Go to Mardi Gras! In New... by mabelyn
Go to Mardi Gras! In New Orleans, a town famous for its French Quarter and Bourbon Street, for hot Cajun and Creole cuisine and for cool Dixieland jazz, one event surpasses them all as the city's legendary signature piece - Mardi Gras! It's a season of revelry and romance, of madness and music, of parades and parties, of comic costuming in the streets and grandiose private masquerade balls. Mardi Gras is a time when the gaudy and the gorgeous all come together for one gigantic blowout. From the regal to the ridiculous, the New Orleans Mardi Gras has it all! Since the first modern day pageant was presented in 1857, with time outs occasioned by World Wars, more than 1,800 Mardi Gras parades have been staged in metro New Orleans. The festival that was conceived as a party the city threw for itself has grown into one of the world's grandest tourist attractions.Being lazy. There's a reason why they call this place the big easy. Yeah there's partying going on and on Saturday nights in the Quarter beer flows down the streets and the go-go dancers' girating silhouettes can make you look twice but aside from all that time moves more slowly in New Orleans than anywhere else in the world. Sitting back in the cool, dark interior of the Dragon's Den, sipping Mint Juleps listening to soft jazz amidst the pillows and cushions...that was my favorite time in New Orleans. It was also very nice to see that the heat didn't stop the Goths! Being gothically inclined myself, I was in heaven!
