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Hunkering Down

Bonnets and Bunnies

4/13/2020

 
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Instagram personalities, the Traveler Broads, celebrated by costuming, taking selfies and drinking champagne. Click to check out their Instagram page.

A photo album:  The city's four Easter parades may have been cancelled, but that didn't stop Margarita Bergen and other New Orleanians from celebrating with style.  

A note from Margarita Bergen

Darlings, 

Easter 2020  was very special to me because I was not going to allow the pandemic virus get in my way, even though the annual Easter parades - including the Chris Owens Easter parade -  were cancelled. But I still lined up my beautiful chapeau and my new yellow suit (since yellow represents Hope to me) and invited my brother, Lorenzo Bergen, to join me watching the Mass being televised by WDSU from the St. Louis Cathedral.  Afterward we shared a modest, but healthy meal and once again we thanked the Almighty for his blessings and prayed for the sick and the bereaved.  
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Chris Owens
In my column a few days beforehand, I invited my friends and FQJ readers who dressed for the occasion to send us photos.  Seeing them cheered me immensely and I hope this album does the same for you!  

​Margarita Bergen

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Margarita, attending mass
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Jim Walpole & Vivi

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Les and Debbie Leather

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Dr. Robert and Beverly Matheney

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Patrick Van Hoorebeck, owner of Patrick's Bar Vin

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Errol and Kristin Fouquet

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Pat Jolly

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John McGraw and Randy Weaver

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Gina Maumus DiVincenti

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Chef Nina Compton and Larry Miller

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Stephanie Burks

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Marian Arnoult Jackson

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Lorie Lund

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Heidi Klee and Russell Rocke

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Julie Juneau

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Rhonda Gorman on her FQ balcony, wearing her Fleur de Paris Easter bonnet

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Elizabeth and Greg Thomas

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Donna Hamster

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Darlene Rudiger

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Ken & Janie Kroger Laprarie
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Denise Gerard and Travis Albright

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Stuart Auld and Nancy Werner

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Dan Chan, own by the Moonwalk

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These folks were on the Moonwalk early Easter morning, with a bike drawn wagon set up to give out meals to the homeless.

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Local Instagram personalities Kerry Maloney and Jessica Fender - AKA Traveler Broads - were grateful that their "most treasured traditions - costuming, taking selfies and getting drunk" were maintained despite the crisis. Click on the photo to visit their Instagram page.

Check out more stories and features on FQJ's Home page or our Hunkering Down blog.

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