Take a buddy to make sure a drunk assclown won’t knock it over while you’re conducting business. Sorry, but you’re going to have to use porta-potties. No idea where it was or what the joint was called and I’ve never been able to find it again.ĭon’t pee in the street. I once moseyed into an alley bar and had the best chicken wings on the planet. This is not the trip to eat your way around New Orleans restaurants. Do as I say, not as I do:ĭon’t have a rigid dining plan. Ladies, you can expect to catch so many beads in the first ten minutes that you can keep your shirt tucked in your pants for the remainder of your trip.Īs an outsider (read: non-Catholic tourist) who has been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras as an adult more times than I haven’t been, I have a few tips to share. The “Super Krewes” - Bacchus, Endymion, Orpheus, Zulu and Rex - host the big parades in the peak time leading to Fat Tuesday. And the floats rival those of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day and Rose Bowl Parades. Tens of thousands line the streets throughout the Crescent City for parades (which seem to start every other hour) put on by different krewes. I’ve experienced Mardi Gras in New Orleans every way imaginable and can say with confidence that it is something you should do at least once in your life…perhaps two or three times because you’re not going to remember much. Oh baby! Just look at the cake you get to eat Louisiana Public Broadcasting Sounds like a perfectly good way to unexpected dental work, but it’s actually a huge honor. It’s brightly decorated with purple, green and gold frosting, resembling a jeweled crown, in honor of the Three Wise Men who visited the Christ Child on the Twelfth Night of Christmas (also known as the Epiphany).Ī tiny plastic baby is hidden inside a large pizza pie-sized cake, and the lucky reveler who gets a bite of baby is crowned “King” for a day, and gets to host the party next year. This oval-shaped delicacy was first brought to New Orleans from France in 1870, and is sort of a hybrid coffee cake/French pastry.
#Shimmying clawfish full#
Mardi Gras is in full swing, and with it comes one of the most delicious holiday traditions: the king cake.
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