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We all know that New Orleans is without their famous Mardi Gras parades and celebrations this year due to COVID-19 and the need to be safe with social distancing. “The celebration was largely cancelled late in 2020 when it was announced that there would be no live parades and no Carnival balls. Mardi Gras 2020 was widely-believed to have been a super-spreader event that made New Orleans one of the first national hotspots for COVID” WWLTV.
Photo from The Gentilly Messenger
The people of New Orleans have found new ways to celebrate, as in the “Floats in the Oaks” in Central Park and the demonstration of private residents decorating their houses as a celebration of “Yardi Gras”. To see some of these fabulous yards and gardens, visit The Atlantic’s website here.
I used to love going to Mardi Gras when I was in college. We would load up a car and make the drive from College Station, Texas to New Orleans and have a great time. I remember there was one Mardi Gras when we did not even have a place to stay. We ended up hanging on Bourbon until we could not take it anymore then drove to Boloxi to crash at a friend of a friends cousins place…or something like that. It was someone I did not know but someone else knew him. LOL. Most of the time, being the planner I am, we did have a nice hotel to stay in.
That’s our backyard!!! See my hubbie back there? He is measuring the snow. SIX INCHES!!!!
These days I am not fond of the crowds and I have a family that includes a 7 year old little girl. None of us have any business going to Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras. We usually go to a local Cajun restaurant and have King Cake at home. This year, we do not spend much time in restaurants and even if we did, we are SNOWED IN. YES!!! Texas has the most snow and the coldest temperatures since 1949 according to Weather.com.
So, needless to say, we are continuing with our theme of the last year and staying home. I am preparing Red Beans and Rice with Kings Cake for dessert. We will stay in our PJs and snuggle up. We are thankful that we are warm, so many have had power outages. We will continue to pray for those who are without and hope our power stays on and our pipes stay flowing.
Photo from By Bill Gold and Warner Bros. – http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Posters/A/Poster - A Streetcar Named Desire_01.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50906780
Since we are not leaving the house, I thought I would share some photos I have found and collected over the years. I just love the old New Orleans of the 1950s. We watched Street Car Named Desire this past weekend and it gave me inspiration to share these. I , obviously did not take any of these photos. They were found on Pinterest.
Photo from Conde Nest Traveler
Photo from The Gentilly Messenger
The people of New Orleans have found new ways to celebrate, as in the “Floats in the Oaks” in Central Park and the demonstration of private residents decorating their houses as a celebration of “Yardi Gras”. To see some of these fabulous yards and gardens, visit The Atlantic’s website here.
I used to love going to Mardi Gras when I was in college. We would load up a car and make the drive from College Station, Texas to New Orleans and have a great time. I remember there was one Mardi Gras when we did not even have a place to stay. We ended up hanging on Bourbon until we could not take it anymore then drove to Boloxi to crash at a friend of a friends cousins place…or something like that. It was someone I did not know but someone else knew him. LOL. Most of the time, being the planner I am, we did have a nice hotel to stay in.
That’s our backyard!!! See my hubbie back there? He is measuring the snow. SIX INCHES!!!!
These days I am not fond of the crowds and I have a family that includes a 7 year old little girl. None of us have any business going to Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras. We usually go to a local Cajun restaurant and have King Cake at home. This year, we do not spend much time in restaurants and even if we did, we are SNOWED IN. YES!!! Texas has the most snow and the coldest temperatures since 1949 according to Weather.com.
So, needless to say, we are continuing with our theme of the last year and staying home. I am preparing Red Beans and Rice with Kings Cake for dessert. We will stay in our PJs and snuggle up. We are thankful that we are warm, so many have had power outages. We will continue to pray for those who are without and hope our power stays on and our pipes stay flowing.
Photo from By Bill Gold and Warner Bros. – http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Posters/A/Poster - A Streetcar Named Desire_01.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50906780
Since we are not leaving the house, I thought I would share some photos I have found and collected over the years. I just love the old New Orleans of the 1950s. We watched Street Car Named Desire this past weekend and it gave me inspiration to share these. I , obviously did not take any of these photos. They were found on Pinterest.
Photo from Conde Nest Traveler
Kim