If y’all know me at all, you know that I am a huge fan of Jazzfest. I refer to Mardi Gras as the most wonderful time of the year, but honestly, the two weekends of Jazzfest are equally wonderful if you’re a music lover like me. When I looked at the school calendar last […]
This blog was originally posted five years ago, but as rain and Jazzfest go hand-and-hand, I have found myself tweaking and reposting it almost annually. And with Jazzfest 2019 beginning tomorrow, and a 90% chance of rain in the forecast, it seems necessary to post it once again. The countdown is over! Jazzfest 2019 […]
It’s late, but I didn’t forget about my daily post. I’ve just had an unusually busy Saturday, and I am realizing that it’s easy to make excuses to put off writing until the next day. Since my challenge is to post daily, failing on Day 4 just wouldn’t be cool, so here it is…my somewhat […]
I haven’t blogged in a while, and my plan for today was to write an article on one of my favorite topics, Jazzfest, which starts this weekend. After learning of Prince’s death this morning, however, plans changed, and it is with his music playing in the background that I find myself trying to keep my feet […]
With weekend one of Jazzfest in the books, I find myself in the middle of my annual between-weekends breather…a three-day laundry, work, and sleep cram session before weekend two cranks up. I love these three days because I’m not completely worn out yet (check with me next Monday), and I’m still on that awesome music, […]
There aren’t many things I enjoy more than a music festival. For me, a great lineup, combined with a fun location and delightfully unhealthy eats, rivals Mardi Gras and the Christmas holidays. While my festival-going began years ago as just a day or two at Jazz Fest, it has grown in to two weekends there, along with French Quarter Fest, VooDoo […]
