St. Patrick's Day Parade. New Orleans.

The amount of beads that are thrown from the parade floats is indescribable. Literally TONS of colored, plastic, bead necklaces...and this was only St. Patrick’s Day! Imagine the mayhem of Mardi Gras along a parade route! After we caught a few strands of beads, we began actively trying NOT to catch any more beads... even so, we still managed to come home with pounds of them. While I took photographs, Lyderic had to stand just behind me to ensure that I didn't get hit in the head while shooting. Beads hurt. The cabbages, potatoes and carrots that were being thrown from the floats hurt even more. After about an hour of the parade, the crowd became bored with the beads and were also trying NOT to catch more beads. By the end of the parade, the street was filled with neglected beads, cabbage leaves, discarded moon pie wrappers and other flotsam and jetsam. The crowd went home, many people with huge sacks full of cabbage, potatoes, onions and carrots slung over their shoulders.