Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Mystic Krewes are the social and pleasure clubs (men!) who have Mardi Gras balls and Mardi Gras parades. The Krewe of Endymion used to parade through Mid-City, near where I work at the college. However, Katrina devastated that area with 10-foot floodwaters, so it has been shifted over to uptown. The Clooney-looking guy is Taylor Hicks, last year's winner of the American Idol contest (think of it as amateur hour....that goes on for months......). Despite all of the hype of American Idol, the winners seem to fall into immediate obscurity. Ruben Studdard, the only African American to win, was as fat as a house and his career has been sidetracked by health problems (diabetes, I think). Part of Taylor Hicks' resemblance to George Clooney may stem from his prematurely gray hair. He's only in his 20's but completely gray (started going gray at age 13). Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G Hopkinson Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 5:29 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] My 85-year-old mother is in love with this guy Jeffery, on behalf of those non-US LUG folks, yes I have no clue who this is. I certainly wasn't reminded of Sean Connery! He almost looks vaguely like a Clooney. You'll also need to explain "Mystic Krewe of Endymion" Cheers Puzzled Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Sent: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 07:53 To: 'Leica Users Group'; 'SeePhoto Mailing List'; 'A forum dedicated to the Picture-A-Week project' Subject: [Leica] My 85-year-old mother is in love with this guy He was the Grand Marshall of the Mystic Krewe of Endymion, so I walked about a mile to get his picture before the parade started. http://www.400tx.com/files/NOLABW/34.html No, it's not Sean Connery. In fact, those of you in Europe and Australia probably won't have a clue as to who he is. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information