Le Krewe d’Etat is my all-time favorite parade. I love it! It is satirical, and its satire is truly biting. Read Pete’s post for a good description of this krewe. Post-Katrina, there was a big brouhaha about whether to have Mardi Gras or not. It was too soon and there were no extra resources for [...]
When I was around six years old, my parents took all us kids to see Bacchus. For some reason, my father needed to move his car from where it was parked. He did this during the parade. After the parade, we returned to our car. Except that I walked back from the way I came [...]
I love reading my fellow NOLA bloggers, and I’d love to meet you, too. With Mardi Gras in full swing, it seems like a good opportunity for us to mingle. So, here’s the invitation: For the Sunday parades as well as Monday evening (Lundi Gras), we will be catching the uptown parades right at the [...]
This week will be spent consecrated in preparations for Mardi Gras weekend. Technically, “Mardi Gras” is French for “Fat Tuesday.” We have gotten lax in calling the whole season “Mardi Gras.” My grandmother never made that mistake; the season is, and for her always was, carnival. She loved carnival. When I hear that word uttered [...]
Yesterday, CS and I (and Sun) drove to LaPlace to buy andouille for jambalaya Pete and I will be making for Bacchus next week. I could get acceptable andouille a bit closer than LaPlace. But I so enjoy the drive that I wonder if maybe it’s the drive that I go for and not the [...]
The Krewe of Barkus rolls walks tomorrow in the French Quarter. We will not be able to make it. But it made me recall the last time we did make it, back in 2005. The theme that year was Hairy Pawter and the Sorcerer’s Bone. If you don’t know or haven’t figured it out yet, [...]
I know I have gushed a lot about king cakes lately. And generally, I can’t get enough. But what I witnessed this morning is TOO MUCH! The office king cakes (one plain, one stuffed) were duly placed in the coffee room this morning. And as I was enjoying a nice slice (or two), someone pointed [...]
Before we can even get through Mardi Gras, the Times-Picayune is reporting the lineup for the 2008 Jazzfest, and, man, is it chuck full of good performers. There’s to be Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Sheryl Crow, Billy Joel, Al Green, Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Kermit Ruffins, Widespread Panic, Ellis Marsalis, Cowboy Mouth, Dr. John, [...]
Growing up, we called those things that keep your beer chilled “huggies.” When I moved out of state for school, my new friends called them “koozies.” To me and my family, they will always be huggies. I have an odd fascination with huggies (not unlike my fetish with coasters–hey, they are both drink related. Weird.) [...]
Last night, CS and I decided to take advantage of the babysitter we had arranged to watch Sun while we attended a ball. Not having the proper attire for the ball, we decided instead to take in our first parade of this carnival season, Krewe du Vieux in the French Quarter. This is the first [...]