Posts Tagged ‘spca’

Mardi Gras Bead Dogs: Whimsical Art with a Serious Message

// January 25th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Places "Tiger Paws" by artist Gerry Claude

[New Orleans, LA] — For a city accustomed to Lucky Dogs, the luckiest dogs of all may be the brightly colored Mardi Gras Bead Dog statues that are popping up all over town. Lucky for animal lovers and art lovers, at least. The whimsical sculptures are modeled after the trinkets fashioned from leftover Mardi Gras …read more…

Beer for Good Paws — New Orleans On Tap Beerfest

// October 1st, 2011 // 9 Comments » // Events, Food, Places Turbo Dog

[New Orleans, LA] — Rarely does a day pass that I don’t utter the statement “Beer is Good,” with all the profundity one can summon for such a pronouncement. Normally, this proclamation occurs sometime around the hour of 6:00 pm, after I’ve popped the top of an IPA or similarly-flavorful brew and taken my first …read more…