Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras has been one heck of a great experience so far....The parades are awesome, some of those floats are super elaborate, and so are the outfits. Business has been real busy too, which I always love lol. Jeff & I went to the Saints Victory Parade last Tue night, about froze to death, but it was super cool to see the whole city out for their "boys"...I have watched the people here for years & since Katrina it's been all about being victims, & how they survived the 'storm' , Sadness & hardship was all over their faces....since the Saints started winning & they knew they had a chance at Super Bowl, faces started changing....no longer were they the victims, now they are winners cause of 'the Boys'. I think this city needed something great to happen to it just to get over being victims of a storm from hell. So many people lost so much & now it's all about what they have & were they are going......all because of a winning football team!!! Amassing what can & will make people look at things in a different way!!! I love the fact that these people, who are so friendly & will take you into their lives & give everyone a chance & have had such a hard time these last years, finally coming out of it emotionally.
They still need help rebuilding, but now they all seem to have tons of hope, which seemed to me to be lacking for alot of them. I also love that I was here to see this awesome change to NOLA & her people!!

For us it means parades & never seeing Brenna....21, first Mardi Gras, boys chasing her everywhere....no wonder we never see her lol....maybe after Mardi Gras is over lol. Even Jeff likes the parades & beads....OK honestly he likes the parades & the women flashing to get beads from the balconies..PIG lol. We went to the French Market to day & he pigged out on New Orleans food while I shopped woohoo for both of us...

Business has been nuts, work all day on Bourbon...tons of customers. Then over to Royal to work till midnight...also with tons of customers...Mardi Gras is good for the wallet :-)
It's all over on Wed. so life should get back to what New Orleans considers normal...abbynormal lol.

Saints nuns....


Jeff giving some little girl a lift so she could see the floats going by.....