Aiming For 2020

ByJ.S. 2019-12-312019-12-31

Blasting into a new year – may it bring good fortune, good health, good mates & good rum – and a few adventures along the way!

Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the colours high!

“Beasts Of The Southern WIld” – The Reality

ByJ.S. 2013-01-172014-07-23

“Beasts Of The Southern Wild” is a great film – which is apparently even being acknowledged in Hollyweird with 4 Oscar nominations. It’s also about real people in a real place close to our hearts – and it should be close to everyones! One o’ our most important missions with NOLA Pyrate Week (and as…

Avast Ye Scurrilous Seadogs!

ByJ.S. 2011-09-19

Elegant and excellent was that Pyrate’s answer to the great Macedonian Alexander, who had taken him; the King asking him how he durst molest the seas so, he replied with a free spirit: “How darest thou molest the whole earth? But because I do it only with a little ship, I am called Brigand: thou…

Belay That Last Order!

ByJ.S. 2020-03-06

This has already been an odd year – so, who says we can’t make a wee shift in plans just this once? Due to leap year and such, things are a bit out of sync, so – we’re shifting our “week”! Usually we’re “the last weekend in Mar. to the first weekend in Apr.”, but…

Artisans, Artists & Sponsors Ahoy!

ByJ.S. 2017-01-132017-02-05

The 9th annual NOLA Pyrate Week is soon upon us (24 Mar – 2 Apr 2017) and as usual, there’s a change in the wind…directly across the Mississippi to the West Bank – in beautiful Algiers Point! We are teaming up with the fine folks at Confetti Park Kids (books, music & activities for kids…

Save The Bayou

ByJ.S. 2014-11-122014-11-12

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…

Bayou Lafourche Cleanup

ByJ.S. 2012-04-082012-04-08

BTNEP CLEAN UP BAYOU LAFOURCHE EVENT SUCCESSFUL The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) would like to thank all the volunteers that came out to the Clean Bayou Lafourche Event this Saturday, March 31st. The event was a huge success with over 1200 volunteers cleaning from Donaldsonville to Leeville…Volunteers picked up items from plastic bottles to…

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