Mardi Gras parades got canceled by Covid-19. So, New Orleanians turned their houses into floats
Mardi Gras parades got canceled by Covid-19. So, New Orleanians turned their houses into floats CNN 2/16/2021 © Allen Boudreaux Lego figures, local legends and the pandemic have inspired float houses. When New Orleans' mayor announced that the city's legendary Carnival parades would be canceled on account of Covid-19, Megan Boudreaux wasn't surprised. Like so many, the mom and insurance manager had known in her gut that the weekslong fête would take 2021 off. Revelers of all ages packed at least three deep along routes that wind for miles seemed the textbook antithesis of social distan...