Mardi Gras Skeletons dress in deaths head arrays and traditionally are intended to remind us of our own finite lives. New Orleans memento mori -reminders of death. And scare small children of course. The Bywater Bone Boys were up early and we got a coveted hand made throw! More on Skeleton Krewes in general and the Bywater Bone Boys specifically here.
Posted in Drag, Leather, New Orleans, Subcultures
Tagged Bal Masque, Black Tie, Circuit, Culture, Gay, Leather, Lords of Leather, Mardi Gras, Mystic Krewe, New Orleans, NOLA, Tableau
Gorgeous! The comments section under this link is pretty interesting as well…
Posted in History, Music, New Orleans, Subcultures, Travel, Video
Tagged African American, Culture, Indian, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans, NOLA, Sexy
Geragear Custom Leathers owner Frederique Delius relaxing on the bar at the Voodoo Mystere Lounge on North Rampart Street in New Orleans. If you need leather in NOLA, drop in and talk to him. He tends bar Saturday through Tuesday from 11am to 7pm. A man of at least several talents, Frederique was born in East Germany, hopped the wall as a youth, and spent 15 years as an NYPD cop before moving to New Orleans. He is also a nice guy and quite easy on the eyes.
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Tagged Craft, Culture, East Germany, Frederique Delius, Gay, Leather, New Orleans, NOLA, Sexy, Voodoo Mystere
Posted in New Orleans, Subcultures, Surveillance, Travel
Tagged Bourbon Street, Culture, Krewe D'Etat, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, NOLA, Parade, Sexy
Lord Consort XXVII Tim Lott as "Gargoyles" - Bal Masque 2010
Gay Highwaymen visits New Orleans for Mardi Gras! This site will be reporting live from NOLA from now through Fat Tuesday. The traditions of Mardi Gras are many and obscure. Krewes, King Cakes, Mardi Gras Indians, Zulu Coconuts, Boeuf Gras, Flambeaux and of course, the Bal Masque with its Tableaux. Gay Highwaymen will attend the Lords of Leather Bal Masque on Sunday night. The Lords of Leather describe themselves as the only Leather oriented Mardi Gras Krewe in the world. On a previous trip, the Princes of Perversion made us feel very welcome. These sexy young royals are the NOLA arm of the Radical Faeries. They will show their colors at Sunday’s Bal. As will we…
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Tagged BDSM, Culture, Gay, Kink, Krewe, Leather, Lords of Leather, Mardi Gras, Masque Bal, NOLA, Princes of Perversion, Sexy
The Gay Highwaymen 