Decadent Decadence Fest 2014...
I've come to realize, from years of experience , intense study , and risky exposure, the most decadent thing at decadent decadence festival is not, flames in dresses or ladies underwear, muscle men wearing leather straps, same sex hand holding , hugging , kissing, flamboyant costumes, twinks, bears, TS's, no,no,no, its middle aged conservative men in short pants , flip flops, and no shirt, their huge white bellies bouncing violently , pierced nipples , spilling beer on their feet as they prance 2 by 2 down Bourbon st. flying their gay flag . I wouldn't be so proud to represent my lifestyle with an opaque gut 2 feet in front of me...For Gods sake , put a shirt on ..one that says
,I'm gay , or whatever you want to espouse. If you've never been , (to the festival) you should, its very cordial, friendly, ,photo friendly, interesting, and if your a people watcher like me it's mecca...Where else in the world can you see a man with a unicorn head playing the guitar . Found a secluded green bench to ravish my PBJ, watch the tourist go by, absorb the atmosphere, wondering exactly how far from hell am I ..I must admit I was a little giddy from the "hey hunk" cat calling,
but we have to tolerate some things to get the pics. Yeah Right !.. An occasional topless girl passed by,
all painted up for legality, hordes of men filled the street in varying degrees of dress, genre,costume, sobriety,
and intention . Interesting........at the least, don't go with tunnel vision, go with highway vision.....
Later,
gary
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| No explanation |
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| Unicorn Guitarist. |
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| the Leopard Group |
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| Sexy.....? |
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| yum... |
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| Lady in the middle |
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| Muscle MEN |
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| Professional Shoot |
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| Belly bacon |
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| Yeah ! |
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| Strippers I guess. |
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| this guy was impressive ,, played some Johnny Cougar. |
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| This group is a standard on Royal |
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| I don't know this girl |
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| I don't know these girls |
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| Center of all action |
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| Gotta Dance. |
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| this corner was packed . |
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| scared me . |
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| out of place... |
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| Dame. | |
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| She or He is a regular here. |
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| Love the Hat....Tex... | ... |
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| tutu girls.... |
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| Swami.. | |
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| watch that hand. |
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| posing .....needs cigarettes ? |
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| what with the shoes... |
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| escaping a lightening storm off St Charles in Audubon with horses ,skaters, bikers. |
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| this is how your cross the St Claude bridge over the Industrial Canal without a car. |
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| Zoom in on this ,, interesting stuff.... like the wwoz poster. St Peter in Bywater |
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| Bywater... | |
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| Enjoying my PBJ...at the French market. |
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| In the middle of a rainstorm this Scotsman played his bagpipes, he was very good , even in the rain. |
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| Still eating PBJ. |
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| I want to see the Naked and Afraid show spend the night here under the St Claude Bridge in the 9th. |
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