Wednesday, February 1, 2023

 A Toast to New Orleans and YOU- Week January 30 to February 6: Galatoire's Mardi Gras Table Auction/ Krewe de Vieux Carre and more

 
Good afternoon my darling family and friends.  It is Monday, January 29 and it is such a pleasure to wake up to another beautiful morning! Every day is a blessing. And I hope you never hesitate to accept that. I wish you to create memories that will make you smile when you grow old. Life is all about such little things. Monday thoughts are something that will last for the whole week. I hope you start yours with a lot of positivity. I am looking forward to going tonight to Galatoire's for its Mardi Gras Table Auction. Have a blessed week!
Darlings,  this past week was one that was filled with a myriad of emotions. I was devastated when I learned that my talented best friend Laurie Scott had died of a heart attack at her home. If you knew Laurie, you know that she was like me, a party animal with a zest for life so it was shocking to all her friends of her ultimately death.  Fortunately, fo me, I was co-hosting with my rooomate, Rick Tringali, Founder of Jazz Crawl Production, the annual spectacular Round Table Luncheon Saluting the 2023 Carnival Season. Which I dedicated as a Celebration of Life and  Jazz Parade to her memory with the attendance of her daughter Mary Lee Williams and her fiancée Armin Sami . 
https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/laura-scott-obituary?id=38739054

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So many wonderful photos were taken at the annual spectacular Round Table Luncheon Saluting the 2023 Carnival Season and dedicated to the memory of talented dynamo Laurie Scott. I want to thank my talented co-host Rick Tringali, founder of Jazz Crawl Productions  who provided the Second Line Brass Band and the Umbrellas. I also need to thank my speakers John Berglund of Tijon Perfumery, Society Columnist of TP/Advocate Nell Nolan, Daniel Hammer, CEO of The Historic New Orleans Historic Collection, Historian Arthur Hardy . Aislinn Hinyup, WYES VP of Communications, Alyssa Fletchinger from Plush Appeal/ The Mardi Gras Spot, Greg Lambousy, Director of the New Orleans Jazz Museum.  
Jorge Lauriano Jr ,Division Manager at William Grant & Sons who provided all the guests with a delicious Hendricks Gin. As you agreed the entertainment by talented Carl Mack and Marshall Harris kept everyone dancing long with the Jazz Crawl Second Line Bras Band.


 Hail Krewe of Themis!
I hope you will be able to enjoy seeing the photo link by my darling longtime friend Sergio Cabrera
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I must have seen Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo every time that the New Orleans' s Ballet Association has presented it but I just love it and find it to be so entertaining 👏❤️

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 I am looking forward to going tonight to the annual Galatoire's Mardi Gras Table Auction
 Tonight's auction will benefit the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Shepherding Hope Foundation and Galatoire Foundation.
https://www.galatoires.com/events/table-auctions
For more than 117 years, Galatoire’s has been committed to the city of New Orleans and supports local causes and cultural programs throughout the community through Galatoire Foundation, a New Orleans-based, non-profit organization.
www.galatoires.com

I cannot wait to see it since they will have a lot of material to be irreverent. This year’s queen is Jan Ramsey, the longtime publisher of OffBeat magazine, a monthly chronicle of the Crescent City music scene — and a hothouse for a generation of culture writers. All hail!
The annual Krewe du Vieux parade is the most daring procession in all of Carnival. Known for its insolent political satire, the group’s members are playfully disrespectful to elected officials
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https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/local_events/photos-krewe-of-nefertiti-rolls-in-new-orleans-east-as-rain-mostly-stayed-away/collection_1e2f6c00-a02a-11ed-8aeb-a39913e4b314.html#2
The Krewe of Nefertiti rolls Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, in New Orleans East. Queen Nefertiti III Summer Turner reigned over 200 members on 14 floats as the all-female krewe paraded
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The Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus strolls to the theme 'Let the Wookiee Win!' Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in New Orleans. More than 2,000 sci-fi aficionados brought their interstellar madness to
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Krewe of Goddesses, Krewe of Hellarious Wingnuts and Flora & Fauna paraded through the French Quarter with brass bands Kings of Brass and New Groove to the theme, "Cu*ts &
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Tuan Huynh wears a New Years hat during Tet Fest at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. The festival celebrates the Vietnamese New Year from Friday to Sunday with ...
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2023 Mardi Gras Parade Schedule



Friday, Feb. 3

TitansSlidell6:30 p.m.Krewe BohemeMarigny - French Quarter7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 4

Krewe of BilgeSlidellNoonKrewe of PoseidonSlidell6 p.m.Krewe du VieuxFrench Quarter

Sunday, Feb. 5

Little RascalsMetairieNoonKrewe of AntheiaSlidellTBAKrewe of Pearl River Lions ClubPearl River1 p.m.‘tit RəxMarigny4:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 10

CorkFrench Quarter3 p.m.OshunUptown6 p.m.CleopatraUptown6 p.m.AllaUptown7 p.m.ExcaliburMetairie6:30 p.m.SymphonyMetairiefollows ExcaliburHerculesHouma6 p.m.OmegaHammond6:30 p.m.EveMandeville7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11

Paws of Olde TowneSlidell10 a.m.Push MowAbita SpringsNoonTee CaillouChauvinNoonTchefuncteMadisonville1 p.m.NemesisChalmette1 p.m.Legion of MarsUptown11:30 a.m.PontchartrainUptown1 p.m.ChoctawUptownfollows PontchartraininFreretUptownfollows ChoctawSpartaUptown5:30 p.m.PygmalionUptownfollows SpartaMad HattersMetairie5 p.m.OlympiaCovington6 p.m.AquariusHouma6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 12

Femme FataleUptown11 a.m.CarrolltonUptownNoonKing ArthurUptownfollows CarrolltonHyacinthiansHoumaNoonTitansHoumafollows HyacinthiansDionysiusSlidell1 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 14

Culinary Queens of New OrleansWestbank6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 15

DruidsUptown6:15 p.m.NyxUptownfollows Druids

Thursday, Feb. 16

BabylonUptown5:30 p.m.ChaosUptownfollows BabylonMusesUptownfollows Chaos

Friday, Feb. 17

Bosom BuddiesFrench Quarter11:30 a.m.HermesUptown5:30 p.m.d’EtatUptownfollows HermesMorpheusUptownfollows d’EtatSeleneSlidell6:30 p.m.AphroditeHouma6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 18

BushBush9 a.m.NOMTOCWestbank10:45 a.m.IrisUptown11 a.m.TucksUptownfollows IrisKrewe of LulLulingNoonKrewe of TohwahpahsahReserveNoonEndymionMid-City4:15 p.m.BushBush9 a.m.IsisKenner6 p.m.Mardi GrasHouma6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 19

Du MondeLaPlace11 a.m.DagéLaPlace11 a.m.OkeanosUptown11 a.m.Mid-CityUptownfollows OkeanosThothUptownfollows Mid-CityMontegutMontegut12:30 p.m.TerreaniansHouma1:30 p.m.Des AllemandsDes Allemands1 p.m.BacchusUptown5:15 p.m.AthenaMetairie5:30 p.m.AtlasMetairiefollows Athena

Lundi Gras - Monday, Feb. 20

ProteusUptown5: 15 p.m.OrpheusUptown6 p.m.CleopatraHouma6:30 p.m.CenturionsMetairie6:30 p.m.

Mardi Gras - Tuesday, Feb. 21

ZuluUptown8 a.m.RexUptown10 a.m.Elks OrleaniansUptownfollows RexCrescent CityUptownfollows ElksArgusMetairieNoonElks JeffersonMetairiefollows ArgusJeffersonMetairiefollows JeffersonCovington Lions ClubCovington10 a.m.CovingtonCovingtonfollows Covington Lions ClubFolsomFolsom2 p.m.ChahtaLacombe1 p.m.HoumasHouma1 p.m.KajunsHoumafollows HoumasBonne TerreMontegut11 a.m.Krewe of M.A.C.Gramercy2 p.m.

Lagniappe - Saturday, Feb. 25

Krewe du PoochMandevilleNoon

Lagniappe - Sunday, Feb. 26


Krewe of Mardi PawsCovington2 p.m.


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