Mardi Gras House Floats of New Orleans | A Yardi Gras Walking Tour

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[@alouise]

I love this idea of Yardi Gras. I hope this is something that continues in the future, because I'd love to see this in person one year.

[@fmlc5418]

totally agree....the parades can get way too crazy and visiting these houses would be a reprieve at times....still have to collect beads and doubloons though lol. Yes keep this up for years to come...AWESOME IDEA

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Andrew came up with that idea right at the moment he said that. So, we hope this is something that continues in the future as well.

[@miarawks]

@@fmlc5418 The parade is the best part to experience the culture! But the yardi gras is a great edition!

[@Soda3000Pop]

During the pandemic I was glad to see the houses all decorated with the Mardi gras themes, I saw it on television! That made me so happy to see that the spirit of Mardi gras still lived on, and that COVID didn't stop nothing! Ms Diana LaFleur Oakland CA

[@kati1017]

Lots of fun in NOLA. A place like no other! 😍

[@BigBirdy100]

That was great. You are a great tour guide. Glad to see houses supporting the artists. Laissez le bon temps rouler.🤗

[@SP_3333]

Love the wrought iron fencing everywhere. Magical place, Nola.

[@cmd406]

Thank you so much for these! You are really helping an unemployed person feel less depressed and like they aren't stuck in one place. I hope to come take an in person tour with you once I get my life sorted out. 💜💚

[@anne7441]

You are my favorite tour guide! Can't wait to travel again.

[@michaelhuff2365]

Andrews tours are the very best tours of all the great tours in the very best city of them all. :-)

[@geeelouise649]

My first Mardi Gras was last year before everything went crazy. Was so much fun can't wait to go back & hopefully yardi gras sticks around!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We hope so too!

[@geoffreyselvage1673]

Love your tour. Glad to see people adapting to the change (Covid-19) has brought and still bringing the FUN.

[@skipjackification]

Thanks Andrew. So much fun. Wish I was there in person. Another great tour!

[@mireyam4661]

Awesome video. Loved it. New Orleanians make lemonade out of lemons. New tradition. Great talent👍👏🏼

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

This is so true!

[@fmlc5418]

It was great to see all the people who supported the artists of Mardi Gras World. I'm glad you showed our favorite Halloween house, which we call, The Skeleton House. Another great video....thanks for bringing a little bit of Mardi Gras to NYC

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

You are welcome. This video inspired us to think about a Halloween video.

[@maryxgracel]

This was a great video! So cool to see the spirit of Mardi Gras being displayed so beautifully. Thank you for making these videos. Can’t wait to be able to walk these streets myself one day.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you get the chance to watch out other New Orleans videos.

[@RitaChak]

Excellent! I loved to watch the parades when I lived in New Orleans and miss it a lot, but this tour and this reinvention of the cherished tradition really is wonderful. Thank you for doing this!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We are glad to read this. Thanks for watching, Rita.

[@debsterlee3801]

Great tour. Miss New Orleans so much...hopefully will be at Mardi Gras next year (but I want a Yardi Gras also).

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We hope so too. We really want to offer Yardi Gras walking tours!

[@cathyboyd3737]

Yardi Gras hope this continues. Love it! Made me smile a lot. Love your laughter too. 😃

[@monahaynes9675]

Thanks so much 4 d tour. You are a great tour guide. My first Yardigras.But I certainly hope it's not the last.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I don't know about y'all, but I want to join the Krewe of Unicorns!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Some krewes let you join as members from afar.

[@craigadams4143]

🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

[@susanstawniak1826]

So do I! ❤️🦄🦄❤️🦄🦄❤️

[@001minky]

He laughs, but that unicorn house was the best!

[@finewine1963]

The best

[@knottynumbers44]

You losing it at the Unicorn Ball made my week. Love you, Andrew! Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Always!

[@laurie5098]

Shows what you know....Unicorns are big with young children. I don't think so much with teens. Personally don't care for Unicorns, but I love how they got creative with their own decorations!

[@lauram4511]

So festive....love it! Ty Andrew and James on camera for sharing!😊👍👋

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Our pleasure!

[@zuriogletree]

Love it 😍 I miss New Orleans 💜💛💚

[@southernsass2937]

Yardi Gras! 👑 The next best thing. 💜💛💚

[@IranTourism_official]

I really enjoyed myself very much watching your video. It's always a pleasure! : )

[@MrTedkesner]

MGs been a real drag this year but this just made my day. Thanks Andrew!

[@jeannebaer3448]

Thank you, Andrew! This tour was fabulous and is helping me plan my day! For those of us who are in NOLA as visitors, could you be more specific about these locations, in your future videos? Again, thanks for your always-high-quality work! 🥰

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Great suggestion! Normally, we include a moving map at the start of each video, and these videos usually are based on our walking tours, which we also usually include a map link to. However, this video was done on the fly so we didn't have time to properly format. If you like, I could get you a map of these locations. Just let me know.

[@babsgaudreau5936]

Good one. Loved this one

[@StephGambino]

Happy Mardi Gras....hope we get back to normal next year. This has hurt my family in so many way but...we do survive❗ The city always does❗

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Happy Mardi Gras, Steph. We can't agree more.

[@candicehubacek4742]

I love watching your videos make more please 💖💕💞😍🎊🎉

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We are glad you enjoyed the video Candice. We also hope to show you around New Orleans when you get here. You can browse our tour selection here freetoursbyfoot.com/new-orleans-tours. In the meantime, check out some of our other free virtual tours. kzbin.info/door/sGkZk2PVM_gaZjS0VH8RCA.

[@paulmeers4974]

Y'all are the best! Your enthusiasm and expertise are really faaaaabulous. I lived for one weird sweet year in NOLA and love to revisit via your vids. Keep up the good work!

[@colemanbriggs9933]

Great Tour!!!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Thanks!

[@msh1265]

So much fun to watch. Thanks Andrew.

[@gallegoscot]

Excellent work, thanks for doing this! My Mom was born in New Orleans, thanks for bringing Mardi Gras 2021 to Washington DC today.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Our pleasure! We are in DC as well. We started there. Maybe check out our playlist there too. We hope to expand it once things open up again. kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV1g7pckirJXu7rFLpeabBrX

[@angelagreen1587]

This was so fun to watch!! Thank you for the tour

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

You are so welcome!

[@AbeautifulDaeDae]

Love your tours!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad that you enjoyed the video. If you haven't already done so, hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.There is more where this came from.

[@joshtravels5175]

Great video. I haven't been to Mardi Gras the past couple of years, but great to see how the community is turning out for one another this year. Maybe this could be incorporated into regular Mardi Gras when it returns also, very unique way to highlight some of the older buildings and homes.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We agree on both points. We would even lead walking tours of the homes if the latter proves out.

[@creolelady182]

Love the house floats. Would like to see this sort of thing next year

[@janpowers9386]

Loved it!

[@kinkos33]

It was well done. Thanks.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad that you enjoyed the video. Hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.

[@barbdobay3076]

Fun! Nice to see all the artwork explained and appreciated

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad that you enjoyed the video, Barb. If you haven't already done so, hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.There is more where this came from.

[@ellensstory4429]

Enjoyed it. Lots of creativity here.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it, Ellen. Did you watch our other Mardi Gras video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqTbk4GieLlrj6M

[@bighousesigns]

This was great! Thank you!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeanneclark99]

I wish I could hit Like every time I visit this video!

[@michaelagrippa8949]

Ya’all, love the accent

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Andrew actually hails from central Louisiana.

[@TheTravelledSoul]

Just found ur channel love this great job👏🏼

[@georgiakubesh2588]

Thank you my Brother and Sister-in-law live on Constance st

[@euggiemonad2523]

Drinking game! Every time he says y'all you have to take a shot --

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

No liver can take that.

[@LibbyRal]

At least we don't have to hear 'like' or 'amazing' over and over and over the way so many ignorant social media nobodies speak

[@lizschneider3195]

Darn, I have to start over

[@lizschneider3195]

Counted 26....😱

[@darlanagreen4318]

Y’all is apart of New Orleans lingo😍

[@JaySchwartz]

Thanks for sharing this video and the background info. Much appreciated! PS. Throw me something, mister!

[@kringles65]

Ya all! God, I love to hear that.😊I laughed with you at the Unicorn Home. 🦄 Enjoy the tour and your humor. New guy on the block here. See you again soon.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad that you enjoyed the video. Hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.

[@kringles65]

@@FreeToursbyFootHQ Yup, I'll check you out. ;)

[@janebrady866]

Terrific never been at Mardi Gras ❤️Yardi Gras

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Hi Jane. We hope you will get the chance.

[@artwilliams2898]

Thank you !!

[@jdenuzzio]

Acadians come up to Maine for a tour next!! Much love this lenten season from a fellow Franco-American!!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Maybe a Portland walking tour.

[@raeanddad7421]

We just missed you all. We were there filming an episode as well. Hopefully we will cross paths at some point when we visit NO. Love your videos. Thanks.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Let us know when you are back in town and maybe we could collaborate on a family-focused video.

[@raeanddad7421]

@@FreeToursbyFootHQ Great. And thank you. Looking forward to watching more of your videos :)

[@darlanagreen4318]

Me Too I Love 💗 Unicorns 🦄

[@celinavincent7645]

Belles demeures entourées d’avenues somptueuses bordées de grands arbres. À cela, s’ajoute la féerie du carnaval qui apporte toute sa fantaisie!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Ditto that.

[@wrobinson1702]

Another outgrowth of COVID lockdown that I haven't heard you mention before (but I might have missed it): Front Porch Concerts! As you might guess, local musicians really struggled during the lockdown. A number of them either: 1) Moved to Texas, Mississippi, Alabama or somewhere else that wasn't as restrictive as New Orleans in order to find work; 2) Desperately tried to hold on by using savings, help of family/friends and hope it would end soon; 3) started performing "Porch Concerts" here in town. Porch Concerts were pop-up gig sites, which happened and are happening all over the city. They are often held at the home of a friend or family member of a working musician, with no license, permits, etc. Many even sold food and drinks made on the spot. We had several Front Porch Concerts at our house on Constantinople St, just off St Charles. Our experience was that the great majority of New Orleans' citizens appreciated these events, and tipped accordingly. Porch concerts have continued even after the pandemic has eased, despite the fact that the Mayor's office tried to get in on the action by requiring that anyone hosting such an event would be required to have a "COVID protocol," (whatever that is) AND pay a fee of one $100-$500 dollars. Most people simply ignored these attempts by the city to take control of (and raise revenue from) Front Porch concerts, including us. I hope they continue, and plan to do my part in support. facebook.com/william.robinson.9400/videos/329825062409010

[@chris9592]

Heyy you passed by my house 😱‼️

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Is it decorated?

[@jkmcgehee]

FYI Newman is where the Manning boys (Cooper, Peyton and Eli) played football in high school!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Yes. We have been teasing Andrew ever since the video went public.

[@craigadams4143]

Ok Andrew , what about a New Orleans Church tour. I'm not a religious person but I do love to visit the churches of New Orleans...I love the religious diversity of New Orleans...also went to The Zen Cntr and loved that....also a tour of Algiers. My fav bar is there. It's called The Crown & Anchor.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We'll discuss a church tour and how that could work. We will definitely film an Algiers tour.

[@alanamcgaugh631]

Newman High School. I do believe that is where Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and Cooper Manning went to school. Two of them NFL Football Quarterbacks! Sons of Archie Manning-a former NFL quarterback! Happy Mardi Gras!!

[@andrewfarrier1937]

Absolutely! That is all the truth, and my not giving credit where it's due is purely out of my ignorance of football. #justiceforthegreenies Happy Mardi Gras!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

As penance, Andrew will have to hold the tackle dummies at Newman High School's football team's summer training camp!

[@riche.c.3852]

I loved the music track throughout this video. Could you share the name of this musical piece, please? And I always look forward to your vids :)

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We forgot to add it in the description so thank you for this. Music: Mississippi Ramble Copyright The Fly Guy Five/Epidemic Sound

[@riche.c.3852]

@@FreeToursbyFootHQ Excellent! Thanks for the reply :)

[@LibbyRal]

I can smell the oak trees and azaleas from childhood Mardi Gras days on St Charles Ave. IIRC, the intersection he passed while discussing Krew de Vieux was where we went every year, in front of that church. We went in front of some church. So sad that 'Rona did what 'Rina couldn't - cancel Mardi Gras

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Mardi Gras is still on. It's the parades that are canceled.

[@jkmcgehee]

@@FreeToursbyFootHQ and it was not ""Rona" it was LaToya

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Will you guys set up a Cashapp account option, as well?

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Good suggestion. We'll remind the guides to offer this.

[@divadayton1]

Glad you posted this but wondering why you have no mask at the ready with people around. 🤨Thanks for adding one later.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Andrew had a mask at the ready and he even wears it once or twice during the video. It took a lot of time to film as we had to wait at times for areas to clear.

[@kittykatbree]

I'd love to see a night time walk down Bourbon

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad that you enjoyed the video Kitty. If you haven't already done so, hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.There is more where this came from.

[@autobotdiva9268]

i didnt decorate nothing this year, normally make a shoebox float. 2021 gotta go

[@bigduner]

How long will the homes be decorated for? I will be there next week. Thanks

[@andrewfarrier1937]

There should still be some around then! The houses decorated through Hire a Mardi Gras Artist/Krewe of Red Beans (last house in this video and about 30 others) are supposed to stay up through the end of the month. Krewe of House Floats participants agree to remove their decorations by March 1st, but I can guarantee you that plenty of them will want to keep things festive for a while. This is just a guess, but I'd expect the ones on this route to come down relatively early - Kern Studios, which installed many of them, has the people power to take things down fast, and they'll probably want to get their creations back in out of the rain ASAP.

[@bigduner]

@@andrewfarrier1937 THANK YOU! Love the tour videos.

[@nancyscogin7549]

The school Newman, that you've not heard of is the high school Peyton & Eli Manning attended and played for.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Yes, Andrew seems to have touched a nerve with some in the audience.

[@QueenWendyLu]

As a member of The Krewe of Tucks…. People that live on st. Charles ave do not appreciate the toilet paper. So we did some research and found that if our “Streamers “ were smaller than actual toilet paper we could use it. Now we throw “streamers.” Technically.

[@dgathome4345]

I don’t really get what’s so funny about the unicorns... must be an inside joke!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

It's not exactly an inside joke as much as it is a local finding a particular DIY setup funny.

[@sonyatwiss8156]

Explain a street of mansions, are there a lot of streets with mansions?

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Yes. The Garden District is filled with houses of all sizes including dozens and dozens of mansions. You can get a better idea of the neighborhood here freetoursbyfoot.com/garden-district-new-orleans/.

[@kikig2172]

dis was great. i live in the city and am too lazy to "go ova da riva" from the Westbank and do all dat touristy stuff... not me cher'.

[@mamamia6425]

The first "float" had Coach Nick Saben, hence the elephant.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

What is the timestamp on that? I don't see it.

[@QueenWendyLu]

All hail Tucks

[@lindabuck2777]

What the hell was so funny about the unicorns??? I don’t get it! I’m insulted as a matter of fact, that I’m excluded from something ‘inside’ seemingly! It’s not poorly done is it? It might not be the best in your eyes, or it’s something else that I’m not getting. I APPLAUD ALL THE DECORATIONS the effort the time, their own hardly earned money in these times. You ALL ROCK! Thank you 🙏🏻 I do love your tours, will continue but that was just a little off ❤️❤️❤️

[@andrewfarrier1937]

Hey Linda! I echo your applause of all the decorators and this one most of all - I got the giggles mostly because I think it's a brilliant send-up of what the most pompous parts of Mardi Gras look like. No inside joke, just pure appreciation. Thank you for watching!

[@jhongauntt4918]

Goodgodsooooopretty

[@vincentguccione1474]

Newman Greenies

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Go Greenies!

[@tubafats100]

Newman is the school that Peyton and Eli Manning went for high school

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Andrew is being teased for this.

[@tubafats100]

@@FreeToursbyFootHQ 😂

[@bobthebilder5516]

those are my neghbers

[@marymcguffin9370]

It would be nice if you had a P.O. box# i don't do paypal. But i so enjoy your walking tours. It's like a vacation every day. I love it. So informative. Your so knowledgeable. Great job 💓🌸🎼🍹

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Thank you, Mary. That is very nice to hear. As for the P.O. box, it's really up to the individual tour guide. We don't handle any payments that come in. These links are set up and controlled by them. I did forward your message to Andrew to see if he has another way for you to reach him.

[@andrewfarrier1937]

Hey, thank you Mary! Appreciate you watching. Sadly all I've got is my home address for now, but you're kind to ask. We'll have another vacation coming soon!

[@soniasonia2518]

Offended that he tore into the Unicorn house.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

That was the best part. Andrew loved it.

[@sharonclaridge]

I don't think he tore into it, I got the impression he genuinely loved it as it epitomised what Mardi Gras is - crazy OTT and colourful.

[@soniasonia2518]

Ok. I read him wrong. Sure felt like he was putting his nose down at it.