3 posts tagged “mardi gras”
Man! I hadn't realized that it's been MONTHS since I posted. Guess I haven't really done much interesting lately.
I did go to Mardi Gras in Houma and Chauvin a few weeks ago. What a blast! Too bad Pat had to work.
These little ones had a great time at the parade. AND they could really put away the crawfish!
My DIL had a great time at the parade too.
My BIL, Ted, was funny at the Houma Aquarius Parade...he wore the panties he caught on his head!
Since Pat wasn't with me to protect me from flying beads, I wasn't able to take as many pictures this year...sorry! We still had a fabulous time. There were three huge garbage bags full of beads that we left in Chauvin for a friend to throw the following weekend. Trust me...we brought home plenty of beautiful throws.
Hope your Mardi Gras was great too!
After the Chauvin noon parade and filling up on crawfish, we headed back up to Houma to attend the night parade there. The parade on Friday night had been rained out so we were fortunate to be able to catch the Saturday night parade. Our friend, Joyce, suggested that we try to get a spot near the KFC since there was food available there, the crowd was a bit lighter there and there was a bathroom inside that they didn’t mind if you used. So...that’s exactly what we did! The rest of Pat’s family and a few of their friends joined us. Joyce was right! It’s a great spot to see the parade, about half way through their route.
The floats in Houma are a bit more upscale than the Chauvin parade. It's still a moderately sized parade with about 19 floats. But there are scores of other types of parade entries.
The throws were really nice as well. We scored a cool, zippered bag to store all our beads and filled it with beads, toys, doubloons and stuff.
We left the parade, very hungry. around 10pm so we headed to a local spot, Boudreau & Thibodeau's Cajun Cooking. I should have taken in my camera to show you the fabulous dessert we had but I was tired. It's called Turtle on da Half Shell. A very large biegnet is topped with two scoops of vanilla bean ice cream then topped with caramel, chocolate, whipped cream and pecans! Yummy! Their food wasn't especially good, at least not what we tried (gumbo and crab/shrimp/corn soup) but the atmosphere was nice...go for dessert! The best food we've had in Houma was at Big Al's Seafood. Pat had their seafood platter and I had some delicious fried softshell crabs! Yummy! No room for dessert there!
That's about it for this trip report. Happy Mardi Gras everyone!
Wow has this month been busy! AND FUN! I have some pics to share regarding my one little word for the year but those will have to wait in favor of Mardi Gras pictures. Pat and I headed to Houma for Mardi Gras last weekend. His sister and BIL usually have a party before the Chauvin parade since they live on the parade route. The typical menu includes boiled crawfish, boiled shrimp, raw oysters and sometimes boiled squid with, of course, plenty of beer. We have lunch around 11 and the parade begins at noon.
The Chauvin parade is a very small, 12 floats, country parade. The floats are NOT the flashy, fancy floats seen in the big cities, but boy do these people have FUN!
The parade runs between SIL's home and the Bayou Petite Caillou.
It begins with the Shriners and their motorcycle stunts.
The parade theme this year was music. The Kiss entry was the prize winning float.
The costumes are not as elaborate in Chauvin, but the beads and other throws are just as nice as the big cities.
The picture below is of my BIL's nephew, Wayne. He rides in several parades during Mardi Gras season and loves it!
More floats in the parade.
This is my DH after the parade. He was wearing only a small portion of the beads he actually caught. He catches with only one hand since he won't put down his beer. I usually set mine down as the floats pass so I can catch beads and throws with both hands..LOL!
After the parade, we gathered again to refuel before heading to the night parade in Houma.
I'll try to post the Houma parade pics tomorrow. I have to go get ready for my Dad's memorial service. He's been gone almost a year but we finally got his ashes back (he was an anatomical donor) and the marker from the VA so we'll be having a private gathering of immediate family this afternoon to honor him.
