Statue of Liberty

Give us your weird,
your poor,
your huddled asses 
yearning to be spanked,
the wretched refuse and 
your gleaming whores.
Send these, the homeless,
healthcare-lost to me,
I lift my go-cup beside
the famous door!

Krewe du Vieux 2018 in the bag

All Hail King Dick.  Richard Campanella.

This was one of those magical Krewe du Vieux years.  Everything looks like it's going to be a disaster up until the very last minute and then everything just comes together.  At noon, there was a 100% chance of a severe thunderstorm forecast for just when we were going to parade, but all we got was some aggressive misting.  The weather turned out to be perfect.  Just cool enough to make the costumes work, wet enough to keep folks from getting too dehydrated, not too wet where it depressed turnout or ruined costumes. 

The streets were quite slick with Bourbon Street Gumbo, but everyone came well prepared with good boots.  

The crowds were large and very well behaved (and when they weren't, it was in a good way).

Fantastic KdV last night.  Parade Thoughts:

* Battery powered LED's are great to incorporate into costumes.  Strong and bright and long lasting. Very waterproof and lightweight.
* The foggy French Quarter is mystical.

* The Spank Crowns were a hit. Light and easy to carry lots of them.

* We had the prettiest Mulicorn, Claudia.

Today will mostly be a day of recuperation.  

I got SPANK'd on Bourbon Street

Ugh.  At least I'm nowhere near as hung over as I rightly deserve to be.  

First time marching in KdV (ref'd last year).  I need to remember next year to include a zipper in the costume next year.  

The KdV crowds were (I think) larger than last year, yet much better behaved.  

I'm going to back to my coffee now.
Scanned SPANK Map of DizneyLandrieu 

KdV 2010

Froze my butt off last night. Got a few photos of the first half of the parade before I put the camera up (being careful not to put the camera in the same pocket as the Boudreaux's Butt Paste I caught).

Roast Nagin

Treme Brass Band. Always a highlight of the parade.

Voodoo Doll

Pencil-dicked Jindal Fucks Louisiana up the Ass. My favorite float

Video w/Brass Band Playing. Note the articulated Crime Cameras on the float.

Krewe du Vieux 2009

Uncle Sam meets Fannie Mae
Krewe du Vieux is in the bag. Had a lot of fun. KDV and Krewe D'Etat are my favorites because of the bitingly satirical floats. KDV rolls past very fast, though. I guess mules are more reliable than tractors.

Voodoo Economics.

Sidney Torres gets KDV'd

Run on the Sperm Bank

Shave the Wetlands

Saw a few friends there. Here's Ray handing tons of cool stickers to Candice.

Maitri the loan shark has some cool beads.

Lots and lots of brass bands. Very cool

The crowd was mostly adults and it's a good thing. Imagine a little kid asking, "Daddy, why is there a giant penis walking down the street?"

The late, great Ashley Morris.

Rest of the Set here.