The (s)low after the high
The build up to Mardi Gras always seems to come on like a freight train. While the rest of the world is planning their year in January, we are starting our Mardi Gras revelry, fresh off the holidays. Depending on the moon, it can come on like a freight train – last year it was February 5, when we were barely out of New Year’s diapers.
What’s simply amazing about Mardi Gras is the visual feast – how nearly everyone in this city comes out, in costume, and parades through the streets on Fat Tuesday. I can’t even count on both hands all the people I saw yesterday and what’s amazing is how I recognize so many of them in full costume, masks and all.
Last year, on Feb 5th it was perfect temperature and this year was no slouch either. The sun was shining, it was absolutely perfect temperature for wearing a ball gown, and there wasn’t a moment that wasn’t filled with zany heathen pleasure.
So goodbye Mardi Gras 2009, we already miss you.