I AM IN LOVE, a desperate, awkward, Catholic-School-Girl-with-braces kind of love, and the love of my life is ... New Orleans. I've lived here for 3 years, and now I know, there is no better place on earth for me. Yet, God has called me to become a Dominican Priest, so next August I have to move to Dallas. So this year, in an effort to live it up I will post weekly on something I did that is authentically and awesomely New Orleans.

Friday, February 15, 2013

When I see the Mardi Gras...

Mardi Gras Statistics:
28 Hours Continuously Awake
16 Parades Attended
5 Coconuts Caught
3 Indian Tribes Spotted
1 Muses Shoe Caught
1 Ball Attended

Well here we are in Lent, and New Orleans has returned to some sense of what we down here think is normal, though honestly it's not. When trying to figure out how to categorize, qualify, or even describe my Mardi Gras, I got stumped. What is it that we do? Why? What counts as Mardi Gras and what does not? How do you know? On the crazy adventure that was Lundi Gras night into Mardi Gras day I discovered a number of ways that this beautiful holiday is celebrated. There is of course the parades, the costumes and the magnificent throws; there's the Mardi Gras Indians with their chants and beautifully crafted costumes; there's the block party with speakers, grills, and beer; and there is the wild mess that is the Marigny and the Quarter. It's amazing. There is no single event that we gather around, there is a celebration that takes thousands of expressions and becomes this enchanting magic that settles over the city and surrounding areas and BOOM it's freakin' time for the Mardi Gras Mambo, y'heard?
So instead of trying to describe everything I did, I made a video, about 4 minutes long, where I tried to shove 4 weeks of awesome into 4 minutes. You're welcome.  I hope you enjoy.




Yeah You Right, Joe.

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