The pure energy of the last three weeks in New Orleans has a hum that remains in my head, a force that pulls at the edges of my mouth to smile broad and wide again and again as I recall each costume, each band, each delicious meal, each loved one who danced in the streets […]
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Mardi Gras with Bob Ross, Mondo Kayo and Pimiento Cheese Dip
Another Mardi Gras has gone off like a confetti cannon in New Orleans. There are beads in the trees. There are beads on the floor of every room of the house. Beads under my moped tires on the scoot into work each morning. What a wonderful season it was—we had a Bob Ross themed Endymion […]
Smoked Sausage Jambalaya with Bayou Fried Chicken for Fat Tuesday
As with all the best moments in life, Mardi Gras came and went in a blink. Ephemeral as a set of beads flying through the air from one outstretched hand to another. KP and I had a marvelous time with Mondo Kayo and our friends, the Wisemans, who came down from Minnesota. A Mondo Kayo […]
Happy Mardi Gras!
It was a foggy morning in Jackson Square, and although it is raining now, it did not rain on our parade! We started marching at 7:30am, right out before Zulu. My costume was a bit cerebral in retrospect. Here I am as an anatomical heart, which seemed appropriate due to this year’s Mardi Gras’s proximity […]