As New Orleans catches its collective breath after Mardi Gras, the upcoming week will be relatively quiet. Case in point: Tipitina’s is closed this weekend. But there is still live

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto sidewalks to escape from the cascade of waste as Nunez muttered about Bourbon Street’s “typical foolishness.”

The celebrations this year were dampened due to weather concerns, but people still came out in New Orleans to party.