1. studying near the Tulane School of Medicine (aka watching for Beyonce, who was possibly nearby & practicing her Superbowl halftime show)
2. parades all weekend!
3. important Superbowl preparations (team-affiliated candied apples) underway in the French Quarter
SuperGras is in full swing by now, which means lots of parades everywhere you turn. i love a good parade, and the South sure knows how to do them right: double-decker floats pulled by tractors, marching bands, drumlines, step teams, and lots of teenage girls marching while wearing white cowboy boots with taps and yarn tassels (which are often as large as the boots themselves). the parades i saw this weekend were much more family-oriented than Krewe du Vieux. lots of parents cart around stepladders all day so that their kids can sit atop them & get an unobstructed view of the parade.
the house where i live is only a few blocks from St. Charles, which means that it's really easy to get to parades (and it can also be hard to avoid them when you're trying to do anything). Friday night, my roommates & i sat outside, ate 25-cent oysters, drank Abitas, and then caught a couple of parades. pretty wonderful night.
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