Mardi Gras 2013 may be a distant, blurry memory for its hardcore celebrants, so NolaVie contributor Glen Abbott offers a sober look back at one of the season's funkier parades. The motto of the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus [...]

Now that Super Bowl 2013 is a memory, Carnival continues unabated throughout Orleans Parish. And to help set the mood for the upcoming activities, NolaVie contributor Glen Abbott offers a look at the Mystic Krewe of Barkus parade [...]

‘tit Rəx bills itself as "New Orleans' First and Only MicroKrewe" ('tit is short for "petite"). This pint-size procession rolls through Faubourg Marigny at Carnival time each year with satirical, shoebox-size floats and tiny throws. The parade's theme [...]

For those who missed it, or those whose memories of it are a bit fuzzy (that is, after all, the nature of the beast), NolaVie contributor Glen Abbott offers a brief review of Saturday's Krewe du Vieux. It's [...]

He survived Hurricane Katrina and numerous tropical torments large and small. But Isaac proved too much for Metairie’s Big Man statue, knocking him from the perch he’s occupied for more than 35 years near the corner of Clearview [...]

Just to show you that New Orleans hasn't cornered the market on the offbeat and quirky, here's a look at something you don't see everyday, and likely won't find anywhere in Louisiana. That would be your standard-issue, sod-roofed [...]