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Before I start winding down by cleaning up my desk and figuring out my calendar for next week, let me just say that the season has begun in earnest here in New Orleans – Mardi Gras kicked off on Epiphany, Jan 6th and was underscored by the first parade of the year – Joan of Arc parade. Next up Martin Luther King weekend with marches and memorials a plenty. Do you know some cities don’t recognize MLK as a holiday? Weird. Then it’s an interlude for Valentine’s Day but the way this year is going it might be just called Musical Chairs Day.

Mardi Gras follows in earnest with Krewe du Vieux marching on February 19th and culminating in Fat Tuesday on March 8th (interlude for Prince Tin’s 2nd birthday!). The St. Joseph’s Day parade is on March 19th starting at 6PM. The Tennessee Williams Festival is the 23rd to the 27th, and then the Irish Parade is March 12th. Guess what? They just added Thursday to French Quarter Festival which starts on April 7 and goes to April 10th. Jazz Fest begins April 29th and ends May 8th, Bayou Boogaloo is May 20 – 22, and Greek Fest is May 27 – 29) – they’ve finally disconnected it from Boogaloo which was a conflict of interest (two sides of the bayou? come on that’s too much).

Just thinking about this makes my head spin but recently a lot of people have been compiling compelling reasons to move to New Orleans and I saw a list that mentions the business opportunities – who is thinking about work?

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