Mardi Gras

Saturday: Endymion Parade:

 Me and My Sis ♥

 **As if you couldn't tell!

Trying to catch a ride home! 

Fat Tuesday: Mardi Gras Day:

Walking up to the ferry 

Going to cross the Mississippi River :)

  

  View of the city
Perfect weather to be out walking around 75F

  Downtown New Orleans

 French Quarter

(our destination)

 Me 

Ann 

The Aquarium of The Americas

We saw Hurricane Katrina hanging out with some houses and FEMA trailers

  Jazz music :)

 Kissing Crawfish ♥

The view from the house we were at

 Jackson Square

  

 Looking down towards Bourbon Street

Magician with Crystal Balls

 Frenchmann Street

 Dance Party

Muses Parade

Ah, Mardi Gras... How I missed you!

Last night I went to one of my favorite parades of all time:

Muses

Its an all female Krewe who throws at the crowd mirrors, shoes, purses, comes and other cute girly stuff

They also throw the traditional Mardi Gras bead but with a feminine touch

(The beads are usually shaped in shoes)

The route usually starts Uptown, goes all the way down St. Charles Ave and ends Downtown

We were standing in the heart of Uptown

Most of the floats this year were mocking famous clothing stores and in between the floats you have the middle school or high school bands from the area playing awesome music!

I took a couple of videos and will be posting very soon! 

So underneath here you will see some of the "highlights" for last night...

Sorry for the quality- but people just go coo coo for beads!

I can't wait for this weekend! I can't describe my excitement! My sister will be coming in town with a couple of her friends and I can just feel we are going to have a great time*

The main parades will be Saturday and Sunday!!

*mom if you are reading this--don't worry we will be VERY safe :)

Hope you guys have a great weekend!

And 

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

2011~A Year To Remember

Highlights from 2011....

Los Amigos Invisibles @ House of Blues in Houston, TX

Mardi Gras :D

For those of you who have never attended Mardi Gras... 

Make it a 2012 Resolution!

It's so much fun :D

Wooooo!

Tiesto @ the CAC in New Orleans, LA

London

Buckingham Palace

London Bridge

Bonjour Paris ♥

The view from Notre Dame

Sacre Coeur

 

On the rooftop of Casa Mila~Barcelona

La Boqueria~Barcelona 

Yummmmm

La Sagrada Familia 

Parque Güell

The view of Mallorca....

One of my favorite places in the world

Palma ♥♥♥

Miro Mural

Valldemossa 

We were in Mexico for their independence day and it was amazing!!

Viva Mexico! 

 Cancun

 Baby Turtle ♥♥♥♥

This experience was awesome... These cute baby turtles were born on the back yard of our hotel and we got to release them into the ocean :)

VooDoo Fest New Orleans

I must say I was blessed with a really good year :)

And I hope next year will be equal or better!

Happy New Year!!!

♥♥♥♥

VV