Krewe of Barataria

Babs and I were invited to our first Krewe party last night. At this particualr event for this Krewe, the Dukes, Duchesses, Queen and King were introduced. Apparently, there are hundreds of Krewes throughout Louisiana currently celebrating Mardi Gras. Everybody in attendance is required to be in costume, and there is a theme for each royal person who invites you. We were invited as patients of Nicole, the Duchess of the Red Cross. There were probably a couple of hundred people in attendance, all of them having a Louisiana Mardi Gras good time.

We're not entirely sure what this Krewe business is all about, but one thing is for sure: these people know how to party. Enjoy.

Dr. Pheel-u-ups, Nurse Pheelgood, and a bottle of Abita Christmas Ale

Our Emcee. Check out his beads.

Here is the entry of the first Duke. This sort of thing went on for an hour...

The arrival of the second duke

This guy knows how to rock. You can hear what a good time Babs is having...

Here's our Duchess, surrounded by her naughty nurses and "exposed" patients...

All hail the King of Krewe Barataria

And the Queen....

And the King and Queen togther

Check out the robes

And finally...the entire royal Krewe toasting their subjects.

After this, there was much more loud music, drinking, eating and dancing until 1:00AM.

And the parades haven't even started yet.... Like I said, these people know how to party.

I'm managing a 5-week turnaround starting next weekend, so I'll talk to you again in March.

Until then...cheers!