https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/06/us/mardi-gras-house-floats-new-orleans-trnd/index.html ? Dan Matyola

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 08:03:08AM -0500, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/06/us/mardi-gras-house-floats-new-orleans-trnd/index.html That got covered in the "last random topic" on last night's local news here. I was tickled by one shot showing a figure (masked, naturally) on a bench. The sign beside it said "Laissez les bern temps rouler", and indeed the figure was wearing mittens.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 01:12:32PM -0500, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 08:03:08AM -0500, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/06/us/mardi-gras-house-floats-new-orleans-trnd/index.html > > That got covered in the "last random topic" on last night's local news here. > > I was tickled by one shot showing a figure (masked, naturally) on a bench. > The sign beside it said "Laissez les bern temps rouler", and indeed the > figure was wearing mittens. Update: Apparently a Getty photographer was tickled by it, too. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2021/feb/08/new-orleans-houses-become-mardi-gras-floats-covid-in-pictures