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
The SAINTS have shown the spirit of NOLA & Louisiana…
We RISE UP, STAND STRONG & HOLD FAST! WHODAT
Thunder Roads Magazine (Louisiana) is joining us for our Second Annual Houma Pyrate Day as a Fund Raising Sponsor. As it happens, Ms. Renee who runs the Louisiana chapter o’ this National Magazine is originally from Houma and maintains close ties to her Bayou Community! Thunder Roads in partnership with Street Survivors (a Louisiana 501c3…
It’s been a busy week; from joining the folks at Fisher Middle School (in Barataria) for their ‘Spring Fling’, to volunteering with the hard working and highly entertaining folks at ARC of Greater New Orleans (recycling Mardi Gras beads)! In between we’ve met new mates, sampled fine Rum and journeyed to the edge o’ the…
As Pyrates, we are fortunate to see a lot o’ interesting places and meet some interesting folks! Often, folks approach us – sometimes just to say “Ahoy!”, but sometimes, to gather our invaluable opinions & advice. So it is with the fine folks at Bones Rum, from down in the US Virgin Islands (once the…
The year is 2023. Who (besides The Jetsons) would’ve imagined we’d ever write such a futuristic statement? Indeed, here we are well into the 21st century – and many things haven’t changed for the better since the 17th century. We continue to honour & commemorate our favourite Pyrates/Privateers; Jean Laffite, Renato Beluche, Dominique You, Barthéleme…
It seems an apt time to post the following in its entirety. Sometimes it’s how ye view things, and sometimes, it’s how others view ye. Stay safe out there, mates! An except from the writings of St. Augustuine (Aurelius Augustine, Bishop Of Hippo – now Annaba, Algeria), written between 416 & 426 AD. The City…
Who says a Monday can’t be entertaining? This morning we visit Old Algiers and take o’er the Hubbell Library with our good mates Ol’ Chumbucket & Confetti Park Players…history & literacy & Pyrates, oh my! This evening we journey to Villalobos Rescue Center (just under the Claiborne lift bridge) for some volunteer dog walking and…
