OH WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN!
SATURDAY! Okay, calm down. Yes it's the weekend and yes we're still in New Orleans, but this isn't just any weekend and this isn't just any New Orleans. IT'S NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEEKEND! Folks, even if you're not a football fan you gotta know about the big game tonight here between the Saints and the Cowboys. It's as crazy around town today as during the peak of Mardi Gras - even though we don't think the Cowboys have a chance of winning the Stanley Cup since they traded away Kobe Bryant last year to the Dodgers.
In the meantime, we wandered out of the French Quarter earlier today, across the Mariegny Triangle and into the Bywater area of New Orleans. Normally we'd carry large bore weapons with us to venture down there, but with Saints Fever in town even the street gangs are feeling it and we escaped without a single attempted robbery or assault. For those of you unfamiliar with New Orleans, when you hear "Bywater" just think 9th Ward. It's not technically the "Ward" but it is just across the Industrial Canal and there's plenty of places to cross.
So what would take us 20 blocks from Bourbon Street, 3-for-1 dollar beers and drunk busty tourists flashing for 10 cent strings of beads? AN ART SHOW IN AN F'ING PUBLIC PARK! Oh yeah Baby, we heard that artists are easy marks and we're willing to travel if the effort pays off. Besides, we need more homemade junk to put in our mobile home back in Palm Springs. In the end though, it really wasn't worth the trip. Neither of us even got a quick squeezer out of it, none of the artists were wearing garter belts or anything remotely like lingerie and they didn't allow open beer containers in the park. But now we're safely back in the French Quarter, the game is just 5 hours away and it's time to start the pre-game show...
No beer? No Lingerie? What kind of an art show is this? Of course it is - isn' everything in this world?
It's the only offer of a squeezer Kevin got all day! Stacy demonstrates her 3-point spyder pint of blood move!
In the meantime, we wandered out of the French Quarter earlier today, across the Mariegny Triangle and into the Bywater area of New Orleans. Normally we'd carry large bore weapons with us to venture down there, but with Saints Fever in town even the street gangs are feeling it and we escaped without a single attempted robbery or assault. For those of you unfamiliar with New Orleans, when you hear "Bywater" just think 9th Ward. It's not technically the "Ward" but it is just across the Industrial Canal and there's plenty of places to cross.
So what would take us 20 blocks from Bourbon Street, 3-for-1 dollar beers and drunk busty tourists flashing for 10 cent strings of beads? AN ART SHOW IN AN F'ING PUBLIC PARK! Oh yeah Baby, we heard that artists are easy marks and we're willing to travel if the effort pays off. Besides, we need more homemade junk to put in our mobile home back in Palm Springs. In the end though, it really wasn't worth the trip. Neither of us even got a quick squeezer out of it, none of the artists were wearing garter belts or anything remotely like lingerie and they didn't allow open beer containers in the park. But now we're safely back in the French Quarter, the game is just 5 hours away and it's time to start the pre-game show...
No beer? No Lingerie? What kind of an art show is this? Of course it is - isn' everything in this world?
It's the only offer of a squeezer Kevin got all day! Stacy demonstrates her 3-point spyder pint of blood move!
Remember - all art is not of the "performance" kind. Speaking of performance, when do we get to hear Kevin's redition of "Mammy". Al Jolson sang it rather well. Of course Kevin's version may require lots of Budwieser and a shower! (Voice dubbing wouldn't be a bad idea either)
Keep smiling and have fun for us(we're up to our knees in snow)
Wendy and Ron
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