What Mardi Gras Means to Me
My older brother - a Houston city boy who immediately fell in love with Louisiana during his first year at LSU - was always infatuated with Mardi Gras; well, with Cajun culture in general. He died in February of this year. Yet, his spirit, as well as those of all the others who have passed who loved Mardi Gras, still feels palpable this time of year; their energy is in the air. My brother loved Mardi Gras so much that he was actually on a special edition of the show Cops, covering New Orleans...
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