There were two things that surprised me when I went to the Mardi Gras many years ago with my girlfriend who I would later marry (pre-Katrina):
1) the number and intensity of religious protestors.
2) cops come out of nowhere in swarms for any fighting.
Everything else was just as I thought it would be. If you could cut down on the college kids by 50% it would be a lot more fun. I'd like a little more adult version like one big giant blues bar with great food everywhere. The nakedness to me is more funny than anything else. I love being able to just walk around with my drink like that. More places should be that way.
It was a last minute thing when we went so we got a hotel quite a few miles outside town and had to drive in. Parked by some above ground cemetery near a big section of overhead highway. On our way back to the car the police picked us up and drove us to our car as they said it was too dangerous for us to be walking around over there.
1) the number and intensity of religious protestors.
2) cops come out of nowhere in swarms for any fighting.
Everything else was just as I thought it would be. If you could cut down on the college kids by 50% it would be a lot more fun. I'd like a little more adult version like one big giant blues bar with great food everywhere. The nakedness to me is more funny than anything else. I love being able to just walk around with my drink like that. More places should be that way.
It was a last minute thing when we went so we got a hotel quite a few miles outside town and had to drive in. Parked by some above ground cemetery near a big section of overhead highway. On our way back to the car the police picked us up and drove us to our car as they said it was too dangerous for us to be walking around over there.
