Representative as it was of the type of tomfoolery that I don't usually enjoy in bartending contests, there was somehow something endearing about the Cabana Cachaca Olympics, held on Royal St down the block from the Hotel Monteleone.

Thanks to Zach Rose for taking pictures on behalf of Tipsy Texan so that I wouldn't have to walk around with a camera pretending I knew what I was doing

I didn't know many of the folks on the other team, but my colleagues Jeff Boley (Paggi House) and Bill Norris represented our fair city on the Red "Home" team of New Orleans and Texas.

Bill is shouting something very important right here but I don't know what the hell it was. I was drinking cachaca.