Good afternoon my darling friends. I hope you all had a warm, peaceful, Mardi Gras 2021 and a joyful Valentine's Day.
I sure did by staying home and had friends dropping by. This chilly morning Wednesday, Feb. 17, I am counting my blessings that I am alive, healthy, and have electrical power. I am praying for those without electricity, for the sick with COVID, and those that have passed away. Sending all of you a warm visual hug and wishing you a blessed Ash Wednesday.
Mardi Gras Time and since I refused to step out my darling longtime friend Evan Hungate visiting New Orleans with his friend Daniel from NYC joined me for a bottle of champagne
Darlings, it was a very different story when I hosted my sold-out annual It is Carnival Time 2021 Round Table Luncheon on Wednesday, February 10th at Andrea's in Metairie. It was a MUSICAL TRIBUTE To talented pianist JIM WALPOLE who has been my musical entertainment director for 15th years and was celebrating his birthday on Valentine's Day.
 | Margaritas Roundtable Mardi Gras 2-10-21. Andrea’s Metairie Copyright Frank Stansbury www.facebook.com |
Entertainers and hostess at It is 2021 Mardi Gras Time Round Table Luncheon at Andrea's
I felt so blessed to start the 2021 Carnival Season as a Queen once again! Despite COVID 19, on January 6, 2021, I was Queen Yolande de Aragon of the Krewe of Jeanne d'Arc and then Que Pasa's Mardi Gras Mambo Queen. Life is good and every day I count my Blessings!
Enjoying Friday before Mardi Gras 2021 at Galatoire’s!
At the annual Krewe of Cork Mardi Gras Luncheon 2021 at New Orleans Creole Cookery
The annual King, Queens, and officers of the Krewe of Cork at the Rex Room of Antoine's
 | Al “Carnival Time” Johnson stepped out his house wearing his coronavirus mask on this cold day to sing an impromptu version of his famous song, “Carnival Tim... www.youtube.com |
 | A year ago, talk of “flattening the curve,” and “social distancing” would have been met with blank stares, Zoom was just another teleconferencing app, and masking at Carnival time had www.theadvocate.com |
 | The cross-shaped ashes that mark the foreheads of observant Catholics and some other Christians on Ash Wednesday are a visible — and reliable — sign that the season has changed, www.nola.com |
 | Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday.Lent is a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ultimately celebration. The 40-day period represents Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted and where Satan tempted him. www.christianity.com |
 | Jerome “JJ” Carter, J’wan Boudreaux, Floyd Edwards, and Nigel Pleasant of the Golden Eagles; Photograph by Erika Goldring NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Louisiana State Museum, working in collaboration with the renowned Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac in Paris, is excited to announce the opening of a new exhibition, Mystery in Motion: African American Masking and Spirituality in Mardi... www.myneworleans.com |
 | NEW ORLEANS (press release) – While Mardi Gras might look a little different this year, we can still pay homage to our beloved Carnival traditions. To honor the great city of New Orleans and our community’s love for Mardi Gras, the Ogden would like to highlight some works from its permanent collection that represent the festivities of the season. ... www.myneworleans.com |
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 | Watch TODAY highlight 'How New Orleans turned Mardi Gras into ‘Yardi Gras’' on NBC.com www.nbc.com |
This is the OFFICIAL Krewe of House Floats Map! It shows the 39 sub-krewe areas and the locations of each decorated house float. For more information, please see: kreweofhousefloats.org Produced by The KOHF Map Team Lori Turoff & Charlotte 'Charlie' Jallans-Daly, with the approval of the Admiral Megan Boudreaux, support from the many wonderful KOHF Captains & Officers and input from all of the fabulous KOHF Krewe Members! Thank you to everyone for making this happen! Now, laissez le bon temps rouler! www.google.com |
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/mardi_gras/article_151274b6-4f94-11eb-ab84-1b952daae606.html
 | King Rex J. Storey Charbonnet waves to the crowd as the Krewe of Rex parades along St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. www.nola.com |
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 | As temperatures dropped, freezing rain, hail and snow fell across southeastern Louisiana. www.nola.com |
 | Finally, after months of wondering whether Mardi Gras 2021 would happen, wondering whether we would have parades and wondering whether we could endure a Carnival season that looks like none www.nola.com |
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 | The French Quarter street was closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Large crowds on the street have been threats to super-spreader events, according to the city. www.wdsu.com |
 | BY WALT HANDELSMAN | Staff editorial cartoonist www.theadvocate.com |
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