My excitement for the week. I just ordered a savory boudin-filled king cake and a cheesecake-filled king cake from a local bakery to pick up on Saturday. Savory king cakes are unusual but, ever since we discovered this bakery's boudin-filled one a few years ago, it's become a Mardi Gras tradition for me and my H. Boudin is a type of Cajun sausage, though it is only slightly spicy.
This will be a 4-day weekend for me and I'm already looking forward to luxuriating on boudin king cake for breakfast, lol. Funny enough, not because of President's Day. That is not a holiday at my work. But Mardi Gras is a work holiday and that is this coming Tues. I'm taking a vacation day on Monday.
NOLA is coming down harder than I expected on restrictions, though I don't disagree. They have already totally closed down bars until after MG. They are also totally closing three streets (including Bourbon St.) to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic on Fri.-Tues. from 7PM-3AM. There are a lot of understandable exceptions for pedestrian traffic. But the hope is these restrictions will deter people from entering those areas to loiter around.