Thoth Sunday is my favorite day of Carnival. We go around the corner to a block party with our Valence Street neighbors and have some close friends join us. Oscar likes it too. Here he is in action begging for a treat from one of our regulars, Mother Mary Hogan.

Mary is better known to parade attendees as the “crazy dancing lady” but Oscar thinks of her as the food lady. He scored big time that day. I’m not sure if was a piece of a maple bacon doughnut or a cheesy biscuit. Probably the latter, the Big O lives for cheese and rice.