Reliable Source: The Scene: Snowstorm doesn't dampen D.C.'s Mardi Gras ball

While most of Washington hunkered down amid the blizzard Saturday night, one giant sold-out fete persevered.Nearly 3,000 Louisiana politicians, lobbyists and power-brokers partied through the night at the Washington Hilton in Dupont Circle. Floats, an excess of confetti and feathers, 350 costumed members of the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians, and a full marching band?