where is the next best place to go for mardi gras besides new orleans?
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St. Louis, Missouri traditionally throws the second biggest mardi gras celebration in the U.S. after New Orleans. This year it is expected to be even bigger than previous years since many people do not want to travel to New Orleans for the celebration. You can find out details about the events at this website: http://stlmardigras.org/
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O'Fallon's too far, trust me.  Don't go to E. St. Louis, Centreville, Normandy, or Washington Park.  Clayton, Ladue, and the University City Loop are fun to live in, but Clayton and Ladue are for the well-to-do.\nCentral West End is excellent, but a bit highly priced.  South county, yes, South City, no.  St. Charles is nice, but a bit far away.\nFestus, Eureka, Wentzville, and Lake St. Louis are outside of St. Louis as well, but not bad places to live.\nWe have everything here, and on the East side (illinois) the clubs stay open all night.  Strip clubs, dance clubs, casinos, Busch Stadium, U City Loop, Forest Park, Six Flags, etc.
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Considering the raucous nature of Mardi Gras, you might be surprised to learn that the festival has religious roots. Festivities start in New Orleans each year on January 6, the Twelfth Night feast of the Epiphany -- the day, tradition has it, that the three kings first visited Jesus Christ. Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is the day-long highlight of the season. While Mardi Gras most certainly has pagan, pre-Christian origins, the Roman Catholic Church legitimized the festival as a brief celebration before the penitential season of Lent. Mardi Gras Day, a legal holiday in New Orleans, is set to occur 46 days (the 40 days of Lent plus six Sundays) before Easter and can come as early as February 3 or as late as March 9.
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Out of towners often go to the Mall of America.  It's a pretty impressive mall if you like shopping centers.  For nightlife you can go to Block E, on the West side of downtown, a couple of miles from the metrodome.  It has several good night clubs.  Most of them are on, or just off, Hennepin Avenue or First Avenue in between 3rd Street and 8th Street.\n\nIf you're talking about the Metrodome itself, sorry but there's not much to see there.  They have a few things outside the dome on game nights, but it's not much of an atmosphere.
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if you can find property near the French Quarter
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Obviously an opinion, but St. George, Utah is the best. You will have gorgeous red rock and blue sky to distract you and lots of volunteers to aid you along the way. It is in October, but you have to get in the lottery earlier.
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The place in Helotes is called Floore's Country Store.  They have good bands, family dance night every sunday, decent barbeque.  Like the other answer said, Gruene hall is a good place to go for live music.  They have bands on saturday and sunday afternoons, all ages are welcome.
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Just go to Morgan City or Houma. Walk down the street, and before you've gone 3 blocks you will have a job on a boat. Deckhand in the lowest on the totem pole. A good job on a tug is the cook.
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Catch a show at City Theatre on the South Side.  Student rate is $15 in advance (1 ticket per ID).  There are tons of restaurants nearby, too many to list, some pricey, some not.\nTake a ride up to the West End-Elliot Overlook.  The view of Downtown is amazing.\nGo to the Strip District on a Saturday morning.  Grab a cup of coffee and sit and watch the world go by.  Wander into some of the local markets and get a picnic lunch.  Then head down to Point State Park and enjoy watching the world go by on the water.
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Any bar that serves Hurricanes. Don't worry about blind draws the hurricanes will take care of that.
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I can recommend Mama Mia. Light, with plenty of music, as you can imagine. I went last year with my wife and we both had a top night.
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Sanabel Island, or Marco Island. Also try St. Augustine
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Definitely go to The Dells; there are a lot of them there...along with a lot of go-cart tracks.  There is just a lot of fun stuff to do there.
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try a gay/les bar or nightclub.
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hey motor city where else
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Mardi Gras refers to a specific day ("Fat Tuesday"), the day before Lent begins ("Ash Wednesday").  It's associated with New Orleans.\n\nCarnival is a celebration that occurs in the week leading up to Lent, but has no specific date attached to it.  It's associated with Latin and Italian cultures.
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Im from new orleans, we have a website called NOLA.com its New Orleans web site. Go there and look for the whitepages, or search for people.