Top Story
Fareed Zakaria: Wanted—A New Global Strategy
My Journey to the Top
 
 
Latest News
Palin campaigns in Ga.'s US Senate runoff
 
 
expand

Soggy at the Edges, Mardi Gras Goes On

NEWSWEEK
 
See All
 
 
Sponsored by
 
 

Email To A Friend

Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.

Separate multiple addresses with commas

 
"Today is their first day back." He smiled. He eyed my paint-splattered clothes: "You workin'?" Lately, men in trucks have stopped to ask if I need $12-an-hour work painting or gutting houses. But this guy just hoped I was doing OK. "I'm painting Mardi Gras floats!" "All right!" he laughed, sounding like "God bless you." And I decided not to leave yet, feeling like Mardi Gras needed me. Welch lives in New Orleans.

Welch lives in New Orleans.

© 2006

 
See All
 
 
Discuss
Sponsored by
 
 
Top Headlines from MSNBC.com
 
 
From The Washington Post
From Slate
 
The Peek
 
 
STRATEGIES
Daniel Lyons

Isn't it ironic: Xerox is hoping it can profit by teaching companies how to reduce their printing.

Sponsored by
 
 
 
 
NATIONAL SECURITY
John Barry, Dan Ephron and Richard Wolffe
Sponsored by
 
 
 
loadingLoading Menu