Mardi Gras 2013 who is that masked woman?
This is the second year I have gone to our little version of Mardi Gras aka Winnipeg Style. This year there were a few more of us than last, and a good time was had by all.
The food was not that spectacular but last year I did try some alligator fritters, this year I opted for a Po Sandwich which is a baget, tomato, lettuce, cheese and beef sandwich, much to big for me to finish.
All throughout the evening there was dancing, the cougar's favourite past time. It sure is strange when you go to this event how many people you run into that you haven't seen for a long time.
There were guys on stilts, women dressed in the scanties and feathers, drag queens because they have a contest, and everywhere you look are people in costumes and masks.
There is also a show of three women who twirl fifty feet up in the air doing acrobat's on two streamers of cloth. The band is from down south and they play a mean set, longer than most bands at the local bars.
But all good things must come to an end, with a birthday party tomorrow night at the George, this cougar needed some down time to ensure she has her rest. Now the George strangely enough is the first bar I ever went into when the age limit in Manitoba dropped from twenty one to eighteen. Never mind that I was only fourteen at the time, but it does bring back some old memories, good times of my youth.
