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.
Avast, mates! NOLA Pyrate Week starts tonight! Join us at Pirates Alley Café 7pm as we launch our 4th annual gathering – celebrating the history & culture o’ New Orleans and Louisiana while raising awareness and funds for wetlands preservation & restoration. Tonight our procession moves from Pirates Alley to Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop (families/children welcome…
Well, ye may have heard that once or twice before…but in New Orleans and much o’ the surrounding region, it can often be a challenge! The folks over at AllTheRooms wrote a nice mention about our little gathering – and dropped us among some rather lofty company! Check out The Best New Orleans Festivals (we’re…
It’s April first and “a crew o’ Pyrates walk into a warehouse…” No joke. We walked into ARC of Greater New Orleans for a return visit – and when we say “visit”, we mean “volunteering with another great crew” – and a very important organization! Being busy Pyrates, burning our ends at both candles, we…
Carolyn Scofield o’ Fox 8 News (WVUE, New Orleans) took a trip to Bayou Dularge to interview our mate Rickey Verrett (aka ‘Bayou Fabio’) – WVUE has now also dubbed him “The Don of Dularge”. It’s a great segment – 7 minutes in a newscast is spectacular – and a great look at Rickey’s work;…
The New Orleans Krewe Of Pirates is the longest running, all Pyrate, Mardi Gras Krewe…and they intend to stay that way! O’ course there are always repairs to the ship, maintenance on the Bead Cannon and the ever growing expense o’ ammunition for said Cannon! To that end, the lads decided to do a little…
“Take Photos, Tell Stories” – that’s the byline o’ Professional Photographer (and our crewmate) Robert ‘Quicksilver’ Warren – and he lives up to every word.[su_pullquote align=”right”]The National Portrait Gallery displays only 1400 images. In 1930 it’s estimated one Billion photos were taken. Instagram users post more than 70 Million images per day![/su_pullquote] While New Orleans…
