Well yesterday was Mardi Gras, the biggest party day of the year in the Big Easy, and the Weather Channel made the bold move of going live from Bourbon Street to report on the weather. (We ended up getting about half an hour of heavy rain yesterday evening, but other than that the weather was perfect all weekend).
They'll be watching Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras
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They’ll be watching Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras (and every other day)
New Orleans law enforcement sweep Bourbon Street, officially ending Mardi Gras
The clock has struck midnight, which means that the New Orleans Police Department and the New Orleans mayor would ceremoniously end the revelry of Carnival Season.
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Mardi Gras starts today. Here's how New Orleans has stepped up security after Bourbon Street attack
"Mardi Gras isn't just about Mardi Gras Day, which is a big day, but it really is about the over two weeks that we've managed through again," said Cantrell.
Bourbon Street was born in 1722, after a September hurricane wiped away four years of development in the original city of New Orleans.
Drag queens Fatsy Cline and Varla Jean Merman hosted the 61st annual Bourbon Street Awards at noon Tuesday on the corner of St. Anne and Dauphine streets. The annual event spotlights elaborate, often satirical, costumes while raising money for charity.
The Bourbon Street Awards has been a New Orleans Fat Tuesday celebration for nearly 40 years. NEW ORLEANS — If you have a creative side, New Orleans is a blank canvas, especially during Mardi Gras. There was no shortage of colorful costumes in the French Quarter.
Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the “accidental discharge” of a gun that left one person wounded on Bourbon Street on Saturday, March 1.
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