[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by pianogirl04

For what it's worth I have never seen any kind of festivities even close to what they advertise, but I hear Mardi Gras in New Orleans is beyond insane; I'm too chicken to go though. My best friend went last year and she said she could not wait to get out of that city. New Orleans is just a creepy place to me... it's okay to visit but it just creeps me out for some reason. There's lots of awesome concerts at the House of Blues, which just happens to be in the French Quarter... and that is not somewhere I want to be at night, even if I am with somebody.

I haven't been in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, either. I've heard all kinds of stories, and usually make me more hesitant. I don't really see the whole point in Mardi Gras, anyway. I'm not that interested in getting totally wasted and acting stupid, while being surrounded by many, many other people who are doing the same thing, but that's me. New Orleans is kind of creepy, but I like it; as long as someone's with me I can take it. This is off-topic, but doesn't the Aquarium in New Orleans rock? I just love aquariums. Few people seem to get as passionate as I do about them. Few people who are over the age of eight.

Hillary