Comments on: A Very Bookish Mardi Gras http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/02/24/a-very-bookish-mardi-gras-not-ready/ Engage. Explore. Discover. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:18:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lesley B http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/02/24/a-very-bookish-mardi-gras-not-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Lesley B Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:27:47 +0000 http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/?p=853#comment-613 Glad to see you mention the oldest Mardi Gras in America! New Orleans is great, but anyone looking for a more family-oriented Fat Tuesday should head down to Mobile, where they've been celebrating since 1703 (ok, not continuously). Best parade is the Mystics of Time, with 3 fire- and smoke-breathing dragons that head straight for the little kids and send them screaming. Throw me a moon pie, mister! Glad to see you mention the oldest Mardi Gras in America! New Orleans is great, but anyone looking for a more family-oriented Fat Tuesday should head down to Mobile, where they’ve been celebrating since 1703 (ok, not continuously). Best parade is the Mystics of Time, with 3 fire- and smoke-breathing dragons that head straight for the little kids and send them screaming.

Throw me a moon pie, mister!

]]> By: Jimmy L http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/02/24/a-very-bookish-mardi-gras-not-ready/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Jimmy L Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:25:33 +0000 http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/?p=853#comment-611 Not entirely related, but I read two fiction books recently set in New Orleans. They both happened to be really excellent books. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, which made me laugh so hard I had to read it in private! And more recently The Moviegoer by Walker Percy which was really moving and begs to be re-read. Not entirely related, but I read two fiction books recently set in New Orleans. They both happened to be really excellent books. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, which made me laugh so hard I had to read it in private! And more recently The Moviegoer by Walker Percy which was really moving and begs to be re-read.

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