Pop Quiz: Are these photos from Antarctica or New Orleans?

The Quiz Question is which of these photos come from Antarctica and which come from New Orleans?

The answer is that all come from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica EXCEPT the one photo of the street with the building with a "Spanish Lace" balcony. That one I took on Frenchmen Street in the Faubourg Marigny in New Orleans near the French Quarter.

Yes, these Polies look like they could make it big in the Big Easy with that great looking food and the proper Mardi Gras costume attire. Actually, the great looking cuisine comes courtesy of the lady in charge of the food supply at the Pole, Leah Webster. (That's Leah in the red dress.)

Polies celebrate various days and events at the Pole like Mid Winter, the Sun Rise and Sun Set, and other key days much as we do with Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's and St. Joseph's days, the French Quarter Festival, Jazz Fest, and others.

They don't have these fancy events all the time at the Pole, but we don't have a party everyday in New Orleans either. But "Personal Pizza Night" at the Pole looks really good to me as does the costume party for Sun Set Dinner. They also celebrate "hamburger dinner night" which we will discuss in another post later. Thanks again, Leah, for the great photos.

-- Adrianl