Getting ready for Mardi Gras in New Orleans
New Orleans is one of the most misunderstood cities in America. Mention the name to someone who's never been there, and her first quip will be about women taking off their tops and drunks in the street. Yet funny enough, no one seems to "go there" about places like Piccadilly Circus in London or Times Square in New York, two lively cesspools of human debauchery. NOLA is like the mirror you picked up when you were in your best mood. The reflection is both flattering and untrue. There is no place like it because once you've moved outside the city limits, say driven to Barataria Bay for a cruise, passing the shrimp boats and the humble gas stations along the way, you are reminded that the Big Easy really is an enigma. So come for that this Mardi Gras season. If you are sick of the election, the transition, the utter orangeness of it all, NOLA will satisfy your entire color palette. Here's the scoop. The official Parade Schedule has been published. Highlights inc...
