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| Bruno Float |
Great time at our Buzzy’s Mardi Gras party last night! Karen Garner took and posted some very nice photos on her FB page (click here and scroll thru.)
First off I would like to thank Nancy Barber for all of her and her husband Bruce’s efforts in pulling this off. It was Nancy’s idea and suggestion to do a Mardi Gras party. She then purchased all sorts of beads and masks and decorations along with preparing several dishes for the party. To boot she provided a King Cake (shown here) complete with a Baby Jesus.
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| Kim Wiley Photo |
Nancy is from New Orleans and actually has some knowledge and experience in all things Mardi Gras. When I was parading around Buzzy’s Country Store with the Bruno float, Nancy was tossing out beads and told me afterwards that the first couple she tossed hit the ceiling. She explained “I’m used to throwing them off the big floats and had to readjust for in here.” That’s some real Mardi Gras experience talking there.
I would like to also thank everyone for supplying such great food to eat. In particular, big thanks to Mike and Gail Case for their gumbo. Like Nancy, Mike has actually spent some time in New Orleans where he perfected his gumbo recipe and very graciously agreed to make us some when I asked him and Gail to do so. My thanks to both of them. (Note Mike made so much gumbo that we will have some leftovers to serve again today at the Store. Drop in for some if you missed last night.)
Thanks also to Stacey Goddard for supplying the Wet “Buzzy” drinks that helped get the party going. (The “Buzzy” name is not the actual name but can be found here.) As for the real name of the drink, there were a lot of jokes made about wanting one, not having had one, please give the wife one etc. as people consumed their shots of the drink. The drink was such a hit that I am thinking about making it the official drink of Buzzy’s Country Store. Thank you Stacey.(Please note, whereas there was some of the gumbo leftover from last night, there were no Wet Pussies left. (Sorry I couldn’t resist that feeble attempt at some Mardi Gras humor.)
In addition to being about eating and drinking, Mardi Gras of course is all about listening to some music. We were right there again with Gary Rue and his Smoke Creek Rounders providing us some great sounds. My thanks to all of them for trekking down to Buzzy’s on a dreary Tuesday night and playing some music for us again. I say again because Gary and these guys have very generously given of their time to come and perform at Buzzy’s for several years now and I appreciate them doing so.
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| Billy Thompson, Troy Jones, Brian Deere and Gary Rue |
And thank you to all of you who came down and helped us celebrate Mardi Gras Buzzy style. A highlight of the evening for me was having my sister Donna bring Mom in following their pancake dinner at St. Michael’s.
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| Mardi Gras Mom |
Clifton Chenier is known as the King of Zydeco, so it seems fitting to include his tune about his mom here.
