We awoke early to head to the French Market in the French Quarter. Bethany was amazing and drove around while we headed to Café Du Monde for the best beignets!
We left the French quarter to go to a costume store where Megan got some fun face paint. We headed to Rite Aid for parade provisions and it started to CRAZY rain. Because of the weather the parade we wanted to go to was postponed. We had a nice lazy afternoon and began to get ready at 5pm. Needless to say by 8 I was getting rather ansy. At 9pm we hopped in a cab and made our way to Bourbon Street!
Once on Bourbon Street we went straight to The Cat’s Meow where we hung out for awhile before making our way to Frenchman Street. Here we got a snack and had a little separation in our group. Bethany, Rachelle, and I made our way to Maison’s and the other girls headed elsewhere. Maison’s was really neat. It had this interesting all girl punk like brass band playing and no cover.
We then headed back to Bourbon street where we fought the crowds for awhile and had some good people watching. The crowds were crazy deep and trash everywhere. I now understand why Mardi Gras has a bad name, but if you don’t go to Bourbon Street it’s a different story. I wanted to yell at the people “They are just silly plastic beads!” But refrained.
After fighting the crowds we found a side street with a calm bar and spent awhile there. We met up with more of Bethany’s friends and around 1:30 we decided to call it night. I was tempted to stay longer and people watch but it was getting very cold.
We finally got a cab and made our way home. Overall a good night and great experience, but I like the parades better.
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