with my latest thesis chapter finished, mailed to dr. fox, and awaiting feedback, i thought it would be safe to take a bit of a break from everything stressful in my life. so, this year, i went to my first ever Mardi Gras in New Orleans. a bunch of us got spots in the grandstand right in front of some best western hotel to see every parade from saturday up until yesterday. so we were able to see the parades of the following krewes: endymion, bacchus, zulu, rex, and tucks. we decided to skip the krewe of orpheus's parade, since half of our party needed to be picked up, and we were already down in the french quarter/french market/bourbon street area, and by the time we drove through traffic to pick them up, drove back through traffic, found parking,
and walked to the grand stand, it would have been too late. besides, after several days of parades and standing out in cold weather, a lot of us were suffering from tiredness, lost voices, and/or the beginning of colds.
anyway, i just saw this at the people.com website:
i actually got one of those coins the caption reads of:
however, i don't remember it being so bright and early when the bacchus parade started. in fact, in the picture
i took of the parade, it was nighttime, and we weren't that far from the start of the parade's route:
we had a fun time though, despite some of the greedy people sitting nearby.
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