{"id":9,"date":"2008-02-05T20:11:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T02:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2008-04-08T08:54:55","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T14:54:55","slug":"beads-are-thrown-ready-for-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/beads-are-thrown-ready-for-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Beads are thrown, ready for ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/pict0021.JPG\" title=\"Pete\u2019s Float\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/pict0021.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"Pete\u2019s Float\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one more ball this evening in Lafayette. Thank God, I&#8217;m not going. I went to three downtown parades today, and I&#8217;ve caught all the beads I need. In fact, probably more beads than one human being can possibly use in his lifetime. Well, mine at least. It was a mini-feast with the family. They rent a spot in a restaurant parking lot where an RV is set up as Mardi Gras Central, and tents and fly tarps are erected to cover the tables, and I mean long table, lined with food.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWhat kind of food? Well, for starters there was a couple of fruit trays for breakfast, some boudin, if you&#8217;re so inclined, and trays and trays of vegetables, meats, king cakes, homemade cakes and a whole bunch of chips and dips.<\/p>\n<p>Thirsty? Well, Mimosas are on the left table, Bloody Marys on the right. Quite a few ice chests full of beer, and believe it or not, I think I spotted a water bottle or two around here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/pict0035.JPG\" title=\"The Independents Parade\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/pict0035.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"The Independents Parade\" \/><\/a>\u00a0I ate, drank and watched parades from around 9:00 to 2:00. Of course I sneaked in a bit of work later in the afternoon. News doesn&#8217;t stop, you know.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I&#8217;ll probably head to the Cathedral at lunchtime. Supposed to fast as well. Beter time than New Year&#8217;s Day to start a diet. Let&#8217;s see if this one lasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 There&#8217;s one more ball this evening in Lafayette. Thank God, I&#8217;m not going. I went to three downtown parades today, and I&#8217;ve caught all the beads I need. In fact, probably more beads than one human being can possibly use in his lifetime. Well, mine at least. It was a mini-feast with the family. They rent a spot in a restaurant parking lot where an RV is set up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coleman360.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}