It's Mardi Gras, so let's party


I am currently way down in New Orleans where the Mardi Gras celebration is underway. And for right now, today, there is no recession. Thousands are gathering here for this, the last day before the Lenten season. Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday: you eat and enjoy and party till you drop.

There will be parades, with many hundreds in costumes. One convention organizer said: " We've delivered more beer in the last couple of weeks than ever before" and "the bigger bars here, they're getting 100, 200 cases at a time."


Big crowds have been gathering over the weekend. Hotels are nearly full, which bodes well for tourism here. Mardi Gras is a state holiday in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras officially ends Tuesday night. So come on down and let your hair down! Come down and march down Bourbon Street, wear you most outrageous costume, listen to the music, dance in the street, sing, and for this day forget your troubles.

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