Mardi Gras
GulfcoastAL
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Anyone in MFP land getting excited about Mardi Gras time??? I am! Fat Tuesday is Feb. 17th, 2015. What are your plans and where? My plans are to fit beautifully in my treasured collection of full-length ball gowns as well as my mystic society float costume.
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i want to go and give beads away...just saying0
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i celebrate it all the time. I am fat tuesday, and fat wednesday and fat thursday and fat friday and fat saturday and fat sunday and fat monday....
all year long.
seriously, though - i'd like to go one time, just to do it, but i don't really care for hordes of drunk people.0 -
I've never done anything to celebrate, besides the occasional potluck at work a few years ago.0
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I celebrate it every year!!0
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Love it! I don't either ( referencing drunk people). There are ways that it's avoidable (talk to a local). Some places even have marked out sections for non-drinking.wolverine66 wrote: »i celebrate it all the time. I am fat tuesday, and fat wednesday and fat thursday and fat friday and fat saturday and fat sunday and fat monday....
all year long.
seriously, though - i'd like to go one time, just to do it, but i don't really care for hordes of drunk people.
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chrisskellinton wrote: »I throw a Pardi Gras at my house .......everything decorated with items I collected while being at Mardi Gras a cple years ago.
Waiting for my invite. lol.
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I'd get too wild in Mardi gras
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it's October...0
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chrisskellinton wrote: »Capt_Apollo wrote: »it's October...
well if u wanted to go....and stay in the french quarter....with a good room u better have already made reservations........srsly.
i understand that. i've made vacation plans months ahead of time, and i've been to the french quarter multiple times.
just saying, it's still four months away.0 -
chrisskellinton wrote: »
well we aren't dealing with the smartest people in the world....I mean I wouldn't have made a thread until it was within a month of the said event but you know.Capt_Apollo wrote: »chrisskellinton wrote: »Capt_Apollo wrote: »it's October...
well if u wanted to go....and stay in the french quarter....with a good room u better have already made reservations........srsly.
i understand that. i've made vacation plans months ahead of time, and i've been to the french quarter multiple times.
just saying, it's still four months away.
True.
just fyi, if anyone is reading this and thinking, "yeah, i'd love to go to new orleans" do it. one of the most fun times i've had.
i was there once for Halloween and it was a blast. because of the costumes you get that Mardi Gras feel, but it's not nearly as crowded as it is in February.
also, staying at a hotel in the Quarter > staying outside the Quarter. totally worth the extra fifty bucks a night.
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chrisskellinton wrote: »
well we aren't dealing with the smartest people in the world....I mean I wouldn't have made a thread until it was within a month of the said event but you know.Capt_Apollo wrote: »chrisskellinton wrote: »Capt_Apollo wrote: »it's October...
well if u wanted to go....and stay in the french quarter....with a good room u better have already made reservations........srsly.
i understand that. i've made vacation plans months ahead of time, and i've been to the french quarter multiple times.
just saying, it's still four months away.
Yes, I'm quite sure you wouldn't, being a spectator. Forgive me, I've only been planning my mystic society's parade lineup since June of this year, the costume designs for 2016 since December 2013, etc. but carry on with the insults. Can't wait to see how smart you are.
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Capt_Apollo wrote: »it's October...
I know, I just cannot BELIEVE it is October already. I've already been to at least two debutante events preparing for their 2015 Mardi Gras season. My first Mardi Gras ball is in the beginning of November due to,as I'm sure you know(being so smart and all!),the lingering custom of the effects of yellow fever.
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chrisskellinton wrote: »
well we aren't dealing with the smartest people in the world....I mean I wouldn't have made a thread until it was within a month of the said event but you know.Capt_Apollo wrote: »chrisskellinton wrote: »Capt_Apollo wrote: »it's October...
well if u wanted to go....and stay in the french quarter....with a good room u better have already made reservations........srsly.
i understand that. i've made vacation plans months ahead of time, and i've been to the french quarter multiple times.
just saying, it's still four months away.
Yes, I'm quite sure you wouldn't, being a spectator. Forgive me, I've only been planning my mystic society's parade lineup since June of this year, the costume designs for 2016 since December 2013, etc. but carry on with the insults. Can't wait to see how smart you are.
bless your heart0 -
Wth is Mardi gras?
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I'm still gearing up for Halloween in NOLA (coming up!! Whoop-whoop!!), so haven't quite started thinking about Mardi Gras. However, I usually hit one of the early Mardi Gras parades, and have at least checked the date.
Mardi Gras is very close to my birthday this year, so maybe I'll skip KdV and head down. I have friends that live in Uptown and while I really prefer staying in between Marigny and the Quarter, I know there are plenty of the parades that aren't any where near Bourbon, which I can barely stand when it isn't busy anyway.0 -
Capt_Apollo wrote: »chrisskellinton wrote: »
well we aren't dealing with the smartest people in the world....I mean I wouldn't have made a thread until it was within a month of the said event but you know.Capt_Apollo wrote: »chrisskellinton wrote: »Capt_Apollo wrote: »it's October...
well if u wanted to go....and stay in the french quarter....with a good room u better have already made reservations........srsly.
i understand that. i've made vacation plans months ahead of time, and i've been to the french quarter multiple times.
just saying, it's still four months away.
Yes, I'm quite sure you wouldn't, being a spectator. Forgive me, I've only been planning my mystic society's parade lineup since June of this year, the costume designs for 2016 since December 2013, etc. but carry on with the insults. Can't wait to see how smart you are.
bless your heart
It's actually used like this: " Bless his heart, he "thinks" he's an expert because he's been to the Quarter, but he wouldn't know a carre if it hit him."
We don't say "bless your heart" like that- it's crass.
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I'm still gearing up for Halloween in NOLA (coming up!! Whoop-whoop!!), so haven't quite started thinking about Mardi Gras. However, I usually hit one of the early Mardi Gras parades, and have at least checked the date.
Mardi Gras is very close to my birthday this year, so maybe I'll skip KdV and head down. I have friends that live in Uptown and while I really prefer staying in between Marigny and the Quarter, I know there are plenty of the parades that aren't any where near Bourbon, which I can barely stand when it isn't busy anyway.
Right there with you, husseycd ! Thank you for replying in the spirit of the original posting. I grew up going to St. Patrick's Day with family who lived on Royale Street near the Gallier house. Sadly, they sold that property after Katrina.
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I haven't been to Nola in 13 years I'll cook up some red beans and rice and maybe order a king cake (last time Gambino's left out my baby *grrr*)
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The first trip I ever took with my (now) husband was to Texas (where he used to live) then we drove to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Came back with a lot of beads and the fear that my dad might stumble across some website of "Bob's Trip To Mardi Gras" and find pics of me earning those beads.
Mardi Gras would be a good excuse for an "adults only" party...after the craziness of the Christmas-New Year's season is over.0 -
bigdaddyincali wrote: »I haven't been to Nola in 13 years I'll cook up some red beans and rice and maybe order a king cake (last time Gambino's left out my baby *grrr*)
Second vote for King Cake. Great for the office so you don't eat too much of it! Of course, you have to warn the non-NOLA folks about the baby.
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Fingers crossed to go out for it this year!! Buffalo throws one hella bash and they have a trolley bus to all the clubs!! Of course, most of us here will still be hung over from St. Patty's day on Sunday(Big Parade and drunk fest day)
Although, my current plans will be with me on a plane going down to Florida to see family for a week.
But one never knows how plans might change... or be delayed0 -
Fingers crossed to go out for it this year!! Buffalo throws one hella bash and they have a trolley bus to all the clubs!! Of course, most of us here will still be hung over from St. Patty's day on Sunday(Big Parade and drunk fest day)
Although, my current plans will be with me on a plane going down to Florida to see family for a week.
But one never knows how plans might change... or be delayed
Cool- didn't know about Buffalo doing that- that's great! I would love to experience an East Coast St. Patrick's Day.
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yum- Red beans and rice.... I need to start making some. Love me some Gambino's king cake.bigdaddyincali wrote: »I haven't been to Nola in 13 years I'll cook up some red beans and rice and maybe order a king cake (last time Gambino's left out my baby *grrr*)
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Yeah, I'm excited to celebrate it. Red beans and rice, king cake, hand grenades... lol0
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Yeah, I'm excited to celebrate it. Red beans and rice, king cake, hand grenades... lol
yikes, how many calories are in Hand Grenades?!?!
Someone asked about what is Mardi Gras. It's got some celebrations all over the USA now, but it was the Boeuf Gras (think Carnivale) celebrations of the French and Spanish who settled here on the Gulf Coast that began it all. The first one in a "town" was held by the French in Ocean Springs, MS (later moved and became Biloxi) in 1699. (Yes, also in LA at Mardi Gras Point- but that was just a campground for the French, not a true settlement). Next was the then-capital in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. Finally, New Orleans which wasn't founded until 1718. The first societies were founded in Mobile in those early 1700's, and Cowbellions de Rakin members of Mobile helped Krewe of Comus in New Orleans get their start. Back then, there was a lot of back and forth between the two port cities due to the cotton brokerages- there still is today as well.
Traditionally, years ago, there were no parties during the mosquito season due to Yellow Fever. So we are just getting started because nothing has changed. I've got a ball the first week and last week of November (when the debutantes will be presented).
Weight- wise, Mardi Gras is really motivating to me. I know that I gained 10 lbs last year because I had to play a different part in my mystic society (or what some of you know as a Krewe ). Usually, I wear a short mini-skirted float/ball costume and I get in gear for that by doing a lot of running prior. Gets me motivated to make my old lady knees look better.
Although, in the meantime, I'm looking forward to Halloween. A few friends throw a massive party with a band in a downtown historic district, albeit it is not in New Orleans. I live in the 2nd city founded. It would be a great less expensive, first-time trip with a small city feel, especially if you aren't into too much crazy.0 -
chrisskellinton wrote: »
of course you can come.......I even have masks for those that forget haha.Groovycadreamr wrote: »chrisskellinton wrote: »I throw a Pardi Gras at my house .......everything decorated with items I collected while being at Mardi Gras a cple years ago.
Waiting for my invite. lol.
but first my halloween booze bash.......it can never be outshined
My fav....party crasher here. ♥0 -
As long as I don't have to go back to New Orleans, sure!0
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