‘tit Rex Scores Big
I love Mardi Gras – don’t get me wrong – but the crowds, the traffic, and the hassle do wear thin at times. So enter ‘tit Rex, a parade with micro floats (read: larger than a bread box but still small) that a serious krewe put together a few years ago and you have instant fun. It feels like old time Mardi Gras where there are kids playing in the grass and you can hear everyone speaking and you can get up close and personal with the floats and their captains. The throws are miniature organic king cakes, pecan-sized coconuts, wee-sized bracelets, paper umbrellas – all lovely and carefully crafted.
I am loathe to even bring attention to this wonderful parade because I don’t want it to get crowded with a bunch of yahoos coming in to rape and pillage the culture as has happened on Bourbon now Frenchman Street, but this parade gets my top vote for Carnival in New Orleans.
