HAPPY MARDI GRAS

Purple- Justice
Green - Faith
Gold- Power

I need all three of these right now~ These are the official colors of Mardi Gras.

The businesses on Bourbon Street have to grease the poles outside so that tourists can't climb them trying to get to a balcony (drunk of course) and kill themselves. It is the only night ALL YEAR that Bourbon street closes. The cops on horses stroll though escorting people to their homeward bound destinations as the street washers come to attempt to clean the streets with water from trucks. The city gauges how successful this Carnival (MArdi Gras) was by the amount of trash collected......

I hate that I have to work today. Seriously, this is only the 3rd year of my life I have ever had to work on Mardi Gras. IT SUCKS. I am wearing some festive beads. Dreaming of a time when friends and family got together to have a picnic, laughter, people watching (you would be amazed at some of the costumes people would dream up.)

Poeple stake out their Mardi Gras spots 48 hours in advance with ladders chained together. People take turns camping out in a tent over night....

This is Hannah's man Taylor Hicks from American Idol. HE was the Grand Marshall for Endymion one of the best night parades, alwaya the Saturday night before FAT TUESDAY.

Only six episodes left...I WILL MISS The show HBO!

These upper two...yep you guessed it Tony Soprano. He was KING of BAcchus on Sunday NIght. The newspaper article I read said he was drunk as shit. The news I watched at Mom and Dad's followed him around at Children's hospital for 2 days prior to the parade as he raised money for these charities. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. I think he was surprised at the AMOUNT of people and families that turn out for these parades. It's an all day tail gate party without the tail gates...ladders and blankets instead.





There is a Krewe or BARKCUS~ which is strictly a pooch parade that strolls thru the French QUarter on Sunday before MArdi Gras (FAT Tuesday)













You see go and visit we treat tourists right! There is nothing better than a Local "Hi Ya'll" . New Orleanians have NEVER met a stranger.

We have creative artists in the city....
This is what we call duck soup.....This is for all the crazt cat ladies out there~ Here's your chance to shine! or MEEOOYOOWWW!