Michaela Grace Veterans Video

Hey Guys! Check out my friends music video. If you buy her song all proceeds go to a charity!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fyl5oEYxE0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3Fyl5oEYxE0&app=desktop

Halloween in NOLA

I'm so excited for Halloween in New Orleans. Walking down the Saint Charles and seeing decorations ranging from giant spiders to bony skeletons has made me anxious for the anticipated holiday. The only problem is the expected rain that is supposed to sweep the gulf coast within the next week. I am still hoping that I can make it to Frenchmen Street for the massive parades and interesting costumes that are documented each year.

Mass at Saint Augustine Church, October 20, 2013, and the Second Line Parade

October 20, 2013,

The Historic Saint Augustine Church in the Treme, New Orleans, Louisiana.

This was a wonderful Mass on Sunday October 20, 2013.  The date was the 201'st anniversary of the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans, one of the oldest black free and mixed neighborhoods in the United States.  The Mass was celebrated at St Augustine Church in the Treme, New Orleans.

St Augustine is the oldest black Catholic church in the United States.

Father Moody spoke the Mass.  In celebration of the Mass and the Treme festival, there was an all-women's brass band, who played amazing songs with the choir.   Every pew at the church was full that Sunday.

After the Mass, there was a second line parade down into the French Quarter.  There were four tiers of the parade, each with a lovely parade and its own brass band.  It was a really great festival, with people following each line, and folks dancing on the sidewalk as the bands passed.

There had been a parade from the church the night before in support of Amnesty International, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the Angola 3, who have collectively spent over 80 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana prison.

Quite an emotional weekend at Saint Augustine Church, in the Treme, New Orleans, LA.

New Orleans Vietnamese Pho Festival, October 19, 2013

October 19, 2013,

This is on the West bank in New Orleans.  It was the Pho Festival opening.  It's a core ceremony for the Vietnamese American community in New Orleans.

We saw World War 2 Vietnamese veterans from the Army, Navy and Air Force doing  a color guard ceremony, full of marching, flags, rifles and swords.

Then, after a number of ridiculous and unprofessional talks by 5 members of the local New Orleans government, ceremonies closed with kids in dancing dragon outfits, fireworks, and a yummy celebration of Vietnamese food and Pho noodle soup.

New Orleans Sno-ball Season Ends

October 20th was the last day of sno-ball season at Plum Street Sno-balls!   No more icy treats until March.