L-O-M-B-A-R-D-I-G-R-A-S-!

Our city has coined a new term! "Lombardi-Gras" is the new wordthat refers to our beloved Saints Historic Super Bowl win...and even before they won the super bowl the party had been planned! Win or Lose the Saints were in the Super Bowl and New Orleans was set to show their team a heroe's welcome...BUT WIN THEY DID AND MAN DID WE PARTY!!!
Ingredient's for Lombardi Gras fun:

One Amee...
A great spot on the parade route...We choose St. Charles at Julia...
Old Street Cars carrying people to and away from the city...
and some crazy fans...
The Times Picayune declares "The Boys Are Back In Town"...yeah you right!
The kids each had hand decorated Saints umbrella's...how adorable!
A wave of purple, gold and green reflected off of this tin wall as a "Shockey Heart & Soul" fan passes by...
People stake out their claim to the parade route.
She's ready for some fun!
Even the littlest fans are in the Spirit!
Prancing to their own music...they wanted to show us how to party ...
New Orleans finest in black and blue...
A dancing chicken declares the news... (oh yeah, we have a new mayor too!)
These ladies have great taste!
This lady has her own taste!
Could he be any happier?
This woman had Saints love from her head to her toes...
And this little lady had to show her love too!
ok, just a couple of drunk guys here! LOL
A proud group of Saints fans strut their stuff down St. Charles...
And this guy just wants to make a buck!
There is not end to the creativity of a true Saints fan...
We dat!
I love it! Amazing what a can of gold spray paint can do to one's outfit...
or what a glass of wine can do to one's station...
General Robert E. Lee watches over Lee Circle as revelers march down St. Charles...with the news "Rickey in the Hall of Fame" (check) and "Super Bowl Champs" (check)...
How do you get down St. Charles? Ride a colt!!
A sea of black and gold begins to swell...
A little fan passes the time playing football...
And the tweeners text...
The cops mark the immenent parade...
And the Marine Corps has arrived...
Tom Benson's float...

Drew Bree's float...

The Saint-sations...

Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!

Kicker Hartley rode in a big ladies shoe! LOL

Finally Sean Peyton with the Lombardi trophy...
Good Night New Orleans!
I love you!

New Orleans Saints...Defending The Dome!

So I was dying to drive to New Orleans and take some pictures the day before the beloved Saints defend the Dome against the Minnesota Vikings...I wanted someone to go with me...I thought about the perfect friend who would be up for almost anything on the spur of the moment...and that friend is Amee! But she's in Utah...and I'm here!
So I went alone, and I found it to be a bit quiet, like how I was feeling. As I approached the Dome, I felt an overwhelming sense of awe, unlike I had ever felt before. I have passed the dome so many times before, but this time was different...and the city knew it. It was the calm before the storm..........
Next I drove over to the Moon Walk and found a beautiful blanket of fog had settled over the French Quarter, enveloping it's reveler's in an omnipresent feeling of peace and clam, a sort of stillness of knowing that we are on the verge of something great!
I languished in it's beauty...
As all were welcome...Saints fans & Vikings fans...
Even the mannequins seemed to stand a little prouder as the displayed the Black & Gold fashion plates...
It was only about 6pm, but tiem seemed to stand still for New Orleans...
Jackson Square was reverent...
and more beautiful than I had ever seen it before...these 2 Saints fans knew it as well
Even though Jackson Square was closed I did not mind...
I was able to get my lens between the gate...
and see it anew...
On the other side of Jackson Square I spyed the corner and took this shot...
and this one too!
I caught this guy coming out of the St. Louis Cathedral, not doubt he just finished praying to the Saints for the Saints...!
I wonder if they heard?

Further down into the French Quarter I found theses 2 Saints fans!
And more hung out on the balconies.
These two guys could not contain their excitement, but I think they are Vikings fans, I'm not sure...
So Good Night Sweet Saints, sleep tight! We'll see you on the other side of History!