Mardi Gras

I had a relatively tame Mardi gras. We were napping by 1 pm in fact.

The morning was spent at John's place, where he hosted his annual always fabulous pre-parade breakfast. There were czars, blackamoors, queens, mayan priestesses, go go boys, lost children, lesbians, found children, kings, queens, human tombs, dogs, and more queens.

Anyway, here are a few random pictures from the day. Get yourself drunk and pretend you're there!

from the kitchen window

  The Human Tomb arrives

The human tomb, with go go boys

Dog... in gym shorts (or maybe a donkey, not sure)

The back yard

The front yard

Bizarre old New Orleanian delicacy, "Russian Cake" or "Creole Trifle"  Stale cake and jam,  pressed into a mold and weighed down by bricks...then soaked in lots of rum.

After the party, it was off to the St. Anne parade....a meandering, claustrophobic crowd of people in costume snaking its way from Bywater to the Quarter, with stops at bars along the way.  

At Mimi's

RIP Don C.

Jesus... dancing with bunny

war

romance

Daddy's little angel of death

The rolling wrestling ring

Pork Chops

Zebra in a crinoline, with cigarette

Pom poms!

Pom poms!

Fierceness.

The steampunk trojan horse (which I never did get to see, alas)