By Mary Miller Cullins Most years we get to enjoy two St. Patty’s Parades here in St. Louis, but not when March 17th lands on a Saturday. This year, parade-goers will choose which parade they will be attending, Downtown or Dogtown. One thing is for s... »
.Still going with pix from last weekend's parade and there's plenty yet to show. No new material, anyway. The town looks dull - hardly a day below freezing this winter, no snow cover for more than a few hours, still-barren trees. I need to go out on a ... »
.The Thursday Arch Series has the week off while I run through some more Mardi Gras parade images. Need to shoot some new Arch pictures, anyway.The parade had many enjoyable qualities but subtlety was not one of them. Blocks of intense color were the r... »
.The term Mardi Gras is, of course, French. New Orleans, the capital of the festival in the US, was founded by France. The other great center of the carnival is Rio de Janiero, which speaks Portuguese, but that doesn't fit the narritive so let's move o... »
.If Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, yesterday in St. Louis was Samedi Jofflu, Chubby Saturday. They (whoever they are) say we have the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. after New Orleans. Not that we could remotely approach the size... »
.St. Louis loves a reason to drink in the streets in broad daylight. Thus, our raucous Mardi Gras season. It doesn't come close to New Orleans, of course, but it's quite a big party. View it with suspicion, though - it's all corporate. What started as ... »
Sunday's weather was a little chilly for a parade. But that didn't stop thousands from hitting the streets of Soulard for the19th annual Beggin' Pet Parade. Many of the dogs dressed ... »
