Hi Jim
you wrote
Tuesday March 8th 2011.I'm not sure when Mardi Gras is next year: I hear it's coming late (in March), so you might be here for some of the Mardi Gras Season (it goes on for 12 days and nights: starting off slow, gradually building up to Mardi Gras Day).
It will be better if we miss it. Cheaper rooms, bigger headaches etc.
Jim D
Globus magnus volvere
trepidex mea non est!