tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post8817353057898315596..comments2023-05-20T09:02:44.267-05:00Comments on Sphinx Ink: FAT TUESDAY, NOT SUPER TUESDAYSphinx Inkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429797402360703839noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-63432822387812284352008-02-12T09:59:00.000-06:002008-02-12T09:59:00.000-06:00I went to Endymion twice. The first time I was sta...I went to Endymion twice. The first time I was standing near a corner; a police car hooked a barricade and nearly crushed me against a stone wall before the crowd's shouting got it to stop. The next time my sister got hit in the eye, shattering her contact. Spending the night of Endymion in the Emergency Room gives one a whole new perspective on Mardi Gras!cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-53741908874993987342008-02-07T08:32:00.000-06:002008-02-07T08:32:00.000-06:00Thanks for a glimpse of Mardi Gras from afar. It ...Thanks for a glimpse of Mardi Gras from afar. It felt strange not to be there this year. We did have a taste of Mardi Gras with a Randazzo's king cake delivered on Tuesday.Rae Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844280766504375384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-5719389929679289232008-02-07T00:19:00.000-06:002008-02-07T00:19:00.000-06:00Wow, fun post! I can't believe it: I check in and ...Wow, fun post! <BR/><BR/>I can't believe it: I check in and check in, and after I give you a week or so off, you put up three posts! <BR/><BR/>Maybe I should give you a week off more often... <BR/>:-)Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-11900081238944106442008-02-06T19:59:00.000-06:002008-02-06T19:59:00.000-06:00Shauna, glad you commemorated Mardi Gras by dressi...Shauna, glad you commemorated Mardi Gras by dressing for it--you were with us in spirit!<BR/><BR/>Charles and Lana, thanks for commenting. As Charles says, the lights and costumes are worth seeing, but as Lana noted, due to huge crowds it can be hard to get close enough to see Endymion or the other super-krewe parades when you're there in person. For years I lived a few blocks off the Endymion parade route, so I used to go watch the parade. Endymion was notorious, however, for having huge gaps between floats, and used to take hours and hours to pass, so sometimes I'd give up and go home before the end of the parade. It surely was beautiful, though. From what I saw on TV, this year--Endymion's first parade on its traditional route since Katrina--they were a little better time-wise.Sphinx Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429797402360703839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-7180110644974569022008-02-06T15:14:00.000-06:002008-02-06T15:14:00.000-06:00We went to Endymion once. To date I've never seen ...We went to Endymion once. To date I've never seen it. I have plenty of pictures of peoples's backs & ladders & none of the parade whatsoever. The icing on the cake was getting sucker-pelted in the face with a bag of beads I wasn't yelling for.<BR/>Party pooper or no, I think I'll stick to my deck.Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-49944680793090338882008-02-06T12:32:00.000-06:002008-02-06T12:32:00.000-06:00The lights and costuming is certainly something wo...The lights and costuming is certainly something worth seeingCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104799.post-13436312047087871042008-02-05T15:26:00.000-06:002008-02-05T15:26:00.000-06:00I’m wearing socks my mother-in-law dyed purple, ye...I’m wearing socks my mother-in-law dyed purple, yellow, and green; purple pants; a green v-neck sweater with a yellow t-shirt underneath; and iridescent purple, green, and gold earrings made by Oscar (of the French Market). I'm listening to WWOZ via iTunes. But it's just not the same as walking down to Napoleon Avenue to watch the Rex parade.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.com