{"id":3657,"date":"2009-02-25T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2009-02-25T11:10:54","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T16:10:54","slug":"fat-tuesday-hail-to-great-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"Fat Tuesday &#8211; Hail to Great Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, around 8:30 in the morning, as folks in other parts of the world got their coffee and went to their desks, I already had on my false eyelashes and friends were stopping by for a Bloody Mary &#8211; why? because that&#8217;s how we roll here in the Big Sleazy and it was Fat Tuesday after all. Here are neighbors on their way out the door:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1540.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3658\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=3658\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1540.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" data-orig-size=\"450,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EX-S880&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1235456740&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cimg1540\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1540.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1540.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" title=\"cimg1540\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1540.jpg?resize=300%2C224 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1540.jpg?w=450 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we called a cab and other friends rode up on their bikes:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1545.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3659\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=3659\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1545.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" data-orig-size=\"450,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EX-S880&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1235456984&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cimg1545\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1545.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1545.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" title=\"cimg1545\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1545.jpg?resize=300%2C224 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1545.jpg?w=450 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we waited and waited for the cab:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1548.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3660\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=3660\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1548.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" data-orig-size=\"450,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EX-S880&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1235457053&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cimg1548\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1548.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1548.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" title=\"cimg1548\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1548.jpg?resize=300%2C224 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1548.jpg?w=450 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally we made our way to the Marigny to catch friends and fun and St. Ann in front of Mimi&#8217;s. Our backstories intact: I was Barbie at 50, a more voluptuous and improved model. T was Malibu Ken, hip, tanned and sporting a do rag. And Jer was age-appropriate Ken, who sensible Barbie left for the younger tanner Ken after she hit a midlife crisis. And Ivette was our angel turned devil, after love turned her head around.<\/p>\n<p>Note the great hat:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1538.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3661\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=3661\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1538.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" data-orig-size=\"450,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.7&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EX-S880&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1235456645&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cimg1538\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1538.jpg?fit=450%2C337\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1538.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" title=\"cimg1538\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1538.jpg?resize=300%2C224 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cimg1538.jpg?w=450 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, around 8:30 in the morning, as folks in other parts of the world got their coffee and went to their desks, I already had on my false eyelashes and friends were stopping by for a Bloody Mary &#8211; why? because that&#8217;s how we roll here in the Big Sleazy and it was Fat Tuesday after all. Here are neighbors on their way out the door: Then we called a cab and other friends rode&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-WZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}