Posts Tagged ‘new orleans’
Video: Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus parade, Mardi Gras 2013
// March 20th, 2013 // 1 Comment » // Events, Places
[New Orleans, LA] — Mardi Gras 2013 may be a blurry memory for some, so here’s a sober look back at one of New Orleans’ funkier parades. The motto of the Intergalactic Krewe of Chebacchus is “Saving the Galaxy, One Drunken Nerd at a Time.” ‘Nuff said. Enjoy! For more info on the Krewe: http://chewbacchus.org
Video: Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras Parade, or Here Comes Honey Bow Wow
// February 5th, 2013 // 1 Comment » // Events, Places
Mystic Krewe of Barkus 2013, Mardi Gras New Orleans from Glen Abbott on Vimeo. [New Orleans, LA] – It was a dog day afternoon recently in New Orleans’ French Quarter, as the Mystic Krewe of Barkus put on their annual Mardi Gras parade. This year’s theme was “Tails & Tiaras: Here Comes Honey Bow Wow.” …read more…
Video: ‘tit Rəx, the Little Krewe that Could, marches in 2013
// February 1st, 2013 // No Comments » // Events, Places
[New Orleans, LA] — In the grand scheme of Mardi Gras, ‘tit Rəx ranks pretty small. And that’s just the way they want it. Here, smaller is better: the Krewe boasts it’s “New Orleans’ first and only MicroKrewe.” The pint-size procession rolls through the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods at Carnival time with shoebox-sized, satirically-themed floats and …read more…
Video: Krewe du Vieux, the “adult” Mardi Gras parade rolls in 2013
// January 28th, 2013 // 1 Comment » // Events, Places
[New Orleans, LA] — It’s Mardi Gras time in the Crescent City, and the parades, they’re a-rollin’. Krewe du Vieux is one of my favorites, a quirky, satirical procession with pronounced “adult themes.” Winding from the Marigny neighborhood and through the French Quarter, marchers and their mule-drawn floats lampoon everything from New Orleans politics to …read more…
Metairie Muffler Man update — he’s down, but not out
// September 5th, 2012 // No Comments » // Places
He survived Katrina and numerous tropical torments large and small. But Isaac proved too much for Metairie’s Big Man statue, knocking him from the perch he’s occupied for more than 35 years near the corner of Clearview Parkway and West Napoleon Avenue, breaking off his head and one arm. The two-story fiberglass “muffler man” has …read more…
Louisiana SPCA’s Dog Day Afternoon
// March 25th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Events, Places
[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…
The Ya-Ka-Mein lady of New Orleans
// March 21st, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Food, People, Places
Everyone in New Orleans knows Miss Linda. If you’ve ever been to a festival, a parade, or a concert in the city – and if you haven’t, you need to get out more, with all due respect – you’ve undoubtedly seen her, selling Ya-Ka-Mein and other delicious recipes from a tent, a table, or from …read more…
Super Sunday for Mardi Gras Indians
// March 19th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Events, Places
[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…
Call me “The Mild One:” adventures of a motorcycling television extra
// March 5th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // People, Places, RoadTales
[New Orleans, LA] — Wanted: “Extras with motorcycles – available tomorrow,” read the Craigslist ad. The job was for a television series shooting in the Crescent City. Hmm, I thought. As a freelance writer (read: no real job), and a motorcyclist, this could be something for which I might be qualified. All I had to …read more…
Mardi Gras 2012 — Veni, Vidi, Bibi (I came, I saw, I drank)
// February 22nd, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Events, Places
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, Places
[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…
Get your mask on at Mardi Gras Mask Market
// February 18th, 2012 // 12 Comments » // Events, Places
[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, Places
[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, Places
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…
Roadside Attractions — Massive Muffler Man Monument in Metairie, LA
// February 8th, 2012 // 15 Comments » // Places
As urban icons go, Muffler Man isn’t quite up there with Preservation Hall or the Cabildo. He presides majestically – almost menacingly – over the intersection of Clearview Parkway and West Napoleon Avenue in Metairie. Two stories tall, muscular outstretched forearms, dressed in Saints black and gold and adorned with a golden crown. He just …read more…
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