Happy Mardi Gras!

Forum members have asked what happens during the long Mardi Gras season, which begins on January 6 and runs through Mardi Gras Day, which this year is tomorrow. Here is a list of the parades in the metropolitan area of New Orleans. To most parades, add a brunch or banquet and a formal ball or King & Queen’s party. (Last night was the Endymion Ball, with music by Diana Ross)

Mardi Gras Parades | Mardi Gras New Orleans

Each Mardi Gras Parade has a unique history and theme.

www.mardigrasneworleans.com

Today, called Lundi Gras, features parades tonight but also all day entertainment by the river.

(Notice the Mardi Gras beads on the US Coast Guard patrol boat’s gun - -)

Those ARE big girls! Not the normal Social X-rays of Buenos Aires, to borrow Tom Wolfe’s expression from Bonfire of the Vanities -

Here are a few of the ‘big girls’ we saw last night at New Orleans’ Orpheus parade.

Today the streets are (finally!) empty.

Yesterday:

Want to see more photos?

Mardi Gras in New Orleans: See all our photos of the costumes, parades and revelry

What a Mardi Gras! Hope you lived your best life on a gloriously sunny Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans.

www.nola.com