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The Zulu Mardi Gras Parade’s Coconut Lady is Hard at Work

January 28, 2015 by: Elsa Hahne

In a former day care center just off Earhart Boulevard in Hollygrove, Sarah Barrow is happily watching paint dry. Her neighbor has built her a custom table with holes in the top to prevent her coconuts from rolling around or hitting the floor, and Barrow can't wait for him to build her three more tables so she can paint about 250 coconuts at the same time.

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