Mardi Gras

2008 Fashion Police at the Mardi Gras

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Fashion, Make It Right, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Habitat for Humanity Musicians Village, Oscars, Mardi Gras, Tilda Swinton, Saving NOLA Now, Global Green, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

If this year's Oscar fashions were too tame for your taste, check out the Saving NOLA Mardi Gras Open House. Styles were more Bjork than Tilda Swinton, so mix up a Sazerac, crank some Subdudes and check it out.

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A Recipe For Super Fat Tuesday: Kingmaker Cupcakes

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, King Cake, Super Fat Tuesday, Recipe, Saturnalia, Living News
Kerry Trueman

Instead of making the conventional Mardi Gras king cake with only one plastic baby, I'd like to propose a more populist pastry -- the kingmaker cupcake.

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Covered in Flour! Just Back from Carnaval in Colombia

Lea Lane | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Nina Garcia, Mardi Gras in Colombia, Shakira, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Tips for Traveling, Mardi Gras, Colombia, Barranquilla, Living News
Lea Lane

I'm impressed once again by the gusto and courtliness of the Colombian people, and their traditions. Mardi Gras celebrates decadence, and this was a much larger, more joyful celebration of local culture.

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Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and a Meditation on Moderation

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 02.03.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Obesity, Mardi Gras, Diet, Food, Moderation, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

There's nothing as sad and tacky as a single strand of Mardi Gras beads, but a whole pile of them, gleaming green, gold and purple in the sunlight or streetlight, now that is a thing of beauty to behold.

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Super Duper Fat Tuesday

Will Durst | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Super Tuesday, Election 2008, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Politics News
Will Durst

They don't call it Super Tuesday for nothing, you know. Actually, they call it Super Tuesday more for the quantity of states voting and not for the quality of the participants involved.

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Party Like a Rock Star With Rock Stars on Fat Tuesday

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Rock Star, Global Green, Make It Right, Habitat for Humanity, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Backstage at Mardi Gras Day is a celebration for local musicians as well as music lovers and relief workers from Global Green, the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund and Saving NOLA Now right on the parade route.

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New Orleans, The Blind Boys, and Jazz Fest

Sal Nunziato | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sheryl Crow, Carnival., New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Mardi Gras, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Blind Boys of Alabama, Threadheads John Vidacovich, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

Ask anyone from New Orleans, or any outsider that respects New Orleans, and he will tell you. Drunken college kids and exposed body parts is not what Mardi Gras is all about.

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Mardi Gras: In Which I Am Speared in the Head

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mardi Gras, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Global Green, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

We're going to try to liveblog this year's Global Green / New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund / Saving NOLA Now Backstage at Mardi Gras Benefit which will be held safely indoors.

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A New Orleans Diary -- Two Kinds of Craziness

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Feb 5, New Orleans, French Quarter, Mardi Gras, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, Living News
Harry Shearer

The decorations on the houses in my neighborhood have gone from green and red to purple, green and gold, the annual signal of the transition from "your" holiday season to "ours".

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