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Mardi Gras 2008 New Orleans
The most incredible community partyMardi Gras 2008Superbowl Sunday? Who cares, the weather was beautiful. The crowds on St. Charles were ecstatic.There is no way to explain it. Even when you are there in the middle... NEW ORLEANS -- The return of Endymion was marked with tragedy.
On Saturday night, a rider on the captain’s float fell off and was killed. The accident happened outside the Superdome just after the float paraded through the Endymion Extravaganza, which takes place inside the Superdome. The back of the... Carnival Season Underway (Neckties Strongly Discouraged)
Update: Another facet of the Carnival season is Weiberfastnacht, or the Women's Carnival. It's a German thing: six days before Ash Wednesday, ladies roam the streets, snipping off guys' ties and kissing them. Sounds... Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday to Overlap for First Time
For the first time ever, “Fat Tuesday” and “Super Tuesday” – this year dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday” — fall on the same day, Feb. 5.If you’re not familiar with the term, Fat Tuesday, you might be quicker to recognize it by its French name, Mardi Gras. Each... Washed Away: My Katrina Memoir
NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience. Would it be a... It is Fat Tuesday! Happy Mardi Gras
Happy Mardi Gras everyone. I added stories from the scene, a highlight on our own FluxRostrum, and even a piece on the web community and their links to Mardi Gras. Anyone have any beads? Photographs will... Bigger Mardi Gras Crowd Prompts Potty Problem
"Joe Briand recalled a less-than-fond Mardi Gras run-in with the law almost a decade ago, when hundreds of revelers were hopping a fence at a local school to use the playground as an impromptu bathroom. With no restrooms to be found, Briand and two cohorts -- well into a long...A Street Dog Named Desire
Last the year the dogs returned to New Orleans after Katrina, kicking off the Mardi Gras celebrations by joining their four legged friends at the Barkus Parade. This year is no different as the theme was "A Street... Politicians Join Sinulog Festival
"One of the initiatives that the city has undertaken to promote last year's out-of-town contingents is to publish pictures of their festival queens in this month's issue of Philippine Airlines' Mabuhay Magazine.... Barkus Traditon Carry's On in the Streets of New Orleans
"Sadi and Stella sat demurely in a corner of Louis Armstrong Park, a pair of perfect canine ladies waiting for their annual walk with the Mystic Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras parade. Like true Southern belles, the girls...Mardi Gras Bondage Video
Click Image to Download the VIDEO 27 mgs 7.5 minutesHere's a Big Phat Version 53 mgs Mardi Gras 2006 Much like the promises of FEMA, RED CROSS and the Politicians.... Mardi Gras, for some, was not exacatly like the...A Mardi Gras for Reuniting, Reflecting
" NEW ORLEANS — Mardi Gras, the quintessential celebration of debauchery, had a spiritual feel to it Tuesday, as thousands of Crescent City residents lined the streets to honor their wounded city and give...Fat Tuesday Returns
"Reaching into the city's past, revelers returned to a down-home Mardi Gras today, hoping that the celebration will be the seed of a better future. Just six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city,...New Orleans Counts Down to Mardi Gras
"AP - Sunshine and mild temperatures helped bring the crowds out Monday as New Orleans' first post-Katrina Mardi Gras neared, but sales of beignets were down this year at Cafe Du Monde, where the manager noted...New Orleans Celebrates With Super-Parades
"AP - The weather was sunny and mild Sunday as revelers in this fun-starved city gathered for a day-long extravaganza of Carnival season parades, including two of the biggest and glitziest."
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