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Category Archives: New Orleans
Prato Pistoia Mardi Gras Parade
The Krewe of Prato Pistoia rolled through the neighborhood on Mardi Gras, February 16, 2021, with 34 carts, 3 bicycles, several dogs, and 1 community patrol officer to the delight of hundreds of revelers at driveway gatherings.
King (Cake) for a Day
Even though there are no Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans this year, there is one in our neighborhood. So Nina decked herself out in beads and did a little research. She’ll tell you that if you want to know anything about Mardi Gras, there is no better source than the Arthur Hardy Mardi GrasContinue reading “King (Cake) for a Day”
The Assignment and the Fetish
Nina was beyond confusion. She had just read my story “The Fetish,” and demanded to know what on earth do a voodoo priestess and a missing man have in common with Uncle Tom’s Cabin? I could have told her that many American slaves were influenced by the Caribbean practices known as voodoo that date backContinue reading “The Assignment and the Fetish”
What the Cats Are Reading 