Good news (maybe)

[ceebeegee]

Mayor Nagin says parts of New Orleans will reopen soon.

The first section of the city could open as early as Monday, Nagin said, and the historic French Quarter of the city, the prime destination for tourists, could reopen Sept. 26.

If they have a Mardi Gras this year--and knowing New Orleans, they will--Doug, we are SO THERE.

I hope, I hope, I hope...

Comments

[mollyx.livejournal.com]

I said the same thing to Jason when this whole thing started.

Mind if we join you?

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Oh, we totally should go together! You would LOVE New Orleans, Paula. You gotta have a Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's.

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

Count me in, too. I was actually thinking of going earlier, of being one of the first tourists back in town.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

You MUST go for Mardi Gras, even if you go earlier as well. Just think of the...view! If you get my drift.

I was also thinking of going earlier. For one thing, I'm almost through my stash of Cafe du Monde coffee.

[carasol.livejournal.com]

No idea if I'll be able to afford a trip (I'm also considering London sometime in winter, if anyone is interested in a few days across the pond), but if I can, I'll happily add a few pennies to N'Awlin's' coffers.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

The great thing, New Orleans is not that expensive. Food and lodging are generally much cheaper than in other cities.

[carasol.livejournal.com]

You know... a trip across the Mason Dixon line might be just what the doctor ordered, then! :-)

I do believe my godmother rented a condo down there. When I talk with her next, I'll ask her what was involved. Might be cheaper if we all get a place together rather than individual hotel rooms.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

A trip to New Orleans with that fantastic (and oh-so-fattening) food, and yummy Hurricanes, and crawfish etouffe, and shrimp po-boys, and pralines, and bread pudding (bread crack, as Doug and I called it)....is just what *everyone* needs.

Oh, I definitely agree about doubling up whenever possible.

[mollyx.livejournal.com]

Provided O'Brien's is still standing, you got it.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

It's in the Quarter, I'm sure it's fine. Looted, possibly, but they'll be able to recover their losses quickly.

[wonderpanther.livejournal.com]

Me, too! I want to play, too! I have been and loved the city but have never been during Mardi Gras.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

The more the merrier! Yay!

[alexlady.livejournal.com]

i'd love to go eventually... but i can't even IMAGINE how crowded it will be if they do do mardi gras. and i understand that burbon st, at non-carnivale time, without millions of other americans thinking the same thing, is already crowded. don't get me wrong, i like a party! but i'd like to be able to at least dodge the puke, if you know what i mean.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Mardi Gras is all over the city, not just on Bourbon Street. The parades roll throughout the city, and there are tons of them, one per krewe (and there are something like 50 krewes). We could go earlier when it's not so crowded--I was in NO early in the season one year and it was nice, not too crowded.

This will be a different MG from any other--the only parallel I can think of is WWII, when they cancelled MG (the papers said "Mars replaced Rex" (the King of Mardi Gras, from the krewe of Rex) and then they listed who would've been Rex's King and Queen that year. These things are decided years in advance.