Category: Trail Announcements

Next week, everybody is gay for the holidays! Don your shortest shorts, your highest socks, and your favorite ugly Christmas sweater, because we are celebrating holidays the best way possible… with a merry little romp through the the marigny and the quarter for mixed drinks and carrolling checks (song checks) in front of muggles. Bring: $1 (no coins); 6-pack (glass discouraged), whistle, flashlight, short shorts, ID and vax card, ugly Christmas garb, santa hat, glitter, tinsel, elf ears, lube, head lamp, jock strap, chalk. Date: Thursday, Dec 16, 2021 Time: 6:30pm show, 7:00pm GO! Theme: Gay for the Holidays Start … Continue ReadingTrail #799: Gay for the Holidays!

“Not all Heroes Wear Capes: A Superhero Themed Hash Benefitting CASA New Orleans” Casa New Orleans is an organization that advocates for kids in foster care in our community. They’re putting on a virtual 5k to raise much needed funds for their organization, so Voodoo is hashing a 5k in support. If you register for the event by the December 6 deadline (cost for an individual is $20) or donate to CASA directly your hash cash will be waived. *Registering for the race is completely optional, so regardless, come out to trail in your best superhero costume!* Bring: $1 (no … Continue ReadingTrail #798: Not All Heroes Wear Capes

It’s Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, so of course we’ll be busting out the Manischewitz and gelt to celebrate. Come run, take a Torah Mid-City and have a latke beers. Bring your shamash to make sure you get ~lit~. Additionally, the Saints are playing on this day so trail will leave ON TIME. Bring: $1 (no coins); 6-pack (glass discouraged), whistle, flashlight/oil that will light your way for at least a couple of hours (or miraculously 8 nights) Date: Thursday, 2 December 2021 Time: 6:30pm show, 7:00pm GO! Theme: HANUKKAH HASH Start Address: Neutral Ground at the intersection of Norman … Continue ReadingTrail #797: HANUKKAH HASH

Hashgiving Shots and Desserts Trail Bring: $1, beverages, whistle, flashlight Date: Thursday, November 25 Time: 6:30pm show, 7:00pm GO! Theme: Burn some calories then eat some more! Start Address: Lafitte Greenway Station: 436 N Norman C Francis Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70119 On-After: The closest Mid City bar that’s open. Hare & Co-hares: The Iceman Thumbeth Beer hare: None Dog Friendly: Yes Is a dry bag, shiggy gear, or anything specific needed for trail? No Approx. -l-l-l–> length: 1.5 miles Trail is A to A Details: Come burn off a few Thanksgiving dinner calories and then immediately replace them with … Continue ReadingTrail #796: Turkey Stuff(ing)

Centuries before the arrival of Europeans, Indigenous peoples controlled the narrow strip of land between the Mississippi River and present-day Lake Pontchartrain to transport goods, harvest resources, and perform rituals. The birth and growth of colonial New Orleans depended upon the materials and services provided by Native inhabitants as liaisons, traders, soldiers, and even slaves. Despite losing much of their homeland and political power after the Louisiana Purchase, Lower Mississippi Valley Indigenous peoples refused to retreat from New Orleans’s streets and markets; throughout the 1800s, Choctaw and other nearby communities improvised ways of expressing their cultural autonomy and economic interests—as … Continue ReadingTrail #795: Welcome to Bulbancha