Ta-Ta (for now) Mobile, Alabama!

It started out,

as these things usually do,

with a drink.
OK, maybe a couple...

or something like that....

One thing led to another....

and before I knew it... I was hanging out at the Scottish Rite Temple!

According to my marvelous Mardi Gras Chaperon,

it's "the only Egyptian Revival building in the city where two large stone sphinxes are fondled every weekend by drunken frat boys leaving Dauphin Street after a night of partying."

Hmmmm....

better make that "drunken frat boys" AND one tipsy Traveling Bra!

*hic!*Then...

bolstered by my inebriated state, sturdy underwires and sheer BRAvery,

I decided to scale the walls of the historic Fort Conde!

'Til, the watch tower solider nabbed me....

DANG IT!

But, he was very nice and did share his bowl of gumbo with me.

Still....

I was in the mood for a little nightcap....

Thank GAWD Veets is still serving it up

ALL day and ALL night!

I love Mobile, Alabama....

too bad I gots to go!

Double-D THANKS to my marvelous Mobile Mardi Gras Chaperon!

(Now I'm headed back up north where it's c-c-c-c-c-cold!

But rumor has it, there's a nice warm pair of fur cup-liners waiting for me!

Woo-hoo!)

Stay tuned....

It's Fat Tuesday in Mobile, Alabama ~ Do You Know Where Your Bra Is?

When my Mobile Chaperons aren't too drunk

recovering from hangovers

taking a nap....

they been busy taking THIS BRA out on the town and showing me why....

"Mardi Gras is Mo Betta in Mo-Bile!"

We've been drunk for days having a GREAT time too

because the parties and parades 'round here are ENDLESS..... In fact, The Bay City Brass Band paused during one of the parades
just to have their picture taken with ME!

Click on this player to listen to their music:

...& if that doesn't make you want to jump up and holler,

"Hey Mister, Throw Me Something"

...I don't know what will!

FOOD is also a big party of the Mardi Gras celebration... Alligator on a Stick?!?
OMG! I'd really just like a corn dog...please?

And....I even met me a real Pirate!

(And a couple of buxom Pirate beauties to boot!)

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

You'll never get to me treasure chest like that, ya scurvy bilge rat!

Thanks to Greg Brown (again!) for this grrrrrrreat photo!

Hanging With The Veet In Mobile, Alabama

Any ol' time you're in Mobile, Alabama

the place to meet for a drink, hear great music, and have a REAL GOOD TIME

is Veets Bar and Grill! Especially when it's Mardi Gras time!

And especially if you're a big o'l bodacious black bra

and your Chaperon hooks you up with with the owner of this fine establishment!

Yep, that ME rubbin' shoulders with THE Veet!

Hangin' with Veet (and his bodacious daughter, Gina) was a special treat!

(And I've got my straps crossed these pictures will find their way onto his wall of fame!)

Veets is also THE place in Mobile for national artists to visit and jam in...and their bandstand is home to one of Mobile's finest house bands, Doug Previto (who coincidentally looks a lot like Veet!) & The Family Jewels.

In fact, that's them you're listening to right now!

"Got To Get It Worked On" perfomed by Doug Previto & the Family Jewels

I just couldn't resist hopping up on stage and shakin' mah thang with the band

and my Chaperon's bosom buddy, AE!

THEN it was time to shuffle outside and watch The Mobile Mystics

Mardi Gras Parade!

Woo-hoooo!

My Chaperon held me high so I could check out the parade while her photographer pal, Gregory Brown snapped this AWESOME photo! (Which has now pretty much just become my latest all time favorite picture of ME!)

Please visit Now Back To Me and read my Chaperon's version of this story!

Thank Ya'll!

It Was "Take Your Bra To Work Day" In Mobile, Alabama

1st stop: The Office

I always heard things moved a bit slow in The South...

....but this is ridiculous!

I. need. coffee.

2nd stop: The break room

YAY COOKIES! But where's the coffee?!?

I need a pick-me-up!!!

Whoa! This'll do!

3rd stop: FIGHTER JET!!!!

Coffee Shmoffee!

...now I feel the need for speeeeeeeeeeeed!

*Thank you to my Mobile Chaperon for taking me with her to work today!

Ulga, the Traveling Trashiest Bra?!?

OH. MY. GAWD!!!

As much as I HATE airing dirty laundry in public....

this requires an explanation!

You see, my distant cousin and evil nemesis, Helga, the Wandering Corset and I have a bit of history together...but we've long since buried the hatchet...so I was SHOCKED to learn that Helga's twisted half-sister, a sleazy piece of cheap opportunistic lingerie name Ulga actually thought that she could show up and TAKE MY PLACE at the Orisis Mardi Gras Ball! I have been rendered SPEECHLESS by this shocking news...so PLEASE click here to read (the hilarious story) about this IMPOSTOR over at my Mobile, Alabama Chaperon's brand new blog, Now Back to Me!

And then come back and click here to read the exciting conclusion!

(RIP Ulga!)

Time Flies When You're Having Fun...

...but DANG IT!

I was havin' so much fun hangin' with The Rev in Memphis, Tennessee that I missed the BIG Mardi Gras Ball in Mobile, Alabama! But not to to worry...my Mobile Chaperon and I are together now...and she's set me up with a nice cozy bed, fuzzy robe, and a grrrrreat book!

And I've been giving her tips on blogging 'cuz guess what?...she's a brand new blogger!...in fact, her only post (so far) is about ME! She writes: "....there is a little bit of Olga in all of us. The desire to go new places and learn new things. I know for this girl, life gets in the way of the ability to drop everything and see the world, therefore I live vicariously through Olga."

Yeah, as far as I'm concerned...she's totally on the right track!

So stay tuned....more shall be revealed!

Hey ya'll! I'm Going (to) Mobile!

Most people associate Mardi Gras with the New Orleans, Louisiana...but did you know that the original Mardi Gras celebration was held in Mobile, Alabama in 1703? Sho'nuf! And this year...guess who's been invited to be The Belle of the Mardi Gras Ball? Woo-hoo!!!....looks like those dancin' lessons The Rev gave me are gonna come in quite handy!

Check it out! Here I am hanging around outside the Carnival Museum back in October 2007 when I visited Mobile with my very first blogger-Chaperon, Stealth! (This time I hope to get up close and personal with those clowns.)

(Click to turn music on or off...but stay tuned now, ya'll hear? )