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

[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.