People are kicking off Mardi Gras today by gorging their faces for the sacred Fat Tuesday feast — check out what a few of Hollywood's hottest would look… By Shelby Hodge University of St. Thomas Mardi Gras Ball chairs Kelli Kickerillo and Phyllis Mandola had set the goal high for the 62nd annual Fat...
Oh well, eat all the King Cake you can before midnight. The traditional sweet set on Fat Tuesday tables all over New Orleans is for sale in various forms at bakeries here along with lots of other feast day delights. Sugar on Front has a few King Cakes For those of you lucky enough...
Carnival season ends Tuesday with Mardi Gras, and for the past eight days, partygoers have taken over the French Quarter in New Orleans, reveling in beads, booze and well, that other five-letter b-word. The sweet, frosted king cake features colored sprinkles with a plastic baby doll baked inside for good luck. King cake reigns...
21, 2012 – Revelers filled the streets of New Orleans Tuesday for Mardi Gras. Many wore colorful costumes and collected beads It's the culmination of two weeks of celebrations leading up to the start of the Christian season of Lent. (Feb. NEW ORLEANS — As the sun began to set and the traditional family-atmosphere...
Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday), the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is primarily celebrated in English speaking countries, but Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday), the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the...
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police are investigating a Fat Tuesday shooting on the edge of the French Quarter. The shooting happened 8:15 pm near the intersection of Iberville and Rampart streets. NOPD spokeswoman Hilal Williams said two people were New Orleans plays host to a crazy 25 million pounds of plastic frippery every...
You don't need to live in New Orleans to enjoy the local festivities of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday! There is something so colorful and fun about the New Orleans' King Cake that I have to make it every year just to feel like I'm For those of you lucky enough to be in...
By Tim Grobaty, Columnist GIVE IT UP FOR LENT: My God, Lent is here already and, as always, we don't know what sort of sacrifice we're going to make during the 40-day (more or less) period of voluntary (and mandatory) abstinence. Lent has officially arrived. Time to put away the beads, thaw the fish...
Riders make their way down Sixth Street at the start of the Mamou Mardi Gras Tuesday. "It's tradition. Between here and Church Point and Iota, this is what Mardi Gras is all about. Not New Orleans." MAMOU — Mardi Gras in Louisiana often is known for Mardi Gras also contains the first single “Power”...
Royal sugar rush. "Mardi Gras" is French for "Fat Tuesday," as it is the day before Ash Wednesday and the Christian season of Lent. Lent commemorates and honors the 40 days Jesus There is a cure to the “I'm-Not-in-New-Orleans” blues and it's called the King Cake. The popular pastry...