Living here, you hear the phrase, “Steeped in New Orleans Tradition,” a lot. Just this Friday, I finally got to experience just what that phrase means. I found myself in the happy situation, about a month ago, of opening up my work email and seeing a message from the gal just down the hall from…
Category: Mardi Gras
It’s Carnival Time!!!
So, Follow Your Crazy turned 2 yesterday. I can’t believe it. I would be a little more celebratory of this if I had been faithfully writing this whole time, but I seem to have fallen off the Earth again. Lots of adjustment period going on here, in this new home which I love and adore. …
My Favorite Bead Dawg
It is Mardi Gras day, and you turn 13. Happy birthday Toby! You are my most favorite Bead Dog, buddy!
Ex El Vee Eye Eye
Ahhh, the long-awaited New Orleans-hosted Superbowl 2013 is upon us. It has been an interesting week, watching the action increase as this weekend drew ever more near. Last weekend, we rounded the bend into Jackson Square and came upon a very floodlit St. Louis Cathedral. Lit up for the benefit of all the news and…
Krewe Du Vieux, Ya-Hieux!!!!
It goes without saying, at this point, that this is my first Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. As an adult, anyway. Among my earliest memories of life (which include a fascination with beignets and that it was okay to make a mess and a toddler’s in-stroller view of the detritus in the French Quarter…
Happy Birthday, FollowYourCrazy!
Happy birthday to meee, happy birthday to meeeee! Happy birthday dear BLOOOOOG, haapppy birthday to meeeee! When 2012 rolled into 2013, we were standing by the Mississippi River in the French Quarter, watching fireworks in a madly-pressed crowd. My one and only resolution for the year was made: to write more. Given that we are…
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