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HOG (Harley Owners Group) Louisiana rally kicks off a busy rally season

// May 3rd, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel HOG rally

[Lafayette, LA] — Louisiana’s state HOG rally (April 19-21 in Lafayette, LA) marked the start of a busy rally season for members of Harley Owners Group. More than 2,500 HOG members rode to Lafayette for the 3-day event, which featured guided rides (including one to the Tabasco sauce factory in Avery Island), food, music, and …read more…

Playboy and Harley-Davidson team up for the “Ultimate Playboy Giveaway Unlocked by Harley-Davidson”

// May 2nd, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Events, Travel Harley-Davidson Seventy-Two

Personally, I’ve only read Playboy for its excellent articles, and really, that was a LONG TIME AGO. I’ve heard there’s some excellent photography in the magazine as well, but I hadn’t noticed. So, uh, if my wife is reading this, that’s my story. However, as a public service to my readers, I thought I’d let …read more…

Louisiana SPCA’s Dog Day Afternoon

// March 25th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Events, Travel "You talkin' to me?"

[New Orleans, LA] — On a lazy Sunday afternoon in New Orleans, you can’t do much better than a doggie festival. This past weekend’s Dog Day Afternoon is an annual event to raise funds and awareness for Louisiana’s SPCA. Held at New Orleans’ City Park, the event featured a doggie walk-a-thon — called the Gatsby …read more…

Daytona 2012 — Chillin’ at Willie’s Old School Chopper Show

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Willie's Tropical Tattoo

[Ormond Beach, FL] — You never know who you’ll run into at Willie’s Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show at Daytona Bike Week.  From celebrities of the motorcycle world — Willie G. for example — to custom bike builders, to just plain folk, everyone makes the annual pilgrimage to Willie’s. Plaques and trophies are awarded …read more…

Daytona 2012 — Harley-Davidson’s Ride-In Custom Bike Show

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Harley Ride-In Show

[Daytona Beach, FL] — This year at Daytona Bike Week, Harley-Davidson partnered with American Iron Magazine for its Ride-In Custom Bike Show on Beach Street. The event took place on Wednesday, March 14 and attracted a wide variety of motorcycles entered in 11 different classes. In the evening, Harley sponsored a special concert for HOG …read more…

Daytona 2012: Main Street madness

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Um, maybe Elvis shouldn't have left the building...

[Daytona Beach, FL] — Daytona Bike Week’s 71st annual edition just wrapped up — the 10-day event ran from March 9 through 18 this year. As always, a cruise down Main Street is obligatory — it’s the place to see and be seen at Bike Week.  

Daytona 2012 — 40th Annual Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Rat's Hole

[Daytona Beach, FL] — If 2012 isn’t the Year of the Rat, it should be. One of the must-see events of Daytona Bike Week is the Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show, now in its 40th year. Although “Big Daddy Rat” — the legendary Karl Smith — passed away in 2002, his son Ted continues the …read more…

Super Sunday for Mardi Gras Indians

// March 19th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Events, Travel Super Sunday

[New Orleans, LA] – ”Super Sunday” in New Orleans refers not to a well-known football game or a political primary, but instead to a tradition of elaborate spectacle and ritual for the Mardi Gras Indians. Every year on the third Sunday of March, groups of elaborately-costumed tribe members gather at a park in Mid-City, then march through …read more…

Mardi Gras 2012 — Veni, Vidi, Bibi (I came, I saw, I drank)

// February 22nd, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Events, Travel Mardi Gras 2012

Mardi Gras 2012. It’s over. The fat lady has sung (or barfed, more likely). Beads were thrown, enormous quantities of booze were consumed, and undoubtedly many boobies were flashed. As for that last part, I didn’t see any because I stayed away from the French Quarter (mind you, I’ve got nothing against boobs, it’s just …read more…

Mardi Gras Krewe of Tucks parade “rolls” on — toilet paper included

// February 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Krewe of Tucks

[New Orleans, LA] – You’ve gotta love a parade whose king rides in a toilet bowl. Or more precisely, on a toilet throne. Krewe of Tucks has been around since 1969, formed by a group of students from Loyola University and named after a bar — now closed — where they hung out, called Friar Tuck’s. …read more…

Hail Bacchus! Krewe of Bacchus Mardi Gras parade

// February 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Bacchus

[New Orleans, LA] – I should write something here about Bacchus — the god of wine, winemaking, the grape harvest, and all those good things from Greek mythology. But frankly I’m a bit hung over. Just suffice it to say the Krewe of Bacchus, founded in 1968, puts on a heck of a parade. This year’s …read more…

Get your mask on at Mardi Gras Mask Market

// February 18th, 2012 // 12 Comments » // Events, Travel Mardi Gras Mask Market

[New Orleans, LA] — With Mardi Gras breathing down our throats here in NOLA — Fat Tuesday is next week — those wishing for a last-minute, one-of-a-kind mask for the occasion would be well-served at the Mardi Gras Mask Market. In its 29th year, the event in the French Quarter’s French Market features artists from …read more…

In the ‘tit Rəx krewe’s Mardi Gras parade, it’s all about the schwa

// February 13th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel ‘tit Rəx

[New Orleans, LA] – Note to Krewe of Rex: I don’t think anyone is likely to confuse the ‘tit Rəx Parade with yours. Nonetheless, in what may be a classic David vs. Goliath legal donnybrook, last year the mega-krewe threatened to sue the micro-krewe for trademark infringement, leading the smaller, Petit (“’tit,” get it?) Rex krewe …read more…

It’s a dog’s life – Mystic Krewe of Barkus parade

// February 13th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Events, Travel 2012 King of Barkus

Every dog has its day, as the saying goes, and Sunday afternoon, the Mystic Krewe of Barkus took to the streets for its 20th annual Mardi Gras parade. The krewe and its costumed canines strutted and strolled through the French Quarter, accompanied by marching bands and led by the requisite canine king, queen, duke and …read more…

Mardi Gras “Adult” Parade: Krewe du Vieux

// February 6th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Events, Travel Krewe du Vieux

[New Orleans, LA] – Politically correct, no. Socially acceptable, hardly. Family friendly, fuggedaboutit. And that’s why we love it. Krewe du Vieux’s 26th annual parade – among the first of many parades during Mardi Gras season – marched, strutted, and rolled through the French Quarter this past weekend in all its satirical, off-color, decadent glory. The …read more…

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