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Photos, parade
schedule and party tips, costumes, beads and topless girls who earned
beads from New Orleans and other cities' Fat Tuesday parties.
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Fat Tuesday&
Mardi Gras Photos
Plus New Orleans Party Guide!
She with the most
beads wins!
Fat
Tuesday & Mardi Gras 2008 was Feb. 5
Making the most
of Mardi Gras are these damsels in dress.
Nothing beats fun party photos. Except
being there yourself, of course! Here are photos from past and present
Mardi Gras parades and of course, Fat Tuesday.
Here's some shots from Mardi Gras parties around the globe, from us
to you. If you plan to be in New Orelans for Mardi Gras, pack these:
PubClub.com Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday Party Tips:
• The first week is generally a younger crowd and they tend
to misbehave. The second week is more for veterans who know how to act.
In other words, they act like they'v ebeen there before.
• Pack a cooler full of food and drink. Do NOT urinate in public;get
caught and you will go to jail until Marid Gras is finished.
•The primary parade route runs down St. Charles and Canal streets.
Parades no longer go through the French Quarter.
• Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday is shoulder-to-shoulder crowded
with little room to move. And that's just in the daytime. The night
is even worse (or better, depending on one's point of view).
• Getting on a Bourbon Street balcony is expensive, if not difficult
or impossible, for Fat Tuesday. Expect to pay $250; call bars in advance
and ask if they have a bathroom to use and are serving food. Most balonies
are reserved by groups and coporations for private parties (Playboy
and Penthouse have balconies in '08).
• Do NOT talk with any cops, even to say hello, have a nice
day, ask directions, etc. They don't want to hear anything from anyone.
• Future Fat Tuesday dates: 2009 – Feb. 14. 2010 –
Feb. 15. 2011 – March 8.
• See where the Marid Gras floats are made by visiting Blaine Kern's
Mardi Gras World. The one-hour tour includes the props, building of
the floats and finished floats. Open every day except Fat Tuesday. Take
the free ferry to the Mardi Gras World shuttle. $17 adults. (504) 361-7821.
www.mardigrasworld.com
• If Mardi Gras isn't enough, there's the Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza
taking place Feb. 1-5. This second-annual event features local musicians
playing regional music. The location is the Blue Nile, 532 Frenchman
Street, a cool part of town just past the French Market in the cool
and funky Faubourg Marigny section of New Orleans.
Fat Tuesday
& Mardi Gras 2008 Photos & Parade Schedule
• Send
us YOUR Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday photos!
The "squad"a in the 2008 Caesar Parade. Photo:
Phenix
New Orleans Mardi Gras 2008 Parade Schedule
Bold denotes St. Charles/Canal parades:
• Friday, Jan 25 – Oshun 6 p.m.; Cleopatra 6:30 p.m.;
Pygmalion 6:45 p.m,; Eve 7 p.m., Exclibur 7 p.m.; Atlas, 7:30
p.m.
• Saturday, Jan 26 – Choctaw 11:30 a.m., Adonis, noon, Pontchatrain
1 p.m., Shangri-La 2 p.m., Caesar 6 p.m., Olyjjpia 6 p.m.,. Sparta
6 p.m., Pegasus, 6:45 p.m.
• Sunday, Jan. 27 – Alla, 11:30 a.m;, Carrollton, noon;
Dionysus, 1 p.m.; King Arthur, 1:15 p.m., Nemesis, 2 p.m.; Rhea,
2 p.m.; Centurions 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Druids 6 p.m.; Thor, 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Jan. 31 – Babylon, 5;45 p.m.; Chaos, 6:30 p.m.;
Muses, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 1 – Hermes, 6 p.m.; D'Etat, 6:30 p.m.;
Selene, 6:30 p.m.; Aquaila, 7 p.m.; Morpheus, 7:45 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 2 NOMTOC, 10:45 a.m.; Iris, 11 a.m.; Tucks,
noon; Endymion, 4 p.m.; Isis, 6 p.m.; Napolean, 6;30 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 3 – Okeanos, 11 a.m., Thoth,
11:30 a.m.; Mid-City 12:15 p.m.; Bacchus, 5:15 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 4 – Proteus, 5:15 p.m.; Orpheus, 6 p.m.,
Seus, 6:30 p.m.
• FAT TUESDAY – Zulu, 8 a.m.; Rex, 10 a.m., Elks Orleans,
follows; Crescent City, follows;Argus, 10 a.m., Elks Jefferson, follows;
Jefferson, follows; Grela, 11 a.m.
Krewe du Vieux
Photos 2008
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Fat Tuesday
& Mardi Gras 2007 Photos
Where's the gumbo?
The Hurricanes? We can earn beads!
The jovial JL from PMs
says she did NOTHING to earn these big beads.
The beautiful bunny
is bar hoppin' for Fat Tuesday.
Music in bars is
a grand part of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday.
Fat Tuesday and
Mardi Gras is a PARTY!
DISPATCH FROM NEW ORLEANS, 2006:
"The crowds are great. And I saw numerous signs
that said 'Thanks for Parading This Year.' The crowds also were great
for the weekend parades despite the cold. Mardi Gras is really about
spending time with family and friends and keeping our traditions alive.
When you lose all your worldly possessions, the only thing that really
matters are your memories and the chance the make new ones.
"What a glorious day! Katrina
may have destroyed our homes and our beloved city, but she didn't destroy
our spirit or our culture."
– PubClubber Tara, New Orleans native
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New Oreans Mardi Gras Photos 2006! –
New Orleans rocks anytime but Mardi Gras is like no other time.
Mardi
Gras Photos From Past Years
Parades and floats
are a big part of any Mardi Gras celebration.
 New
Orleans City & Bar Guide!
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