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Roundup: Mardi Gras Madness
Happy Mardi Gras! The yearly celebration in New Orleans ends officially tonight, the day before Lent begins on the Christian calender. While the people in NOLA have surely been decorating the streets with beads, floats, crawfish, costumes, doubloons, and beverages galore, I thought I'd have a go at decorating our homes Mardi Gras style.
Guess Who Owns This House?
A well-known celebrity couple owns this Creole townhouse, located at 521 Governor Nicholls Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Can you tell me the name of the super dad who lives here?
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Roundup: Fleur-de-Lys
Continuing with my New Orleans theme this month, I thought it'd be appropriate to round up some fleur-de-lys home furnishings, seeing as it has been a symbol of the city since its birth. Fleurs-de-lys abound in New Orleans. Today, they top wrought-iron fences, serve as trendy baubles, brand popular clothing lines, and emblazon football helmets in the Superdome, cheeky advertisements, and even post-Katrina fridges.
Love Shack: Incense Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
According to The Mistic, an old-time occult shop that supplies products and services for the "spiritually minded," in New Orleans (a place with a long history associated with sellers of Hoodoo and Voodoo products), incense can be used "in spells to encourage romance, stimulate sexuality, draw love, and create harmony."
Some of the herbs included in these incense blends are juniper berries, lavender, calamus root, basil, red roses, periwinkle, and cinnamon. According to the Mistic, "Occultists generally agree that the best time to do work which draws love and sex is Friday under the Waxing Moon or Full Moon."
Etsy Find: Masked Set of Four Letterpress Cards
Mardi Gras may be over, but you can still put your mask on with this Masked Set of Four Letterpress Cards ($10) by Sarah Ridgley. The perfect thank you card for the krewe member who invited you to the Endymion Ball. If you're secretly admiring someone from afar, it could also be quite the mysterious (anonymous) note card.
Casa Quiz: Creole Townhouses
Last week I told you about Creole Townhouses, one of New Orleans most treasured styles of architecture. Can you remember some of the details of these buildings? Take this quiz to find out.
Coveted Crib: Doullut Steamboat Houses (Part 2)
On Friday I told you a bit about the Doullut Steamboat Houses. You can read the first half of the story here.
As you may have guessed, the houses were influenced architecturally by the steamboats that Doullot himself navigated.
Coveted Crib: Doullut Steamboat Houses (Part 1)
TeamSugar member RowD recently shared photos of two Steamboat Houses which she encountered during a post-Katrina trip to New Orleans. Since they're such fascinating houses, and historical landmarks at that, I figured I'd give you a bit of a background. The two remarkable houses in question, at 400 and 453 Egania St., were built between 1905 and 1913 by Milton P.
Architecture Styles: The Shotgun House
The Creole Townhouse isn't the only architecture style the world should thank New Orleans for. The Shotgun was also developed in the Louisiana city between 1850 and 1910, and is the predominant type of house there. A Shotgun is a long, narrow rectangular structure, usually no more than 12 feet wide with doors opposite each other at both ends.
Coveted Crib: the Wedding Cake House
Mardi Gras' parades and festivities have all ended, but I've still got New Orleans on my mind. In this Coveted Crib, I introduce you to the Wedding Cake House, an ostentatious Victorian Georgian revival mansion, named for its frosting of layers of balconies, cornices and columns. Built in 1896, the house is one of the most prominent and recognizable historical residences along St.
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