The Reason

My Step-mom and I are both big travellers. The more remote, off the wall and random, the better. So when two very good friends of mine found themselves headed to Mongolia for work, Terri and I saw it as a perfect opportunity to visit a country that we both have always wanted to see. This blog is going to serve as a virtual trip planner for the two of us and then morph into a travel blog once we are actually, uhhh traveling, which looks to be sometime in July.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Mardi Gras 2009

After years of visiting, yet managing to avoid any major festival, I headed out to Terri's to take in Mardi Gras. A part of me has always wanted to go, but in truth, there has been another part of me that has been kind of proud that I had successfully dodged a tourist trap and experienced "real" southern Louisiana by visiting outside of carnival season. I knew Mardi Gras was supposed to be fun. Hedonistic, boozy bleary fun. But I was afraid that if would feel too manufactured. And there is nothing worse than structured fun, major festival or not.

Thankfully, I was so wrong. Mardi Gras is every great thing you'd expect; vibrant colors, great music, cold drinks and numerous throws. Better yet, Mardi Gras has a lot to offer that you (or me at least) would have never anticipated; incredible floats, friendly people, family/friend tailgates and kid friendly parades.



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