Fat Tuesday!

Today is Fat Tuesday, the final day of Mardi Gras, when countries like Brazil and cities like Venice and New Orleans have huge street parties before the start of Lent. Here in Denver, various hotels, restaurants, and bars have Mardi Gras celebrations, such as the NOLA Voodoo Tavern in the photograph above, but unfortunately, the city has no parades or street parties. I took the photo of NOLA a few days ago, not wanting to be there today, in case they were having voodoo ceremonies. However, since it was such a boring snapshot, I decided to add photographs of some of the University of Denver Bookstore staff that I took on Halloween back in 2003. From left to right are Donovan, who was the Computer Department Sales Assistant, Tristy, the Bookstore Director, Wally, the Operations Manager, Annette, the Textbook Department Manager, John, one of the Sales Associates, and Larry, the Operations Coordinator. Sadly, Larry passed away a few years ago, but I am sure the rest of the group will be partying until midnight, wherever they now are.