CUPID

 

Do NOT send your arrows this way. You have  to remember, though, that the Mardi Gras parade was held on Valentine's Day.                 

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

 

It was drizzling yesterday morning when I decided to take a chance and go downtown to check out the Mardi Gras parade. As one of our colleagues reminded me, there is no bad weather, just bad clothing. The parade's policy is to go on, rain or shine. I go early and work the staging area, where the participants ane milling around and everyone is happy to pose.                   

VERY EASY, TODAY

 

Today, Saturday, is supposed to be our Mardi Gras parade. The organizers claim it is the second biggest in the U.S., after New Orleans. But they have several over a few days and we just have the one shot. The forecast is for rain all day but, from what I know, the parade isn't canceled. The organizers couldn't afford to lose all sales at their party tents. So the usual mass swilling on the street will be washed away.                  

EWOK

Another dog dressed as a movie character. It certainly has the right face. I don't think earthly pups or their interstellar cousins drink Busch beer, though. 

The big Mardi Gras parade is scheduled for tomorrow but it's supposed to rain most of the  day. Don't know how the organizers will handle that.       

WOOF AND STITCH

 

I get to the occasional kid movie with my granddaughter so I know some of the characters. This pup is wearing (quite uncomfortably, I think) a costume for the character Stitch, a horrible little alien monster who turns out to be lovable and cute in the end. (Was there an option?) And the owner is a little out there, too.                          

DOG'S BEST FRIEND

 

It has been noted in these pages that St. Louis likes an excuse to drink in public. That pastime was clearly on display on Sunday during the dog parade. It won't come close, though, to what you will see on the street next Saturday during the main Mardi Gras parade. Hoping the rain holds off.                     

SILLY DOGGIE

And owners. I dress in dark colors when I'm shooting on the street to blend in. People in the dog parade tend to go in the opposite direction. I guess I'm more of a observer than a participant (and besides, we just have a cat). Somebody has to make the record.