by grahamiam12288 | Feb 16, 2014 | Colorful Characters
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by josh | Feb 15, 2014 | Colorful Characters, Mardi Gras Parades
Blaine Kern After turning down a job offer from a fellow master of fantasy, Walt Disney, Blaine Kern built his own kingdom of make-believe in the city of Mardi Gras dreams — becoming perhaps the world’s largest builder of parade floats. In New Orleans, he is known as...
by grahamiam12288 | Feb 15, 2014 | Colorful Characters
L.J. Goldstein Before L.J. Goldstein arrived on the New Orleans scene, the notion that a Jewish-themed organization could become a vital—and fun—part of one’s social existence seemed far fetched. Then again, the Krewe du Jieux has some rather unorthodox ways of...
by grahamiam12288 | Feb 15, 2014 | Colorful Characters, Mardi Gras Beads
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by grahamiam12288 | Feb 10, 2014 | Colorful Characters
The inside story on the birth of a legendary bacchanal, MOMs Ball, from the founding mystic orphan and misfit instigator.
by grahamiam12288 | Feb 9, 2014 | Colorful Characters
Coleen Salley Make way for The (Grocery Cart) Queen of Mardi Gras! Over the years in the City that Care Forgot, the uproarious adventures of Krewe of Coleen have yielded countless Kodak Moments. In 1998, after a three-year hiatus, Queen Coleen—children’s literature...
