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pacalo

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17. They throw beads at every parade throughout the Mardi Gras season.

Reply to shanti (Reply #10)

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 04:48 AM

Feb 2012

And he'll catch a lot when he walks along the French Quarter, where they are thrown from the hotel & apartment terraces.

I hope you'll post about his adventures when he gets back home!

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Anyone going to Mardi Gras this year? [View all] shanti Feb 2012 OP

Ah, the lundi gras. cbayer Feb 2012 #1

well, he does like to drink! shanti Feb 2012 #4

Well, he's going to be right in the thick of if, that's for sure. cbayer Feb 2012 #6

Yeah you rite. KamaAina Feb 2012 #13

He's in for it! bluedigger Feb 2012 #2

LOL! True dat! nolabear Feb 2012 #3

hah! shanti Feb 2012 #5

Yes. bluedigger Feb 2012 #7

Good advice! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #19

My daughter is going with her high school French club to a small town Louisiana Mardi Gras Major Nikon Feb 2012 #8

These small town Mardi Gras's are lots of fun. cbayer Feb 2012 #14

He's going to have the time of his life, shanti! pacalo Feb 2012 #9

thanks for the tip! shanti Feb 2012 #10

They've been throwing beads for the last couple of weeks KamaAina Feb 2012 #12

Tons, literally Plus all kinds of assorted trinkets. He'll have so much stuff, he won't know what cbayer Feb 2012 #15

They throw beads at every parade throughout the Mardi Gras season. pacalo Feb 2012 #17

i will do that! shanti Feb 2012 #23

he's baaaaack! shanti Feb 2012 #27

That's funny! And typical. pacalo Feb 2012 #28

Slight quibble: In Yatspeak, "downtown" is the area below the French Quarter. KamaAina Feb 2012 #11

I didn't want to confuse shanti, so I didn't use the word "uptown". pacalo Feb 2012 #16

i'm probably stepping right into it shanti Feb 2012 #22

The grassy strips in the middle of divided streets KamaAina Feb 2012 #24

He must have a beignet. This place is open 24 hrs. No excuse. alphafemale Feb 2012 #18

johnny po bo... a must. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #20

yes, that's already on his list shanti Feb 2012 #21

Ask two New Orleanians, get three different answers KamaAina Feb 2012 #25

yes, the central grocery muffeletta shanti Feb 2012 #26