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Mardi Gras day, 1967-style

Tess — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:40:31 +0000

The latest bunch of eBay photos have a few really interesting shots, though most are of your typical floats and such- a couple in from Seattle for Mardi Gras.

There are two that caught my attention, though- the first is just how different Bourbon Street was… hats, coats, kerchiefs… totally civilized. Shockingly so, really:

The other was this one:

I’d love to know where this was, who they were, what the celebration was. And mostly I’d like to know how a couple of tourists who, as far as I can tell, did not stray off Bourbon and Canal got to something like this.

And then I’d like to go, too. Similar Posts:

Kids tap dancing in the French Quarter in 1976

Tess — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:56:00 +0000

Another eBay slide, which I love. Taken in 1976, it’s something that still happens today; kids (particularly poor black kids) attach metallic caps to the bottoms of their shoes and tap dance on the cobblestones.

Here the local kids seem to be teaching the tourists to dance along with them in front of St. Louis Cathedral. Similar Posts:

Gator circles around for a closer look

Tess — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:48:40 +0000

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Everything in bloom!

Tess — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:43:54 +0000

Yesterday we went back to Jean Lafitte Park, this time with the wonderful Jane, who’d never been. We are in the middle of a really rainy patch, and I’ve never quite seen the park like it was yesterday.

The water was everywhere- right up to the path, while usually, until you get to the main waterway, you only catch glimpses of the water here and there. And growing in it- everywhere- were flowers. Things were in bloom a few weeks ago, but nothing like this- it was fantastic.

Stretching back as far as the eye could see were fields of wild mallow, a form of hibiscus. Its pale pink against the dark greens was gorgeous, so now I know- even if it’s continuing to be overcast and nasty, a trip out to Jean Lafitte Park isn’t ever really out of the question.

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Treme Brass Band drum

Tess — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:14:21 +0000

Taken at Satchmo Fest 2009Similar Posts:

St. Philip and Royal Street balcony

Tess — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:52:55 +0000

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Honey Island Swamp Gator

Tess — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:33:28 +0000

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Anthropomorphizing as all getout, but…

Tess — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:09:53 +0000

Tell me this cloud doesn’t look like another angel floating over the Italian Benevolent Society Tomb in St. Louis No 1?

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Jackson Square just after dusk

Tess — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:26:16 +0000

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Sunny Pirate’s Alley, French Quarter

Tess — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:32:26 +0000

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