Mardi Gras Table

We seem to exist on King Cake and booze once the last week of Carnival leading to Mardi Gras gets going.


I set the table for a quick snack before we dash off to the parades.


Cups with the devil on them are for Cafe Brulot, and the small vintage plates have revelers on them. The King Cake is displayed on an Italian white ceramic leaf form platter.



A ruched gold lame tablecloth is decorated with fleur de lis scepters and gold beads and a gold glitter top hat. Everything is black and gold this year here in the Who Dat Nation. I spy a jar of King Cake babies that I've gotten over my ten years in New Orleans. Who knows about those?



The skeleton on the chart has a carnival mask on, as if thumbing his nose at death.


Even the brandy next to the small vintage sipping glasses has a Fleur de lis on it!



Thus fortified, we hit the streets!

Thanks Susan for hosting Tablescape Thursdays! Wish you were here!

About Time!

Some of you wanted to know about this clock. It's antique and huge, 79" X 79". It's $6500. and you can get it from perch. in New Orleans 504 899 -2122.

perch. also has this black and white clock face, 49" X 49" also $6500.

And also this blue clock face without hands, 49" X 49" for $4400.

They are all painted metal, from Europe, once used on clock towers.

If you're talented and handy, you could paint one of these images on your wall!

Time To Play!

Barely keeping a day to day semblance of a normal schedule going. Going to work, but really for all intensive purposes business in New Orleans is suspended until Ash Wednesday.

There's a victory parade for the Saints tonight, a New Orleans version of a New York ticker tape parade, and 60,000 locals are expected to attend. Yesterday 30,000 people lined the streets at and around the airport to welcome the Saints home.

People have been camping out since early this morning wrapped up in blankets curbside to claim a good spot. It's only in the 40's here with a wicked wind from the North making it feel very cold for all of us tropical flowers here in New Orleans.

We have house guests coming on Thursday and staying over until Ash Wednesday.

We're in full Carnival mode, stocking up on libations and food, and planning our costumes and party and parade schedules. We have a ball to go to Friday night.

So the blog is on simmer, as things sizzle here in New Orleans!!!!

Carnival Roundup

This is the week long celebration leading to Mardi Gras. The Vamp has a day job on Bourbon Street!

There are parades and parties everyday.

With the World Champion Saints coming home there is an added parade tomoorow night to continue what is sure to be at least a week long celebration of their winning the Super Bowl.

These are snap shops I took last year while we were out and about in the streets.

All over town, Canal Street, Uptown, The Quarter - the party is everywhere you look.

All ages participate! Isn't she gorgeous?!

Music is everywhere.

And oh my the royalty!

Lots of humor and satire abound.

It's fun to see the the political climate of last year (2009).

And always sexy guys are around as eye candy.

Costumes often include elaborate props.

Papier mache floats are huge rolling works of art.

Revelers - we love the revelers!


Another Mardi Gras float that is a work of art!

Religious kooks come out to save us.

Love the pimp cups!

Local humor.

Kids are a huge part of Carnival and Mardi Gras.

Love a mounted cop!

Too much good Creole food!


Fleur de lis everywhere!


Carnival at dusk - the magic of the night approaches.


More music. Check out their "drums".


Home made float.


Krewe of Kops

The Cone of Uncertainty never looked so cute.

An old time walking krewe.

Boeuf Gras

Blind people even enjoy Mardi Gras!!

Da bigga da betta!

Black and gold!!!

Help a poor banker.

Big hot lips.


Big cute cop.


Oh my! Viagra Falls!!!

Screwed!

African Queen and her handsome conscort.

Pimp twins.

Hope you enjoyed the fun!!!