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 is “Saving the Galaxy, One Drunken Nerd at a Time.”
Enjoy!
Glen Abbott is a New Orleans-based freelance travel writer/photographer. Visit his blog at www.TravelinGringo.com.
NOLAbeings Multimedia artist Claire Bangser created NOLAbeings as a portrait-based story project that marries... 
Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 