Mardi Gras 2006

[KLF44]

Do you think they will try to put in on next year?

[Triana]

1. NOPE (n/t)

[Placebo]

2. You serious?

I wouldn't expect another Mardi Gras until at least 5 years from now, if then.

[xultar]

5. Dude, they had a parade in The Quarter today and one yesterday.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. How many people were in that parade yesterday or the one today?

[xultar]

33. Not many. But that's not the point. They had it. For Mardi Gras you

only need beads, a bar and some music.

[xultar]

3. HELL FUCKIN YEAH!!! ABSOFUCKINLUTELY!!!!!! I'll be there!

[eleny]

8. i'm worried about the people in the quarter

things could really heat up when the cleanup starts. i can see military forcing them out. could get ugly. it's so hard to imagine a february without mg in no.

[xultar]

32. True. The folks in the quarter are fiercely connected to their property

as they should be. It won't be pretty.

[me b zola]

11. I'm there, too. eom

[Minstrel Boy]

4. Who?

There won't be anyone there.

[xultar]

6. OK are you for real?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

12. Why was that a bad question? Do you really think anyone is going to...

...to be in that city, much less visiting it, by the time Mardi Gras rolls around in 2006?

Maybe we should be asking you if you're for real.

[Minstrel Boy]

15. "New Orleans must be abandoned for nine months"

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article310186.ece

Something's unreal. I hope it's me.

[benito]

7. Mardi Gras in every city

small parades and fundraisers

[eileen_d]

14. That's a hell of an idea.

Hope it catches on!

[AspenRose]

25. In San Antonio every April during Fiesta week there's "Taste of N.O."

Put on by the S.A. Zulus. Perhaps they should donate their earnings to Katrina relief. It's pretty popular.

[NWHarkness]

9. Yes

The French Quarter is largely intact.

Remember, after 9-11, how many people decided to visit NYC as a show od suport? I suspect we will see a lot of that in NO as well.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

18. How quickly do you think all of those destroyed major highways....

...will be rebuilt? There's only one road in and out of New Orleans right now, and that's I-10 West. Do you think everyone will just fly in?

[despairing optimist]

10. The social fabric has been torn. You can't just put up buildings

and cut a ribbon and get everyone back together after all that has happened. People will never be the same, and the city will never be the same. Doubtless that the French Quarter, the Garden District, and downtown will be rebuilt, but it will be plastic and gentrified and populated by yuppies as eager to capitalize on the romance of the old city as they were to take over the former artists' lofts of NYC's SoHo or SF's Mission or Haight district.

What we'll see, most likely, is the Disney World version of Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, and it would surprise me more if most Americans could tell the difference than couldn't.

[kestrel91316]

27. FQ, GD, and downtown don't need to be rebuilt, they are still standing.

FQ and GD had no flooding. Downtown skyscraper basements/ground floors only flooded. Power is already being restored to the FQ, the restautant owners interviewed say they expect no problems reopening.

I predict Mardi Gras 2006 will mark the official rebirth of New Orleans, and I would love to be there (but schedule will prevent).

[julialnyc]

some places will try to capitalize on Mardi Gras

I'm sure we'll see many mardi gras (Houston Mardi Gras, San Antonio Mardi Gras, ect..)

[Rowdyboy]

13. Of course....It will be small, a few hundred people but there will be a

"MArdi Gras"

All it takes is two or three to make a party in New Orleans!

[LSU_Subversive]

20. great pecs, uh i mean pic. is that outside the OZ?

[Rowdyboy]

24. Actually, I don't know

Its just a random shot I found in Google "images" when I entered "Mardi Gras". To me, it seemed to reflect "everyman", the typical fool walking around the city with a cocktail and looking for a good time. If its not outside OZ, it certainly should be. I've spent some very INTERESTING evenings there, believe me!

[KamaAina]

16. If nothing else Baton Rouge and Lafayette will come through

they have it every year, mostly for local consumption, because the rest of us are mesmerized by the spectacle in N.O.

Jefferson Parish next to N.O. also has parading krewes.

I still hold on to hope that we can pull off the real thing, though!

[LSU_Subversive]

19. yep. the spanish town parrade is my favorite.

[LSU_Subversive]

17. don't underestimate the power of a good new orleans party.

it's partly how they've been dealing with their poverty and oppression over the years.

there will definitely be a mardi gras. it may not be on the same grand scale that we're used to, but it'll be unforgettable. i'm pretty used to mardi gras and actually have taken it for granted. i'll tell you what though. the next one will be amazing and i don't plan to miss it for anything.

[Zen Democrat]

21. There's Mardi Gras in Galveston.

The Galveston Mardi Gras is held in The Strand and is quite a party with parades, beads, bands, costumes. With the 250,000 New Orleanians now in Texas, the February 2006 Mardi Gras in Galveston should definitely be enhanced.

http://www.mardigrasgalveston.com/scrapbook/index.html
http://www.proseandphotos.com/galveston,_mardi_gras.htm

[AspenRose]

26. True, true

When I was attending Texas A&M the college students who couldn't get to N.O. ended up in Galveston.

[brentspeak]

23. Not while people are still homeless

[Sgent]

28. Absolutely

Mardi Gras Day, 2006, will begin like many other for the last 50 years.

Pete fountain will touch his lips to his clarinet, sound the horn, and much like a bugle sounding a charge, the party will go on.

Zulu will march, and Rex not far behind. Nagin will be deposed on this day, to join in the revelry while the King of Rex becomes the mayor.

There will be a Mardi Gras. Parade routes maybe shortened, and it maybe mostly locals, but the city of New Orleans will not die without a fight, and Mardi Gras is the assault on this governemnt, on this force of nature, and on all who would keep the spirit of New Orleans from filling the streets.

[tedoll78]

29. I hope so.

My family seems to think that if there is one, it'll be small, more confined to the French Quarter & with shorter parade routes.

I am so there, small or not at all. I want to be in New Orleans 41 days before Easter Sunday. I'll have Mardi Gras on my own if need be.

This has taught me a lesson in life. It's been 9 years since I moved away for college. It's been 5 years since my last Mardi Gras. Every year, I came-up with an excuse to not go. Money. Time. Didn't want to make the drive from Austin to New Orleans. No more! Until I move back, I'll be going home much more often, and I'm going to cherish it more.

As for Mardi Gras 2007 - that's gonna be one for the history books!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. Yes, kinda like a jazz funeral, but more of a wake and a rebirth.

Yes, kinda like a jazz funeral, but more of a wake and a rebirth. It may have to be held outside of the precincts of New Orleans, but the city will be drained by then and it will be hard to keep people out. They'll celebrate outside gates if they have to.

Mardi Gras would be a great way to spend money in Louisiana with people who count: ordinary motel owners, ordinary (non-chain) restaurants, mom-and-pop convenience stores, etc.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. Washington Post: Don't count Mardi Gras Out in New Orleans

Don't count Mardi Gras Out in New Orleans

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/06/AR2005090600107.html

[DoYouEverWonder]

34. Definitely

It may not be as big as before, but there will definitely be a Mardi Gras.