{"id":2641,"date":"2021-02-08T12:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2021-02-08T12:49:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:49:40","slug":"a-virtual-mardi-gras-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?p=2641","title":{"rendered":"A Virtual Mardi Gras Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">WNBA-NOLA members had a ball at our virtual <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Mardi <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Gras<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Party<\/span> <\/strong>Saturday, February 6!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before joining the Zoom group, we each chose our favorite king cake or <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsillpiesnola.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/windowsillpiesnola.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611507578855000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAuAox61bfYLx0BAGIlia6FnWmXA\">pie<\/a> and a beverage. Many of us were wearing the traditional purple, green and gold colors and costumes of Carnival.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2644\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2644\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2644\" src=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-2-1-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-2-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-2-1-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-2-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2645\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2645\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2645\" src=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-1-1-rotated-e1612810011292-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-1-1-rotated-e1612810011292-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MG-Party-1-1-rotated-e1612810011292.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2646\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2646\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2646\" src=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spinning-wheel-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spinning-wheel-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spinning-wheel-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spinning-wheel.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">?<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We shared our Mardi Gras memories and favorite books of 2020. Using an online spinning wheel we gave away some great prizes to participants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">a one-year paid subscription to Roxane Gay\u2019s newsletter The Audacity,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">a one-year paid subscription to Jami Attenberg\u2019s newsletter Craft Talk,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">a signed Jami Attenberg book, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">a gift certificate to <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsillpiesnola.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/windowsillpiesnola.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611507578855000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAuAox61bfYLx0BAGIlia6FnWmXA\">Windowsill Pies<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA-NOLA members had a ball at our virtual Mardi Gras Party Saturday, February 6! Before joining the Zoom group, we each chose our favorite king cake or pie and a beverage. Many of us were wearing the traditional purple, green and gold colors and costumes of Carnival. We shared our Mardi Gras memories and favorite &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?p=2641\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-editor","4":"post-2641","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}