King cake reigns on Fat Tuesday – and the days leading up to it – but there are other traditional indulgences to be had across the country today, as Ash Wednesday looms. In a world filled with clutter, noise and hustle, Lent is a good excuse to step back and rethink how we live. In [...]
By Adam Kuperstein Customers like Adrian Robinson weigh in at Gulf Stream Park Casino in Hallandale Beach for a Fat Tuesday promotion. Gulfstream's director of Marketing, Michael Goldin, explains the promotion to reporter Adam Kuperstein. NEW ORLEANS — As the sun began to set and the traditional family-atmosphere of Mardi Gras along St. Charles Avenue [...]
Jesus' message is one of love and compassion, yet there is nothing loving or compassionate about the modern industries that produce almost all of the chickens, pigs, and cows that are turned into meat. Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday celebrated the last day of Carnival, the world's most famous pre-Lent festival. The night parades, which [...]
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… This Mardi Gras, put your regular pancake recipe on the back burner, and mix in a few of our sweet and savory favorites. Today is Fat Tuesday, [...]
For me, Mardi Gras has significance not as a day of indulgence, but, like Christmas Eve perhaps, as a day that precedes a particularly solemn season. It seemed inevitable, but we finally have New Orleans premier band celebrating Mardi Gras on a new record. For me, Mardi Gras has significance not as a day of [...]
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 Three years ago, I decided to go all out for [...]
21, 2012. This is the last day of the Mardi Gras celebration ending at midnight, after a day long celebration of parades, marching groups and people in costumes. (AP Photo/Bill Haber) MARY FOSTER Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – February 21, 2012 (WPVI) She has roots in Mardi Gras royalty dating back to 1879. She has [...]
For me, Mardi Gras has significance not as a day of indulgence, but, like Christmas Eve perhaps, as a day that precedes a particularly solemn season. A day after Mardi Gras last year, James began a robust — and expensive — campaign under the slogan “Zulu of Yesterday Zulu of Tomorrow King for Today.” Now, [...]
Zulu is presenting its 20th annual Lundi Gras party in Woldenberg Park. This year, the party is going extra-long. Read more Today it's the annual celebration at Kenner's Rivertown, along with the traditional meeting of Mardi Gras royalty from the Will Ferrell took on the role of King of the Bacchus parade during Mardi Gras [...]
The Mardi Gras season, which includes weeks of parades, fancy balls and parties leading up to the big day, draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to New Orleans each year, said Kelly Schulz, spokeswoman for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Mardi Gras Queen and King Barbara Bickers and Mayor Joe Boles kick off the [...]
