We Love New Orleans.

This statement is very true over here at mytwoyenworth. I have visited the Big Easy twice. Once about a week after Mardi Gras in the mid-90s. My brother and I drove there on a month-long road trip and considering he doesn't drink, I had plenty to make up for. I visited it again on a long-weekend shortly after Halloween 2 years later and I must say that the partying never stopped either time.

Realizing that it'll never be the same since Katrina in 2005, I did what I could by donating some cash during our Annual Jozenji Jazz Festival (#15 in a series, collect them all.) One of the food booths was selling these little figurines and though they may not be the most PC of porcelain portrayals, the sentiment was apparent and I picked up two sets. I gave one set away to my pals as souvenirs that Christmas and kept the other.










In honour of New Orleans' dramatic SuperBowl win, here are a half-dozen カトリーナ (Katrina)characters. I'm hard-pressed to figure out who is whom, the dozen represented are as follows: ルイ・アームストロング/Louis Armstrong;　ファッツ・ドミノ/Fats Domino;　プロフェッサ・ロングフェアー/Professor Longfellow;　マルセリス・ファミリーMarsalis Family;　アーマ・トーマス/Irma Thomas;　ネヴィル・ブラザーズ/Neville Brothers;　ドクタージョン/Doctor John;　ダーティダズン・ブラスバンド/Dirty Dozen Brass Band;　ハリー・コニックjr./Harry Connick Jr.;　カーミット・ラフィンズ/Kermit Raffins;　ジュン・ヤマギツ/June Yamagin. I'm not sure about the English on one or two of those.










The only other reason to watch the SuperBowl would be the commercials!