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
Our mate Mikko over at Go NOLA is a brave lad…nothing makes him veer from his goal o’ reporting on history & culture in New Orleans! He sat down for a chat with The Decatur Dragon about NOLA Pyrate Week, the Louisiana Pyrate Wench Pageant, Pyrate Fashion Show and saving the wetlands! Also in this…
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…
Seems there’s a new Pyratical shop in the Riverwalk Marketplace at the foot o’ Canal Street (New Orleans). Pirates Alley “Support Your Local Pirate Shop” – pirate tees for kids/adults, cool clothing, and shoes Find them on the “A” Level o’ the Riverwalk Marketplace, Suite #4 (bottom o’ Canal St. by the Ferry Port, next…
Mr. C.J. took the Pyrates out for a ride in his WWII Higgins Boat (Landing Craft). This is how they stormed the beaches in Normandy (with a lot more people in the boat). Visit Mr. C.J. and the many artefacts and working machines at the Regional Military Museum in Houma, LA – just a pleasant…
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…
Once again we thank the generous nature of our mates at Stone Harbour Press for providing a week at this spectacular vacation spot as a prize – it was also instrumental in raising funds for our charities. Be sure to check out Pamela Johnson’s book “Heart Of A Pirate – A Novel Of Anne Bonny”…
