Mardi Gras 2015 Tuesday, February 17th....??

[Cohiba]

Sooooooooo, is anyone going to Mardi Gras 2015..........The Big Easy(New Orleans) or even Galveston???

I've got a few buddies who want us(wife and I) to come down to G-Town(Galveston) and Let the Good Times Roll!!!!!!



As the years go by I've either learned my lesson from years past, gotten a little wiser, or a little more mature in my old age.....who knows???

Heck, I don't even know the theme for this year....showin' my old age.

I guess this weekend I'll get a King Cake from Whole Foods and a 12 pack of Schlitz.

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Yep.........that's a baby in the King Cakehttps://www.randazzokingcake.com/pages/History-of-King-Cakes.html










I have to admit.......Galveston Mardi Gras is more my speed. I use to live there and was on a few Krews, know the easy manner of the Seawall Mardi Gras, and still have some friends who live there.......
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Not downtown or the Strand area........no way!!!!!!!


New Orleans Mardi Gras........whew!!! 1986-Holy Mother of God......This was waaaay before I was married and some college buddies and I went to see an old friend in N.O. We had a buddy who was a pharmacist in the N.O. area and we went to PARTY!!!!!!!!

Trust me.........Laudanum(tincture of opium)......mixed in Southern Comfort, Hurricane drinks, beer, and who knows what else..........

About 2 days later Cohiba woke up in St. Louis Cemetery #1...............3/4 of my clothes were missing, I felt like a Mac Truck had run over me and the Sahara Desert was in my mouth. It took me 4-5 hours to remember who I was and where I needed to get to(my buddies house) if I wanted to get home!!!!!!
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I still get teased about that time in N.O...........when I get together with my buds in Houston.






Those days are long gone!!!!!!!!!! That's a younger man's game!!!!!!


Happy Mardi Gras 2015.........Let the Good Times Roll..........Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulet

 

[nofearfactor]

Been there done that, have framily in Louisianna, my gramma lived in Metairie when she was alive giving us a place to stay during Carnival. The party we have here every year is enough for me these days, I got the baby last year so Im providing the cake this year.

 

[donner]

The wife has a conference on the Thursday-Saturday following. Work is paying for us to drive down for the week and we are staying with a friend uptown for the Saturday-Wednesday parades.

I suspect it's going to be a heck of a good time

 

[dennishoddy]

We stayed at the Hotel St. Marie a couple of years ago for the big party. 1 block off Burbon Street.

It was mostly a fog. I was told I had a good time.

 

[Perplexed]

I stayed with a friend the one time I was in N'awlins during Mardi Gras. It was COLD that year - maybe that's why I didn't see any bared chests? Still had a good time, though.