Noteworthy in Nola

We’re off to a slow start here- I still haven’t been to an entire parade this season! I’m pretty sure this is a first, but things have slowed down at the office and company arrives in just a few days, so we’re about to kick into high gear.

In the meantime, Alison and I got back Uptown late from the French Quarter and couldn’t get home.

You’ve heard of the Bermuda Triangle? Well, we live inside the NOLA Rectangle. The parade route makes 3 sides of the rectangle, and the river makes the last- when Krewes are rolling you cannot get a vehicle in or over those boundaries for hours, so you’d better be where you want to be in time.

Here’s what it looks like- we’re the green arrow- and although the map makes it appear that you can get around the edges, it lies.

We didn’t make the cut, so we walked back from the closest point we could reach, and caught the start of Carrollton’s parade. A few pics after the jump.

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