{"id":1197,"date":"2016-02-07T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2016-02-07T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T14:44:48","slug":"mardi-gras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2016\/02\/07\/mardi-gras\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know something about Mardi Gras. I have visited New Orleans many times and watched both seasons of Treme. I listen to Trombone Shorty and even watched Dr. John perform at a jazz festival. I have marched in a pretend parade complete with a band with a tuba player. I have maintained my dignity throughout showing nothing that is not normally visible.<\/p>\n

I learned more about Mardi Gras on this trip. I had assumed that the parades and the event were a New Orleans thing. Not so. It appears every little town along the southern coast has an event and a parade. We attended such a parade yesterday and accidentally got in line behind a parade last night. Evidently, it is the thing to run a parade down a major highway. If your parade is a little short you soon have a couple miles of cars bringing up the rear. They are not honking because they are celebrating.<\/p>\n

I still am mystified by the bead thing. They are cheap, but even the old ladies fight to get them. Do not get in the way or do what I was doing – trying to take photos. Beads would bounce off me as I searched for interesting shots through the view finder. The moon pie thing was new, but the moon pie is not a favorite. Why not throw Snickers bars? You can get bags of the minis cheap after Halloween and keep them in the freezer.<\/p>\n

I wonder what happens to the bags of beads some carry away. Cindy says they might sell them on eBay. I think they throw them in the back seat and then throw them out when they eventually clean. The moon pies may even taste better when they dry out.<\/p>\n

We attended the parade of the Mullet Magic Krewe.<\/p>\n

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The Queen<\/p>\n

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Bands played on floats. Doesn’t this guy look like the perfect southern rocker. He was good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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