1.0 link 82387 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/a-new-orleans-diary-two-k_b_82387.html NEW ORLEANS -- The decorations on the houses in my neighborhood -- and people in my neighborhood are wickedly dedicated decorators -- have gone from green and red to purple, green and gold, the annual signal of the transition from "your" holiday season to "ours". The transition started weirdly early, because Mardi Gras ends up on Feb. 5 this year: the neutral grounds (median strips) in neighboring Jefferson Parish were occupied by grandstands for the Carnival parades two weeks before...

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