{"id":5863,"date":"2010-02-01T22:33:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=5863"},"modified":"2010-02-01T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:42:53","slug":"party-crashers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/01\/party-crashers\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Crashers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I joined A-M, an actress\/singer friend of mine, to take part in an “Improv Anywhere” style event. On the request of another friend, we crashed her hospital nursing department’s Employee of the Year luncheon. A-M was the crazed fan. I was the paparazzi. The shtick was that A-M (character name: Nola Bee) was a hospital volunteer and completely head-over-heals for the Employees being honored at the event. Mz. Nola Bee brought a book — complete with staff pictures and areas for signatures — and dutifully requested each to sign with me snapping away (“she’s photographing for my documentary”).\u00c2\u00a0 A matching red-wig for me and a few practice sessions and I think we could have pulled a Sweeney Sister routine out, too.<\/p>\n

I can officially check “Crash a formal event” off of my bucket list.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe even add it to my resume?<\/p>\n

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Carnival is gearing up. Krewe du Vieux<\/a> was over the weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 Krewe du Vieux is one of the earliest parades and is known for its satirically-oriented adult theme.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not the parade to bring the kids to, particularly if you child wants to know why the Governor is in THAT position, for-goodness-sake.\u00c2\u00a0 The whole leaving the kids at home situation has made it tough for us to go in the past.\u00c2\u00a0 This year, a friend graciously offered her 16-year old for sacrifice: he watched 4 kids (ages 2, 3, 4 and 6 — two were his younger siblings, two were ours) waaaaay past their bedtimes.\u00c2\u00a0 It felt a little like babysitting crashing; which, for the record is very worth it.<\/p>\n

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For us, Krewe du Vieux was a great night out with many friends.<\/p>\n

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Costumes are encouraged, of course, so we obliged.\u00c2\u00a0 I wore my favorite purple wig (Kate: “Mommy, why isn’t your hair white?” Me: “Because I thought I’d make it LAVENDER, that’s a fancy word for light purple!”)\u00c2\u00a0 I also used a purple and gold feather boa as a scarf (it was cold) and left purple plumes flying behind me wherever I went.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul wore a Fleur-di-Lis cape and helmet.\u00c2\u00a0 To my knowledge, no one got a picture of us and for that, I admit, I lose 2 points and do not pass go.<\/p>\n

To be fair, we were busy.\u00c2\u00a0 Friends, socializing, drinks, food, and parade and all.<\/p>\n

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The bar where we collected ourselves for the start of the night had food for sale outside, including FRITO PIE.\u00c2\u00a0 I had never heard of this culinary delight before and I can honestly state our horizons have been significantly broadened.\u00c2\u00a0 Open up a bag of Fritos, dump in a scoop of your favorite chili, and viola!\u00c2\u00a0 FRITO PIE.\u00c2\u00a0 A friend demonstrates it’s goodness:<\/p>\n

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It really IS good.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m still craving it two days later.\u00c2\u00a0 And with the assortments of bagged junk foods available, the creative options are endless.<\/p>\n

After the parade and after-parades filed through, we made our way down Frenchman and eventually ducked into Maison, the very location of the coming Krewe du Vieux and Krewe du Jew (no, I’m not making this up) after-parties.\u00c2\u00a0 A great brass band was playing and eventually we found drinks and headed up to the (relatively) quiet upstairs where we snagged chairs at the balcony.<\/p>\n

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The place was actually quite cleared out for over an hour (the crowded area shown above had a kid hulla-hooping in it for awhile).**\u00c2\u00a0 We enjoyed more bar-eats and general conversation.\u00c2\u00a0 And then I saw my Committee Chair.\u00c2\u00a0 Yup, the very person who holds all the cards in my game of doctoral degree-seeking.\u00c2\u00a0 Then he and his girlfriend joined us for awhile.\u00c2\u00a0 At first, it felt a little like being out at a party with your parole officer, but hey, it’s Carnival time in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Crashers welcome.<\/p>\n

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** We left when the Krewes were arriving — had to clear out to get back to the kids — but here’s a video <\/a>of the fun when the Krewes entered!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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