Wishing ye all the best, as we sail into a new year!
Good health, good fortune, good adventures…and good mates to share it with – or as we so often say:
Fair winds, following seas & full tankards,
Capt. John Swallow & QM Seika Hellbound
Here’s a seasonal – and very Louisiana story – from Morgan City.
As of this writing (Nov. 2010)…five years ago, a disaster struck New Orleans. The media said it was a natural disaster primarily affecting poor black people. On both counts, the media was wrong. In his feature–length documentary The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that…
It’s Mardi Gras day (aka Fat Tuesday) and our 7th annual NOLA Pyrate Week gathering is fast approaching! Today we proudly represent the New Orleans Krewe of Pirates as the parades wrap up (and city workers clean up) for another season. Enjoy the day and prepare yourselves for the adventures ahead! We have plans to…
For the first time in the 43 year history of the team, the New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl Champions! Super Bowl XLIV (44), Feb. 7, 2010 – 31/17
About a week ago we received a very nice invitation from Carla at Mojito’s Rum Bar & Grill – a place that features at least two of our favourite things (Rum & anything Grilled). Located at the pointy end o’ The Marigny Triangle (Esplanade Ave. at Frenchmen St.), they come highly recommended as having fabulous…
Our mate, Capt. Wendy Wilson Billiot has a powerful new post on her site, Bayou Woman ~ Life in the Louisiana Wetlands; about Wetlands loss, restoration and the people and culture it affects. It features a great short film produced by the good folks at Bayou Grace, called Bayou Water Runs In Our Veins. Several…
As we move forward with preparations for our 9th annual gathering and first “Family Pyrate Day” in Old Algiers Point, we’d like ye to meet our mate, Davy Vain – our special guest at Algiers Point & recipient o’ the Order of Leviathan (that means many other Pyrates think he’s a fine fellow and making a good…
