A royal Mardi Gras moment

Allie Aiello (left), Washington, D.C. Mardi Gras princesses Catherine Nelson and Erin Falbaum and the 2004 D.C. Mardi Gras queen Shreveporter Meredith Allen take time from the frivolity to pose for Allen’s dad, Dr. Larry Allen, who e-mailed the photo to us. There were four days of partying and Dr. Larry captured the quartet at the 2007 Friday Festival that honored top royals, festival queens and princesses.

"It was the 50th anniversary of the krewe and Meredith walked with her king, William Oliver, during the Grand March," said Dr. Larry, there with wife Lori Allen.

Others he spotted in the crowd: State Rep. Wayne Waddell and wife Susan Waddell, Thomas Pressly, Christopher Martin, Dr. Ed and Mary Pat Morgan, Rand and Susan Falbaum, Bo Campbell — a former king twice over — and wife Ingrid Campbell, Mike and Tracy Woods and Sugar Woods.