Anyone going to Mardi Gras this year?

[cbayer]

6. Well, he's going to be right in the thick of if, that's for sure.

It's really crowded and really crazy down there, so it depends on how much crazy he wants to be around.

To be honest, the whole city will be in party mode. He could go uptown to see the parades and visit some of the bars along St. Charles and then head to the quarter after the parades. He'll probably have a much better parade experience uptown.

He needs to be prepared to walk. Public transportation virtually shuts down and cabs, if you can find one, get really snarled up in traffic.

One last thing. If he doesn't know New Orleans, he should ask the hotel to show him on a map where he should not go. And he should not, under any circumstances, mouth off to the police. They are tolerant.... up to a point.