Bacchus

(Thought I would continue with some additional chronologically correct posts, pictures and such thru the end of our trip which ended early Thursday am after Mardi Gras. This post picks up Sunday night after KMC parade earlier in the day...)

After relaxing a bit post Krewe of Mid City parade, my wife Eileen and I headed out later Sunday night to see Bacchus. We had purchased tickets getting us seats in a grandstand viewing area near Gallier Hall so it was a pretty nice way to watch the parade- especially after a long day! This year's King was Will Farrell and I actually managed to catch a throw from him as his float passed by. The next day, I found out in reading about the parade in the local paper that he had also thrown some cow bells as an homage to the famous SNL "More CowBell" skit from a few years ago. Would have been cool to grab one of those- especially given my debut on cow bell with the Treme Brass Band at the start of our trip back at the Candlelight Lounge- oh well, can't catch em all. (Speaking of cow bells- after coming home checked on eBay to see if anyone happened to be selling one of the Bacchus Will Farrell cow bells- initially there was only 1 and I watched it over a couple days and it sold for $147.50! Holy Cow-bell!).


See below for some photos from the Bacchus parades. (NOTE: Not sure photos do a night parade like Bacchus justice. It ain't easy taking photos in ever changing light conditions with moving subjects while also juggling an adult beverage, all the while trying to catch beads and screaming for someone to throw you somethin..Not complaining..just saying..Anyway hope you enjoy..)