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Ruiner
Member
08-31-2003
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 2:59 pm
thigh high with spikes? not sure of the thong...how 'bout garter belt and stocking with seam up the back I'll have to boa for the top part.. ETA: I thought that's what you were going to where for GranyG..
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Colossus
Member
10-04-2003
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 3:07 pm
I am. With the feather mask! & Granny for Me.! GAL wants to know if your going to earn your beads "going both ways" around your neck?
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Ruiner
Member
08-31-2003
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 3:11 pm
...of course - isn't that the way you're suppose to ?!? Hi Gal - never had the chance to talk... ETA: oh yeah - Hi Colossus....
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 3:17 pm
Lets see if the group comes out unscathed in Vegas before we plan Mrdi gras!! LOL
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 3:21 pm
Hi, Ruiner - I tried to logoff the Board before Colossus saw your post in Scruples (didn't want him to get any bright ideas about NOT having a formal wedding), and then I thought about posting 27 times to archive it before he saw it, but too late. He got to it before I could hide the evidence. LOL. It's like having a 4-year-old in the house - whatever you don't want them to do or find, that's what they do and that's what they find. I don't think my mom's wedding dress will look so honkin' fabulous on the beach (maybe at sunrise, but not on the beach). LOL. I've never been to Mardi Gras, so I don't know what goes on there. Can you really swing your beads both ways? 
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 3:23 pm
AAhhh Mardi Gras right now our house is covered up in beads, mask, dolls, moon pies you name it's here. One note about Mardi Gras in New Orleans first is money. Right now basic hotel rooms are running $300.00-$800.00 a night with a 5 night min. Most all already booked up. These are not on the parade route as most of those are either private or booked years in advance. The other problem is bathrooms..there aren't any. If your in the Quarter there are the bars. Just make sure you head toward the line long before you really have to go. We have Mardi Gras here in Mississippi also and if you really don't want to fight the crowds (well there is a crowd but not like New Orleans) You could always look to coming here. The parades are great there are 3 on Fat Tuesday the night parade is out of this world. I would recommend booking a room at the Beau Rivage (it's MGM property). That way you are right on the parade route (all 3) you have nice rooms and also a great casino to play at. Oh and they are just breaking ground for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino right next door to the Beau. Just not sure when it will completed. I'll ask my son when he gets here.
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Nimtu
Member
08-17-2002
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 3:38 pm
Here is a really good site for info on mardi gras. Don't have time to tell you all about it now...as I am too busy going to parades. Hotel situation is not that bad - many hotels have dropped the minimum stay, including those on the parade routes. In addition, you can find many bars, restaurants, hotels, etc. that you can pay to use their stands and facilities all day. Hotels off the route can be had (decent hotels)for as little as 75 a nite. Go on to Mississippi for the casinos but come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras! http://www.nola.com/mardigras/about/?/mardigras/about/faq.html
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Ruiner
Member
08-31-2003
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 4:01 pm
I've never been to a Mardi Gras either...just Fat Tuesdays at the bar. I just assume beads can be swung both ways...will report back next Wednesday...that's if I'm in any condition to report anything.... Sorry Colossus saw the Scruples Question...I have a 4yo going on 34 in my house...feel for ya!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 4:34 pm
Well hey! Have you been reading my mind? I had thought to have a theme for the Chicago Gathering, mayhap it should be a Mardi Gras theme just for you Ms Eggie!! 
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 6:30 pm
I agree about the hotel situation. A lot more hotels have been built in the last few years. That's why I like the warehouse district, you can basically set up parade watching right by your hotel so if you need the bathroom you just go up to your room.
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Cinder
Member
09-01-2000
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 6:54 pm
I went to the Mardi Gras parade in St Louis today. It was alot of fun. This was my first as an adult. I spent my elementary school years in South Louisiana (not New Orleans) and I really missed Mardi Gras once I moved to North Louisiana and then Texas. FINALLY I have moved somewhere that celebrates Mardi Gras(they said this was the 25th annual) Catching beads was fun as always. I saw how stupid some people can get. Hopefully I get to go back next year. Also- I splurged and ordered a King Cake from Gambino's in New Orleans. I hope it is good.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 7:42 pm
Cinder, where in South Louisiana?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 7:44 am
Eggie, the people on a float in a parade are a Krew ...you own the float, buy all the beads, pay to join the parade, and have a big old party!!! Hippy, are ya'll going to the Muchkin parade on the Seawall?
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 1:06 pm
Texannie, thanks for answering my question! I like that concept and I would imagine it is a great big old party...how fun!!
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 6:24 pm
Just got home. We were going to Annie,but the kids were kinda pooped after the barkus parade,and it was starting to rain. I wish we could have though,I would have loved to see the Philadelphia Mummers. Drat The barkus parade was awesome! My Lola did very well. I'll post some pics in the road trip later. There were lots of cutie poochies,a ferret and a stray pony. Dennis and I broke away from the kids for awhile and had lunch on the Strand. Yummy black bean soup and salad. Caught some beads and people watched,listened to a band. Perused some shops,didn't buy anything. Very fun day!
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 8:31 pm
I just got back home at 6:30 pm from spending the day with my best friend who is a special events coordinator. Today was a King's Luncheon for one of the Mardi Gras Krewes that he decorated. What a fabulous party. I ended up staying the day to help him tear down. By estimating, I think the luncheon was close to $100,000 budget. Wow.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 10:18 pm
Mardi Gras celebrations turn violent in San Luis Obispo Associated Press SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Mardi Gras celebrations turned violent when partygoers threw bottles and rocks at police, who responded by firing nonlethal weapons and tear gas, officials said. Rowdy revelers started hurling beads, bottles, cans, road cones and even a steel pipe at officers around 9:30 p.m. Saturday after police broke up two large parties at the Mustang Village apartment complex near the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus. Police said 50 to 60 people had been arrested by midnight, but there were no reports of anyone being injured at nearby Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. An estimated crowd of about 5,000 was dispersed by about several dozen officers and sheriff's deputies. Authorities used a public address system to declare the area an unlawful gathering and ordered the partygoers to disperse or risk being arrested. Nonlethal rubber bullets and beanbags were fired by officers to quell the disturbance. ___________________ so glad my son did not accept the party invites!
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Cinder
Member
09-01-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 6:42 am
DDr- I was in Lake Charles from 77-82.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 6:46 am
Thanks Cinder! I'm about 2 hours away from Lake Charles.
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