Going South Next, Way Down South...

Way down South in the Land of...

n.o. courtyard homes

crawfish boils

cypress swamps (even on Univ. campus)

mardi gras (truck floats, throws)

beads (even on art car/trucks)

close up of beads

(traditional mardi gras colors: yellow, purple, green)

king cakes (mmm...)


links...
http://visitsouth.com/articles/article/mardi-gras-2010-lafayette-la/

http://www.kadn.com/news/king-cake-series-kellers-bakery
http://www.haydelbakery.com/kingcakes

http://www.cajun-shop.com/

http://www.louisianagifts.net/

And--books too...

Gaston the Gator books:
Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator

Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras

by James Rice

Cajun Night Before Christmas

by Trosclair, Howard Jacobs & James Rice

And more...Cajuns, Cajun French--Laissez le bon temps rouler?!

Blog (Big Move) Note: See me next in November at Rain in Lafayette (Louisiana)