February turned out to be a month of Festivals, Foods, Friends, Folks and Fun. The smoke from the fireworks and Lion Dances of the 3 weekend Chinese New Year celebrations had barely cleared, and then again, the streets of Downtown Honolulu were being blocked off for another Block Party, this time for the 7th Annual Mardi Gras. A Mardi Gras in Honolulu, you may ask? Well, probably many here, like I, may be asking the same thing. After all, as far as I know, we have no large Cajun or Louisiana ex-pats living here. Of course any event that makes people happy, broaden their cultural perspective, help the community economically is great, but isn’t this just an excuse for public drunkenness and debauchery? I’ve never been to a Mardi Gras in New Orleans, let alone in
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