New Orleans erupts into a dazzling display of parades, music, and revelry for Mardi Gras. Known as "Fat Tuesday," this celebration marks the final day before Lent and is so deeply ingrained in ...

People often ask me why I love Mardi Gras so much. They want to know why my husband and I spend hundreds of dollars on trinkets and plastic beads to throw off a float into the hands of people we don’t ...