We're in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Visiting an old friend in time of trouble. Here's how she's doing at least from our perspective of a few hours as tourists.
The cat's on a balcony in the Quarter decorated with Mardi Gras garlands.
Post-hurricane t-shirts are sold amongst the usual New Orleans souvenirs. Miriam models hers.
Bourbon Street is still filled with dancing, bead-flinging and drinking.
There were three parades. D'etat used their floats to comment on recent events.
These guys' banner says FEMA on one side and DEMA on the other: Dictators Emergency Management Agency.
This is the Adjuster float
The "Who Dropped It?" Float.
Pat
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2 comments:
Pat, Thanks. I wondered. And I hoped that you would do something like this. Be our eyes, with your good eye. So far the pix show (very well) what I'd expect to see, with the addition of the dark humor and jabs. Have you seen the whole bowl? I dream it is a smoky dank war-zone hell. Please show me pictures of the splendid Esplanade Avenue, as you head from the Quarter toward the lake. Show me my old home -- 2476 Dauphine, downriver from the Quarter, across Elysian Fields -- which was close enough to the levee that it probably survived. Show me St. Bernard Avenue, near Castiglione....Are the street signs still up? Is it hard to see what's going on outside the Quarter?
Hi Reba,
I'll look for those things and post more pictures.
Love,
Pat
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