Following Chinese New Year on Sunday and President’s Day on Monday, the week of holidays continues with Mardi Gras! Also known as Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, Mardi Gras is the final day of the Carnival season. Tomorrow will be Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, so all partying and temptations must be removed, or consumed, by midnight. Its been 12 years since I was in Louisiana for Mardi Gras, but its an experience I will never forget... thanks to my friend Dawn. Mardi Gras is celebrated all over the US and around the world, but the biggest party is traditionally in New Orleans. Eighteen months after Katrina, NOLA is determined to make this Mardi Gras a success!

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Mardi Gras 2006 in New Orleans

New Orleans schedule of events.

Mardi Gras dictionary.

Take a look at some of the biggest New Orleans parades this Mardi Gras season!

Six ways to celebrate Mardi Gras.

Want some Mardi Gras beads?

The history of the King Cake. Bitin’ into the baby is supposed to be a good thing... until you break a tooth!

Here’s some Mardi Gras recipes for your celebration. 

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You are a Mardi Gras Addict When

Your first priority for buying a house is if it's on a parade route or not.

You know your choice of a mate is correct if they live on a parade route.

You choose your friends based on if they live on a parade route or not.

You marry into a family with a house on a parade route.

You can tell the day of week by which parade is rolling that day.

You know how many floats are in a parade, and when to leave so that you can catch all the other parades in the area on that same day.

You catch 6 or 7 parades in less then a twelve hour period and then go home and watch the television coverage and then get up in six hours to repeat this process..

You sleep out under some type of make shift tent at midnight in the pouring rain so you can have a prime spot for a parade that won't be there until that next afternoon.

You know where all the clean bath rooms are on the parade routes.

You purchase vehicles that are large enough to haul everyone to the parade.

You have your own potty john in the back of a pickup truck.

You carry all type of rain gear, jackets, and change of clothes just in case the weather changes while out that day.

You have memorized all the back streets behind the parades so that you can get from one parade to another without missing a float..

You know where there are spots to park next to parade that no one else does making it easier to get to the next parade.

You have each one of your family members trained to know what to pick up and load onto and into van/truck with the efficiency of a pit crew at a car race; to minimize the time it take to get to all the other parades.

You can pack up and set up in under one minute for the next parade.

You own a complete wardrobe of purple, green and gold clothes to last the entire Mardi Gras. Plus making sure it is both for summer or winter weather

You own a Purple Green and Gold Bathing Suit.

You remember people's names on specific floats so the next time you see the parade you will go holler for that krewe member to get some beads.

You know what parades throw what.

You have a Christmas Tree Decorated in Purple Green and Gold.

You have your tree up through Fat Tuesday.

You eat at a bad restaurant 2 hours before a parade just so that you have a place to park in their parking lot, which just happens to be on a parade route.

You get a job with a company that has a business on a parade route..

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Thought for today: They have the big parade down in New Orleans and this year FEMA has a float, but it's not expected 'til labor day. -David Letterman

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