What are some good places to meet people in the Phoenix area?|136834

I just moved into the area about a week ago, and any advice would help me out a lot.

I moved here 4 months ago and am still trying to figure that out. If you figure it out let me know.

go to Scottsdale and Devils Martini a great place to meet people

Scottsdale is cool if you are into snobby white rich folk I like downtown Phoenix because there is a variety of people there. If you go during a sporting event you can meet LOTS of people.

How long does a typical Mardi Gras parade take to reach downtown?|112115

I was just curious on how long a parade takes from it_s start time to reach downtown and it_s terminus. For example, if a parade start at the typical location uptown at 4:15pm about what time should it be arriving on Canal St in downtown? We are staying downtown near Canal and Magazine and were wondering about how long the parades take to reach that area after they begin.

The other answers are correct and a parade that is scheduled to start at 4:15pm should get to Canal Street between 7:00pm and 7:30pm.

You are almost certainly asking about the Endymion parade. It is one of the longest parades so the _tail_ of the parade will leave the formation area at about the time the head reaches downtown. You won_t miss it.

That also means the parade will be on Canal Street for almost two hours. If you want to watch it all you won_t be done until after 9:00pm. Another option would be to make reservations for 9:00pm, watch the parade until about 8:30pm, and then go to dinner. Be sure you can get from your spot on the parade route to the restaurant ___ without having to cross the route ___. Ask the restaurant for suggestions.

All of the parades in New Orleans now (post-Katrina) start uptown on Napoleon Avenue, which is the _formation area_ and is about 4 miles from Canal Street.

Parades almost always start 15 to 30 minutes late and it will move at a slow walking pace with several stops. 7:30pm is a realistic time for the _head_ of the parade to reach Canal Street.

Carnival this year is very early and the size of the crowds cannot be predicted right now. If it appears the parades are well attended you need to take your _spot_ on the route well before the parade arrives if you want to be up front. If that is not so important to you it is OK to wait until the parade_s arrival is imminent to go to the parade route.

Finally, the absolute top problems for everyone during Carnival are traffic and parking. If you drive here or rent a car, PLEASE park your car in a lot or garage and leave it there for the duration of your visit (unless you travel well away from the city center and any parade routes (remember there are parades in the suburbs).

Hope you have a great time!

About 1 1/2 hr to 2 hrs., except for parades like Endymion, Bacchus, and Rex, which may be longer.

If all goes well I think that it should arrive at around 7:30,hope this helped

that is a qusetion that has many answers, it can take anywhere from 2 and 1\2 to about 5 and 1\2 hours on an average so many things come in to play that affect this factor.
here are a few things that can make the time change (rain, how many bands a parade has, break downs, accidents) your best bet is to eat early and find a resturant that you can walk to and from where you want to watch the paraide and back and if you get hungry i would just grab a lil bite after. and don_t try to drive to a resturant because there is no way you will ever get back in time the traffic is just too bad

What is the brown squirrel-like animal we kept seeing on the side of the roads in Hawaii?|111717

Looks like a squirrel, looks like a ferret, but brown, and scurries in front of cars on the sides of the road. Is this a squirrel unique to the Hawaii area (we were staying in Kona on the Big Island) or some other type of animal? we were curious!

THANKS!

Mongoose. They_re everywhere here and they_re super smart too. Steal your lunch right out of your golf cart if you_re not careful.

LMAO! you don_t know what a mongoose is! that_s funny.

Funny you should ask. I was just research those animals. Apparently, they are minature cows that were developed there. Several had escaped serveral years ago and reverted to a hairier form.

Yes, they do look like squirrels. It is amazing how small they are too ! There, they call them _Small Foots_.

Mongoose is indeed what they are, and they were brought to hawaii to control pests, but as human interactions often do, it failed, and now the mongooses are the pest!