gregginrva t1_jbx6xj1 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 12:25 PM

I never go to a street festival unless I have friends who live close, are hosting a pregame, and will leave their place open for restroom breaks and refills.

RVAWTFBBQ t1_jbxn625 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 2:54 PM

This is the way. Also why I have very little interest in going to Mardi Gras after having lived in New Orleans just off a parade route, the convenience is gone so the experience will be much worse.

Cunbundle t1_jby7ed2 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 5:18 PM

I've visited New Orleans a few times on just some random weekends. It seems like there's plenty of opportunities for drunken mayhem there year round. I can only imagine packing the place with amateur drunks.

RVAWTFBBQ t1_jbyk77s wrote on March 12, 2023 at 6:45 PM

>I can only imagine packing the place with amateur drunks.

The worst part were the feral drunken high school students. I don't know if it was just parents getting lit early in the day and forgetting to pay attention to their kids, but literally packs of drunk high schoolers would roam down St. Charles making mayhem. I was in college there so I could handle a few beers, but I was still shocked each year at the sheer level of drunkeness on full display by almost everyone.