Mardi Gras 2013. Part 1. Photos courtesy of nola.com and wwltv.com.

 By David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/02/all_blown_up_for_mardi_gras_20.html

 By Kathleen Flynn
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/02/zulu_2013_20.html

 CLUE! :)
By Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/02/mardi_gras_costumes_in_the_fre_20.html

By Kathleen Flynn  http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/02/zulu_2013_17.html

Rex 2013 
 By Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com and the Times-Picayune
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/02/rex_2013.html

 wwltv.com

I will post more pictures, tomorrow.  Happy Mardi Gras!