New Orleans Masks

This lecture is free at Deutsches Haus. I’ll be there to see Elisa M. Speranza, Author

Northern France (the ancestral home of many of the early settlers of New Orleans and Cajuns) has their own scary Christmas character, Père Fouettard

The Tale of Père Fouettard In Northern France, there’s a story about a companion of Santa Claus. If your mind jumped to singing elves, flying reindeer, or a jolly…

If anyone is looking for reading suggestions or gift 🎁 ideas these two awesome books were written by friends
Elisa Speranza and Chin-Sun Lee
Support local talent and places like Octavia Books

I did an interview with my friend Bloody Mary about food superstitions in the house built where Marie Laveau’s home once stood

Watch out! It's Superstition day: Black cats, red beans, voodoo dolls & Friday the 13! Come do dinner with ghosts for Friday the 13th! Superstions is the main course for this supernaturl chat. Explore Black cats and even black cat gumbo and th...

I loved playing cabbage ball! I could always tell who was a local because they wouldn’t think I was crazy when I’d talk about it!
I remember tending bar once years ago and some guy refused to believe it existed!
Good job Richard Inglés

What the heck is cabbage ball? Why do they play it in New Orleans? Curious Louisiana answers. When Richard Inglés was a kid in the 1970s, he played a game called cabbage ball during P.E. at St. Catherine of Siena grammar school in Metairie, and in a

Wow! Just wow!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-30/la-ca-library-verzi-photo-collection?fbclid=IwAR2-OBCmH6ytfi3stitXXIw1SPpa2KngQseBBHAongifaB8fKkUPLC7uVl8_aem_AdZmBRIp8aMqyfqhuoVjy4Nyxa02dxRRxNyY9An_tHXymPqDz27I8uSmOP0GfacbDEs&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

How the L.A. library bid $144,000 for a hidden trove of celebrity photos An obsession with a '30s movie star sent two librarians to an auction for 12,500 celebrity photos taken by a post office worker turned recluse. The collection is astonishing

We’re having a mask sale Saturday February 11 at our 1830 Creole Cottage. Stop by, after all It’s Carnival Time!!

French Antiques and Vintage Masks in the Bywater starts on 2/11/2023 View information about this sale in New Orleans, LA. The sale starts Saturday, February 11.

We’re having a Carnival Masks and Antiques Pop Up at our 1830 Creole Cottage in the Bywater Saturday February 11. More details to follow… here’s a sneak peek…

We had so much fun at The Shop at The Collection that we’ll be back Friday February 17 from 9:30am til 12:30pm!

We’re working on some new headband designs based on the original McKenzie’s King Cakes

We’ll be at The Shop at The Collection Friday to celebrate the first day of Carnival and the annual King Cake Hub opening! Stop by for a cake and check out our feathered headbands!

Our popular King Cake Hub French Quarter Pop-Up returns by popular demand on : Friday, January 6! Stop by The Shop at The Collection at 520 Royal Street, get in the spirit with our DJ spinning festive tunes ("dance if you wanna"), and stock up on your favorite king cake brands from across the Cresent City!

Learn more about King Cake Hub and their upcoming launch party on Thursday, January 5 at Zony Mash Beer Project at kingcakehub.com


Photo: Amber Shields Johnson

We’re having a Christmas 🎄 sale at our house…we’ll have masks and holiday headbands

Mask Market French Market (New Orleans) is open! Beautiful day in the Crescent City!

This weekend at the French Market (New Orleans)

Mask Market is happening this year! It’s this weekend, February 19-20 at the French Market (New Orleans) from 10am-4pm

Making masks and getting ready for the annual Mask Market at the French Market (New Orleans) this Saturday and Sunday— February 19-20 from 10am until 4pm!
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Some of our Holiday Headbands we’ll have at the market tomorrow

We still have some Halloween 👻 stuff for sale!

New Orleans Masks is now on WhatsApp.

It’s the first day of October and we’re already thinking about Halloween! Since we’re here in New Orleans we’re also thinking about football so here’s our Saints witch hat! Who Dat!!