03-05-2014, 09:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2014, 09:55 AM by Beware of Cuccos.)
(03-05-2014, 07:05 AM)Psychospacecow Wrote: Mardi Gras in New Orleans is typically a party float with lots of drunk people and topless women with beads. Not a bad time.
Not entirely true. The Mardi Gras celebration itself is the floats and parades and beads/cups/other throws.
The drunkenness and boobs is something college kids started to do. They don't even actually celebrate Mardi Gras, they just use it as an excuse to get drunk. They typically stay on Bourbon Street though, so at least they're easily avoidable.
Seriously, Bourbon Street is the absolute worst. I've been to two official New Orleans Mardi Gras, and I avoid Bourbon Street like the plague.
Mardi Gras History
Mardi Gras Traditions (including information about the boobs)
(03-04-2014, 04:17 PM)SERIOUSLY THOUGH Wrote: Yayy Joyeux Mardi Gras !!
I'd love to be in France today, we eat various pancakes and cakes and just generally have a good time !
Mardi Gras in la Nouvelle Orléans is definitely on my bucket list
The title of this thread is literally the only French I know, but I am going to guess you said "Yay Happy Mardi Gras!" :)
If you eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever come to NOLA, you better let me know! I will save up some money and go. I love Mardi Gras in New Orleans!
Fun Fact: New Orleans is the city I names Nola after. The NO stand for New Orleans, and the LA is for Louisiana.