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 can be confusing to some how the win of a football team can somehow be tied to the rebuilding of a devastated city. But if you lived here you“d feel it. Athletes often talk of ˜momentum“, and Nola has definitely been experiencing it since Katrina. There is a drive and energy here that simply defies. For being a culture preoccupied with pleasure, I didn“t realize how passionately the people here would go to war over defending their right to it. I guess we“re more like our French fathers after all.
The following video was taken on the street on which D and I used to live. Each time I watch it, I am so deeply happy for everyone crying, laughing, drinking, jumping and dancing, and want to hug all of them. The Packer Nation, known for the unfettered dedication of its fans in good times and in bad, salutes the WhoDat Nation. You deserve it all.
I cannot begin to tell you how majorly bummed I was at not being at Fahy’s with D and my friends to watch and celebrate victory and history in the making. Kudos to my family, however, for screaming loudly in support of the Saints and agreeing with me that I should have been in New Orleans. Friends who don’t stay up late and rarely party made their way to the French Quarter at 11PM; folks I thought didn’t have my phone number called or texted into the wee hours of the morning. Loki, Alexis and I should have been there. We should also be there today, on Lombardi Gras a.k.a. Dat Tuesday, for the parade about to happen in downtown New Orleans to honor the Saints. Thankfully, my husband is in New Orleans armed with a camera (and a death threat should he fail to get good pictures).
Keep the party hot for me, y’all. I will be there on Friday and you know it’s gonna be a good time.
Words can’t describe what a great week this has been.
Hope to see you Friday – the whole Guillory crew will be at the Royal Sonesta on Friday – Shailja will be rockin the walker up and down the hall waving to everybody – and we’d love to see you!