Go figure that the cover photo on the Washington Post's McPaper Express announces "Mardis Gras Gets off to a Hot Start." How many Mardi Gras are there that it requires an "s"? And off to a hot start? On Ash Wednesday?
In case you're giving the benefit of the doubt to the headline writer, the caption reads "Revelers grab for strands of beads dring the Rex Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans on Tuesday. Crowds were greeted with warm temperatures on the first day of Mardi Gras." Clearly, this newspaper intern (we hope) doesn't understand that Mardi Gras is in fact the grand finale of 10 days of parades and many weeks of parties starting on Twelfth Night (January 6th). In this picture, the revelers reach for an orphaned debloon that I found on the streets of Arlington today. Apparently, in Arlington, they know something about Mardi Gras.
Of course, DC isn't really Mardi Gras central, especially since this year it coincided with Mardi Super-Duper.
1 comment:
geeze, where do they find these reporters?
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