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A rollicking salute to the happiest time in the history of New Orleans, Black & Gold Party Gras vividly captures the unrivaled creativity and rambunctious spirit of the Who Dat Nation. With over 675 photographs, it will have you smiling ear to ear—bringing back those special memories of celebrating our Super Bowl Saints.

Introduction

Even the most grizzled veterans of high times in the Crescent City had to pinch themselves. Could it possibly get any better than this? Get me in dat number, cher—and throw me something black and gold, mister!

Prelude

Magic was in the air; faith was contagious; and maybe God had a plan for New Orleans after all. The city, having soldiered through the horrors of broken levees and floodwalls, had reached the pearly gates.

Buddy D Gras

What was supposed to be a fun little parade turned into a spectacular showing of solidarity and Who Dat couture. Thousands of joyful spectators turned out to salute “Buddy’s Broads” as they marched from the Superdome to the French Quarter.

Lombardi Gras

It’s one thing to see players having fun celebrating a play on the field. But at Lombardi Gras, they were like exuberant kids on the loose—bounding around, dancing on the floats, even jumping off to make merry in the streets.

Krewe Dat Nation

On one level, Mardi Gras was the perfect excuse to extend the Super Bowl celebration into a New Orleans-style party marathon. But it also presented the perfect forum for the city’s endlessly inventive citizens to do what they do better than anyone else: take a theme and run with it.

Costumes

Theme-wise, a black-and-gold Mardi Gras was a given. Much of the fun would come from seeing the myriad ways in which revelers would creatively amplify and interpret all things Saints. New Orleanians were in their element, no question.

Signs of Affection

Signs with a Saints twist continued to pop up everywhere during Mardi Gras and beyond. Some proclaimed good riddance to the term “Aints.” The infectious optimism surrounding the team and the city, meanwhile, found expression in a new catchphrase referencing the hope for back-to-back championships: “Two Dat!”

Aints Jazz Funeral

The Aints were done and gone, the brown bags relics of history, so what better way to mark their passing than to stage a New Orleans-style burial procession? It would be a jazz funeral unlike anything anybody had ever seen.

Over 675 Photos!

From the wild-and-crazy Buddy D dress parade to the exuberant fanfare of Lombardi Gras and the jubilant pandemonium of Sean Payton sharing the Vince Lombardi Trophy with the faithful, Black & Gold Party Gras transports you back to a surreal moment in time, when pigs flew, hell froze over and revelers everywhere were shouting "Who Dat!"

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A Commemorative Keepsake

When the heroes came marching home with the Vince Lombardi Trophy, just as the festivity of Carnival was nearing its climax, the stage was set for something truly extraordinary: Black & Gold Party Gras!