especially to my New Orleans friends, but also to everyone else too.
(shameless plugosity - puts me in mind of my VS story "Skin Deep" set in New Orleans around Mardi Gras time. Sam in a huge butterfly costume - Oh Boy!!!)
I missed yet another Mardi Gras in LA. I'll try to make the next one though. I've been to several, and they are always fun. (I especially enjoy the rides in the prairie towns.)