Blog: 30 Days Out

Ah yes, Mardi Gras. If this is your first time, welcome. I remember my first Mardi Gras in New Orleans, back around 1978 or so. I spent three days and nights there, and when I left I wondered "What the hell just happened?" Mardi Gras is a party for the best of reasons: to have a party. Catholics say it's to get all the deviltry and mischief out of your system before Lent sets in but if you go to New Orleans you get the impression most of these partygoers aren't worried about sinning, church and stuff like [...]