In celebration of Cinco de Mayo we thought we would share some of our favorite dips! Whether you need something quick to throw together for a party or you just feel like making a small bowl for yourself one night funny pictures – Happy Cinco de Mayo! Abikertoo, aifinks keow may have started early – [...]
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 [...]
By Sunity Maharaj As yet another Carnival is consigned to the ashes of history amid the usual wailing about the state of the art and judgmental griping over the popular culture, we might pause to ponder two moments in calypso history. It's a similar message given out by the Catholic church today on Ash Wednesday [...]
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 [...]
Lent is upon us, the holiest time of the year for Christians — a time for us to ponder the meaning of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, his proclamation of "Good News" for the poor and downtrodden, and the degree to which our lives align with Christ's In 2010, Schenck started Lent Madness, a saint-vs-saint [...]
Father Nathan Mamo places ashes on a forehead during the 2011 Ash Wednesday service at St. Gall Catholic Church in Gardnerville. Carson Valley United Methodist — Imposition of ashes and brief devotion time, noon and 7 pm at 1347 Centerville Lane, Ash Wednesday Services. February 21st, 2012. Ash Wednesday is February 22, 2012. Here is [...]
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 [...]
Instead of telling you how to do something, this Instructables is about how NOT to. How NOT to eat corn syrup. And not just for a day or two either, w We sometimes forget that spring gives its old Germanic name to Lent, the Christian season known elsewhere by names that reflect the forty days [...]
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 [...]
