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Zulu coconut delivered to President Obama
"WASHINGTON -- A specially designed Zulu coconut made its way from Capitol Hill to the White House this afternoon on its way to its presentation to President Barack Obama. The delegation said the president promised to find a good spot to display it. The car carrying the...
Pączki Day Recipes, History, and the Dreaded Calorie Count
A pączek is a traditional Polish doughnut traditionally eaten on Fat Thursday, the Thursday which falls before Lent. Pączki are deep-fried and shaped like a sphere, often filled with a sweet filling and...
created by Terri Potratz | 37 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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611 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
Memorable Mardi Gras Recipes: Celebrating Fat Tuesday in Style
“I started making calls a week after Katrina. The captains all said the same thing: you can take away our homes, but you can’t take away our Mardi Gras.”–Arthur Hardy * * * * * * In times of excess, New...
created by Huggingthecoast.Com | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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366 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Rio Carnival : A Big Bum Trip
From Goa, India to Thessaloniki, Greece, from Berlin, Germany to New Orleans, Louisiana,....millions of folks the world over have been waiting all year for this Mardi Gras weekend. This is the time anything goes,...
created by Fred Miller | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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2921 views | 13 recommendations | 5 comments
Litter targets this Mardi Gras season
" BY MARY CATHARINE MARTINTHE DAILY IBERIAN Published/Last Modified on Friday, February 13, 2009 2:00 PM CST People may look festive in the beads thrown from floats...
created by Barbara Mathieson | 38 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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153 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
Mardi Gras debut with Krewe du Vieux 'Stimulus package'
Expect to see pigs and lots of pigs' ears. "For a stock-market crash course in freakonomics, head downtown Saturday when Krewe du Vieux presents its Stimulus Package. The raunchy and satirical parade hits the... 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... 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.... 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...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....
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