Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras went beautifully and we had a blast. The apartment was extra-decorated this year--I ordered a string of special MG lights from eBay AREN'T THEY ADORBS. Those were draped across the entrance to the bathroom, and then Anya did her thing with the balloons, stringing them along the ceiling to the hallways. (You need a tall person to do that, I sure can't reach it!) Plus I discovered a great site online called MardiGrasOutlet.com and bought some more party supplies there, including tons of confetti (masks, stars, etc.) which was liberally sprinkled ALL OVER the place.
We had a nice big turnout--let me see if I can recall everyone who came. Ryan, Michael, Duncan, Tesse, Nobuko, Paul, Ken Scudder, my workmate Katie, Calvin, Megan, Tim and his friend Jason, Griffin and his GF, Eric, Michael Reyna, Paula--I know I'm missing a few, at one point I counted something like 25 people. I was literally picking my way, tip-toeing, through the living room.
I made my two usual King Cakes (one traditional, one with strawberry jam filling), plus red beans and rice which went FAST. I will definitely have to double my rb&r next year! I also made the Cajun shrimp dip, plus I ordered popcorn crawfish and bread pudding from Delta Grill. And hurricanes, of course. Lots and lots of hurricanes!
From the website I also ordered extra babies, so I could put a baby in both the cakes, and whoever got the baby could keep it. They also had cute King Cake beads, so I bought a couple of those for prizes as well.
Party wound down a little earlier this year, I think everyone was gone by 1 or 1:30. Best of all, we more than doubled our take from last year--can't wait to send off the check to Tipitina's!
We had a nice big turnout--let me see if I can recall everyone who came. Ryan, Michael, Duncan, Tesse, Nobuko, Paul, Ken Scudder, my workmate Katie, Calvin, Megan, Tim and his friend Jason, Griffin and his GF, Eric, Michael Reyna, Paula--I know I'm missing a few, at one point I counted something like 25 people. I was literally picking my way, tip-toeing, through the living room.
I made my two usual King Cakes (one traditional, one with strawberry jam filling), plus red beans and rice which went FAST. I will definitely have to double my rb&r next year! I also made the Cajun shrimp dip, plus I ordered popcorn crawfish and bread pudding from Delta Grill. And hurricanes, of course. Lots and lots of hurricanes!
From the website I also ordered extra babies, so I could put a baby in both the cakes, and whoever got the baby could keep it. They also had cute King Cake beads, so I bought a couple of those for prizes as well.
Party wound down a little earlier this year, I think everyone was gone by 1 or 1:30. Best of all, we more than doubled our take from last year--can't wait to send off the check to Tipitina's!