother Of God, The New Orleans Saints Won The Superbowl!

February 7, 2010

Sat up in bed early this morning, a Sunday morning, knowing this would happen. Changed into my Ashley shirt at halftime.  I knew they’d win, but didn’t know how or by how many points.  Three good dead-on Hartley field goals.  Then, the Tracy Porter interception and runback.  I have never been more certain of victory. [...]

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Another Year, Another Krewe Du Vieux Recovery

February 1, 2010

After squealing on seeing friends and screaming WhoDat! to onlookers, my voice and I parted ways some time on Sunday morning and it shows no signs of returning home. Add airplane travel back to the North to that mix and you know how I feel today. King Dr. John did not attend my subkrewe’s, the [...]

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“If You Get Up At Noon, You Missed The Party”

January 19, 2010

In my new-found role as New Orleanian Emissary To America, I find myself having to explain this quite a bit to the folks n00bs up here:  Mardi Gras in New Orleans is not at all about boobies and meter-long what-passes-for-cocktails.  So, get off those four foul blocks of Bourbon Street.  And, for the record, you [...]

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Music To Go With The Season

January 6, 2010

Ten tracks of classic Mardi Gras music. Welcome to Carnival Season 2010! Laissez les bon temps rouler! Tweet

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It’s Carnival Time!

January 6, 2010

I made peace with her mortality, so the only regret I have about my grandma no longer being here is not being able to make a Carnival mask with her.  I’ve mentioned that she was an artist in found objects.  Hindu- and Indian-themed dioramas, wall hangings and decorative room partitions with strips of shiny and [...]

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Krewe du Vieux Update

October 28, 2009

Still missing New Orleans a lot, especially all of my friends and the whole Krewe du Vieux gang.  Since we had the fire at the den this summer (and with a new mayor coming up AND the possibility of a great Saints season AND a theme unrelated to Katrina & The Flood), the KduV 2010 [...]

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Rockstars

July 20, 2009

I love it when good pictures of us turn up. This is what D and I looked like at the tail end of Carnival 2009. For the first time in years, it was late and I didn’t want to go home. The floral headpiece, which I cobbled together from many found objects, wire and glue, [...]

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Day 1286: Pretty

March 5, 2009

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Day 1283: Oshun

March 2, 2009

A nice picture of HL, KR and me from the Oshun parade.  Items of note: I’m wasted from sinus infection and earache fatigue.  That is indeed a Winnie The Pooh BandAid on my hand, thanks to a Krewe du Vieux float spotlight that went from freezing to hellishly hot in three seconds. Finally, Oshun threw [...]

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Day 1283: Those Uppity …

March 2, 2009

Blacks.  Whites.  People. First, give me a moment to grill The Lone Sysadmin on the disposition of the picture he took of The Amazing 100th Anniversary Zulu Coconut and my grinning mug.  Ahem, how do you expect this legend to prosper, especially on the internet, without proper photographic evidence? == Friends R and S flew down from [...]

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