Yesterday our neighborhood's social committee put on an afternoon/evening Samedi Gras celebration in 3 different homes. All three homes were on our neighborhood newsletter delivery route, so we didn't have far to walk to complete leave Raleigh for New Orleans. We collected beads and hurricane cups and saw neighbors we had not (through our own neglect!) seen in years, some we had never met during our over 20 years here. It was great fun. We ate muffalettas, pralines, gumbo, jambalaya, bread pudding, king cake and drank wine, Sazeracs, Obituary Cocktails and Hurricanes. All very authentically done. Best of all perhaps was that it overlapped with an MS St. Paddy's Day Run that closed down the streets where the party's houses were. So, while we strolled the neighborhood was super lively! Anyway, we were happy to once again love our neighborhood while feeling that we had had a short weekend out of town in New Orleans by only walking down the block, and around the corner and back. Simple pleasures really are the best!
We did not have a camera with us, but it looks like someone else did. Check the link!
Little Bob hits the road
Little Bob hits the road
