Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog 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 >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >