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In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats
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Just because the Mardi Gras parades are canceled, it hasn t stopped people s creativity. The Little Shop of 2020 Horrors house float is in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans.
Phoebe Jones / WWNO
When Crissy Whalin and her 12-year-old son, Zephyr Cooke, settled in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers Point in 2020, the last thing they expected was a front-row seat to the city s Mardi Gras comeback.
Their neighborhood has emerged as a house float hotbed in recent weeks. There are more than 140 decorated homes within walking distance and thousands more a short drive away.
Thanks to the pandemic, there won't be any Mardi Gras parades this year in New Orleans—but what there will be is the Krewe of House Floats. That's the name of the.
Last year, I made a bunch of origami flowers that kiddo and I passed out to people while we wandered around the French Quarter, Boudreaux wrote on November 17. Tempted to continue the theme, turn the whole house into a flower float and pass out flowers to the neighbours while I drink all day. A few hours later, she posted an update: It s decided. We re doing this. Turn your house into a float and throw all the beads from your attic at your neighbours walking by. #mardigras2021. Boudreaux also posted her plans on her Facebook page. Two days later she had 1,000 new followers.