Posts Tagged ‘parade’

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 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…

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…