We attended our first Mardi Gras event on Feb. 7th. We joined the locals in the French Quarter for Krewe du Vieux. From their website, "It is unique among all Mardi Gras parades in the city because it alone carries on the old traditions of Carnival celebrations, by using decorated mule-drawn floats with satirical themes, accompanied by costumed revelers dancing in the streets to the sounds of jazzy street musicians." The parade theme this year was "Krewe du Vieux's Stimulus Package." Since we did not take pictures at this event, use your imagination to figure out what satirical themes were played out in the streets of the French Quarter. Or you can see pictures here from the Krewe's flickr website. We had a blast that night! After the parade we went out to eat and then dancing the night away!
For G-Rated Pics here are some from Krewe of Mid City and Krewe of Thoth on Sunday, February 22, before Fat Tuesday.
