WHERE
Tremont House Hotel and Ballroom, March 1

THEME
Pearls and Prohibition

FASHION STATEMENTS
Masks, fedoras, toy machine guns, pinstripe suits.

OVERHEARD
First krewe member: “Did you know that bar down the street used to be a brothel?” Second krewe member: “Every bar in Galveston used to be a brothel.”

ENTERTAINMENT
Retro-swingsters Cherry Poppin’ Daddies at the post-parade ball, with both twentysomethings and the elder set hitting the dance floor

450
Attendees

—John Nova Lomax