Carnival Diary, Part 7

Rain forced postponement of the "superkrewe" Endymion's parade Saturday night, so my companions and I enjoyed an unusual trek: walking down a stretch of St. Charles Avenue just as the world-class cleanup operation sprang into gear after the downpour to clean up the detritus of two earlier parades that did roll. Then, late on Saturday night, what is quite possibly the world's largest private costume party allegedly took place in its reportedly usual location. While it's hard to confirm details, especially on too little sleep, reliable sources indicate a high degree of creativity was in evidence, along with some partial (thank goodness) nudity. The presence of some large carved heads, some of famous people, some of others, insured that a tone of benign surrealism prevailed, allegedly.