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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?
Read full article: Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?Itโs a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans โ masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers.
As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New Orleans
Read full article: As Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New OrleansNew Orleansโ annual Carnival celebration has entered its high-intensity home stretch with a beefed-up police presence and a weather-scrambled parade schedule.
Fat Tuesday means big business for New Orleans bakers under exploding demand for king cakes
Read full article: Fat Tuesday means big business for New Orleans bakers under exploding demand for king cakesItโs Carnival season in New Orleans and that means the morning lines outside popular bakeries are long and the pace inside is brisk to meet customer demand for king cake.
A taste of Mardi Gras is coming to Southfield
Read full article: A taste of Mardi Gras is coming to SouthfieldYou donโt have to be in New Orleans to enjoy the spirit of Mardi Gras. Instead, you can hop on a party bus to experience some of the fun and flavors from various restaurants in Southfield during Mardi Crawl.
Spreading the joy: Longer parade routes OKd for Mardi Gras
Read full article: Spreading the joy: Longer parade routes OKd for Mardi GrasCOVID-19 precautions wiped out most New Orleansโ Mardi Gras festivities in 2021, and a shortage of police officers forced the city to shorten routes for some of its lavish seasonal parades in 2022.
7 Metro Detroit seafood places to try just in time for Lent
Read full article: 7 Metro Detroit seafood places to try just in time for LentThis past Tuesday was Mardi Gras, which means this Friday is the first Friday in Lent. During this time of year, many like to forgo the meat and opt for delicious fish and seafood instead.
'I love Mardi Gras': Carnival spirit takes over New Orleans
Read full article: 'I love Mardi Gras': Carnival spirit takes over New OrleansParty-minded people dressed in traditional purple, green and gold filled New Orleans' streets for the city's first full-dress Mardi Gras since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Miami's South Beach confronts disastrous spring break
Read full article: Miami's South Beach confronts disastrous spring breakPeople in a mostly maskless crowd walk down Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach, Monday, March 22, 2021. A party-ending curfew is in effect in Miami Beach, imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)MIAMI BEACH, Fla. โ Floridaโs famed South Beach is desperately seeking a new image. AdโWe definitely want people to come and have fun," Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola said Monday. Miami Beach took less proactive measures under Republican Gov.
Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon Street
Read full article: Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon StreetTourists from Brooklyn take photos on a nearly deserted Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. โWe were expecting a little bit lower key than the normal Mardi Gras,โ Wheeler said. Coronavirus-related restrictions in New Orleans included canceled parades, closed bars and a near shutdown of rowdy Bourbon Street. That, and unusually frigid weather, prevented what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season: streets and businesses jam-packed with revelers. To the east, Mobile, Alabama, which boasts the nation's oldest Mardi Gras celebrations, had also canceled parades.
Ready for Fat Tuesday? Find paczki at these Ann Arbor locations
Read full article: Ready for Fat Tuesday? Find paczki at these Ann Arbor locationsANN ARBOR, Mich. โ Itโs not officially Fat Tuesday unless powdered sugar is on everything. Hereโs where you can pick up some paczki in Ann Arbor:ARGUS FARM STOPThis year Fenton-based baking company Crust is supplying Argus Farm Stop with strawberry, raspberry and lemon paczki. DJโS BAKERYDJโs will have eight flavors of paczki available, including apple, blueberry, custard, cream, lemon, prune, raspberry and strawberry. AdWASHTENAW DAIRYPreordering has closed but the historic Ann Arbor business will have some paczki available for pickup on Tuesday. Paczki pickup will happen from Feb.12-16 at both the Ann Arbor North and Ann Arbor West Plum Market locations.