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Subject: [Leica] St Pats New Orleans
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:10:25 +0100
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St. Josephs---interesting, I have Friday off for some obscure holiday called 
San Jos?. I don't question it, I just enjoy the long weekend :-)


Nathan Wajsman
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On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Sonny - haven't you just had a Mardi Gras or something?  Madness again I
>> see .....
>> 
> 
> Mardi Gras is the last party before Lenten Fast.   However, since you 
> cannot
> make the Irish stay sober for forty days, you have to have a party, and it
> is oh so convenient that St Patty's Day falls in there.
> 
> Of course, the Italians in New Orleans  can't be bested by the Irsh, so 
> next
> week it happens all over again with St. Joseph's Festival.
> 
> Then again there's lots of inbreeding, so most everyone is a little bit
> Irish, or Italian in New Orleans.
> 
> (and who's the nearly nude chick in the first photo?)
> 
> They rent Mardi Gras floats for the Irish Day Parades, and so no telling
> what the float theme might be.   It's all fun.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
> 
> USA
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 14-Mar-10, at 9:11 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>> 
>> Some snaps from St. Pat's Parade, New Orleans Today
>>> 
>>> http://www.sonc.com/st_pat_2010.htm
>>> 
>> 
> 
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