Fat Tuesday 2010, Mobile, Alabama
Lassez le bon temps roule...Let the good times roll!
Greetings from the gulf coast...rolled up the east shore with a stop in an art gallery in Fairhope, on across Battleship Pkwy, and into Mobile. I had to stop into Paddy O'Tooles, my old home bar from years ago. Wow, talk about a step back into the past...this place hasn't changed since 1980. Other than the sad fact that they no longer have Lowenbrau dark on draft. Oh well, an ice cold Bass Ale went down nicely on this trip down memory lane...along with a ride by Yesteroaks and 154 Dunn Avenue.
On to the hotel downtown, just in time to wander around aimlessly and then catch the 630 parade. It's always fun to watch a first timer at a real Mardi Gras parade, and it didn't take long for NancyO to wade in amongst 'em. It's hard to explain the spirit of Mardi Gras, but it's something everybody needs to experience. As I was looking for a beer vendor, the guy next to me hands me a cold one and says "my cars just down the street if we run out...I got a cooler full there." Gotta love it!
Oh well, just had a moonpie for breakfast and folks have been gathering down on the streets since 730 this morning, getting ready for Fat
Tuesday...parades start at 1030 and the last one starts at 630pm, so it's a day of "throw me something mister"!
Find yourself a moonpie, the official throw of Mobile Mardi Gras, and join me in spirit anyway.
hbsongs 948 overandout
Greetings from the gulf coast...rolled up the east shore with a stop in an art gallery in Fairhope, on across Battleship Pkwy, and into Mobile. I had to stop into Paddy O'Tooles, my old home bar from years ago. Wow, talk about a step back into the past...this place hasn't changed since 1980. Other than the sad fact that they no longer have Lowenbrau dark on draft. Oh well, an ice cold Bass Ale went down nicely on this trip down memory lane...along with a ride by Yesteroaks and 154 Dunn Avenue.
On to the hotel downtown, just in time to wander around aimlessly and then catch the 630 parade. It's always fun to watch a first timer at a real Mardi Gras parade, and it didn't take long for NancyO to wade in amongst 'em. It's hard to explain the spirit of Mardi Gras, but it's something everybody needs to experience. As I was looking for a beer vendor, the guy next to me hands me a cold one and says "my cars just down the street if we run out...I got a cooler full there." Gotta love it!
Oh well, just had a moonpie for breakfast and folks have been gathering down on the streets since 730 this morning, getting ready for Fat
Tuesday...parades start at 1030 and the last one starts at 630pm, so it's a day of "throw me something mister"!
Find yourself a moonpie, the official throw of Mobile Mardi Gras, and join me in spirit anyway.
hbsongs 948 overandout
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