The Krewe Bayou festivities weren’t the only game in town this weekend for Taloosters seeking to get dressed up and have a good time. The Eloquent Elysium hosts weekly themed parties on Sundays at 4:00 PM SLT, and last Sunday it attracted Carnival revelers with a Baroque theme. The Elysium, having had success with silly hats, smoke-outs, and creature features, upped its game and managed not to sink into the swamp under the extra weight of dancers in poofy skirts and powdered wigs.
Photos can be found in this Flickr set. Like most successful parties in New Toulouse, this one ended with exhausted revelers sprawled out on all the available furniture, absinthe in hand.
Elysium owner Miss Bianca Solderini said that next week’s theme is “Opposites.” Participants are encouraged to wear opposite-gender attire (but other clever interpretations of the theme are welcome as well). As always, costumes are not a requirement to attend—but who doesn’t want to see Mayor Godenot in fishnets and heels?
Jane Moreaux is currently freelancing for the Tattler because reopening that abandoned gambling den on the bayou hasn’t turned into the moneymaking venture she had hoped.