Hoboken bars and restaurants planning to celebrate Mardis Gras No rest for Mardi floatbuilders in Louisiana It’s time! Gras' excess doesn't come cheap For float makers next year is here Adam Levine Surprises Anne V Las Vegas! What To Do Will Ferrell's Royal Float Ride New French Quarter Curfew Leads Arrests Ferrell parties Orleans 1 dead parade shooting Imbibe 5 Cocktails Man fatally shot at Oak Cliff Parade events Party Crasher

Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover Some green-thinking locals and others want New Orleans to recycle the tons of plastic necklaces that go flying during parades. But skeptics say it will never happen Mardi Gras' excess doesn't come cheap Elaborate floats, costumes, parades, trinkets and parties pump $144 million -- maybe much more -- into New Orleans' economy. Mardi Gras hits its high note tomorrow NEW ORLEANS — As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday tomorrow, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already preparing for next year's parades. For Mardi Gras float makers, next year is here NEW ORLEANS — As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already preparing for next year's parades. Mardi Gras culminates on Fat Tuesday Rocker Bret Michaels and Grammy-winning singer Cyndi Lauper were expected to usher in Mardi Gras with musical performances in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday. Fat times for Gulf Coast towns Flambeaux carriers march through the crowds lining the streets watching the Muses Mardi Gras Parade as it moves through the streets of New Orleans on Thursday. Mardi Gras celebrations scattered through valley ASPEN — It's nothing like the New Orleans celebration — good luck finding a king cake or somebody who will bare their chests for a strand of cheap plastic beads — but there are a few ways to celebrate Fat Tuesday today in the Roaring Fork Valley if you've got the time and the inclination to make merry. Mardi Gras parade float makers look ahead already to next year NEW ORLEANS - As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already preparing for next year's parades. Mardi Gras 2012's Rex is Hardy Fowler Being king of Carnival 'a tremendous honor' Greg Tobin: A Mardi Gras Reflection: Oh, What a Relief it is 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.
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