New Orleans
Storms – 5 Years
by angeliska on August 30, 2010
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, but it seemed right to share it tonight: I’ve been thinking about the rain. Another thunderstorm, and as I relish it, my poor old blind dog is cowering at every rumble of (…)
Nita + Zita
by angeliska on August 26, 2010
I promised I would write about my deep love for Nita and Zita a while back, and as these mysterious ladies have been haunting my dreams and acting as my muses lately, I reckon I had better share their story (…)
Friendly People Honey
by angeliska on March 2, 2010
Window of the junk man’s shop in New Orleans, on St. Claude Avenue. Quick, quick – some tasty tidbits for you & you & you! I’ve been a bit under the weather still, and all I want to do is (…)
Hurricane Katrina: Four Years Later
by angeliska on August 29, 2009
A hard day, full of painful remembrances and revelations. I wake in a panic, the dogs are barking wildly and I twist my shoulder in my haste to rise, my body not as awake as my mind. Head pounding, worried (…)
Krewe of Eris – The Feast of the Appetites!
by angeliska on May 4, 2009
I look forward to the Krewe of Eris parade every year- it usually happens on the weekend before Mardi Gras, and this year (it occurred back in February, mind) it was quite chilly indeed. Luckily we were all able to (…)
Parades II.
by angeliska on April 7, 2009
Ahem! I will now turn back the calendar pages to February and continue revisiting my marvelous Mardi Gras visit.. Bear with me, faithful readers- it make take several installments, but I promise it will be worth the wait in juiciness (…)
GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY!
by angeliska on March 12, 2009
SX GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY! Minor Mishap Marching Band – Brass Attacks! – ATX Golem – Balkan Mayhem – NYC Big Freedia – Sissy Bounce Queen – NOLA DJ Rusty Lazer – NOLA DJ Chicken Kiev (…)
Parades
by angeliska on March 1, 2009
It’s always so strange- the feeling of traveling a long way in the course of a day. A morning, and then an afternoon pass on the journey and I am hurtled across these old familiar highways back to a place (…)
Seawitches, Stormsirens, and Horned Beasts
by angeliska on February 27, 2009
Mardi Gras was so amazing and perfect, and I can’t wait to take a look at the pictures and elaborate on all the adventures- but! I just arrived home from a long journey and am muchly tattered and weary.. So (…)
Mardi Gras, My Love
by angeliska on February 18, 2009
Sometime around midnight tonight I shall hit the road, traveling down that old familiar highway to make my pilgrimage, to celebrate my most favorite holiday- yes, darlings, it is Mardi Gras time! I never got around to sharing these photos (…)
