Happy Mardi Gras, Kossacks! Today begins the three-day countdown to 'Fat Tuesday', as well as 'Super Tuesday', so I figure I'll go to the voting booths with mardi gras beads in remembrance of one of my all time favorite places-New Orleans!
When I first moved away from home in CA, I had a list of all the places in the world I wanted to live. New Orleans was #5....London #1, Paris #2, Amsterdam #3, Key West was #4! Miami, New York and Boston were also on that list. I still haven't made it to New York and I haven't actually lived in New Orleans, yet! Maybe someday, when my kids are grown, I'll have a chance to live there....I hope so! I was there twice in my lifetime and would relish the chance to go back.
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