Woo Woo Halloween
In the retail world, you have to plan ahead. So it is that Candy’s Costume Shop at 685 Mt. Pleasant Rd. will be closed Monday, January 25, 2016 so the owners can attend the Halloween Party Expo in New Orleans. To get a peek at what’s in store for merchants take a look at the convention site Could be fun. The bonus, if one were needed, is that Mardi Gras is in full swing through January right up to Fat Tuesday itself, February 9, 2016. For those who are curious about the nickname Big Easy acquired by New Orleans in recent years, it was popularized by the 1970 novel of the same name by James Conaway. Some say it has no basis at all and others concede that it may have existed in local slang before Conaway turned it into an alternative for the City’s real name