Not Catholic but I love a fish fry. Toup's.

Showed up 30 minutes before the show like a normal person. When I was typing in the alt text, autocomplete suggested Phantom of the Quarter.

One of the neighbors stopped by.

So our power went out briefly around 3 am. The reason according to Entergy? "Reliability upgrades." Like this was planned. 😂

I was trying to explain to my husband how Boston people are about Dunkin.

Wild scene on Decatur near Frenchmen with cops chasing some guy. Imagine--trouble on a block where this building sits. 🙄

I'm not normally one to be nostalgic about shopping, but I wish Bed Bath & Beyond was still around. I need new towels.

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Mike took the dog out for an after dinner walk earlier. I dozed off for a few minutes. Woke up and was kind of thinking they'd been gone a while. "We walked to the Seahorse and had a drink." Living his best life, that guy. 😂

Hey, look, more graffiti showed up.

We went to Moi, the newish Vietnamese place on St. Claude. Quite tasty.

We just came from the 5:15 show. Highly recommend this film. The 7:30 show sold out.

I just saw this moments ago, but yes. 😂

Mardi Gras goose has been updated for festival season.

It's tulip time. 🌷

This is insane.

My best overheard was Sunday on St. Charles: "This too much. I need to go back to Lafayette."

I definitely had questions about why these busses were trying to go down Frenchmen at all,let alone on Mardi Gras. At this point I told my Lyft driver I could walk the last block. And I tipped him well. 😂

Hey, looks like we'll be here another year. Landlord texted asking if we want to renew. Woo! I wasn't really worried, but you never know.

My Mardi Gras day would have been better if I could have walked/biked more. But it was still excellent. Caught Skull and Bones around the corner. I got a rideshare down to Brieux Carre and saw lots of friends. Walked over to Frenchmen to admire costumes. Danced a bit. No complaints.

One of my favorite costumes.

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I woke up early yesterday for Skull and Bones, so I couldn't make it all the way through #RexComus. Hope someone got bingo

"How are we going to get home?" It's not like y'all can't afford plane tickets.

"Not much dancing." #RexComus

Husband: "Stop looking at your phone when you're supposed to be genuflecting." #RexComus

Are they gonna ask Gayle about bargain shopping, perhaps at the Alder's going out of business sale? #RexComus

Saw Indians on the rideshare home. Happy Mardi Gras! 💜💚💛

I know a few people who hang out at R Bar. Curious if he fought any of them.

Dance party on Frenchmen. Happy Mardi Gras. 💜💚💛

Just came back up to the front of the house. We have reached the move your car and lose your spot portion of the day. Hail Zulu!

Can't walk well enough to truly follow Skull and Bones around, but I caught them around the corner. Happy Mardi Gras!

Think I'm going to stay in tonight. Hoping to get up early tomorrow for Skull and Bones and then see where the day takes us. Don't really have a costume, which I'll blame on the flare-up limiting my crafting ability. I'll throw something together I guess. Y'all have fun out there!

Revised Thoth story.

I really wasn't sure I'd go out today. But some BR friends were coming down and so I rallied. They managed to meet up with my cousins before I even got there, so it was a lovely day with friends and family. I only lasted until the Bacchagator but it was a great day.

I wasn't trying to get throws today, but I had to keep this one.

Saw Drew Brees. And the crowd went wild. Happy Mardi Gras.

Thoth in another delay. Is another float down the route having its riders kicked off?

Float 32 in Thoth was empty. What's up?

Can confirm about the ladders. I just crossed over for a bathroom/beer stop. When I came back, the cop was telling them to move their stepladder back because they had inched it back up to the curb. Made for an opportune moment for me to say "I need to get through, please."

We made it out. I'm probably going to sit back here by the barricade all day because I am exhausted. But we have shade and it's a beautiful day. OK, maybe I'll go down to the street for box of 🍷.

Apparently people were shotgunning beer in front of our house last night. Happy Mardi Gras.

Fun day of uptown parades. Today I missed living in the box. Getting home was a bit of an ordeal. But we made it.

Tucks is moving again!

We just saw him again on the parade route!

Tucks stopped for a few minutes now. Not sure what's up.

Space opened up. We are curbside for Tucks. Woo-hoo.

Update: second o n e spotted. Also not too close. About half a block in either direction. There are porta potties across the street.

Iris almosy here. Took about an hour. Decent time.

I have seen my first neutral ground potty tent of the season. Fortunately not too close. #donbeachad