Zulu on St. Charles Ave. 📸 Chris Granger

Everyone is king on a Zulu float! 📸 Chris Granger

Zulu looking so pretty on this beautiful Mardi Gras. 📸 Chris Granger #MardiGras #MardiGras2023 #neworleans

It’s like Abbey Road, but just the New Orleans version for #mardigras. The staff and family of world famous Hansen’s Sno-Blitz dressed up as snowballs as they head to the parade route. I’ll call this Prytania Road! 📸 Chris Granger #mardigras2023

U.S. Marine Corps Band entertains the people gathered on the sidewalk as they wait for the start of Rex 📸 Chris Granger #MardiGras #MardiGras2023 #neworleans

Members of Gruppo Sbandieratori di Sansepolcro from Italy, who marched with Rex, take a break during the parade to chat with Bella Rose, 6. Much to her delight, they let her try on their hats. 📸 Chris Granger #MardiGras Italy in US Rex Organization #NewOrleans

The nolatoya.org van that delivered the signed petitions to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell literally just got a parking ticket while stopped in front of City Hall. 📸 Chris Granger #NewOrleans #politics #louisiana NoLaToya.org

When a K&B purple t-shirt meets the purple vestment worn by Archbishop Gregory Aymond on Ash Wednesday at St. Louis Cathedral. 📸 Chris Granger #neworleans #AshWednesday

Two days later if you are still trying to figure out what to do with all those tiny foam footballs you caught on the parade route. 📸 Chris Granger #thursdaymorning #neworleans #MardiGras

Working on an interstate shooting story for The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com. Most drivers probably miss this, but have you ever noticed all the bullet holes on this sign over Interstate 10 in #NewOrleans ?📸 Chris Granger

Spotted this fallen angel today. It’s part of a Mardi Gras float that must have gotten left on the street where they line up. 📸 Chris Granger #angel #neworleans

70 rare birds are the stars of a new immersive exhibit opening at the Audubon Zoo in #neworleans on Friday. 📸 Chris Granger #birding #wildlife Audubon Nature Institute Audubon Society Audubon Magazine

Jill Biden and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D., listen to a presentation by Tulane University researchers, left, Melody Baddoo; Trang Nguyen; and Dr. Erik Flemington, Professor of Cancer Research, during a visit at LCP in #NewOrleans 📸 Chris Granger First Lady Melania Trump #cancerawareness

The Wednesday Night Sailboat Racing series kicked off with a bang thanks to fireworks provided by Gulf Coast Bank . It was a chilly night on Lake Pontchartrain 📸Chris Granger #neworleans

Myra Lacoste wipes away tears as she & her husband are asked by La. wildlife agents to turn in their pet nutria, Neuty, who they rescued after finding it struggling to walk near their home in Metairie. Since then Neuty has become a well-known & much-loved pet. 📸 Chris Granger

Throwing a cast net in a bayou near the Atchafalaya Basin on Monday afternoon. 📸 Chris Granger #louisiana #fishing #TuesdayFeeling

When the weather is this nice, go outside to spar, even if it’s a parking lot. Trainer Eddie Dejean and Richard Peña, 9, work on their moves outside Upper Cutz Boxing Gym & Barbershop in Harvey. 📸 Chris Granger #boxing #Weather #NewOrleans

When a picture of #hot boiled crawfish actually looks cooler than the people battling a #heatwave. A woman fans herself in #neworleans as the #heat index reaches 110 degrees on Wednesday. 📸Chris Granger

A refracted stage light formed a rainbow around singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett when I photographed him a couple years ago. I remember thinking that accident of light was fitting for him, it’s even more fitting now. So long Jimmy! 📸 Chris Granger #JimmyBuffett

This is what an overnight flight and three days of early morning wake-up calls to play music in France will do to you. Photo by Chris Granger Caroline Granger #dday St Augustine NOLA jon batiste #france