Welcome to this weeks edition of
Sherry sadly bids farewell to her Mardi Gras
guests and prepares for a strict observance of Lent
Lent
Pronunciation: 'lent
Function: noun
the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by
the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant
churches as a period of penitence and fasting........
here Sherry celebrates Ash Wednesday and
the birthday of Ken Ryan with a party
at Franky & Johnny's
Sherry, Chris Ryan & Duke Duplantis (ashes still on
forehead)
of Franky & Johnny's sing "Happy Birthday" to Ken
p.s.-it was also Duke's birthday
Sherry & Bob went to Crescent City Steaks
on the next night of Lent
to celebrate Pat's birthday
then Sherry went to Tipitina's to check out
Blair Gimma, a very good new singer
Sherry was happy to see that Katie of Tipitina's,
Darcy Malone & Julie were also strictly observing Lent
Blair Gimma may be new on the scene
but quick to make her debut in the Adventures
headlining at Tipitina's was Mahayla
one of the members of Mahayla is Tipitina's
Kevin "Triple Threat" Burley
here we see Duke of Tip's explaining to Sherry his
concept of changing the name from "Doo Rag"
to the "Duke Rag"
Sherry then ran into her old friend Mr J Pat Thompson
along with some of the members of his group The Jones'
also playing with Mahayla was Harry Hardin of Johnny Sketch,
shown here with his brand new Zeta violin that made it's
stage debut this night....you can also see Harry and his new violin
at Tipitina's on Saturday March 22 when Johnny Sketch hosts
their CD release party
Jo Cool then asked Sherry to please go home
and get some rest
Sherry's observance of Lent continued on Saturday
with a birthday party at Elizabeth's for her good friend
Mark (The Gov) Morice
here Mark amazed Sherry by magically
making party favors appear on the table
Sherry was very glad to see Eddie and Sherry's
favorite Turlette, Christine had recovered from
Mardi Gras and were ready to celebrate with the Gov
Sherry was excited to meet Mark's father Natchez Morice
and Mark's stepmom Bonnie
Sherry was quite impressed with Elizabeth's co-owner Heidi
and the great food they provided for the party
the birthday boy proposes a toast
and then blows out the candles on his cake
then came the main course of Surf n Turf
Elizabeth's co-owners Heidi & Joe smile as they
watch Jenz, Tammy and all the rest of the
guests enjoy this birthday bash and feast
but as usual nobody had more fun that Sherry & Laurie
here Sherry gets a warm greeting from Judge Derbigny
as Jason (Monica Lewinsky in last weeks Adventures) looks on
Sherry was happy to see Big Chief Billy
of the Wild Pop-A-Lockians as he rescued
her keys that whats-his-name had locked in the car
then it was back to Tipitina's for the Blues & R'n
B
of the Eric Lindell Band with Charles Brown on percussion
Sherry was thrilled to run into David Kunian and Marc Stone
(who
also played that night) along with Allison & Amanda
Sherry was deep into her groove when Jazz Fest Johnny
pointed the way to his big Jazz Fest show-
Louisiana Bottleneckers & Sliderulers (aka Slidemania Vol.1)
Sonny Landreth, John Mooney and Papa Mali
with special guests to include Camile Baudoin, Brint Anderson and CC Adcock
Thursday, April 24th @ Tipitina's French Quarter
Tickets available at 504-895-TIPS or tipitinas.com
then Eric Lindell pulled what is now known as a "Camile"
and invited Sherry up on the stage
Sherry then paid a visit to the Downtown Irish Club
where they were holding a practice of parading
and drinking in preparation of next weeks
big St. Patrick's Day Parade
Sherry couldn't believe her good fortune in getting
to meet the leprechaun from Lucky Charms
Pat, Sherry and Cindy continue the Lent observance
(4 birthday parties, 3 dinners, 2 concerts and a practice parade)
with a birthday party for Pat's granddaughter Ellen
here we see the the birthday girl with Nana Pat,
Mary Pat, Sherry & Cindy
and of course some great gumbo
Sherry and Pat then explained to Ellen
the divine secrets of the Pizza Slut sisterhood
and Sherry concluded the week with a song just for Ellen
