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Old 02-14-2007   #1 (permalink)
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I hope everyone has a Happy Mardi Gras!! I've always wanted to attend a Mardi Gras parade and since moving to the Mobile area, we've been to quite a few balls & parades. This weekend culminates with the Biker Ball (for us) and Joe Cain Day on Sunday. I think I saw that UWA's band is in the parade. I hope that everyone who's never experienced a bit of Mardi Gras can come down and enjoy it. I can't wait.
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We have been taking the kids down there for parades for the last 5 years. This is our favorite weekend to go since we have some friends in the MOTS. Hey, Mister....throw me a moonpie!!
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We have been taking the kids down there for parades for the last 5 years. This is our favorite weekend to go since we have some friends in the MOTS. Hey, Mister....throw me a moonpie!!
I got hit in the head with a frozen moonpie one year at a very cold, cold Mardi Gras in Mobile. Some of the throwers "go for blood."! lol....
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Woo-hoo! Mardi Gras!!!
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Last year we were pelted with a whole box of moonpies. I don't know which was worse...being knocked woosie from the box or the 1000000000000000 people that tried to dive over me to get the moonpies that were spilling out of the box on the ground. Lets just say that I should have been taking some classes from the Lady Fighter to get ready for this weekend!
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Happy Mardi Gras Scootergal...Can't wait for warmer weather so we can ride our "BIG" scooters!
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The parades have not been as bad as the horror stories I have heard in year's past. Most people have been nice and we've been "sharing our loot" with some of the kids. We've given away several big stuffed animals and lots of little toys although I have kept some too. Had a moonpie for dessert today at lunch. The weather tonight and through the weekend may keep some of the crowds home where its warm.
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Gosh I'm gonna miss Mardi Gras...I went a lot as a kid, and then we got stationed in Mobile for 7 years with the Coast Guard...we were restationed to Oregon in June 2006, and most folks here haven't even heard of Mardi Gras...Catch me some of those peanuts!! LOL

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9 Shot As New Orleans Starts Mardi Gras
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With tourists streaming into town for Mardi Gras celebrations, a spasm of gun violence left two people dead and seven wounded - more bad news for a city struggling to rebuild itself and its tourism industry. Officials noted the bloodshed did not occur near any of the parades Thursday night to celebrate Carnival, which culminates Tuesday in Mardi Gras.

The two unrelated shootings were not random or part of a robbery, and the victims were all targeted, Sgt. Joe Narcisse said.

In the first shooting Thursday evening, three people were shot, two fatally, in a car parked in the Ninth Ward, far from the heart of the party. The survivor - the car's driver - told police he knew and had given a ride to the man who shot them, Narcisse said.

Another shooting wounded six people, one critically, early Friday at a Mid-City nightclub. The gunman escaped in a stampede that followed.

"Once again it's a situation where violent crimes are taking place in inner-city neighborhoods and traditional hot spots," said Mary Beth Romig, spokeswoman for the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau. "The truth is, Mardi Gras continues to be one of the safest times for tourist to be here."

In January, the Convention and Visitors Bureau unveiled an aggressive advertising campaign to attract tourists to the city 18 months after Hurricane Katrina.

In the French Quarter, some tourists seemed unconcerned by the violence.

"A lot of people back home told us not to come," Lisa Pencak said. "But we have crime in Pittsburgh as well, it's really no big deal. You have to be careful anywhere you go."
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