Lundi Gras

As I was writing this, I realized the Krewe of Bacchus was probably rolling down Canal Street past Royal with the throngs of drunken parade goers whose fervor at catching their beads was only trumped by the collective joie de vivre and life's little gems like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Can a god please bless this city?

This picture is the live cam of Saint Charles Street Uptown maybe around Napoleon. And the temperature is in the high 70's tomorrow and low 80's for Fat Tuesday. Those are temperatures I will take for early February. I remember cold times with the wind whipping down Canal Street and the sideways rain. and the low fast moving clouds not unlike Bellingham. Great memories.

Hurricanes, daiquiris, Dixie beer, Blackened Voodoo, oysters, crawfish, jambalaya, etoufee, boiled crab, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, Rebirth Brass Band, Old Man River, the Moon Walk, the St. Charles Streetcar (which I am happy to see running again), beignets, WWOZ, this list goes on and on.