While in New York City during Mardi Gras break, I visited the sacred heart school. A pattern of questions were repeatedly asked: “What’s Mardi Gras?” “What are parades?” “You get a week off for that?” I am New Orleans.
While on a carnival cruise, I began to notice how much flavor the food was lacking on the ship. I wondered where all of the spicy food, and good tasting appetizers had gone. I am New Orleans.
I come home from school one day and find a big sack of purple, green and gold bandanas with a crown on them. I immediately realized that this big black bag was not in fact trash, but the objects that my dad would be throwing off a moving vehicle down St. Charles Avenue in a few weeks. I am New Orleans.
The other day when I was walking down Magazine Street and I heard jazz music, I didn’t think it was bizarre. I am New Orleans.
Whether it's food full of flavor or Mardi Gras parades, New Orleans is home to all of these unique and spectacular attributes which makes us new Orleans. I am New Orleans.
- Claire, age 17
