[UPDATED BELOW] … what it feels like to have 1/3 of the city jammed into the CBD and Warehouse District. Three things came out of the Lombardi Gras/Dat Tuesday parade:

1) We really can name almost anything.

2) Bring enough people together for a shared purpose beyond acquiring stuff and it’s remarkable how well they get along.

3) The Saints enjoyed the moment the way we likely would if, for some reason, thousands of people were cheering us, not trying to remain more than marginally cool. I love those moments when the line between us and public figures gets hazy. I’ll still stand behind C. Ray’s “No more goddamn press conferences” radio interview as his high point – one of those rare moments when a politician said exactly what his/her constituents were thinking in the exact language they were thinking it.

Oh, and it was great to see Mike McKenzie on the DBs float.

UPDATE: 11:09 a.m. – I was just told that Pierson Prioleau was handing out $100 bills along the route, and the Times-Picayune reported that at one point, the offensive linemen got off the float to hit a concession stand for hot dogs and corn dogs. Did anything cool happen where you were?