New Orleans in Boston, and time to go

As my final activity here in Boston at the National Conference of State Legislators, I am at a lunch sponsored by the city of New Oreleans, which will host next year's conference. Along with great food, there are floats, beads, festive gift umbrellas, and a New Orleans styled parade making its way through the tables. It's a little hard to talk over the brass horns and drums. At my table, we decided we are just going to pretend that this is a celebration of the climate change vote this morning! It's all a little overwhelming but fun.

And so ends this year's conference for this North Carolinian.