putting their best face forward. as you know, this is the first super bowl since hurricane katrina. they re on a world stage tonight. they want it to look their best and they do. we re talking about the super bowl, and here s the thing. mardi gras kicks off down there in the big easy? just a few days as well. that city is not going to stop for weeks. reporter: yeah, let s add a little bit of confusion with what we ve got going with the super bowl. the culmination of mardi gras is february 12th. a number of the big balls happened this weekend. so they are really juggling a lot right now. but it looks like they re capable of doing it. it s gone pretty smoothly. and the weather is perfect. sorry to rub that in because i know it s cold in new york. but it s about 68, 69 degrees. oh, that s great. thank you very much. it s been sub-zero in new york for weeks now. janet shamlian in new orleans. thank you, enjoy the big game. february, of course, marks