Freaks And Geeks: part 2
Another huge presence at Gencon is Steampunk, a genre that plays on a “what-if” history where steam, rather than electricity, had remained the source of power after the Industrial Revolution of the...
View ArticleFreaks And Geeks: Gencon!! (Part 1)
Most of my readers know that I'm on tour at the moment. In fact, I am in the final week of my tour. In a week from today, I begin my journey back to NOLA. And I cannot wait to be home! But the tour is...
View ArticleTrains, Strains and Flames: Kerouac Festival At A Haunted Hotel
Part 1: The Haunted Hotel In a coal mining town set into the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, along a train track where a million dollars of coal passes daily, a rust colored Victorian Lady stands....
View ArticleDriving Into The Hurricane!
What do you do when you are twelve hundred miles away, and your girlfriend is facing a hurricane alone in your house? You drive through the storm! As Blue Star Owl said in her blog, a hurricane is a...
View ArticleThe New Orleans Katrina Memorial
Hurricane Katrina is still present in every aspect of New Orleans life. It is as much a part of our culture and community here as is our speech, our streetcars, our bars and our music. It is as...
View ArticleWhat I've Been Doing...
I feel kind of awful that I haven't posted a blog in a month now. In my defense, I've been busy. I moved to a new apartment a month ago---anyone who has moved knows how stressful that is! But it's a...
View ArticleWE'VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES BACK TO THE GARDEN
In my last post, I mentioned that I've moved to a new home. I thought I'd give you a little tour of my new place, and of my new neighborhood. For the last two years I'd lived in Pigeon Town (a...
View ArticleComic Con (Or, the Spaceship Lands In NOLA!).
This weekend I had the absolute pleasure of being a presenter and performer at Wizard World Comic Con, New Orleans. It was awesome. Wizard World is an outfit that hosts comic book/sci-fi/fantasy...
View ArticleNew Orleans Color
New Orleans is a colorful city. I mean that in every sense. While Autumn here may not be the color-fest it is in New England or Upstate, New York, we have our own colorful displays for the season....
View ArticleJoan Of Arc
Yesterday (Sunday, January 6) was two things: in world history, it was the birthday of Saint Joan Of Arc, The Maid Of Orleans; and in the lore of Christmas/Yule, it was Twelfth Night, the twelfth day...
View ArticleKrewe Du Vieux!!!!
Last Sunday was the parade that locals see as the true start of Mardi Gras, Krewe Du Vieux. Less of a traditional parade and more of a quarter mile of moving chaos, Krewe Du Vieux is a raucous, bawdy...
View ArticleKrewe Of Chewbacchus!!
This weekend saw several Mardi Gras parades: right down the street from our house there rolled the Krewe of Oshun, Krewe of Cleopatra, and Krewe of King Arthur. And sadly I had a commitment that...
View ArticleOshun and Cleopatra
This past week Mardi Gras was interrupted by a rather high profile sports event. The entire city shifted its focus from the parade routes to the Super Dome and Jackson Square. Good for Jackson Square,...
View ArticleMUSES
I was very excited for Muses Thursday night. I spoke excitedly about it all day. I dreamed excitedly of it Wednesday night. But when evening fell, I found out that the gig I thought I did not need to...
View ArticleSoggy Beans
I woke up this morning to the sound of rain on my window. Even though it was Lundi Gras, I stayed in bed a while, as one does on rainy days. Then I got myself up and called David Roe to ask if our...
View ArticleMardi Gras 2013 (Part 1...)
Like Hurricane Isaac, a tsunami or the Pope, it was here and now it's gone. Mardi Gras 2013. It was a soggy day (again), with predictions of heavy rain. But the weather held for most of the day, thank...
View ArticleMardi Gras Part 2: More Photos
In part 1 of my Mardi Gras coverage, I mentioned that I had taken so many photos I could not fit them all into one post. Here are more photos taken on Mardi Gras. These were all shot on Frenchmen...
View ArticleIndian Red! Part one: Suiting Up.
While the rest of the U. S. was getting drunk on green beer last Sunday, we here in New Orleans...well, lots of us got drunk on green beer. But we also had my favorite parade day of the year: Mardi...
View ArticleIndian Red! Part Two: The Parade
In my last blog post, I spoke about watching the Mardi Gras Indian tribes get ready to parade on Super Sunday. Once each tribe was suited up, or "masked Indian," the parade began. It started with a...
View ArticleNo Means No: NOLA Slutwalk
This weekend I had the honor of marching in, and photographing, the second annual NOLA Slutwalk. For any who do not know, Slutwalk is an international event that deals with issues of rape and sexual...
View ArticleGenCon 2013
I know I haven't written a post here in ages. Three months, maybe more. Sorry... first there was the Kickstarter (thanks for your support!). Then there was the tour (which I am still on). But finally...
View ArticleMEOW Con: going deeper.
I'm now blogging for the Huffington Post, which is kind of awesome. But fear not, loyal readers: I will not abandon you! I'm going to write here for the more intimate audience of my friends, fans and...
View ArticleWizard World Comic Con 2014
Here are some photos that did not make it into my Huff Post piece about Wizard World Comic Con New Orleans... Unicorns.... Can you find these two? Where in the world are they? Lauren's new corset....
View ArticleChewbacchus Rolls!
From my window, I can hear the third parade to pass by my house today. One of the big ones, early in the week, moving along the main parade route. These parades with large tractor pulled floats and...
View Article(Wet) Mardi Gras 2014 in the Marigny
It rained all day on Mardi Gras, but that didn't stop anyone from having a good time. Here are all of the shots I took on rainy Mardi Gras 2014. (For more info and fewer pics, see my Huffington Post...
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