Le Krewe d’Etat rides again this year Friday, their motto is “Vivite ut Vehatis. Vehite ut Vevatis” which translates to the title of today’s post. Nola’s post today relates how important Mardi Gras 2006 was for the city, and how this krewe in particular throws parades “for the locals.” It’s in the tradition of...
I’ve been trying to find my older photos from the time I got my first digital camera in 2000. That was a rough one. I had just moved back to the city from Baton Rouge that year and was hanging out on St. Charles Sunday afternoon waiting for for my first Bacchus in years....
Me, I guess. I got a surprise with my mid-afternoon king cake snack—this lovely little golden child. King cake from Fresh Market in Mandeville. Another winner, not as flavorful as the Marguerite’s from yesterday, but moister. Plus, it comes with doubloons! Now I must fulfill my obligation and get one for Monday. I’ve got...
I was going to write a short post and put up some pics of today’s office king cake. Which I will. First, let me tell you how happy I am to share this article on Nola.com that has some great pics and reviews of king cakes found around town. The offerings at Sucre and...
Mardi Gras 2006 was the first post-K carnival season. I was of the opinion at the time that the city just was not ready. Way too much of town was uninhabited and uninhabitable; much of the devastation lay in traditional parade areas such as Endymion’s Mid-City route. How would the rest of the world...
So I had my arm twisted and was peer pressured by Nola decided to go to the first parade of the season: Krewe du Vieux. A new experience for me; I’ve heard a lot about this raunchy display of sarcasm in the past, and was curious enough to procrastinate my assignments and head down...
Boneramafreak at Randomness asked, “What do you do on Fat Tuesday?” A newcomer, she tells the story and has some great fun pics of how she has celebrated Mardi Gras since arriving in 2003. I started to leave a comment in response to her question, but it started to be as long as a...
It’s time to start getting those ice chests mounted on the red wagons, the seats bolted to the top of the ladders and those folding chairs dusted off. That’s right, it’s parade prep time. I was going through some old pictures on my computer and found some parade prep pics I’d like to share....
Speaking of lurking, we not only had yesterday’s king cake lurking around the office, there was leftover doberge cake from an office birthday party last week. Chocolate, from Rouse’s, I believe. And now for a closeup… What’s lurking in your office?
It was in the office when I arrived. It’s from the King Kake King in Mandeville ( a new one on me) and is strawberry/cream cheese filled. I know the preference is for no fillings, but ya’ll must be insanely jealous anyway.
Nola links to the Wikipedia article on king cakes which is pretty thorough on king cake history. I’ve found a couple of others, and would recommend Mardi Gras Unmasked’s web page on the subject. It goes a bit deeper into the local traditions, including a good overview of the Twelfth Night Revelers’ ball. A...
Although she didn’t mention it in her post, Nola challenged me via the Twitter to a king cake post-off. I’m not going abdicate to her detailed post just yet, but will spill one dirty little secret: I’m not all that about king cakes. They just don’t do it for me; it’s probably that I...
Threw my bad fortune off of the top of a tall building… PJ Harvey, Good Fortune I’ve been collecting fortune cookie fortunes for a couple of months now from the Chinese place near the office where I eat about once a week or so. Not to go all Seinfeld on you or anything, but...
The Times-Picayune ran an interesting article yesterday. The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism is planning a more sedate (and some would say infinitely more interesting) adjunct to the Audubon Golf Trail—a Louisiana Culinary Trails program which: …ill highlight authentic restaurants and food experiences across the state, and provide materials for travelers to...
Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations show on the Travel Channel debuts its New Orleans episode on Lundi Gras with several repeats during the week. If you’re not familiar with him, Bourdain is a chef, food writer and fiction author who is also a traveling TV host. He’s doesn’t do the normal how-to cooking show. It’s...
LSU is playing in the big national championship football game tonight at the New Orleans Superdome. We’ve had a week of partying leading up to it. New Years Eve, the Sugar Bowl and the LSU/Tulane basketball game were mere warm-ups; appetizers, if you will, to tonight’s main event. Should LSU win (and, yes, they...
Pre-party get together with family on Decatur Street. It’s 5:00pm, there’s a little jazz combo playing on the corner. We’re between Gov. Nicholls and Ursuline; an 8 foot tall inflatable Mike the Tiger on the balcony drawing extra attention. Purple and gld abounds on the street. Parents at mass at St. Louis Cathedral, dinner...
It was rather a chilly night for wandering around the city last night, although we had a really good time. The day started with a return to the office from a holiday break. Tied up a few loose ends, not too much going on. My family is in town; parents staying with my sister...