Mardi Gras Day wrap up; Helen Hill memorial parade

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Reportedly New Orleans had about 800,000 visitors here for Mardi Gras-- some 4 times the population of the city now. Yeah, we can throw a party.

Mardi Gras Day mshollie and I avoided the big parades and crowded tourist areas, staying in Marigny and the lower French Quarter. After mimosas at a friend's place we visited a few places around Marigny where

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St Anne 2006

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And further proving that YouTube can provide a short snippet of amateur video of almost anything, Saint Anne parade 2006 with the Storyville Stompers and friends, again including yours frogly.

Helen Hill jazz funeral

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b.rox post with his pix and links to other folks photo galleries

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We crowned Jennifer Soileau Miss Crescent City New Orleans and Ravayna Tracey Miss Capital City Baton Rouge. The theatre was near capacity...we had quite a pageant grapevine going! :)