Comments on: Lessons From My First Mardi Gras http://www.jews4neworleans.org/2010/03/lessons-from-my-first-mardis-gras/ Hosted by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Laurie http://www.jews4neworleans.org/2010/03/lessons-from-my-first-mardis-gras/#comment-105523 Laurie Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:40:10 +0000 http://www.jews4neworleans.org/?p=960#comment-105523 As a native Louisianian who never missed a Mardi Gras from age 1-18 (and an AVODAH alum), I am really happy to read this thoughtful, honest post about one of my sacred seasons. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and observations from an outsider's perspective. I am glad you understand the true magic of Mardi Gras, and that you also aren't afraid to call out its transgressions. As a native Louisianian who never missed a Mardi Gras from age 1-18 (and an AVODAH alum), I am really happy to read this thoughtful, honest post about one of my sacred seasons.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and observations from an outsider’s perspective. I am glad you understand the true magic of Mardi Gras, and that you also aren’t afraid to call out its transgressions.

]]> By: Becca Waxman http://www.jews4neworleans.org/2010/03/lessons-from-my-first-mardis-gras/#comment-105491 Becca Waxman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:03:41 +0000 http://www.jews4neworleans.org/?p=960#comment-105491 I admire how thoughtful you are in reflecting after this seemingly insane Super Bowl/Mardi Gras season. It's so easy to jump right back into life as it was pre-Mardi Gras after the last parade finishes its route and the city's population shrinks back to whatever the current population count is. Your reflections capture so much of how I felt this past month, whether I was excitedly walking to another parade, or dragging behind a sea of purple, gold and green, for yet, another display of this city's and country's hi's and low's. Thanks for taking this time to pause, and contemplate a season of the year, that after my own thinking, I may be able to consider sacred, just as you. I admire how thoughtful you are in reflecting after this seemingly insane Super Bowl/Mardi Gras season. It’s so easy to jump right back into life as it was pre-Mardi Gras after the last parade finishes its route and the city’s population shrinks back to whatever the current population count is. Your reflections capture so much of how I felt this past month, whether I was excitedly walking to another parade, or dragging behind a sea of purple, gold and green, for yet, another display of this city’s and country’s hi’s and low’s. Thanks for taking this time to pause, and contemplate a season of the year, that after my own thinking, I may be able to consider sacred, just as you.

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