by prosperousim | Jan 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Why do you spend all that time and money throwing trinkets off floats?” I have been asked this question by many of my friends from cooler climes, and all I can say is, “It’s addictive!” My personal Mardi Gras experience started in Biloxi, MS back in the late 1980’s....
by prosperousim | Dec 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
One’s first parade celebrating Mardi Gras has all the necessary elements of a Jazz Age novel: the raucous crowd, sex-infused music, rivers of alcohol, and scantily clad women. Or, at least, that was my experience. That first parade, the Friday night Krewe of Lafitte...
by prosperousim | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Throw me something Good!” THIS RECURRING CRY, HEARD AT PARADES EVERYWHERE, LEAVES MOST KREWE MEMBERS WORKING HARD TO FIND THE PERFECT THROWS FOR THE MARDI GRAS SEASON. WHETHER YOU HAVE A FONDNESS FOR PLUSH, SQUISHY BALLS, OR BEADS, EVERY SEASON IS A CHANCE TO HAVE A...
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