Mysteries of Stonehenge

Some say it's an ancient calendar. Others claim it has religious significance as a site where strange pagan rituals were once performed.



Whatever its purpose, this arrangement of chairs was spotted along the parade route Saturday just prior to the arrival of the Krewe of Pontchartrain. I think I spotted it when I was on my way to pick up a combination bahn mi from Le Viet Cafe where, as you can see here, they also offer a $6.00 "bag of crawfish."



I'm not sure what a bag is by weight but, according to this T-P feature, a few weeks ago a pound of boiled crawfish was selling for about $4.00 and prices were falling. Meanwhile, gasoline is averaging $3.44 and climbing. when we get to the point where they equalize, we can start running our vehicles on crawfish. But until that time, or at least until Mardi Gras is over with, plan on walking. The traffic out there right now is just impossible.

Pontchartrain looked good. Or at least according to this sign, somebody looked good.



The weather was nice anyway which made for pretty photos.

Here's the head of Pontchartrain's signature Captain Sam float. Captain Sam looked good.



The St. Mary's Academy Marching Band looked good.



The Big Easy Roller Girls looked good.



Even NOPD looked good in their new reflective vests.



Pontchartrain's theme was Louisiana Festivals which I'm almost certain they've done before... perhaps more than once. The float titles were presented as fill-in-the blank puzzles as Pontchartrain likes to do every year. They're pretty easy to guess at if you want to play the game. Here's the Stawberry Festival, for example.



And the always popular Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.



They even provide you with a scorecard at the end of the procession in case you feel like grading yourself. (If you score a 4 or below, that looks pretty bad.)



I'm sure Sparta and Pygmalion looked just as good Saturday night but I was maybe a little too cold... or more accurately a little too much into the liquor by that point to get many photographs out of the deal. I did manage this shot of Pygmailion's new "Pygmammoth" float. Looked pretty good.



Finally there's this bit of surprising news. Rouses red velvet king cake, while it may look like holy hell... actually not all that bad.



Seriously try some. As for whether or not you want to try infusing it into your vodka... well, I'll leave that up to you.

There's more from Sunday but I'm having trouble getting all my photos uploaded right now and, besides, this post is too long anyway. Will try and catch up later in the week.