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We actually have one Krewe that’s gone to the dogs. The only two groups that can parade through the French Quarter are Krewe du Vieux and Barkus- neither have massive floats, though both have huge followings. I’d never gone to Barkus, but Alison and I went down yesterday to catch the goings on. Unfortunately we [...]

This week had Alison in a tizzy because at the last minute she was invited to participate in the school’s annual Christmas & book sale. She makes earrings and some other jewelry, and one of the moms she sits for suggested it. The second day she wanted to expand and took some Mardi Gras throws [...]

Alright, clearly I’m still drugged up on cold meds, but I have not laughed this hard in a long damn time. This is the perfect sendup of relatives and friends in the NY/NJ area. Perfect in ways I can’t even describe. Seriously. If you get it, you get it, and if you don’t…there’s just no [...]

Sorry it’s been a quiet week around here. The office was crazy with last minute Halloween orders, plus getting ready for our big party PLUS the KaBoom! build. On top of which the new blog has some issues I’ve spent the whole day trying to figure out. I’m not sure if it’s something about the [...]

Sorry it’s been a quiet week around here. The office was crazy with last minute Halloween orders, plus getting ready for our big party PLUS the KaBoom! build. On top of which this blog has some issues I’ve spent the whole day trying to figure out. I’m not sure if it’s something about the template [...]

Well, hopefully, anyway. We were cutting the ginger back a few days ago (it’s among the many things in the garden with intentions of world domination) when we realized that it won’t be too long before our parroty view is gone, blocked by a giant weed that’s growing in our neighbor’s yard. So what did [...]

I’ve always been a huge Gaiman fan. He’s both softened and sharpened himself since he became a grown up and had his kids. He just seems a genuinely decent sort. Anyway, I guess I’m feeling mushy on a humid Sunday afternoon, so here’s Gaiman reading one of his poems, “Instructions,” about how to behave if [...]

I’ve always been a huge Gaiman fan. He’s both softened and sharpened himself since he became a grown up and had his daughter. He just seems a genuinely decent sort. Anyway, I guess I’m feeling mushy on a humid Sunday afternoon, so here’s Gaiman reading one of his poems, “Instructions,” about how to behave if [...]

New Orleans has always had some wild parrots flying around, but since Katrina, they’re everywhere. We have a group of them that loves this big, busted up tree behind the house- the uppermost branch was killed by the winds, but with no leaves, it makes a great perch. They’re Quaker Parrots, aka Monk Parakeets, about [...]

   Yeah, we’re a little late to the party. But you know…fashionably late and all that…:::cough cough::: A confession- we started a blog about a year ago, got busy, and it starved to death, crouching in the corner with its big, round eyes making us feel guilty about not feeding it. When the credit card it [...]