Bywater Footbridge by the Infrogmation in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans on Mardis Gras day this past fat tuesday
February 28, 2009
Originally uploaded by Infrogmation
surreality in the Bywater in New Orleans
as time stands still for a moment among statues of frogs and a duck swimming
i just love this photograph is why i post it up
it has all the color and spirit of Mardi gras day
Kosmic Frenchmen Purple Face Mardis Gras /New Orleans, Louisiana Frenchmen street 1980 and now 2009
February 26, 2009
Originally uploaded by Infrogmation
30 years later the infrogmation keeps me in touch w/ purple on a tuesday,
see this set of extraordinary mardi gras photos from the Bywater and up to the Marigny tuesday,www.flickr.com/photos/infrogmation/sets/72157 614400971564/or this one,www.flickr.com/photos/infrogmation/sets/72157 611334558292/
Bywater has come a LONG way since i was there! there are artists everywhere, and those urbanpioneers who i guess i didn’t know, who bring downtown New Orleans to life!, now this looks like a lot of fun,
and remember the days the Radiators played saturday nights here,www.youtube.com/watch?v=gslJP3m1Qno
as i had been on frenchmen street just a few years earlier than when he may have come along , what a small world on flickr and friends i have never met, myself always having been an outsider, now i feel a little like i made a few friends anyway..patience and all day is all you need in New Orleans,
you will meet everyone in town sooner or later……
Originally uploaded by jeff lamb
bb gun warriors escort the Krewe of Kosmic Debris Mardi Gras 1980-82?? one more time/ second line
Originally uploaded by jeff lamb
the Dream Palace 1980, and this for a little more infrogmation,
www.mardigrasunmasked.com/ColorfulCharacters/ AlanLanghoff…
and what i remember,
the BB gun warriors fought their battles across the lake and up the river all the way to St. Louis,
the Poodles were the pretty twirlers of batons that brought with them the Tumblers, a small group of musicians who knew four songs to bring along the second line marching into the French Quarter, stopping along the way, at places like Molly’s on Decateur, (there were also parade practices in the middle of July, to stay in shape, the tourists never had seen anything like it) and then on into the Vieux Carre , melting away on Bourbon or up to a party on Royal on a balcony. …i don’t know about today, but it still looks like fun
Skeleton Krewe 2009
February 25, 2009
Originally uploaded by skeletonkrewe
the Skeleton Krewe
just passing by Jackson Square, on Mardi Gras day
making good time down the avenue,
starting way uptown at 6:30 am,
and arriving here in the Vieux Carre, by 10 or 11….
a great krewe, a great group of people
keeping in the tradition of past marching krewe
see more of the Skeleton Krewe here, below…..
MARDI GRAS!!!!!!!!!!NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA 2009
February 24, 2009
Originally uploaded by Karen Apricot New Orleans
MARDI GRAS! NEW ORLEANS
the place where
you can let your imagination become you
where you can be your dream
and celebrate life for one brief moment
a most excellent moment on the planet
where feet
can’t fail to tap
to the beat
where
horns and whistles
do not cease
to sound off
you will know
what it means to miss New Orleans!
every fat tuesday morning if you’d left
you wake up and never forget,
thank you Karen Apricot,
xxo jlp
Skeletons!
February 24, 2009
Originally uploaded by Karen Apricot New Orleans
the Skeleton Krewe waves at Karen Apricot,
as they pass by on St Charles Ave. friday night,
leading the way for le Krewe d’Etat!
Happy Mardi Gras
Defend New Orleans!!!!!!!!!!!
defend the squandering of heritage, w/ karen apricot ,
New Orleans 1980 Mardi Gras and the Krewe of Kosmic Debris
February 24, 2009
Originally uploaded by jeff lamb
mona lisa mardis gras
at the Dream Palace, 1980
w/ the Krewe of Cosmic Debris and the Poodles leading the way,
escorted by the color guard of BB Gun warriors, followed by the band called the
Tumblers, who only knew 4 songs…
mardis gras songs of course, like-
Louis Armstrong’s,
“when the Saints go marching in”!,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA
then the Krewe of Cosmic Debris
followed by the second line behind, two stepping on parade and into the French Quarter!
Skeleton Krewe marches w/, and leads le Krewe d’Etat, down St. Charles Ave., at the Mardi Gras New Orleans, Louisiana
February 24, 2009
Originally uploaded by skeletonkrewe
Mardi Gras
friday night the Skeleton Krewe marches leading down St. Charles Avenue, le Krewe d’Etat,
to see more of the Skeleton Krewe as they march on Friday night,
have a look at this photostream, from this year
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletonkrewe/sets/72157614190566148/
HAPPY MARDI GRAS SKELETON KREWE!!!!!!
2009,http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletonkrewe/sets/72157612391816495/
2008,http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletonkrewe/sets/72157603860022377/
to see the whole group, from last year, as the tradition builds and the excitement begins, to do it all again this year!,
to learn more about the Skeleton Krewe, see this website,http://www.skeletonkrewe.com
Originally uploaded by New Orleans Lady
the New Orleans Lady
photographs the Mardi Gras,
in New Orleans.
Showing all, the energy, celebration and color that is the
Mardi Gras!!!!!!!!
-a city that is on parade along St. Charles Avenue,
for weeks leading up to fat tuesday.
Where the greatest rewards are Beads and trinkets and doubloons.
thrown to the parade watchers outstretched hands from the passing floats.
Throw me some beads mister!
is the chant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but there is also music in the air and dancing in the streets
New Orleans, Louisiana Mardi Gras w/ the Krewe of Cosmic Debris 1980
February 24, 2009
Originally uploaded by jeff lamb
Mardi Gras!!!!! 1980
today is Mardi Gras!!!!!! in New Orleans
an experience never to be forgotten,
where life is a celebration.
it is Carnival Time!,
al johnson,
jlp/ New Orleans 