Sure you have to walk down bourbon street on Fat Tuesday on the day before the beginning of Lent. At Midnight everything shuts down for Ash Wednesday. The New Orleans police will line up on one end of Bourbon street and start to walk down clearing the street. The walk down Bourbon on this day is not for the faint hearted no children allowed please. But I would say one life is not complete until you've have done it. But don't go into the Tropical Isle and have a Hand Grenade so you remember it. 
The good stuff happens on Canal Street. The Mardi Gras Parades are something to behold with large floats and marching bands it is where the real party is at. Candy and Beads are thrown from the floats, it is a participatory event with everyone getting into the action.
After a the parade I like to head over to the Praline Connection for dinner and then to the Spotted Cat Music Club for some good blues or jazz. These two places are on my favorite street in New Orleans, Frenchman Street baby. Unlike Bourbon Street its where the real NOLA is at. For breakfast in the morning head over to Cafe Du Monde for coffee and some Beignets. Make sure while you're there you visit the Battle of New Orleans where Jackson kicked the British ass during the War of 1812. It is just south of the city, well worth the drive and the visit. So I am so jealous about my son going to New Orleans. I would love to go and experience this marvelous city again and again. It is one of the many reason I love the south. It is the most unique American City.
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