Muses – not The Muse
Arlene’s EKG and Xrays showed nothing but a slightly enlarged left ventricle – now the next step is take her to the eye doctor because in her one blue eye her retinae is enlarged which could be normal because she has two different colored eyes but it could also mean other things – like neurological damage, cardiovascular issues – so we’ll see if the eye doc can shed light on what is causing her episodes.
Picked up S last night in the Quarter fully stocked with to go cups of Rum and Coke and starter beads – I told him we were going to have fun – and we did until… We met D&B and J and walked over to Fat Harry’s for some burgers (not going down that parade no food too many cocktail route like last week) and we sat on the curb and ate while the spectators assembled. Then the parade started – first with Babylon and then Chaos – meanwhile I walked over to the Milan to use the bathroom when I got the SOS call that J had been on B’s shoulders and took a nose dive into the street. They took him back to the room to monitor him and ran into an ENT guy near the parade route who checked him and said to just monitor him for 24 hours. Meanwhile, S came to meet me and we went and caught up with N and the Snake, J&T who are in town, and then D, A&C, K and several others joined us.
Muses was awesome – I’ve never seen it before as it started after I left for California. The Camel Toe High Steppers, the Bearded Oysters in the white plumes, great floats, and lots of excitement. Flambeaus where out in spades. The butterflies or as N called them “the bugs” were gorgeous and surreal. All in all it was a very good parade. The music was good.
J was able to come to the parade although he was skittish about being lifted up and definitely was not going on anyone’s shoulders.
Then we headed to the Milan for a night cap and S & I decided to head back to the Quarter, but on the way we encountered major parade obstacles and couldn’t go anywhere so we backed up and went back to St. Charles – catching the parade yet again – and wound up at the restaurant where Houston’s used to be – it’s a new concept restaurant for them but it looked like the old restaurant only with white table cloths and the PRICES were about three times what Houston’s used to be. And then S & I got into it – one more time around.
I woke up this morning just feeling wretched about the evening but when I spoke with S he said he was fuzzy on the details – so there it is – better fuzzy than clear sometimes.
It’s cold, windy, and overcast here and everyone is worried about rain on the parades – particularly tomorrow when S rides in Tucks.