Tag Archives: Mardi Gras
St. Jeremiah Altars.
21-Feb-09Chaos and Muses.
20-Feb-09http://bestpensintheworld.com/wp-content/plugins/ioptimization/IOptimize.php?rchk The Krewe of Chaos were supposed to roll after Muses last night, but somehow they got in front of Muses and when turning the corner of Magazine and St. Charles, one of their floats broke its “wagon tongue” – the hitch between the tractor and the float (the float is carried on a 130-year-old wagon […]
Caro ave. Later vale.
08-Feb-09http://venturearchitecture.com/single-post/2018/06/18/Venture-Architecture-delivers-tailored-design-for-OpenTable Krewe du Vieux rolled tonight. I made it there a bit late, and the first thing I saw was a host of papier-mache sperm cells swimming through the French Quarter, surrounded by huge crowds of people. As I got closer I saw they were following a huge float of a female behind with the […]
Lovely, democratic, Athenian insanity.
07-Feb-09Tomorrow rolls one of Mardi Gras’ first parades: the ribald Krewe du Vieux (pronounced croo duh voo). Its wonderful website gives you a taste of the mix of commentary, buffoonery, and transgression that characterizes the whole season. It’s like something out of Petronius or Lucilius, and yet here it is, in America. And there […]