Lombardi Gras

Get ready to party with the Lombardi, New Orleans!
The miracle in Miami has happened. The Saints have won the Super Bowl.

— Jim Henderson

The weekend was a busy one. Saturday was my brother’s wedding and Sunday was the Super Bowl between the Saints and Colts. I don’t remember the wedding too much other than I was one of the groomsmen. As for Super Bowl Sunday, I went to a friend’s house to watch the game. I remember bringing the whole Rock Band 2 setup to play during half time but that turned out to be a dumb idea. I don’t recall if we even played it.

Anyway, I’m not going to do a play by play so I’ll just give my top 3 moments:

• The onside kick to open the second half.

• The interception by Tracy Porter.

• The amazing Lance Moore 2 point conversion where he turned his body in mid-air to break the plane with the ball.

Right after the game, we decided to head to downtown to celebrate.

Full disclosure: All photos predate this iteration of this site and I’m back-dating this post to the day of the parade. I believe I took these with my Canon PowerShot SD400. It still works to this day but I recently busted the screen.

Influx of cars coming from the Camp St. exit.

Bourbon St.

I remember they had "Halftime" by Ying Yang Twins on repeat here.

Then over a week later, it was time for Lombardi Gras.

I managed to make it to the Lower Garden District to meet up with some friends. The plan was to walk from my friend’s office to downtown.

"Pigs have flown. Hell has frozen over."

Drew Brees.

Some of the defensive players got off their float and went to order food at this vender.

Vender takes photos of the players.

Saints kicker, Garret Hartley, gets off of the Krewe of Muses' shoe float. I forget why he got off.

One of the Saints mascots, Gumbo the dog.

Last but not least, Sean Payon showing off the Lombardi Trophy while on the Krewe of Orpheus' signature float, The Smokey Mary.