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The Beautiful 2020 Lockport Parade

After missing the 2018 and 2019 parades, we were ready for Mardi Gras 2020. The weather was perfect. The people were as friendly as ever. The 2020 Lockport Parade (aka Krewe of Apollo 2020) featured beautiful floats and great throws. Family from out of town thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the parade.

And it was a special little girl’s second birthday.

The Dazzling Krewe of Apollo 2017

The Krewe of Apollo 2017 , aka The Lockport Parade, is a small town parade that still decorates their own floats. It’s a parade for families and fun!

The Wonder of the 2015 Krewe Of Apollo Parade

Every year, when we can, we love to go to The Lockport Parade. With the 2020 parade clear in our sights, we take a look back at the 2015 Krewe of Apollo Parade.

NOLA-ing: The Sound of Music Sing-Along

Guess what is coming back to the National WWII Museum? The Sound of Music Sing-Along! On Saturday, Saturday, August 18, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, hosts Becky Allen, Sean Patterson, and Mandy Zirkenbach will preside over a night of singing,…

NOLA-ing: NOLA Baby Firsts

If you follow cute New Orleans-centric stores like Fleurty Girl and NOLA Gifts and Decor, you might have seen the adorable NOLA Baby Firsts print by local artist Allie Behan. I ogled over this print on FaceBook, thinking that it would be a perfect keepsake to commemorate our daughter’s first…

Parading: A Tradition Unlike Any Other – Small Town Mardi Gras Parades

If you are reading this from outside of New Orleans and Louisiana, this blog is about Mardi Gras.  Yet, it has nothing to do with New Orleans.  Sure New Orleans and Metairie are great places to catch a parade.  But so are Houma, Luling, LaRose, Golden Meadow, and Thibodaux.  In…

Walking to Raise Cancer Awareness

On September 11, we traveled down to Lockport to run a 5K Fun Run to help with Cancer Awareness.  The only problem was that Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple woke up sick that morning.  However, we were going to complete the 5K no matter what. Walking to raise cancer awareness is…

Eating and Concerting: Old Tyme Grocery and NKOTBSB

Because I’m a great husband and also because I’m the best brother ever, I recently accompanied my wife, sister, and sister-in-law to Lafayette for the NKOTBSB concert. I had one condition for the torture that would befall my ears in form of young girls and older women shrieking: a shrimp…

Cooking: Apple Cinnamon Pepper Jelly

Saturday morning, I headed to the German Coast Farmer’s Market at the Ormond Plantation to get my vegetables for the week.  I came home with some fresh green beans, sweet potatoes, broccoli,  carrots and some spicy hog’s head cheese.  All for better prices than I would have paid at Winn…

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