Category: New Orleans

The Path to the Super Bowl

SAINTS 2007 SCHEDULE

09/06 at Indianapolis 7:30 PM CT
09/16 at Tampa Bay 12:00 PM CT
09/24 Tennessee 7:30 PM CT
BYE
10/07 Carolina 12:00 PM CT
10/14 at Seattle 7:15 PM CT
10/21 Atlanta 12:00 PM CT
10/28 at San Francisco 3:15 PM CT
11/04 Jacksonville 12:00 PM CT
11/11 St. Louis 12:00 PM CT
11/18 at Houston 12:00 PM CT
11/25 at Carolina 12:00 PM CT
12/02 Tampa Bay 12:00 PM CT
12/10 at Atlanta 7:30 PM CT
12/16 Arizona 12:00 PM CT
12/23 Philadelphia 12:00 PM CT
12/30 at Chicago 12:00 PM CT

Sweet Suite Sellout

The Saints look like they will sell out all the suites in the Superdome. That is awesome. It’s huge for the team’s future in New Orleans. I remember last year, after the season ticket sellout, reading things like “Great that the tickets sold out, but the suites are where the big money is, and there’s no corporations in New Orleans to buy them.”

 

Payton

From nola.com:

The Saints are on the verge of selling out all 137 luxury suites and more than 68,000 season tickets in the Superdome this year for the first time in team history. Last year, about three-fourths of the suites were sold. They range in price from $80,000 to $125,000.

In other suite news, Dave gave us tickets that included a suite to a 76ers-Hawks game this week. Talk about great. No lines to get a beer, no lines at the bathroom, a private bar, 30 feet from the court, parking where the players park. We all had a great time.

Dave your mission is now to get us a suite for a Saints game. Work your magic.

Unpronounceable Defense

Kevin KaesviharnI’m sure Dave will find something to worry about in this, but the Saints signed another Bengals player on defense, safety Kevin Kaesviharn. Dave liked Ken Hamlin instead. I think Kaesviharn is much better, as he has not been beaten outside a club with a street sign. Ironic, because he was on the Bengals, who have since all been arrested.

Kaesviharn also led the league in interceptions by safeties. He can also play cornerback. I’d like to see us get another corner, too, but I’m feeling better about the Saints offseason.

The Louisiana Coast

The Times-Picayune isn’t the greatest paper in the world, but they produce some of the best animated graphics around using Flash (see the Katrina timeline). They have done it again with a graphic of the Louisiana coastal erosion by Dan Swenson. Warning: It’s got sound, and is about 7 minutes long, but worth it.

It’s amazing to see what the coast looks like now, compared to what we see on every map of Louisiana, including the official state tourism map. The state should really update the map with what the coast actually looks like now, it might help people realize the severity of the coastal erosion. Here’s an image I grabbed from the T-P that shows what the coast looked like in 2005:

Louisiana coast 2005

A little bit different than the traditional map we always see, which comes from the 1930s:

Louisiana coast 1932

For another example, search for Old Lady Lake in Google Maps. Take a not of the shape of De la Valle and the Fomation Islands. Then hit the satellite button on the top right of the map. A little bit different….

Mardi Gras headlines, highs and lows

Illy Man’s Up, Named King
For the first time in the history of Mardi Gras, a female should be named King. Ileana deserves the crown after MVP performances on the football field and at the controls of the grill. Torres also won the biggest poker game of the week.

Other Notable Performances
Lisa: Her overall domination in the Mardi Gras Bowl—albeit in a 27-0 drubbing—was one of legends. Without question, Lisa will be the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft.

Thomas: Danced and howled down Bourbon Street with a rubber rooster coming out of his pants. Sadly, the rooster was abducted by Bourbon Street, leaving Thomas without a cock.

Kosters disappoint
Chuck and Brent, the loveably goofy brothers from Omaha, put up little resistance in losing both the football game and two-on-two basketball challenge against the cousins, David and Jason.
There are plenty of excuses for the brothers’ performances—Chuck drank bird flu and Brent is an idiot—but they definitely fell short of expectations.
Meanwhile, Brent’s wife, Mardi Gras rookie Chelsey, found time in between naps to do a jello shot at 8 a.m. on Fat Tuesday. She lost points after putting something gross on Dave’s head.

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Home again

For Lent, I have once again given up smoking. My lungs require it after this Carnival.

I hope everyone had a great Mardi Gras, I sure did.

Who’s the king and queen?

My votes for king and queen come from my stomach. Cap’n Jack cooked all day long on Fat Tuesday and still managed to drink a fair amount of his own urine. Ileana tore up the grill at home when DP abandoned her to the coals. I love a girl that smells like sausage.

Cast your vote in the comments. 

For next year:

Will Dave come out of retirement? Current odds are 30:1 that he cannot resist.
What should we wear? I thought the scrubs were cool, low key, and easy maintenance.

Uptown Parade Schedule

Wednesday
Druids, 6pm

Thursday
Babylon, Chaos, Muses, 5:45pm

Friday
Hermes, Krewe d’Etat, Morpheus, 6pm
Saturday
Iris, Tucks, 11am – Amber, does your sister still ride in Tucks?
Endymion, 4:30pm

Sunday
Okeanos, Thoth, 11am – It looks like Thoth is running the old Magazine Street route. I’m happy. Thoth is my favorite parade. We can catch it down by Henry Clay and then head on to the Fly for the game.
Mid-City, 2pm
Bacchus, 5:15pm

Monday
Proteus, Orpheus, 5:15pm

Tuesday
Zulu, 8am – No excuses.
Rex, 10am
Truck parades

Mardi Gras Concerts

It was 72 in New Orleans on Wednesday.

Dave’s Concert Picks
Fri: Mardi Gras Wild Indian Throwdown at Maple Leaf
Sat: Rebirth, Papa Grows Funk free at Howlin’ Wolf
Sun: Wild Magnolias, 10 a.m. at Le Bon Ton
Mon: Morning 40 at Checkpoint Charlies

Complete Line-Up

Thurs., Feb. 15 – Rebirth at Tips; Opening act is Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band; Better Than Ezra’s Mardi Gras Madness, 9 at House of Blues.

Fri., Feb. 16 – Morning 40 at One-Eyed Jacks; Rebirth and Soul Rebels at Howling Wolf – FREE SHOW; Radiators @ Tips; Better Than Ezra’s Mardi Gras Madness, 9 House of Blues (That’s right 2 days of Better Than Ezra); Krewe of O.A.K. Parade & Ball, Mardi Gras Wild Indian Throwdown,. 10 @ Maple Leaf.

Sat., Feb. 17 – Rebirth at Howling Wolf; Opening act is Para Grows Funk FREE SHOW; Hazard County Girls, Circle Bar; Galactic at Tips; morning 40 @ LE BON TON; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Joe Krown Organ Combo, 10 @ Maple Leaf; Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball feat. Hot 8 Brass Band & DJ Spider, 9 @ Republic.

Sun., Feb. 18 – The Noise Parade, Circle Bar, Trombone Shorty’s Bacchus Blowout, Tips; George Porter Jr. (Meters), Rusell Batiste (funky meters) and Ivan and Ian Neville (Dumstaphunk) FREE SHOW; New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, 10 at Dragon’s Den; WILD MAGNOLIA’S 10 a.m..; Papa Grows Funk, 10; Shamarr Allen w/ Elliott Cohn’s C.S.S., 2 a.m.all at Le Bon Ton; Mardi Gras Post-Bacchus Bash feat. Big Sam’s Funky Nation, DJ D-NYCE, 9 @ Republic

Mon. (Lundi Gras), Feb. 19 – Morning 40 at Checkpoint Charlie’s: Dr. John, House of Blues
Fat Tues., Feb. 20 – Rebirth at the Maple Leaf; Hot 8 Brass Band, 10; Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, 2 a.m; New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Schatzy, 10 @ Saturn Bar