Perez’s party takes place in the atrium ... We headed to NOLA Poboys, on Bourbon Street near Dumaine. A drunken man wearing Mardi Gras beads greeted him with, “What’s up, family?” ...

She works at the Cat's Meow karaoke bar, but she bristled at how quickly Bourbon Street was reverting to party central after ... wearing a necklace of plastic beads and carrying a frozen drink.