People say Fat Tuesday is like Christmas for alcoholics. That's ridiculous, everybody knows Christmas is Christmas for alcoholics. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm supporting the New Orleans economy by maxing out my credit cards in a prolonged blackout. — Mardi Gras Copy Share Image
Turns out the rules of Fat Tuesday dont require women to expose their breasts if you pelt them with beads. Most awkward… — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
Be sure to enjoy the trademark beverage of New Orleans named for the deadly storm surges that frequently decimate the city. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This Mardi Gras is about more than greed. It's a shout-out to everybody, and we're coming back strong. — Julio Cesar Copy Share Image
Tuesday, I don't hate you cause you're fat. You're fat cause I hate you. But yeah I actually do hate you cause… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first Mardi Gras I went to, I stayed at the Tulane AE Pi house on Broadway. Slept on a pool table… — Adam Richman Copy Share Image
If you can't make it to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, please feel free to reveal your breasts right here — Mardi Gras Copy Share Image
It's not a giant thing, like graduation, Mardi Gras, Halloween or New Year's. We do get business from it. That's why we… — Suzanne Smith Copy Share Image
“This night felt like a last hurrah, like we could blaze our brightest, at the apex of our insane adolescence. This was… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
I remember my first Mardi Gras. It was in the year 2001. I decided earlier that day that I was going to… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
In some countries Women's Day is a national holiday and men give women flowers. In America Women's Day falls on another holiday,… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that,… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint,… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
“She was evil. Couldn't he, who killed demons with his own hands, realize that? And now I had to run for Mardi… — Jenna-Lynne Duncan Copy Share Image
How was I to know your pet was a god-killer? What kind of idiot ties herself down to one of his kind?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Those who have not lived in New Orleans have missed an incredible, glorious, vital city--a place with an energy unlike anywhere else… — Jordan Flaherty Copy Share Image
“New Orleans, said he usually dresses in costume for the Mardi Gras holiday, but the weather deterred him this year. Baker said… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
“She reached into the burlap sack that she kept draped over her shoulder and retrieved a large spray of lavender and bunches… — Farrah Rochon Copy Share Image
Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
“That was the point of Mardi Gras, was it not? To serve and honor all the people, to bring into hard lives… — Dan Baum Copy Share Image
“To encapsulate the notion of Mardi Gras as nothing more than a big drunk is to take the simple and stupid way… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
“Wonder if good ole NOLA knows its precious Mardi Gras puked all over the Vegas Strip.” — Gina L. Maxwell Copy Share Image
