Krewe of Boo tonight

Parade’s formation location: Elysian Fields and Decatur St Formation time: 5:00pm
Starting time: 6:00pm
The parade will form on Elysian Fields Avenue and North Peters Street. It will
turn right onto North Peters Street in an uptown direction on North Peters Street (against traffic against the flood wall). Upon reaching Dumaine Street the parade will continue in an uptown direction with the normal flow of traffic on Decatur to N. Peters, to Canal Street, where the parade will turn right onto Canal Street to Dauphine Street where it will u-turn to the opposite side of Canal Street to Tchoupitoulas Street where it will turn right on Tchoupitoulas Street to St. Joseph Street turn left onto St. Joseph Street to Convention Center Boulevard, and make a right turn against traffic onto Convention Center onto Henderson., and proceed to Mardi Gras World for disband.
NO PARKING ZONES:
On the river bound side of Elysian Fields Avenue between N. Peters and Royal Streets from 12:00pm, until 8:00pm.
On both sides of N. Peters Street between Esplanade Avenue and Conti Street from 4:00pm until 8:00pm.

Go Fourth to the Quarter

Priceline.com travel website is calling the French Quarter the top destination for July 4th travelers, based on more than 30,000 hotel room booking requests processed through the site.

(Or maybe our visitors just love Priceline…)

Essence Festival information here

(Essence Festival is a huge event that should be embraced by the local powers that be more than it has been. July used to be a loss for most of the tourist area and now hotels are sold out and welcoming restaurants get crowds all weekend)…

Go Fourth On The River

Fireworks Extravaganza at 9:00 p.m.

This unique salute to America’s Independence will feature a fireworks display from two barges over the Mighty Mississippi (between Gov. Nichols St. Wharf and Canal St. Dock). Choreographed to stirring patriotic classics and simulcast on Magic 101.9 and WWL AM paints beautiful strokes of radiant light with the sky as a canvas and color as the palette.

(I assume my readers realize that is cut and pasted from their press release; “beautiful strokes of radiant light? Calm down; it’s explosions set to music. But enjoy if that’s what you’re into…)

3 Easter parades to roll in French Quarter Sunday

For in your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it
You’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade…
all 3 of them.
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Make My House a Mardi Gras Float by Levy Easterly – GoFundMe

talk about “eyes on the street”!
If you have been to the corner of Barracks and Chartres during Carnival in the past few years, you have seen this house. Always decked out in Mardi Gras finery and welcoming dogs.

Help Levy reach his goal of topping himself with this latest idea for Fat Tuesday. (They also have “porch sales” throughout the year where great deals can be had….)

and get some serious Karnival Karma for helping with this.

Make My House a Mardi Gras Float by Levy Easterly – GoFundMe.

New Year festivities at the Mississippi River

Another amazing picture from local photographer Roy Guste

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